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Table 400  Selected statistics for countries\1\ with populations over 10 million, by continent: 1980, 1990, and 1996

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                                 |Mid-year population in millions   |Persons  |                         First level\2\                                                          |                      Second level\3\                                                             |                          Third level\4\                                                    | Age for
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             Country             |    1980    |    1990    | 1996   |square   |               Enrollment in thousands            |                Gross enrollment ratio\6\     |               Enrollment in thousands            |       Gross enrollment ratio\6\               |               Enrollment in thousands         |        Gross enrollment ratio\6\           |  atten-
                                 |            |            |        |kilometer|__________________________________________________|______________________________________________|__________________________________________________|_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________|____________________________________________| dance\5\
                                 |            |            |        |in 1996  |        1980    |        1990    |        1996    |      1980     |     1990      |   1996       |       1980     |      1990      |     1996       |    1980           |    1990     |   1996      |     1980      |     1990      |     1996      |     1980     |    1990      |    1996      |
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   World total\7\ ...............|    4,447.1 |    5,282.0 |5,767.4 |      43 |        541,444 |        596,791 |        661,750 |          95.8 |          98.7 |        100.4 |        264,521 |        315,555 |        381,890 |              46.4 |  51.8       |        58.9 |      51,087   |        68,647 |        84,261 |         12.3 |         13.8 |         16.7 |      ---
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             Africa              |            |            |        |         |                |                |                |               |               |              |                |                |                |                   |             |             |               |               |               |              |              |              |
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Algeria\8\ ......................|       18.7 |       24.9 |   28.8 |      12 |          3,119 |          4,189 |          4,675 |            94 |           100 |          107 |          1,028 |          2,176 |          2,618 |                33 |          61 |          63 |\9\\10\     79 |           286 |\11\       347 |          5.9 |         11.4 |\11\     12.0 |     6-15
Angola ..........................|        7.0 |        9.2 |   11.2 |       9 |          1,301 |            990 |            --- |           174 |            91 |          --- |            191 |            186 |            --- |                21 |          12 |         --- |             2 |             7 |           --- |          0.4 |          0.8 |          --- |     7-15
Cameroon ........................|        8.7 |       11.5 |   13.6 |      29 |          1,379 |          1,964 |\12\      1,897 |            98 |           101 |\13\       88 |            234 |            500 |        ---     |                18 |          28 |\13\      27 |\14\        12 |            33 |        ---    |          1.6 |          3.3 |          --- |     6-12
Cote d'Ivoire ...................|        8.2 |       11.7 |   14.0 |      43 |          1,025 |          1,415 |\11\      1,662 |            75 |            67 |           71 |            222 |            --- |\12\        475 |                19 |          22 |          24 |            20 |\15\\16\    30 |\12\\16\    52 |          2.8 |\17\      2.6 |\13\      4.5 |     7-13
Democratic Rep. of the Congo ....|       27.0 |       37.4 |   46.8 |      20 |          4,196 |          4,562 |\12\      5,418 |            92 |            70 |\13\       72 |            862 |\15\      1,097 |\12\      1,514 |                24 |\18\      23 |\13\      26 |            28 |            80 |\12\        93 |          1.2 |          2.4 |\13\      2.3 |      ---
Egypt\8\ ........................|       43.7 |       56.3 |   63.3 |      63 |          4,663 |          6,964 |          8,243 |            73 |            94 |          102 |          2,929 |          5,507 |          6,727 |                50 |          76 |          75 |           716 |\19\\20\   628 |           --- |         16.1 |         15.9 |\21\     20.3 |     6-14
Ethiopia ........................|       36.4 |       48.1 |   58.2 |      53 |          2,131 |          2,466 |\11\      3,380 |            36 |            33 |\21\       37 |\18\        666 |            866 |\11\        819 |                 9 |          14 |\22\      11 |            14 |            34 |\11\        35 |          0.4 |          0.8 |\21\      0.7 |     7-13
Ghana\8\ ........................|       10.8 |       15.0 |   17.8 |      75 |\23\      1,378 |          1,945 |            --- |            79 |            77 |          --- |            693 |\24\        830 |            --- |                41 |          37 |         --- |\9\          8 |\9\         10 |           --- |          1.6 |          1.4 |          --- |     6-14
Kenya\8\ ........................|       16.6 |       23.5 |   27.8 |      48 |          3,927 |          5,392 |\21\\25\  5,545 |           115 |            95 |\21\       85 |            428 |\18\        458 |            --- |                20 |          24 |\21\      24 |            13 |\9\         35 |           --- |          0.9 |          1.6 |          --- |     6-14
Madagascar ......................|        9.1 |       12.6 |   15.4 |      26 |          1,724 |          1,571 |\13\      1,638 |\26\       127 |            84 |\21\       73 |\22\\23\    234 |            --- |            --- |\26\            26 |          17 |\21\      13 |            23 |            36 |            27 |\26\      2.7 |          3.1 |\21\      2.1 |     6-13
Morocco\8\ ......................|       19.4 |       24.0 |   27.0 |      61 |          2,172 |          2,484 |          3,161 |            83 |            67 |           84 |\27\        797 |          1,194 |\27\      1,366 |                26 |          35 |          39 |           112 |           256 |\12\       295 |          5.9 |         10.6 |\13\     11.1 |     7-16
Mozambique\8\ ...................|       12.1 |       14.2 |   17.8 |      22 |\28\      1,387 |          1,260 |\21\      1,415 |            99 |            67 |\21\       60 |\29\        108 |            160 |\21\        185 |                 5 |           8 |\21\       7 |             1 |\30\         5 |             7 |          0.1 |          0.3 |\21\      0.4 |     7-14
Nigeria\8\ ......................|       72.0 |       96.2 |  115.0 |     125 |\22\     12,117 |         13,607 |\12\     16,191 |\26\       105 |            85 |\13\       89 |\22\      1,865 |          2,908 |\13\      4,451 |\26\            16 |          23 |\13\      30 |           150 |\24\       336 |           --- |\26\      2.2 |\31\      3.3 |        ---   |     6-12
South Africa ....................|       29.2 |       37.1 |   42.4 |      35 |\25\      4,353 |          6,952 |          8,159 |            85 |           109 |          116 |            --- |\32\      2,939 |\13\      3,571 |\33\            55 |          68 |          84 |           --- |\34\       439 |\13\       618 |          --- |         12.8 |\13\     15.9 |     7-16
Sudan\8\ ........................|       18.7 |       24.1 |   27.3 |      11 |          1,464 |          2,043 |          3,000 |            50 |            50 |           53 |            384 |            732 |            406 |                16 |          23 |          20 |            29 |\18\        37 |           --- |          1.7 |          3.0 |          --- |     6-13
Uganda ..........................|       13.1 |       16.6 |   20.3 |      84 |\35\      1,292 |\25\\35\  2,470 |\21\      2,912 |\35\        50 |\35\        74 |\21\       73 |\35\         87 |\35\        268 |\21\\35\    292 |\35\             5 |\35\      13 |\21\      12 |             6 |            18 |\11\        30 |\35\      0.5 |\35\      1.2 |\21\\35\  1.7 |      ---
United Republic of Tanzania .....|       18.6 |       25.5 |   30.8 |      35 |\36\      3,368 |\36\      3,379 |\36\      3,943 |            93 |            70 |           66 |             79 |            167 |            212 |                 3 |           5 |           5 |           --- |\24\         5 |\11\        13 |          --- |\17\      0.3 |\21\      0.5 |     7-14
Zimbabwe ........................|        7.1 |        9.9 |   11.4 |      29 |          1,235 |          2,116 |          2,494 |            85 |           116 |          113 |             75 |            661 |            751 |                 8 |          49 |          48 |             8 |            49 |\37\        47 |          1.3 |          5.2 |          6.5 |     7-15
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              Asia               |            |            |        |         |                |                |                |               |               |              |                |                |                |                   |             |             |               |               |               |              |              |              |
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Afghanistan\8\ ..................|       16.1 |       14.8 |   20.9 |      32 |          1,116 |            623 |\21\      1,312 |            34 |            27 |\21\       49 |            137 |            182 |\21\        513 |                10 |           9 |\21\      22 |\38\        22 |            24 |           --- |          --- |          1.8 |          --- |     7-13
Bangladesh ......................|       88.2 |      109.8 |  120.1 |     834 |          8,240 |         11,940 |            --- |            61 |            69 |          --- |          2,659 |          3,593 |            ---               |  18 |          21 |         --- |           240 |\9\         52 |           --- |          2.8 |          4.4 |          --- |     5-10
China ...........................|      998.9 |    1,155.3 |1,232.1 |     128 |        146,270 |        122,414 |        136,150 |           113 |           127 |          120 |         56,778 |         53,063 |         69,156 |                46 |         --- |          71 |         1,663 |         3,822 |         5,827 |          1.7 |          2.9 |          5.7 |     7-15
India ...........................|      688.9 |      850.8 |  944.6 |     287 |         73,873 |         99,118 |        110,390 |            83 |            97 |          101 |         32,748 |\18\     44,485 |         68,872 |                30 |          44 |          49 |         3,545 |         4,951 |         6,060 |          5.2 |          6.0 |          6.9 |     6-14
Indonesia .......................|      151.0 |      182.8 |  200.5 |     105 |         25,537 |         29,754 |\12\     29,722 |           107 |           115 |\13\      114 |          5,722 |         10,965 |\12\     12,224 |                29 |          44 |\13\      48 |           543 |         1,591 |\11\     2,303 |          3.6 |          9.2 |\13\     11.1 |     7-15
Iran, Islamic Republic of .......|       39.3 |       59.2 |   70.0 |      43 |          4,799 |          9,370 |          9,238 |            87 |           110 |           90 |          2,718 |          5,085 |          8,777 |                42 |          54 |          74 |\18\\37\   184 |\37\       312 |\37\       579 |          --- |          9.6 |         17.1 |     6-11
Iraq ............................|       13.0 |       18.1 |   20.6 |      47 |          2,616 |          3,328 |\11\      2,904 |           113 |           111 |\21\       85 |          1,033 |\18\      1,191 |\11\      1,160 |                57 |          47 |\21\      42 |           107 |\39\       210 |           --- |          8.7 |          --- |\21\     11.2 |     6-12
Japan ...........................|      116.8 |      123.5 |  125.4 |     332 |         11,827 |          9,373 |          8,106 |           101 |           100 |          102 |          9,558 |         11,026 |\12\      9,879 |                93 |          97 |\13\      99 |         2,412 |\15\     2,899 |\12\     3,918 |         30.5 |         29.6 |\13\     40.3 |     6-15
Kazakhstan ......................|       14.9 |       16.7 |   16.8 |       6 |          1,064 |          1,197 |          1,342 |            84 |            87 |           96 |          1,996 |          2,144 |          1,921 |                93 |          98 |          85 |           525 |           537 |\11\\40\   419 |         34.1 |         40.1 |\21\     32.7 |     6-17
Korea, North (DPR) ..............|       17.7 |       20.4 |   22.5 |     186 |            --- |            --- |            --- |           --- |           --- |          --- |            --- |            --- |            --- |               --- |         --- |         --- |           --- |           --- |        ---    |          --- |          --- |          --- |     5-15
Korea, South (Republic of) ......|       38.1 |       42.9 |   45.3 |     457 |          5,658 |          4,869 |          3,811 |           110 |           105 |           94 |          4,286 |          4,560 |          4,662 |                78 |          90 |         102 |           648 |         1,691 |         2,542 |         14.7 |         38.6 |         60.3 |     6-15
Malaysia ........................|       13.8 |       17.9 |   20.6 |      62 |          2,009 |          2,456 |\35\      2,818 |            93 |            93 |           91 |          1,084 |          1,456 |\23\      1,742 |                48 |          58 |          62 |            58 |           121 |\12\       191 |          4.1 |          7.2 |\13\     10.6 |      ---
Myanmar .........................|       33.8 |       41.4 |   45.9 |      68 |          4,148 |          5,385 |\11\      5,414 |            91 |           105 |\21\      100 |          1,066 |          1,281 |\12\      1,753 |                22 |          23 |\21\      32 |           163 |\15\       196 |\12\\41\   245 |          4.7 |          4.1 |\13\      5.4 |     5-10
Nepal\8\ ........................|       14.5 |       18.8 |   22.0 |     156 |          1,068 |          2,789 |\13\      3,192 |            86 |           108 |\13\      110 |            512 |            709 |        ---     |                22 |          33 |        ---  |\42\        34 |            94 |        ---    |          2.7 |          5.2 |        ---   |     6-11
Pakistan ........................|       85.3 |      119.1 |  140.0 |     176 |\43\      5,474 |\43\     11,451 |        ---     |            39 |            61 |        ---   |          2,166 |          4,345 |            --- |                14 |          23 |         --- |\18\       268 |\24\       337 |           --- |          --- |          2.9 |          --- |      ---
Philippines .....................|       48.3 |       60.8 |   69.3 |     231 |\23\      8,034 |         10,427 |         11,903 |           112 |           113 |          117 |          2,929 |          4,034 |          4,888 |                64 |          73 |          79 |         1,276 |         1,709 |\11\     2,022 |         24.4 |         27.4 |\21\     29.7 |     6-12
Saudi Arabia ....................|        9.6 |       16.0 |   18.8 |       9 |            927 |          1,877 |          2,256 |            61 |            73 |           76 |            349 |            893 |          1,543 |                29 |          44 |          61 |            62 |           154 |           274 |          7.1 |         11.6 |         16.3 |      ---
Sri Lanka\8\ ....................|       14.8 |       17.1 |   18.1 |     276 |          2,081 |          2,112 |          1,844 |           103 |           105 |          109 |          1,267 |          2,082 |\21\      2,314 |                55 |          74 |\21\      75 |\44\        43 |\32\\40\    55 |\21\\40\    64 |          2.7 |          4.6 |\21\      5.1 |     5-15
Syrian Arab Republic ............|        8.7 |       12.4 |   14.6 |      79 |          1,556 |          2,452 |          2,690 |           100 |           108 |          101 |\44\        604 |\44\        914 |\44\        958 |                46 |          52 |          42 |           140 |           222 |\12\       216 |         16.9 |         18.2 |\13\     15.7 |     6-12
Thailand ........................|       46.7 |       55.6 |   58.7 |     114 |          7,393 |          6,957 |          5,910 |            99 |            99 |           88 |          1,920 |          2,230 |          3,926 |                29 |          30 |          57 |\29\       911 |\24\       952 |\11\     1,220 |         14.7 |\45\     15.7 |\21\     20.1 |     7-15
Turkey ..........................|       44.4 |       56.1 |   61.8 |      80 |          5,656 |          6,862 |\12\      6,467 |            96 |            99 |\13\      105 |          2,218 |          3,808 |\12\      4,726 |                35 |          47 |\13\      56 |           246 |           750 |\12\     1,174 |          5.4 |         13.1 |\13\     18.2 |     6-14
Uzbekistan ......................|       16.0 |       20.5 |   23.2 |      52 |          1,391 |          1,778 |\12\      1,906 |            81 |            81 |\13\       77 |          2,879 |          3,195 |\12\      3,319 |               105 |          99 |\13\      93 |           516 |           603 |           --- |         28.5 |         30.4 |        ---   |      ---
Viet Nam ........................|       53.7 |       66.7 |   75.2 |     227 |          7,887 |          8,862 |\11\     10,229 |           109 |           103 |\21\      114 |            --- |            --- |            --- |                42 |          32 |\13\      41 |           115 |           130 |\11\       298 |          2.1 |          1.9 |\21\      4.1 |     6-11
Yemen ...........................|        8.2 |       11.6 |   15.7 |      30 |            --- |            --- |          2,700 |           --- |           --- |           70 |             73 |\46\        421 |            354 |               --- |         --- |          34 |           --- |\15\        53 |            66 |          --- |\32\      4.3 |          4.2 |     6-15
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             Europe              |            |            |        |         |                |                |                |               |               |              |                |                |                |                   |             |             |               |               |               |              |              |              |
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Belarus\8\ ......................|        9.7 |       10.3 |   10.3 |      50 |            750 |            615 |            625 |           104 |            95 |           98 |            760 |            968 |          1,065 |                98 |          93 |          93 |           340 |           335 |           329 |         38.9 |         47.6 |         44.0 |     6-15
Belgium .........................|        9.9 |       10.0 |   10.2 |     333 |            842 |            719 |\12\        739 |           104 |           100 |\13\      103 |            836 |            769 |\12\      1,062 |                91 |         103 |\13\     146 |           196 |           276 |\12\       353 |         26.0 |         40.2 |\13\     54.4 |     6-18
Czech Republic ..................|       10.3 |       10.3 |   10.3 |     130 |            647 |            546 |\11\        542 |            96 |            96 |\21\      104 |          1,256 |          1,268 |\11\      1,191 |               114 |          91 |\21\      99 |\44\       118 |\44\       118 |\11\       192 |         17.5 |         16.0 |\21\     21.9 |     6-15
France ..........................|       53.9 |       56.7 |   58.3 |     106 |          4,610 |          4,149 |\11\      4,065 |           111 |           108 |\21\      106 |          5,014 |          5,522 |\11\      5,981 |                85 |          99 |\21\     111 |         1,077 |         1,699 |\11\     2,092 |         25.3 |         39.6 |\21\     51.0 |     6-16
Germany\47\ .....................|       78.3 |       79.4 |   81.9 |     230 |          3,636 |          3,431 |          3,805 |           --- |           101 |\21\      103 |\48\      8,457 |          7,398 |\11\      8,261 |               --- |          98 |\21\     102 |\49\     1,624 |\49\     2,049 |\11\\49\ 2,144 |         27.2 |         33.9 |\21\     44.4 |     6-18
Greece ..........................|        9.6 |       10.2 |   10.5 |      79 |            901 |            813 |\11\        675 |           103 |            98 |\21\       94 |            740 |            851 |\11\        835 |                81 |          93 |\21\      96 |           121 |           283 |\11\       329 |         17.1 |         24.8 |\21\     42.5 |     6-15
Hungary\8\ ......................|       10.7 |       10.4 |   10.0 |     108 |          1,162 |          1,131 |\11\        507 |            96 |            95 |\21\      104 |            357 |            514 |\11\      1,112 |                70 |          79 |\21\      99 |           101 |           102 |\11\       195 |         14.1 |         14.0 |\21\     23.8 |     6-16
Italy\8\ ........................|       56.4 |       57.0 |   57.2 |     190 |          4,423 |          3,056 |\11\      2,816 |           100 |            97 |\21\       99 |          5,308 |          5,118 |\11\      4,708 |                72 |          79 |\21\      88 |         1,118 |         1,452 |\11\     1,775 |         27.0 |         30.8 |\21\     41.4 |     6-14
Netherlands\8\ ..................|       14.1 |       15.0 |   15.6 |     381 |          1,333 |          1,082 |\11\      1,208 |           100 |           102 |\21\      107 |\50\      1,391 |          1,402 |\11\      1,480 |                93 |         120 |\21\     137 |           360 |           479 |\11\       492 |         29.3 |         39.8 |\21\     48.6 |     5-18
Poland\8\ .......................|       35.6 |       38.1 |   38.6 |     119 |          4,167 |          5,189 |\11\      5,021 |           100 |            98 |\21\       96 |          1,674 |          1,888 |\11\      2,539 |                77 |          81 |\21\      98 |           589 |           545 |\11\       720 |         18.1 |         21.7 |\21\     24.7 |     7-15
Romania\8\ ......................|       22.2 |       23.2 |   22.7 |      95 |          3,237 |          1,253 |          1,405 |           104 |            91 |          104 |          1,148 |          2,838 |          2,212 |                94 |          92 |          78 |           193 |           193 |           412 |         12.1 |          9.7 |         22.5 |     7-14
Russian Federation ..............|      138.7 |      148.3 |  148.1 |       9 |          6,009 |          7,596 |\12\      7,849 |           102 |           109 |\13\      108 |         12,991 |         13,956 |        ---     |                96 |          93 |        ---  |         5,700 |         5,100 |\12\     4,458 |         46.1 |         52.1 |\13\     42.9 |     6-15
Spain\8\ ........................|       37.5 |       39.3 |   39.7 |      78 |          3,610 |          2,820 |\11\      2,800 |           109 |           107 |\21\      105 |          3,977 |          4,755 |\11\      4,117 |                87 |         105 |\21\     121 |           698 |         1,222 |\11\     1,592 |         23.2 |         36.7 |\21\     48.6 |     6-16
Ukraine\8\ ......................|       50.0 |       51.9 |   51.6 |      85 |          3,592 |          3,991 |            --- |           102 |            89 |        ---   |          3,406 |          3,408 |        ---     |                94 |          93 |        ---  |         1,684 |         1,652 |\11\     1,541 |         41.6 |         46.6 |        ---   |     6-15
United Kingdom\8\ ...............|       56.3 |       57.6 |   58.1 |     238 |          4,911 |          4,533 |\11\\51\  5,284 |           103 |           104 |\21\      116 |          5,342 |          4,336 |\11\      6,697 |                83 |          85 |\21\     133 |           827 |         1,258 |\11\     1,821 |         19.1 |         30.2 |\21\     49.5 |     5-16
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic\8\ .|        9.5 |       10.2 |   10.3 |     101 |            --- |            467 |            438 |           --- |            72 |           71 |            --- |            788 |            815 |               --- |          63 |          64 |           --- |\15\\49\   133 |\49\       172 |          --- |         18.2 |         22.5 |     7-15
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          North America          |            |            |        |         |                |                |                |               |               |              |                |                |                |                   |             |             |               |               |               |              |              |              |
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Canada ..........................|       24.6 |       27.8 |   29.7 |       3 |          2,185 |          2,376 |\11\      2,448 |            99 |           103 |\13\      102 |          2,323 |          2,292 |\11\      2,505 |                88 |         101 |\21\     106 |\52\     1,173 |         1,917 |\11\     1,763 |         57.1 |         94.7 |\21\     90.2 |     6-16
Cuba.............................|        9.7 |       10.6 |   11.0 |      99 |          1,469 |            888 |\53\      1,095 |           106 |            98 |          106 |          1,146 |          1,002 |\53\        713 |                81 |          89 |          77 |           152 |           242 |           112 |         17.3 |         20.9 |         12.4 |     6-16
Guatemala .......................|        6.9 |        9.2 |   10.9 |     100 |            803 |\32\      1,249 |          1,511 |            71 |\32\        79 |           84 |            172 |\32\        295 |            376 |                18 |\32\      23 |          25 |            51 |           --- |\21\        80 |          8.1 |\17\      8.1 |\21\      8.1 |     7-14
Mexico ..........................|       67.6 |       83.2 |   92.7 |      47 |         14,666 |         14,402 |\11\     14,623 |           120 |           114 |\21\      115 |          4,742 |          6,704 |\11\      7,589 |                49 |          53 |\21\      61 |           930 |         1,311 |\11\     1,533 |         14.3 |         14.5 |\21\     15.3 |     6-14
United States....................|      230.4 |      254.1 |  269.4 |      29 |         20,420 |         22,429 |\11\     24,046 |            99 |           102 |\21\      102 |         21,585 |         19,270 |\11\     21,474 |                91 |          93 |\21\      97 |        12,097 |        13,710 |\11\    14,262 |         55.5 |         75.2 |\21\     81.0 |     6-16
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          South America          |            |            |        |         |                |                |                |               |               |              |                |                |                |                   |             |             |               |               |               |              |              |              |
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Argentina .......................|       28.1 |       32.5 |   35.2 |      13 |          3,917 |          4,965 |\25\      5,250 |           106 |           106 |          113 |          1,327 |          2,160 |          2,594 |                56 |          68 |          77 |           491 |\32\     1,008 |\13\     1,070 |         21.8 |\15\     38.1 |         41.8 |     6-14
Brazil ..........................|      121.7 |      148.0 |  161.1 |      19 |         22,598 |         28,944 |         33,131 |            98 |           106 |          120 |          2,819 |          3,499 |\13\      4,510 |                33 |          38 |        ---  |         1,409 |\49\     1,540 |\13\     1,716 |         11.1 |         11.2 |\13\     11.3 |     7-14
Chile ...........................|       11.1 |       13.1 |   14.4 |      19 |          2,185 |          1,991 |          2,242 |           109 |           100 |          101 |            538 |\32\        699 |            739 |                53 |          73 |          75 |           145 |\32\       262 |           367 |         12.3 |          --- |         30.3 |     6-13
Colombia ........................|       26.5 |       32.6 |   36.4 |      32 |          4,168 |          4,247 |\25\      4,917 |           124 |\32\       112 |          118 |          1,733 |\32\      2,378 |          3,318 |                41 |\32\      56 |          72 |           272 |\32\       511 |           644 |          9.1 |\32\     15.5 |         18.6 |     6-12
Ecuador .........................|        8.0 |       10.3 |   11.7 |      41 |          1,534 |          1,846 |          1,888 |           117 |           116 |          127 |            592 |\18\        730 |        ---     |                53 |          55 |        ---  |           270 |           207 |           --- |         34.9 |         20.0 |          --- |     5-15
Peru ............................|       17.3 |       21.6 |   23.9 |      19 |          3,161 |          3,855 |\21\\53\  4,131 |           114 |           118 |\21\      122 |          1,203 |          1,698 |\21\      1,863 |                59 |          67 |\21\      70 |           306 |           682 |\13\       756 |         17.3 |         30.6 |\13\     31.1 |     6-12
Venezuela .......................|       15.1 |       19.5 |   22.3 |      24 |          3,158 |          4,053 |          4,262 |            93 |            96 |           91 |            222 |            281 |            378 |                21 |          35 |          40 |           307 |           550 |           --- |         20.6 |         29.0 |          --- |     6-15
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             Oceania             |            |            |        |         |                |                |                |               |               |              |                |                |                |                   |             |             |               |               |               |              |              |              |
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Australia\8\ ....................|\54\   14.6 |       16.9 |   18.1 |       2 |          1,718 |          1,583 |          1,848 |           112 |           108 |          103 |          1,100 |          1,278 |          2,280 |                71 |          82 |         153 |\55\       324 |\55\       485 |         1,002 |         25.4 |         35.5 |         75.6 |     6-15
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\1\Selection based on total population for midyear 1996.
\2\First level enrollment generally consists of elementary school, grades 1-6.
\3\Second level enrollment includes general education, teacher training (at the second level), and technical and vocational education. This level generally corresponds to secondary education in the United States, grades 7-12.
\4\Third level enrollment includes college and university enrollment, and technical and vocational education beyond the high school level. There is considerable variation in reporting from country to country.
\5\In many countries, a child may be exempt from school attendance if there is no suitable school within a reasonable distance of his/her home.
\6\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. The year shown in this column is the one in which the school or academic year starts. Adjustments have been made for the varying lengths of first and second level programs. Ratios may exceed 100 because some countries have many students from outside the normal age range.
\7\Enrollment totals and ratios exclude Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Data do not include adult education or special education provided outside regular schools.
\8\Classification or data coverage of levels have been revised. Data by level may not be comparable over time.
\9\Includes only universities and equivalent degree-granting institutions.
\10\Data refer only to institutions under the authority of the Ministry of Education.
\11\Data for 1995-96.
\12\Data for 1994-95.
\13\Data for 1994.
\14\Data exclude Ecole Nationale d'Administration et de Magistrature (ENAM) .
\15\Data for 1991-92.
\16\Includes only institutions under the authority of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
\17\Data for 1985.
\18\Data for 1985-86.
\19\Excludes all private institutions.
\20\Data refer to universities and exclude Al Azhar.
\21\Data for 1995.
\22\Data for 1979-80.
\23\Data refer to public education only.
\24\Data for 1989-90.
\25\Estimated.
\26\Data for 1979.
\27\Does not include professional schools.
\28\Includes initiation classes where students learn Portuguese.
\29\Data for 1981-82.
\30\Data for 1992-93.
\31\Data for 1984.
\32\Data for 1991.
\33\Data for 1986-87.
\34\Not including the former Independent States of Transke, Bophuthatswana, Venda, and Ciskei.
\35\Data refer to government aided and maintained schools only.
\36\Data refer to Tanzania mainland only.
\37\Excludes private universities.
\38\Data for 1986.
\39\Data for 1988-89.
\40\Does not include parts of some non-university institutions.
\41\Does not include medical science.
\42\Refers to public universities only.
\43\Includes preprimary education.
\44\Includes full-time students only.
\45\Data for 1989.
\46\Former Yemen Arab Republic only.
\47\Data include both former East and West Germany.
\48\Excludes technical education, consisting of both on the job training and school education.
\49\Not including students at ISCED level 7 for which registration is not required.
\50\Including apprenticeships and care training.
\51\From 1992-93, data include pupils enrolled in infant classes in primary schools, previously considered as preprimary education, as well as pupils below school age, and independent and special preprimary schools.
\52\Not including part-time students at community colleges.
\53\Includes special education.
\54\Includes Norfolk Island.
\55\Excludes trade and vocational programs.
---Data not available. NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Because of rounding, details may not add up to totals. SOURCE: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, Statistical Yearbook, 1998. (This table was prepared August 1999.)


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