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Table 397 | School-age populations as a percent of total population: Selected countries, 1985, 1990, 1995, and 1996 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 5- to 13-year-olds as a | 14- to 17-year-olds as a |percent of total population |percent of total population Country |____________________________________|____________________________________ | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 |1996\1\ | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 |1996\2\ _______________________|________|_________|________|________|________|_________|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 _______________________|________|_________|________|________|________|_________|________|________ Australia .............| 14.5 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 14.0 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 7.0 Belgium ...............| 11.4 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 6.0 Canada ................| 12.8 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 7.0 Czech Republic ........| --- | --- | 11.6 | 13.0 | --- | --- | 6.5 | 8.0 Denmark ...............| 12.0 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 11.0 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 6.0 | | | | | | | | Finland ...............| 11.5 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 13.0 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 6.0 France ................| 12.8 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 7.0 Germany\3\ ............| 9.1 | 8.7 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.0 Greece ................| --- | --- | 10.7 | 12.0 | --- | 5.5 | 5.8 | 7.0 Iceland ...............| 15.7 | 15.0 | 14.3 | 16.0 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 8.0 | | | | | | | | Ireland ...............| 17.9 | 17.5 | 15.2 | 17.0 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 9.0 Italy .................| 12.7 | 10.3 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 6.0 Japan .................| 14.0 | 11.8 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 7.0 Korea .................| --- | --- | 14.5 | 15.0 | --- | --- | 7.1 | 9.0 Luxembourg ............| 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.0 | | | | | | | | Netherlands ...........| 12.0 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 6.0 New Zealand ...........| 15.3 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 7.0 Norway ................| 12.5 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 13.0 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 6.0 Portugal ..............| 15.3 | 14.3 | 10.9 | 12.0 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 8.0 Russian Federation ....| --- | --- | 14.3 | 16.0 | --- | --- | 5.8 | 7.0 | | | | | | | | Spain .................| 15.0 | 12.9 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 8.0 Sweden ................| 11.3 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 6.0 Switzerland ...........| 10.6 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 12.0 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 6.0 Turkey ................| 20.6 | 20.6 | 19.7 | 20.0 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 11.0 United Kingdom ........| 11.4 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 13.0 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 6.0 United States .........| 12.6 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 7.0 _______________________|________|_________|________|________|________|_________|________|________ |
\1\1996 data are for the 5-14 year old population.
\2\1996 data are for the 15-19 year old population. \3\Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany. ---Data not available. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, various years; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 1999.) |