Table 601.20.

Selected population and enrollment statistics for countries with populations of at least 10 million in 2014, by continent and country: Selected years, 1990 through 2014

Continent and country1	Midyear population (in millions)			Persons per square kilo-meter, 2014	Elementary2									Secondary3									Postsecondary4
					Enrollment (in thousands)				Gross enrollment ratio5					Enrollment (in thousands)				Gross enrollment ratio5					Enrollment (in thousands)				Gross enrollment ratio5
	1991	2000	2014		1999-2000		2013-14		1990-91	1999-2000		2013-14		1999-2000		2013-14		1990-91	1999-2000		2013-14		1999-2000		2013-14		1990-91		1999-2000		2013-14
1	2	3	4	5	6		7		8	9		10		11		12		13	14		15		16		17		18		19		20
World total6	5,366	6,084	7,168	54	656,038		715,619		99	98		104		451,855		578,081		52	60		76		99,371		210,183		14		19		35
Africa
Algeria7	26	31	39	16	4,843		3,765		94	105		119		2,994		—		58	65		—		—		1,245		11		—		35
Angola	10	13	19	15	—		—		72	—		—		355		—		11	14		—		—		—		1		—		—
Benin	5	7	10	92	932		2,133		58	81		126		229		897		—	22		54		22		—		2		4		—
Burkina Faso	9	12	18	67	852		2,594		34	45		87		190		842		7	10		30		—		—		1		—		—
Burundi	6	7	10	405	705		2,047		69	57		128		—		583		6	—		38		6		51		1		1		5
Cameroon	12	16	23	49	2,237		4,143		95	83		114		700		2,000		27	27		56		66		350		3		5		16
Chad	6	8	11	9	914		—		51	64		—		137		—		—	11		—		6		42	8	—		1		3	8
Congo, Democratic        Republic of the	41	52	77	34	—		13,535		79	—		107		—		4,388		—	—		44		—		—		3		—		—
Cote d'Ivoire	13	17	23	72	1,943		3,177		69	74		90		—		1,418		—	—		40		—		177		—		—		9
Egypt7	56	66	90	90	7,947	8	11,128		93	93	8	104		8,028	8	8,208		75	81	8	86		—		2,544		13		—		32
Ethiopia	49	64	97	97	5,847		15,733		32	55		100		1,195		—		14	14		—		68		757		1		1		8
Ghana7	16	19	26	113	2,561		4,117		80	86		106		1,057		2,266		—	36		58		—		402		1		—		16
Guinea	7	8	11	47	790		1,730		37	57		91		—		716		12	—		39		—		118		1		—		11
Kenya7	24	31	45	79	5,035		8,158	8	98	96		111	8	1,909		—		—	39		—		89		—		—		3		—
Madagascar	12	16	23	40	2,208		4,611		100	100		147		—		1,494		—	—		38		32		113		3		2		5
Malawi	10	11	17	185	2,695		4,097		76	136		147		487		920		17	30		39		4		—		1		#		—
Mali	9	11	16	14	1,017		2,182		28	57		77		258	8	961		7	17	8	44		20		—		1		2		—
Morocco7	24	28	33	74	3,670		4,030		64	92		116		1,541		—		36	38		—		296		789		10		10		25
Mozambique7	13	18	25	31	2,544		5,705	8	61	74		105	8	124		1,026	8	7	6		32	8	—		157		—		—		6
Niger	8	11	17	14	579		2,277		28	33		71		106	8	515		7	7	8	19		—		—		—		—		—
Nigeria7	99	124	177	195	19,151		—		85	98		—		4,104		—		—	24		—		—		—		—		—		—
Rwanda	7	8	12	500	1,432		2,399		75	106		134		130		587		16	11		39		9		78		—		1		8
Senegal	8	9	14	71	1,108		1,888		55	68		81		250		—		—	16		—		—		141		—		—		10
Somalia	6	8	10	17	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—		—
South Africa	39	45	53	44	7,445		7,195		109	104		100		4,142		5,221		70	87		99		—		1,019		12		—		19
South Sudan	5	6	12	18	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Sudan7	22	27	35	19	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—	—		—		182		632		—		6		16
Tanzania	26	33	50	56	4,382		8,223		70	68		84		—		—		5	—		—		21		—		#		1		—
Tunisia	8	10	11	70	1,414		1,089		115	115		113		1,104	8	1,020		45	75	8	88		180		332		9		19		35
Uganda	17	23	36	182	6,559		—		71	132		—		—		—		11	—		—		56		165		1		3		5
Zambia	8	10	15	20	1,590		—		92	77		—		—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Zimbabwe	10	12	14	36	2,461		—		102	100		—		844		—		47	43		—		—		—		5		—		—
Asia
Afghanistan7	14	22	32	49	749		6,218		29	22		112		—		2,603		16	—		56		—		263		—		—		9
Bangladesh	108	129	153	1,176	—		—		—	—		—		10,329		—		—	48		—		727		2,068		—		5		13
Cambodia	10	12	15	88	2,248		2,129		101	106		116		351		—		28	17		—		22		—		1		2		—
China9	1,168	1,268	1,361	146	—		95,107		126	—		104		81,488		88,692		40	61		94		7,364		41,924		3		8		39
India	854	1,006	1,236	416	113,613		137,809		92	95		108		71,031		129,439		—	45		74		9,404		30,306		6		10		26
Indonesia	185	214	254	140	28,509		29,838		113	109		106		14,720		22,587		45	55		82		3,126		6,463		9		15		31
Iran	60	69	81	53	8,288		7,441		109	100		109		9,955		5,795		55	79		88		1,405		4,685		—		19		66
Iraq	17	23	36	82	3,639		—		108	97		—		1,224		—		—	37		—		289		—		—		12		—
Japan	124	127	127	349	7,529		6,715		101	101		101		8,782		7,227		98	102		102		3,982		3,862		30	10	49		63
Kazakhstan	17	16	18	7	1,208		1,122		118	96		111		1,994		1,662		98	93		105		418		727		39		32		48
Korea, Democratic        People's Republic of	21	23	25	206	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Korea, Republic of	43	47	50	520	4,030		2,736		106	101		99		3,959		3,579		92	98		98		3,003		3,318		38		78		94
Malaysia	18	23	30	92	3,026		3,178		94	98		103		2,205		3,038		55	66		78		549		860		8		26		28
Myanmar	41	47	56	85	4,858		5,177		99	98		100		2,268		3,191		21	36		51		—		—		—		—		—
Nepal7	19	23	28	198	3,780		4,402		113	120		135		1,348		3,164	8	35	36		67	8	94		459		6		4		16
Pakistan	122	152	196	255	13,987	10	19,432		—	74	10	94		—		11,287		25	—		42		—		1,932		—		—		10
Philippines	63	76	99	333	12,708		—		109	109		—		—		—		72	—		—		—		3,563		27		—		36
Saudi Arabia	16	21	27	13	—		3,737		—	—		109		—		3,419	8	—	—		108	8	404		1,497		10		22		61
Sri Lanka7	17	19	22	338	—		1,778		110	—		101		—		—		72	—		—		—		302		—		—		19
Syria	13	17	18	98	2,775		—		107	108		—		1,069		—		48	44		—		—		792		18		—		44
Taiwan	20	22	23	724	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Thailand	57	63	68	133	6,101		5,182		100	98		104		—		6,792		30	—		128		1,900		2,433		—		35		53
Turkey	58	66	78	102	6,562		5,575		104	103		106		5,658		10,899		52	73		103		—		5,473		14		—		86
Uzbekistan	21	25	29	68	2,602		2,034		111	101		100		3,566		4,083		99	86		96		305		260		17		13		9
Vietnam	69	79	93	301	10,063		7,435		106	109		109		—		—		—	—		—		732		2,692		2		9		30
Yemen	13	17	26	49	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Europe
Belgium	10	10	11	371	774		774		100	105		105		1,058		1,210		103	145		165		356		496		40		58		73
Czech Republic	10	10	11	138	645		511		97	103		99		958		781		90	88		105		254		419		16		28		66
France	59	61	66	104	3,885		4,189		109	105		105		5,929		5,947		101	109		111		2,015		2,389		39		54		64
Germany11	80	82	81	232	3,656		2,863		102	107		103		8,307		7,201		99	100		102		—		2,912		34		—		65
Greece	10	11	11	83	645		629		99	97		98		739		668		95	90		106		422		677		36		52		114
Italy7	57	58	62	210	2,836		2,863		99	103		102		4,404		4,597		81	92		103		1,770		1,854		32		49		63
Netherlands7	15	16	17	498	1,279		1,223		103	109		104		1,379		1,574	8	120	124		132	8	488		—		40		53		—
Poland7	38	39	39	127	3,319		2,153		98	98		101		3,988		2,641		88	99		108		1,580		1,763		22		50		68
Portugal	10	10	11	118	811		674		120	123		109		831		769		68	105		116		374		362		23		48		66
Romania7	23	22	22	95	1,189		—		85	97		—		2,226		1,609		89	79		95		453		579		10		24		53
Russian Federation	148	147	142	9	6,138		5,726		110	103		99		—		9,061		96	—		101		6,331		6,996		52		56		79
Spain7	39	41	48	96	2,540		2,961		105	104		105		3,246		3,288		103	110		130		1,829		1,982		37		58		89
Ukraine7	52	49	45	78	2,079		1,685		119	115		104		5,204		2,714		92	104		99		1,812		2,146		47		49		82
United Kingdom7	58	59	64	264	4,632		4,737		105	100		108		5,315		6,557		88	102		128		2,024		2,353		29		59		56
Northern America
Canada	28	31	35	4	2,456		—		104	100		—		2,519		—		101	102		—		1,212		—		95		59		—
United States	253	282	319	35	24,973		24,538		104	103		100		22,594		24,230		91	93		98		13,203		19,700		73		68		87
Central and South America
Argentina	34	37	43	16	4,901		4,780		109	117		110		3,829		4,451		72	97		107		1,767	8	2,869		38		53	8	83
Bolivia	7	8	11	10	1,462		1,346		102	118		97		800		1,132		—	71		85		279		—		—		34		—
Brazil	152	174	203	24	20,212		16,630		—	—		111	10	—		24,225		—	—		102	10	2,781		8,072		—		—		49	10
Chile	13	15	17	23	1,799		1,469		107	109		101		1,391		1,556		96	87		100		452		1,205		21		37		87
Colombia	34	39	46	45	5,221		4,543		102	121		114		3,569		4,828		52	70		99		934		2,221		15		23		53
Cuba	11	11	11	102	1,046		763		98	101		98		790		830		90	83		100		159		302		21		22		41
Dominican Republic	7	8	10	214	1,364		1,268		100	114		101		654		931		—	59		78		—		456		—		—		48
Ecuador	10	12	16	57	1,925		2,068		122	111		113		917		1,883		57	58		104		—		—		20		—		—
Guatemala	9	11	15	137	1,909		2,417		77	102		104		504		1,166		23	36		64		—		—		—		—		—
Haiti	7	8	10	365	—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—	—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Mexico	86	100	120	62	14,766		14,627		110	106		103		9,094		12,993		52	70		91		1,963		3,419		14		19		30
Peru	22	26	30	24	4,338		3,496		117	121		101		2,374		2,671		66	85		96		900		—		32		35		—
Venezuela	20	24	30	34	3,328		3,493		109	99		101		1,543		2,567		56	59		92		668		—		28		29		—
Oceania
Australia7	17	19	23	3	1,906		2,169		106	100		106		2,589		2,371		—	163		138		845		1,454		38		67		90

—Not available.

#Rounds to zero.

1 Selection based on total population for midyear 2014.

2 This level generally corresponds to grades 1-6 in the United States.

3 Includes general education, teacher training (at the secondary level), and technical and vocational education. This level generally corresponds to grades 7-12 in the United States.

4 Includes college and university enrollment, and technical and vocational education beyond the secondary level.

5 Data represent the total enrollment of all ages in the school level divided by the population of the specific age groups that correspond to the school level. Adjustments have been made for the varying lengths of elementary and secondary programs. Ratios may exceed 100 because some countries have many students from outside the normal age range.

6 World total includes countries with populations below 10 million, which are not separately shown.

7 Classification or data coverage of levels has been revised. Data by level may not be comparable over time.

8 Estimated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

9 Excludes data for Hong Kong and Macao.

10 National estimation.

11 Data include both former East and West Germany.

NOTE: Data for all years are based on 2014 political boundaries. Data do not include adult education or special education provided outside regular schools. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Statistical Yearbook, 1999; unpublished tabulations; and tabulations from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics Online Data Center, retrieved May 18, 2017, from http://data.uis.unesco.org/. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, International Data Base, retrieved June 7, 2017, from http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/informationGateway.php. (This table was prepared June 2017.)