Selected population and enrollment statistics for countries with populations of at least 10 million in 2017, by continent and country: Selected years, 2000 through 2017

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Table 601.20.

Continent and country¹	Midyear population (in millions)			Persons per square kilo-meter, 2017	Elementary²										Secondary³												Postsecondary⁴
	Midyear population (in millions)				Enrollment (in thousands)				Gross enrollment ratio⁵						Enrollment (in thousands)						Gross enrollment ratio⁵						Enrollment (in thousands)						Gross enrollment ratio⁵
	2000	2010	2017		1999-2000		2009-10	2016-17	1999-2000		2009-10		2016-17		1999-2000		2009-10		2016-17		1999-2000		2009-10		2016-17		1999-2000		2009-10		2016-17		1999-2000		2009-10		2016-17
1	2	3	4	5	6		7	8	9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16		17		18		19		20		21		22		23
World total⁶	6,086	6,873	7,424	56	657,127		697,001	740,868	99		103		104		452,455		546,192		588,390		60		71		75		99,876		182,258		222,657		19		30		38
Africa
Algeria	31	36	41	17	4,843		3,312	4,283	105		115		112		2,994		4,616		---		65		97		---		---		1,144		1,546		---		30		48
Angola	16	23	29	24	---		4,273	---	---		106		---		355		850		---		12		26		---		---		---		---		---		---		---
Benin	7	9	11	100	932		1,788	2,252	83		120		127		229		---		---		22		---		---		22		114		126		4		14		12
Burkina Faso	12	16	19	70	852		2,048	3,041	45		78		94		190		538		1,162		10		22		38		---		51		105		---		4		6
Burundi	7	9	11	447	705		1,850	2,126	59		137		124		---		338		665		---		23		49		6		29		62		1		3		6
Cameroon	16	21	25	53	2,237		3,510	---	87		108		---		700		---		---		28		---		---		66		220		290		5		11		13
Chad	8	12	15	12	914		1,727	---	64		82		---		137		430		---		11		23		---		6		22	⁷	---		1		2	⁷	---
Cote d'Ivoire	17	22	26	81	1,943		---	3,772	73		---		98		---		---		1,898		---		---		48		---		144		218		---		8		9
Democratic Republic of the Congo	52	70	83	37	---		10,572	---	---		100		---		---		3,484		---		---		41		---		---		---		---		---		---		---
Egypt	66	81	97	98	7,947	⁷	10,542	12,161	91	⁷	102		106		8,028	⁷	6,846		8,938		79	⁷	69		87		---		2,646		2,914		---		31		35
Ethiopia	64	86	105	105	5,847		13,635	---	54		92		---		1,195		4,207		---		13		35		---		68		578		---		1		7		---
Ghana	19	24	27	121	2,561		---	4,393	86		---		106		1,057		---		2,551		36		---		69		---		---		444		---		---		16
Guinea	8	10	12	47	790		1,453	---	57		84		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		99		---		---		11		---
Jordan	5	7	10	115	724		820	1,107	95		82		81		584		710		764		82		80		63		142		247		284		27		37		31
Kenya	31	41	48	84	5,035		---	---	95		---		---		1,909		---		---		39		---		---		89		---		563		3		---		11
Madagascar	16	21	25	43	2,208		4,242	---	101		144		---		---		---		1,534		---		---		37		32		74		138		2		4		5
Malawi	11	15	19	204	2,695		3,417	4,434	134		139		145		487		692		999		30		34		40		4		10		---		#		1		---
Mali	11	15	18	15	1,017		2,019	2,539	58		83		80		258	⁷	758		1,017		17	⁷	39		42		20		81		---		2		6		---
Morocco	28	32	34	76	3,670		3,945	4,211	92		110		112		1,541		2,393		2,847		39		63		80		296		447		1,010		10		15		34
Mozambique	18	22	27	34	2,544		5,278	6,139	74		113		108		124		672		1,216		6		25		35		---		104		201		---		5		7
Niger	11	15	19	15	579		1,726	2,768	32		63		75		106	⁷	307		787		7	⁷	13		24		---		17		65		---		1		4
Nigeria	124	166	198	218	19,151		21,558	---	99		85	⁷	---		4,104		9,057		---		25		44		---		---		1,395		---		---		10		---
Rwanda	8	10	12	483	1,432		2,299	2,540	109		148		138		130		426		611		11		32		39		9		63		81		1		6		7
Senegal	9	12	15	76	1,108		1,695	2,129	68		84		86		250		725		1,082		16		36		46		---		92	⁸	163		---		8	⁸	12
Somalia	8	10	11	18	---		---	---	---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---
South Africa	45	51	55	45	7,445		7,024	7,582	104		105		101		4,142		4,690		5,052		83		94		105		---		---		1,116		---		---		22
South Sudan	6	10	11	16	---		---	---	---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---
Sudan	27	35	42	23	---		4,024	4,900	---		72		77		---		1,687		2,205		---		43		47		182		523		---		7		16		---
Tanzania	33	44	54	61	4,382		8,419	9,316	67		103		89		---		1,826		1,921		---		32		27		21		85		---		1		2		---
Tunisia	10	11	11	73	1,414		1,030	1,170	115		107		116		1,104	⁷	1,164		---		75	⁷	90		---		180		370		282		19		35		32
Uganda	23	32	40	201	6,559		8,375	8,841	130		122		103		---		---		---		---		---		---		56		121		---		3		4		---
Zambia	10	13	16	22	1,590		2,899	3,285	79		107		99		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---
Zimbabwe	12	13	14	36	2,461		---	---	103		---		---		844		---		---		44		---		---		---		95		---		---		7		---
Asia
Afghanistan	22	29	34	52	749		5,279	6,359	22		100		102		---		2,044		2,908		---		51		54		---		---		---		---		---		---
Bangladesh	129	147	158	1,213	---		16,987	---	---		106		---		10,329		11,334		15,315		48		52		70		727		---		2,763		5		---		18
Cambodia	12	14	16	92	2,248		2,273	2,112	107		124		108		351		---		---		17		---		---		22		195		208		2		14		13
China⁹	1,268	1,337	1,379	148	---		101,019	100,321	---		99		99		81,488		99,218		83,408		60		88		---		7,364		31,047		44,128		8		24		49
India	1,006	1,173	1,282	431	113,613		138,414	143,227	95		109		113		71,031		107,687		129,829		45		63		73		9,404		20,741		33,374		10		18		27
Indonesia	214	243	261	144	28,509		30,342	29,352	109		109		106		14,720		19,976		24,318		55		76		87		3,126		5,001		7,944		15		24		36
Iran	66	75	82	54	8,288		5,630	8,172	100		101		111		9,955		7,347		5,684		78		81		86		1,405		3,791		---		19		44		---
Iraq	23	31	39	90	3,639		---	---	97		---		---		1,224		---		---		38		---		---		289		---		---		12		---		---
Japan	127	128	126	347	7,529		7,099	6,532	98		---		---		8,782		7,296		7,093		99		---		---		3,982		3,836		3,853		48		---		---
Kazakhstan	16	17	19	7	1,208		958	1,357	96		109		109		1,994		1,818		1,768		93		98		114		418		757		627		32		46		50
Korea, North	23	24	25	210	---		---	---	---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---
Korea, South	47	49	51	528	4,030		3,306	2,682	101		102		98		3,959		3,959		3,072		96		96		100		3,003		3,270		3,136		77		103		94
Malaysia	23	28	31	96	3,026		3,234	3,085	99		100		105		---		2,616		2,745		---		77		85		---		1,061		1,249		---		37		44
Myanmar	47	51	55	84	4,858		5,126	5,388	101		98		112		2,268		2,852		3,971		37		48		64		---		---		771		---		---		16
Nepal	23	27	29	205	3,780		4,901	4,135	120		144		144		1,348		2,694	⁷	3,337	⁷	36		58	⁷	74	⁷	94		377		371		4		14		12
Pakistan	152	184	205	266	13,987	⁸	18,756	21,686	74	⁸	85		91		---		9,655		12,529		---		33		40		---		---		1,941		---		---		9
Philippines	76	93	104	350	12,708		---	14,040	109		---		108		---		---		9,007		---		---		86		---		2,774		3,589		---		30		35
Saudi Arabia	21	28	33	15	---		3,321	---	---		107		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		404		904		1,681		22		37		70
Sri Lanka	19	21	22	347	---		1,721	1,747	---		100		101		---		2,525		2,649		---		97		98		---		262		290		---		16		19
Syria	17	22	18	98	2,775		2,429	---	107		117		---		1,069		2,732		---		44		72		---		---		574		---		---		26		---
Taiwan	22	23	24	729	---		---	---	---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---
Thailand	63	67	68	134	6,101		5,147	4,953	98		97		100		---		4,807		6,335		---		82		117		1,900		2,427		---		35		50		---
Turkey	66	75	81	105	6,562		6,635	4,972	103		101		93		5,658		7,531		11,404		74		84		106		---		3,529		7,199		---		---		---
Uzbekistan	25	28	30	70	2,602		1,971	2,391	99		94		104		3,566		4,449		3,893		88		90		93		305		289		281		13		9		9
Vietnam	79	90	96	310	10,063		6,923	7,802	109		106		109		---		---		---		---		---		---		732		2,020		---		9		23		---
Yemen	17	23	28	53	---		3,427	---	---		92		---		---		1,561		---		---		44		---		---		272		---		---		11		---
Europe
Belgium	10	11	11	380	774		732	815	105		102		104		1,058		1,203		1,187		145		157		159		356		445		527		58		68		80
Czech Republic	10	11	11	138	645		463	576	103		104		101		958		837		772		88		95		103		254		437		353		28		64		64
France	61	65	67	105	3,885		4,159	4,310	104		103	⁸	103	⁸	5,929		5,873		6,058		109		106	⁸	104	⁸	2,015		2,245		2,533		54		55	⁸	66	⁸
Germany	82	82	81	231	3,656		3,068	2,955	105		103		104		8,307		7,664		7,029		100		104		98		---		---		3,092		---		---		70
Greece	11	11	11	82	645		643	649	94		99		100		739		717		668		87		106		104		422		642		735		51		104		137
Italy	58	61	62	211	2,836		2,822	2,902	103		103		102		4,404		4,626		4,602		92		103		101		1,770		1,980		1,837		49		66		62
Netherlands	16	17	17	504	1,279		1,294	1,182	108		108		104		1,379		1,475		1,650		122		122		136		488		651		875		52		64		85
Poland	39	39	38	127	3,319		2,235	2,297	99		97		100		3,988		2,842		2,408		100		96		110		1,580		2,149		1,550		50		75		68
Portugal	10	11	10	114	811		734	630	122		112		106		831		721		770		104		107		120		374		384		347		48		66		64
Romania	22	22	22	94	1,189		842	---	97		100		---		2,226		1,822		---		79		98		---		453		1,000		---		24		64		---
Russian Federation	147	143	142	9	6,138		---	6,574	103		---		103		---		---		9,905		---		---		103		6,331		---		5,887		56		---		82
Spain	41	47	49	98	2,540		2,721	3,042	104		104		103		3,246		3,185		3,333		110		119		126		1,829		1,879		2,010		58		76		89
Ukraine	49	46	44	76	2,079		1,540	1,644	113		99		---		5,204		3,133		2,335		102		96		---		1,812		2,635		1,667		49		80		---
United Kingdom	59	62	65	268	4,632		4,422	4,820	100		105		101		5,315		5,538		6,386		102		103		126		2,024		2,479		2,432		58		59		60
Northern America
Canada	31	34	36	4	2,456		2,168	2,365	100		99		101		2,519		2,612		2,653		101		102		114		---		1,430	⁸	1,626	⁸	---		62	⁸	69	⁸
United States	282	309	326	36	24,973		---	25,124	100		100	⁸	102	⁸	22,594		---		24,788		94		95	⁸	99	⁸	13,203		---		19,015		---		93	⁸	88	⁸
Central and South America
Argentina	37	41	44	16	4,901		4,947	4,754	117		117		110		3,829		4,213		4,613		97		100		109		1,767	⁷	2,521		3,141		53	⁷	73		90
Bolivia	8	10	11	10	1,462		1,429	1,369	118		103		98		800		1,058		1,237		71		83		90		---		---		---		---		---		---
Brazil	174	196	207	25	20,212		16,893	16,107	---		---		115	⁸	---		23,539		23,118		---		---		101	⁸	2,781		6,553		8,571		---		---		51	⁸
Chile	15	17	18	24	1,799		1,547	1,515	106		104		101		1,391		1,518		1,521		84		90		102		452		988		1,239		36		68		88
Colombia	39	44	48	46	5,221		5,085	4,352	121		120		115		3,569		5,080		4,785		70		98		96		934		1,674		2,446		23		39		56
Cuba	11	11	11	102	1,046		853	734	101		101		100		790		809		816		83		92		101		159		801		287		22		95		40
Dominican Republic	8	9	10	211	1,364		1,318	1,253	114		111	⁸	108	⁸	654		905		925		59		78	⁸	80	⁸	---		---		557		---		---		60	⁸
Ecuador	12	15	16	59	1,925		2,114	1,929	111		113		104		917		1,655		1,903		58		92		102		---		---		---		---		---		---
Guatemala	11	14	16	152	1,909		2,653	2,349	100		115		101		504		1,082		1,220		36		52		53		---		233		---		---		---		---
Haiti	8	10	11	386	---		---	---	---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---		---
Mexico	100	114	125	64	14,766		14,906	14,182	107		111		106		9,094		11,682		14,035		70		87		104		1,963		2,847		4,430		19		28		40
Peru	26	29	31	24	4,338		3,763	3,544	121		110		104		2,374		2,675		2,775		85		92		105		900		---		1,896		35		---		71
Venezuela	24	28	31	36	3,328		3,458	3,285	99		103		97		1,543		2,255		2,391		59		83		88		668		---		---		29		---		---
Oceania
Australia	19	22	23	3	1,906		2,015	2,217	100		106		100		---		---		2,650		---		---		150		---		---		1,775		---		---		113

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¹ Selection based on total population for midyear 2017.

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 as well as 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 are presented in percentage format and 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 Estimated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

⁸ National estimation.

⁹ Excludes data for Hong Kong and Macao.

NOTE: Data for all years are based on 2017 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), Institute for Statistics Online Data Center, retrieved November 24, 2019, from http://data.uis.unesco.org/. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, International Data Base, retrieved November 24, 2019, from https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/idb/informationGateway.php. (This table was prepared November 2019.)

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