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Table B: Enrollment Data
Number of Tertiary Students per
Number of Tertiary Students   100,000 Inhabitants
  1975 1980 1985 or 1990 1995 or 1980 1985 or 1990 1995 or
  closest yr     LYA** closest yr LYA**
 
World Bank   1975 1980 1985 or CY 1990 1995 or LYA 1980,WER 1985 or CY 1990,WER 1995 or LYA
Country Name Col CC Col DF Col AL Col DJ Col AM   col CE Col BT col CF Col BU
Afghanistan   12,256 20,279 22,306 24,333 26,360 142 147
Albania   14,568 21,995 22,059 30,185 545 1,080 679 899
Algeria   41,847 79,351 132,057 285,930 347,410 530 798 1,146 1,236
American Samoa 689 976 758
Andorra  
Angola   2,333 5,034 6,534 8,784 33 71
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina   596,736 491,473 846,145 1,008,231 1,069,617 1,741 2,792 3,293 3,117
Armenia     109,900 102,700 114,300 39,592   1,890 3,076 2,030 1,090
Aruba                      
Australia   274,738 323,716 370,048 485,075 964,998   2,203 2,366 2,839 5,401
Austria   96,736 136,774 173,215 205,767 238,981   1,812 2,292 2,668 2,970
Azerbaijan     186,024 182,145 163,901 118,105   1,720 2,731 1,470 1,568
Bahamas, The   4,093 4,531 5,305 6,079   1,949   2,192  
Bahrain   703 1,908 4,180 6,868 7,676 550 1,011 1,365 1,445
Bangladesh   240,181 461,073 681,965 902,857 272 382
Barbados   4,033 5,227 6,651 3,064 1,620 2,075 1,657 2,572
Belarus   314,603 339,800 342,400 335,284 313,800 1,760 3,425 1,700 3,031
Belgium   159,660 196,153 247,499 276,248 352,630 2,111 2,511 2,725 3,494
Belize     107,000 104,493 101,986 99,483          
Benin   2,118 4,822 9,063 10,873 11,227   139 225 235 208
Bermuda     608                
Bhutan     322         26      
Bolivia   49,850 60,900 88,175 102,001 120,756   1,494   1,975  
Bosnia and Herzegovina                    
Botswana   469 1,078 1,938 2,957 7,920   120 180 299 546
Brazil   1,089,808 1,409,243 1,451,191 1,540,080 1,716,263 1,162 1,052 1,074 1,094
Brunei   143 601 1,163 1,270 74 262 395 518
Bulgaria   128,593 101,359 113,795 188,479 250,336 1,144 1,270 2,096 2,942
Burkina Faso 1,067 1,644 4,085 5,425 9,388 24 52 60 90
Burundi   1,002 1,879 2,783 3,592 4,256 45 59 65 74
Cambodia     601 2,213 6,659 11,652         119
Cameroon     11,686 21,438 33,177 47,665   135   288  
Canada   1,079,960 1,172,750 1,639,410 1,916,801 2,011,485   135 6,320 5,102 6,984
Cape Verde                      
Cayman Islands                    
Central African Republic 669 1,719 2,651 3,840 3,450   74   119  
Chad   547 1,470 1,643 2,242 3,446     38 70 54
Channel Islands
Chile   149,647 145,497 197,437 261,800 342,788 1,305 1,639 1,938 2,412
China   500,993 1,662,796 3,515,485 3,822,371 5,621,543 117 328 186 461
Colombia   176,098 271,630 391,490 487,448 588,322 1,024 1,331 1,496 1,643
Comoros   316 281 248 348
Congo, Dem. Rep. 24,853 28,493 40,878 80,233 93,266 105 129 176 212
Congo, Rep.   3,249 7,255 10,684 10,671 13,806   435 555 479 582
Costa Rica   33,239 55,593 63,771 74,681 78,819   2,434 2,414 2,461 2,919
Cote d'Ivoire   7,174 19,633 21,650 23,073 55,000   240 219   413
Croatia     64,966 55,886 72,342 86,357     1,250   1,917
Cuba   82,688 151,733 235,224 242,434 122,346   1,568 2,325 2,285 1,116
Cyprus   602 1,940 3,134 6,554 8,874 308 575
Czech Republic 90,649 118,026 107,098 118,194 191,604 1,039 1,867
Denmark   110,271 106,241 116,319 142,968 166,545 2,074 2,275 2,625 3,188
Djibouti   53 130 10 22
Dominica   63 60 430 484
Dominican Republic 42,400 123,748 430 176,995 1,941 2,223
Ecuador   170,173 269,775 280,594 206,541 174,924   3,321   1,950  
Egypt, Arab Rep. 480,016 715,701 854,584 628,233 850,051   1,751 1,717 1,698 1,900
El Salvador   28,281 16,838 70,499 78,211 114,998   372 1,508 1,512 2,031
Equatorial Guinea       578            
Eritrea           3,020         95
Estonia     25,500 24,680 25,900 39,726   1,723 1,625 1,636 2,670
Ethiopia   14,368 27,338 34,076 35,027 37 66 68 62
Faeroe Islands
Fiji   1,653 1,666 2,313 3,509 263 1,080
Finland   114,272 123,165 127,976 165,714 213,995 2,577 2,611 3,326 4,190
France   1,038,576 1,076,717 1,278,581 1,698,938 2,091,688 1,998 2,318 2,995 3,600
French Guiana
French Polynesia 27
Gabon   1,014 4,031 4,089 4,031 3,972   216   375  
Gambia, The         1,591         148
Georgia     140,578 144,400 148,391 155,033   1,680 2,731 1,900 2,845
Germany         2,048,627 2,144,169     2,581   2,628
Ghana   9,079 7,951 8,324 9,242 10,170   144   126  
Greece   117,246 121,116 181,901 283,415 329,185 1,256 1,831 1,927 3,149
Greenland  
Grenada  
Guadeloupe  
Guam   3,800 3,217 5,134 7,052 8,969
Guatemala   22,881 50,890 48,283 64,103 80,228 736 741 755
Guinea   12,411 18,270 8,801 5,366 7,722 410 176 122 105
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana   2,852 2,465 2,328 4,665 7,680   325 294 588 926
Haiti   2,881 4,671 6,288 7,905 9,522   87      
Honduras   11,907 25,825 36,620 43,117 54,106   705 875 854 985
Hong Kong, China 44,482 38,153 76,844 85,214 97,392   1,201 1,425   1,635
Hungary   107,555 101,166 99,344 102,387 179,563   945 939 970 1,777
Iceland   2,970 3,633 4,724 5,225 7,483 1,593 1,957 2,049 2,756
India   3,043,865 3,545,318 4,470,844 4,950,974 5,695,780 515 582 613
Indonesia   278,200 543,175 1,277,684 1,590,593 2,303,469 367 749 838 1,167
Iran, Islamic Rep. 151,905 184,442 239,300 312,076 1,048,093 317 469 858 1,533
Iraq   86,111 106,709 169,665 209,818 249,971 820 1,240
Ireland   46,174 54,746 70,301 90,296 128,284   1,610 1,979 2,578 3,618
Isle of Man                      
Israel     97,097 116,062 134,885 198,766   2,504 2,742 2,790 3,598
Italy   976,712 1,117,742 1,185,304 1,452,286 1,775,186   1,981 2,088 2,519 3,103
Jamaica   3,963 13,999 10,969 16,018 8,191   656 475 662 770
Japan   2,248,903 2,412,117 2,347,463 2,683,035 3,917,709   2,065 1,943 2,328 3,139
Jordan   11,873 36,549 53,753 80,442 99,020 1,713 2,230
Kazakhstan   525,400 551,000 537,441 472,000 1,730 3,481 1,710 2,807
Kenya   12,986 21,756 31,287 67,371 78 140
Kiribati  
Korea, Dem. Rep.
Korea, Rep.   318,683 647,505 1,455,759 1,691,429 2,225,092 1,698 3,568 3,899 4,974
Kuwait   8,104 13,630 23,678 20,787 28,705 991 1,377 1,244 2,247
Kyrgyz Republic   64,595 71,330 57,563 49,744   1,510 1,777 1,330 1,115
Lao PDR     1,408 5,382 4,730 12,732   44 150 116 253
Latvia     47,230 43,914 45,953 44,064   1,863 1,692 1,712 1,737
Lebanon     79,073 79,500 82,497 81,588   2,963 2,980 3,071 2,712
Lesotho   529 1,188 1,771 2,029 4,384   141 113 263 216
Liberia   2,404 4,900 4,889 4,878 4,847 208 218
Libya   13,427 20,166 30,000 50,471 106,541 663 1,548
Liechtenstein
Lithuania   70,995 96,500 88,668 75,559 2,063 2,621 1,758 2,023
Luxembourg 483 748 759 207
Macao   7,930 7,718 7,425 7,485 1,700
Macedonia, FYR 36,049 46,281 38,065 26,515 29,583     1,979   1,372
Madagascar 8,385 22,632 38,310 35,824 28,814   257 359 298 194
Malawi   1,903 2,591 3,057 4,829 5,561   56 42 63 58
Malaysia     57,650 93,249 121,412 191,290   419 595 679 971
Maldives                      
Mali   2,936 1,631 6,768 6,703 6,687 64 73
Malta   1,425 947 1,474 3,123 5,805 292 428 791 1,595
Marshall Islands
Martinique  
Mauritania   5,378 4,526 5,339 8,496 256 281 374
Mauritius   1,096 1,038 1,161 3,485 6,799 107 114 208 609
Mayotte  
Mexico   562,056 929,865 1,207,779 1,310,835 1,420,461 1,387 1,600 1,552 1,586
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.                    
Moldova     110,200 113,800 104,800 87,700   1,270 2,700 1,250 1,976
Monaco                      
Mongolia   9,861 34,543 40,099 31,434 38,643   2,234 2,101 1,416 1,569
Morocco   45,322 112,405 181,087 255,667 294,502   580 837 958 1,132
Mozambique   1,000 1,442 3,698 6,639   8 11 16 41
Myanmar   56,083 163,197 179,366 196,052 250,000   478 478 516 564
Namibia   558 1,523 4,157 11,344 280 738
Nepal   23,504 34,094 54,452 93,753 102,018 259 424 549 501
Netherlands   288,026 360,033 404,866 478,869 491,748 2,545 2,794 2,945 3,176
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia 178 438 761
New Zealand 66,178 76,643 95,793 111,504 163,923 2,462 2,950 3,287 4,603
Nicaragua   18,282 35,268 29,001 30,733 50,769   1,259 905 836 1,231
Niger   541 1,435 2,863 3,684 5,867   26   60  
Nigeria   44,964 150,072 266,679 335,824 404,969   191   320  
Northern Mariana Islands                    
Norway   66,628 79,117 94,658 142,521 180,383   1,936 2,279 3,357 4,164
Oman     18 990 6,208 9,664   2 670 391 438
Pakistan   127,932 267,742 336,689 371,162 182 266
Palau  
Panama   26,289 40,369 55,303 53,235 76,839 2,064 2,552 2,181 2,921
Papua New Guinea 5,040 5,068 6,397 13,663 163 147 318
Paraguay   18,302 26,915 32,090 32,884 40,913 855 889 769 1,031
Peru   195,641 306,353 452,462 681,801 755,929 1,771 2,321 3,450 3,268
Philippines   769,749 1,276,016 1,402,000 1,709,486 2,022,106   2,621 2,565 2,738 2,981
Poland   575,499 589,134 454,190 544,893 747,638   1,656 1,221 1,427 1,946
Portugal   79,702 92,152 129,277 185,762 300,573   944 1,305 1,882 3,060
Puerto Rico   97,517 131,184 142,407 153,680 164,854          
Qatar   779 2,269 5,344 6,485 8,271   991 1,494 1,559 1,509
Reunion  
Romania   164,567 192,769 159,798 192,810 336,141 868 703 711 1,479
Russian Federation 5,500,000 5,700,000 5,444,000 5,100,000 4,458,363 2,190 3,768 1,900 2,998
Rwanda   1,108 1,243 1,987 3,389 4,791 24 50
Samoa   249 976 758 900 1,042
Sao Tome and Principe                    
Saudi Arabia 26,437 62,074 113,529 153,967 251,945   662 898 1,035 1,380
Senegal     13,626 13,354 18,689 24,081   246 209 253 297
Seychelles     144                
Sierra Leone 1,701 2,166 5,690 4,742 3,794   66   114  
Singapore   22,607 23,256 39,913 55,672 83,914   963 1,474   2,522
Slovak Republic 77,191 66,002 72,215 91,553 1,247 1,715
Slovenia   27,707 29,601 33,565 47,908 1,574 2,489
Solomon Islands
Somalia   2,040 2,900 8,221 13,543 20,994 45
South Africa 207,620 439,007 617,897 1,524
Spain   540,238 697,789 935,126 1,222,089 1,591,863   1,859 2,431 3,007 4,017
Sri Lanka   15,426 42,694 59,377 55,190 63,660   288 370 488 474
St. Kitts and Nevis   99 212 325 394          
St. Lucia     301 367 618 2,760          
St. Vincent & the Grenadines     736 677 618          
Sudan   21,342 28,788 37,367 60,134 82,901 154 245
Suriname   2,378 2,751 3,994 4,804 676 1,023
Swaziland   1,012 1,875 2,732 3,198 3,497 332 421 426 408
Sweden   162,640 171,356 176,589 192,611 261,209 2,062 2,115 2,248 2,972
Switzerland   64,720 85,127 110,111 137,486 148,024 1,347 1,685 2,048 2,066
Syrian Arab Republic 73,660 140,180 179,473 221,628 215,734   1,611 1,726 1,740 1,559
Tajikistan     96,900 95,247 109,653 108,203   1,420 2,086 1,280 1,890
Tanzania   3,064 5,000 4,863 5,058 12,776   22 22 21 43
Thailand   130,965 361,400 1,026,952 952,012 1,220,481   1,284 2,009 1,763 2,096
Togo   2,353 4,750 5,230 8,969 11,639   182 173 226 285
Tonga   705
Trinidad and Tobago 4,940 5,649 6,582 7,249 5,348 522 559 591 730
Tunisia   20,505 31,827 41,594 68,535 112,634 499 567 851 1,253
Turkey   327,082 246,183 469,992 749,921 1,174,299 554 934 1,339 1,960
Turkmenistan 69,800 75,800 76,000 76,200 1,240 1,130
Uganda   5,474 5,856 10,103 17,578 30,266 45 68 100 154
Ukraine   1,570,100 1,683,500 1,662,000 1,651,700 1,541,000   1,760 3,263 1,700 2,977
United Arab Emirates   2,861 7,772 10,196 15,789   282 501 642 801
United Kingdom 732,947 827,146 1,032,491 1,258,188 1,820,843   1,468 1,824 2,170 3,135
United States 11,184,859 12,096,895 12,247,055 13,710,150 14,261,778   5,311 5,064 5,591 5,339
Uruguay   32,627 36,298 53,955 71,612 79,691   1,338   2,315 2,488
Uzbekistan   515,800 567,200 602,700 691,450 1,720 1,650
Vanuatu  
Venezuela   213,542 307,133 443,064 550,030 551,912 2,044 2,847
Vietnam   80,323 114,701 121,159 129,600 297,900 214 202 404
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 2,069 2,148 2,602 2,466 3,062
West Bank and Gaza 29,388 25,185 20,982 40,916
Yemen, Rep. 7,811 26,673 45,536 65,675 419
Yugoslavia, FR (Serb./Mont.)         159,512         1,556
Zambia   8,403 3,425 14,492 15,343 10,489   131 221 189 241
Zimbabwe   8,479 8,339 30,843 49,361 45,593   117 368 496 626
 
 
World   40,267,422 50,758,289 58,394,175 68,275,579 80,459,713   1,021 1,335 1,318 1,531
Low & middle income 18,986,254 26,929,371 33,645,255 37,313,806 44,155,455 602 879 761 980
    Sub-Saharan Africa 181,386 618,089 660,360 1,316,906 1,750,684 117 124 181 339
    East Asia & Pacific 1,828,765 4,224,145 7,673,191 8,575,155 11,984,521 293 521 441 704
    South Asia 3,222,983 3,882,888 5,335,794 6,142,904 7,161,837 445 574 338 608
    Europe & Central Asia 9,209,689 11,649,860 11,453,615 11,579,161 11,547,310 1,656 2,539 1,608 2,436
    Latin America & Carib. 3,590,200 4,945,840 6,389,251 7,267,699 7,923,878 1,346 1,493 1,706 1,638
    Middle East & N. Africa 953,231 1,608,549 2,133,044 2,431,981 3,787,225 943 1,053 1,251 1,465
High income 21,281,168 23,828,918 24,748,920 30,961,773 36,304,258   3,033 3,197 3,701 4,071
**LYA-Last year available
Sources:  Column 1: UNESCO 1999a; columns 2 and 4: UNESCO 1999a supplemented by
Bloom and Rivera-Batiz 1999; columns 3 and 5: UNESCO 1998a supplemented by Bloom
and Rivera-Batiz 1999; columns 6 and 8: UNESCO 1993; columns 7 and 9: UNESCO 1998a.