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| FOREIGN STUDENTS BY PLACE OF ORIGIN 2001-2 |
| Place of Origin |
2000-01 |
2001-2 |
Percent
Change |
| AFRICA |
34,217 |
37,724 |
10.2% |
| Africa, Unspecified |
8 |
0 |
-100.0% |
| East Africa |
13,516 |
15,331 |
13.4% |
| Burundi |
55 |
75 |
36.4% |
| Comoros |
38 |
44 |
15.8% |
| Djibouti |
8 |
8 |
0.0% |
| Eritrea |
134 |
161 |
20.1% |
| Ethiopia |
1,205 |
1,133 |
-6.0% |
| Kenya |
6,229 |
7,097 |
13.9% |
| Madagascar |
115 |
124 |
7.8% |
| Malawi |
428 |
475 |
11.0% |
| Mauritius |
246 |
251 |
2.0% |
| Mozambique |
86 |
106 |
23.3% |
| Reunion |
2 |
20 |
900.0% |
| Rwanda |
261 |
263 |
0.8% |
| Seychelles |
13 |
20 |
53.8% |
| Somalia |
96 |
87 |
-9.4% |
| Tanzania |
1,528 |
1,814 |
18.7% |
| Uganda |
754 |
805 |
6.8% |
| Zambia |
613 |
819 |
33.6% |
| Zimbabwe |
1,703 |
2,029 |
19.1% |
| East Africa, Unspecified |
2 |
0 |
-100.0% |
| Central Africa |
1,859 |
1,972 |
6.1% |
| Angola |
348 |
360 |
3.4% |
| Cameroon |
870 |
967 |
11.1% |
| Central African Republic |
18 |
12 |
-33.3% |
| Chad |
51 |
60 |
17.6% |
| Congo |
0 |
8 |
-- |
| Equatorial Guinea |
44 |
35 |
-20.5% |
| Gabon |
98 |
101 |
3.1% |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
13 |
7 |
-46.2% |
| Congo (formerly Zaire) |
411 |
422 |
2.7% |
| Central Africa, Unspecified |
6 |
0 |
-100.0% |
| North Africa |
5,184 |
5,593 |
7.9% |
| Algeria |
220 |
196 |
-10.9% |
| Egypt |
2,255 |
2,409 |
6.8% |
| Libya |
39 |
42 |
7.7% |
| Morocco |
1,917 |
2,102 |
9.7% |
| Sudan |
366 |
378 |
3.3% |
| Tunisia |
385 |
458 |
19.0% |
| Western Sahara |
2 |
8 |
300.0% |
| Southern Africa |
3,304 |
3,443 |
4.2% |
| Botswana |
941 |
1,004 |
6.7% |
| Lesotho |
35 |
39 |
11.4% |
| Namibia |
117 |
80 |
-31.6% |
| South Africa |
2,106 |
2,232 |
6.0% |
| Swaziland |
104 |
88 |
-15.4% |
| Southern Africa, Unspecified |
1 |
0 |
-100.0% |
| West Africa |
10,346 |
11,385 |
10.0% |
| Benin |
145 |
153 |
5.5% |
| Burkina Faso |
112 |
135 |
20.5% |
| Cape Verde |
59 |
57 |
-3.4% |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
637 |
707 |
11.0% |
| Gambia |
386 |
401 |
3.9% |
| Ghana |
2,469 |
2,672 |
8.2% |
| Guinea |
237 |
220 |
-7.2% |
| Guinea-Bissau |
16 |
21 |
31.3% |
| Liberia |
451 |
471 |
4.4% |
| Mali |
439 |
311 |
-29.2% |
| Mauritania |
73 |
79 |
8.2% |
| Niger |
87 |
139 |
59.8% |
| Nigeria |
3,820 |
4,499 |
17.8% |
| Senegal |
732 |
809 |
10.5% |
| Sierra Leone |
336 |
320 |
-4.8% |
| St. Helena |
1 |
1 |
0.0% |
| Togo |
330 |
382 |
15.8% |
| West Africa, Unspecified |
16 |
8 |
-50.0% |
| ASIA |
302,058 |
324,812 |
7.5% |
| Asia, Unspecified |
6 |
0 |
-100.0% |
| East Asia |
189,371 |
196,813 |
3.9% |
| China |
59,939 |
63,211 |
5.5% |
| Hong Kong |
7,627 |
7,757 |
1.7% |
| Japan |
46,497 |
46,810 |
0.7% |
| North Korea |
127 |
113 |
-11.0% |
| South Korea |
45,685 |
49,046 |
7.4% |
| Macau |
372 |
371 |
-0.3% |
| Mongolia |
442 |
574 |
29.9% |
| Taiwan |
28,566 |
28,930 |
1.3% |
| East Asia, Unspecified |
116 |
1 |
-99.1% |
| South and Central Asia |
71,765 |
86,131 |
20.0% |
| Afghanistan |
75 |
92 |
22.7% |
| Bangladesh |
4,114 |
3,935 |
-4.4% |
| Bhutan |
62 |
78 |
25.8% |
| India |
54,664 |
66,836 |
22.3% |
| Kazakhstan |
540 |
617 |
14.3% |
| Kyrgyzstan |
160 |
230 |
43.8% |
| Nepal |
2,618 |
3,019 |
15.3% |
| Pakistan |
6,948 |
8,644 |
24.4% |
| Republic of Maldives |
13 |
16 |
23.1% |
| Sri Lanka |
1,964 |
2,069 |
5.3% |
| Tajikistan |
118 |
143 |
21.2% |
| Turkmenistan |
65 |
71 |
9.2% |
| Uzbekistan |
418 |
381 |
-8.9% |
| South Asia, Unspecified |
6 |
0 |
-100.0% |
| Southeast Asia |
40,916 |
41,868 |
2.3% |
| Brunei |
25 |
27 |
8.0% |
| Cambodia |
187 |
247 |
32.1% |
| East Timor |
0 |
4 |
-- |
| Indonesia |
11,625 |
11,614 |
-0.1% |
| Laos |
96 |
133 |
38.5% |
| Malaysia |
7,795 |
7,395 |
-5.1% |
| Myanmar |
673 |
875 |
30.0% |
| Philippines |
3,139 |
3,295 |
5.0% |
| Singapore |
4,166 |
4,141 |
-0.6% |
| Thailand |
11,187 |
11,606 |
3.7% |
| Vietnam |
2,022 |
2,531 |
25.2% |
| Southeast Asia, Unspecified |
1 |
0 |
-100.0% |
| MIDDLE EAST |
36,858 |
38,545 |
4.6% |
| Bahrain |
562 |
601 |
6.9% |
| Cyprus |
2,217 |
2,027 |
-8.6% |
| Iran |
1,844 |
2,216 |
20.2% |
| Iraq |
155 |
147 |
-5.2% |
| Israel |
3,402 |
3,458 |
1.6% |
| Jordan |
2,187 |
2,417 |
10.5% |
| Kuwait |
3,045 |
2,966 |
-2.6% |
| Lebanon |
2,005 |
2,435 |
21.4% |
| Oman |
702 |
623 |
-11.3% |
| Palestinian Authority |
237 |
232 |
-2.1% |
| Qatar |
463 |
461 |
-0.4% |
| Saudi Arabia |
5,273 |
5,579 |
5.8% |
| Syria |
713 |
735 |
3.1% |
| Turkey |
10,983 |
12,091 |
10.1% |
| United Arab Emirates |
2,659 |
2,121 |
-20.2% |
| Yemen |
411 |
436 |
6.1% |
| EUROPE |
80,584 |
81,579 |
1.2% |
| Eastern Europe |
27,674 |
29,591 |
6.9% |
| Albania |
1,118 |
1,129 |
1.0% |
| Armenia |
366 |
439 |
19.9% |
| Azerbaijan |
253 |
277 |
9.5% |
| Belarus |
311 |
411 |
32.2% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
477 |
511 |
7.1% |
| Bulgaria |
3,270 |
3,584 |
9.6% |
| Croatia |
782 |
802 |
2.6% |
| Czech Republic |
1,112 |
1,152 |
3.6% |
| Czechoslovakia, Former |
39 |
11 |
-71.8% |
| Estonia |
287 |
293 |
2.1% |
| Georgia |
329 |
345 |
4.9% |
| Hungary |
1,174 |
1,242 |
5.8% |
| Latvia |
383 |
434 |
13.3% |
| Lithuania |
493 |
628 |
27.4% |
| Macedonia |
281 |
337 |
19.9% |
| Moldova |
183 |
269 |
47.0% |
| Poland |
2,432 |
2,606 |
7.2% |
| Romania |
2,976 |
3,325 |
11.7% |
| Russia |
6,858 |
6,643 |
-3.1% |
| Slovakia |
539 |
627 |
16.3% |
| Slovenia |
207 |
225 |
8.7% |
| Ukraine |
1,909 |
2,195 |
15.0% |
| U.S.S.R., Former |
105 |
79 |
-24.8% |
| Yugoslavia, Former |
1,790 |
2,027 |
13.2% |
| Western Europe |
52,910 |
51,988 |
-1.7% |
| Andorra |
5 |
8 |
60.0% |
| Austria |
1,062 |
1,079 |
1.6% |
| Belgium |
881 |
884 |
0.3% |
| Denmark |
1,007 |
922 |
-8.4% |
| Finland |
893 |
819 |
-8.3% |
| France |
7,273 |
7,401 |
1.8% |
| Germany |
10,128 |
9,613 |
-5.1% |
| Gibraltar |
4 |
1 |
-75.0% |
| Greece |
2,768 |
2,599 |
-6.1% |
| Iceland |
558 |
891 |
59.7% |
| Ireland |
1,086 |
1,053 |
-3.0% |
| Italy |
3,490 |
3,333 |
-4.5% |
| Liechtenstein |
13 |
12 |
-7.7% |
| Luxembourg |
73 |
61 |
-16.4% |
| Malta |
61 |
51 |
-16.4% |
| Monaco |
18 |
15 |
-16.7% |
| Netherlands |
1,856 |
1,791 |
-3.5% |
| Norway |
2,098 |
2,323 |
10.7% |
| Portugal |
884 |
946 |
7.0% |
| San Marino |
4 |
2 |
-50.0% |
| Spain |
4,156 |
4,048 |
-2.6% |
| Sweden |
4,598 |
4,041 |
-12.1% |
| Switzerland |
1,850 |
1,680 |
-9.2% |
| United Kingdom |
8,139 |
8,414 |
3.4% |
| Vatican City |
5 |
1 |
-80.0% |
| LATIN AMERICA |
63,634 |
68,358 |
7.4% |
| Caribbean |
14,423 |
13,879 |
-3.8% |
| Anguilla |
65 |
46 |
-29.2% |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
271 |
239 |
-11.8% |
| Aruba |
85 |
64 |
-24.7% |
| Bahamas |
1,762 |
1,973 |
12.0% |
| Barbados |
647 |
580 |
-10.4% |
| British Virgin Islands |
84 |
97 |
15.5% |
| Cayman Islands |
243 |
211 |
-13.2% |
| Cuba |
517 |
163 |
-68.5% |
| Dominica |
258 |
232 |
-10.1% |
| Dominican Republic |
869 |
898 |
3.3% |
| Grenada |
281 |
185 |
-34.2% |
| Guadeloupe |
10 |
8 |
-20.0% |
| Haiti |
1,012 |
1,184 |
17.0% |
| Jamaica |
4,225 |
4,286 |
1.4% |
| Martinique |
8 |
13 |
62.5% |
| Montserrat |
10 |
6 |
-40.0% |
| Netherlands Antilles |
352 |
335 |
-4.8% |
| St. Kitts and Nevis |
271 |
146 |
-46.1% |
| St. Lucia |
267 |
269 |
0.7% |
| St. Vincent |
139 |
131 |
-5.8% |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
2,901 |
2,668 |
-8.0% |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
48 |
64 |
33.3% |
| Windward Islands |
1 |
0 |
-100.0% |
| Caribbean, Unspecified |
97 |
81 |
-16.5% |
| Central America/Mexico |
16,764 |
18,826 |
12.3% |
| Belize |
489 |
542 |
10.8% |
| Costa Rica |
928 |
966 |
4.1% |
| El Salvador |
825 |
917 |
11.2% |
| Guatemala |
1,050 |
1,058 |
0.8% |
| Honduras |
974 |
1,007 |
3.4% |
| Mexico |
10,670 |
12,518 |
17.3% |
| Nicaragua |
611 |
608 |
-0.5% |
| Panama |
1,217 |
1,208 |
-0.7% |
| Central America, Unspecified |
0 |
2 |
-- |
| South America |
32,447 |
35,653 |
9.9% |
| Argentina |
3,172 |
3,444 |
8.6% |
| Bolivia |
897 |
953 |
6.2% |
| Brazil |
8,846 |
8,972 |
1.4% |
| Chile |
1,553 |
1,655 |
6.6% |
| Colombia |
6,765 |
8,068 |
19.3% |
| Ecuador |
2,028 |
2,364 |
16.6% |
| Falkland Islands |
4 |
1 |
-75.0% |
| French Guiana |
5 |
6 |
20.0% |
| Guyana |
409 |
359 |
-12.2% |
| Paraguay |
371 |
375 |
1.1% |
| Peru |
2,660 |
3,188 |
19.8% |
| Suriname |
121 |
100 |
-17.4% |
| Uruguay |
397 |
468 |
17.9% |
| Venezuela |
5,217 |
5,627 |
7.9% |
| South America, Unspecified |
2 |
73 |
3550.0% |
| NORTH AMERICA |
25,888 |
27,039 |
4.4% |
| Bermuda |
609 |
525 |
-13.8% |
| Canada |
25,279 |
26,514 |
4.9% |
| OCEANIA |
4,624 |
4,852 |
4.9% |
| Australia |
2,645 |
2,707 |
2.3% |
| Cook Islands |
4 |
4 |
0.0% |
| Federated States of Micronesia |
188 |
274 |
45.7% |
| Fiji |
250 |
247 |
-1.2% |
| French Polynesia |
71 |
110 |
54.9% |
| Kiritimati |
42 |
35 |
-16.7% |
| Marshall Islands |
37 |
40 |
8.1% |
| Nauru |
4 |
2 |
-50.0% |
| New Caledonia |
7 |
2 |
-71.4% |
| New Zealand |
971 |
1,046 |
7.7% |
| Niue |
5 |
18 |
260.0% |
| Norfolk Island |
1 |
2 |
100.0% |
| Palau |
48 |
45 |
-6.3% |
| Papua New Guinea |
30 |
32 |
6.7% |
| Solomon Islands |
7 |
8 |
14.3% |
| Tonga |
188 |
164 |
-12.8% |
| Tuvalu |
2 |
2 |
0.0% |
| Vanuatu |
5 |
6 |
20.0% |
| Western Samoa |
118 |
107 |
-9.3% |
| Pacific Islands, Unspecified |
1 |
1 |
0.0% |
| Stateless |
10 |
87 |
770.0% |
| WORLD TOTAL |
547,867 |
582,996 |
6.4% |
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