2001/02 - 2002/03
| Place of Origin |
2001/02 |
2002/03 |
% Change |
|
|
|
|
| AFRICA |
37,724 |
40,193 |
6.5 |
| Africa, Unspecified |
0 |
1 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| East Africa |
15,331 |
15,996 |
4.3 |
| Burundi |
75 |
66 |
-12.0 |
| Comoros |
44 |
31 |
-29.5 |
| Djibouti |
8 |
5 |
-37.5 |
| Eritrea |
161 |
141 |
-12.4 |
| Ethiopia |
1,133 |
1,119 |
-1.2 |
| Kenya |
7,097 |
7,862 |
10.8 |
| Madagascar |
124 |
119 |
-4.0 |
| Malawi |
475 |
391 |
-17.7 |
| Mauritius |
251 |
228 |
-9.2 |
| Mozambique |
106 |
108 |
1.9 |
| Reunion |
20 |
4 |
-80.0 |
| Rwanda |
263 |
149 |
-43.3 |
| Seychelles |
20 |
19 |
-5.0 |
| Somalia |
87 |
87 |
0.0 |
| Tanzania |
1,814 |
1,822 |
0.4 |
| Uganda |
805 |
776 |
-3.6 |
| Zambia |
819 |
882 |
7.7 |
| Zimbabwe |
2,029 |
2,186 |
7.7 |
| East Africa, Unspecified |
0 |
1 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| Central Africa |
1,972 |
2,371 |
20.2 |
| Angola |
360 |
432 |
20.0 |
| Cameroon |
967 |
1,171 |
21.1 |
| Central African Republic |
12 |
23 |
91.7 |
| Chad |
60 |
90 |
50.0 |
| Congo |
8 |
3 |
-62.5 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
35 |
94 |
168.6 |
| Gabon |
101 |
125 |
23.8 |
| São Tomé & Príncipe |
7 |
4 |
-42.9 |
| Zaire/Congo |
422 |
429 |
1.7 |
|
|
|
|
| North Africa |
5,593 |
5,218 |
-6.7 |
| Algeria |
196 |
177 |
-9.7 |
| Egypt |
2,409 |
2,155 |
-10.5 |
| Libya |
42 |
33 |
-21.4 |
| Morocco |
2,102 |
2,034 |
-3.2 |
| Sudan |
378 |
431 |
14.0 |
| Tunisia |
458 |
381 |
-16.8 |
| Western Sahara |
8 |
4 |
-50.0 |
| North Africa, Unspecified |
0 |
3 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| Southern Africa |
3,443 |
3,017 |
-12.4 |
| Botswana |
1,004 |
688 |
-31.5 |
| Lesotho |
39 |
38 |
-2.6 |
| Namibia |
80 |
111 |
38.8 |
| South Africa |
2,232 |
2,095 |
-6.1 |
| Swaziland |
88 |
84 |
-4.5 |
| Southern Africa, Unspecified |
0 |
1 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| West Africa |
11,385 |
13,590 |
19.4 |
| Benin |
153 |
171 |
11.8 |
| Burkina Faso |
135 |
162 |
20.0 |
| Cape Verde |
57 |
79 |
38.6 |
| Côte d’Ivoire |
707 |
675 |
-4.5 |
| Gambia |
401 |
464 |
15.7 |
| Ghana |
2,672 |
3,032 |
13.5 |
| Guinea |
220 |
249 |
13.2 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
21 |
13 |
-38.1 |
| Liberia |
471 |
531 |
12.7 |
| Mali |
311 |
507 |
63.0 |
| Mauritania |
79 |
87 |
10.1 |
| Niger |
139 |
177 |
27.3 |
| Nigeria |
4,499 |
5,816 |
29.3 |
| Senegal |
809 |
774 |
-4.3 |
| Sierra Leone |
320 |
340 |
6.3 |
| St. Helena |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Togo |
382 |
498 |
30.4 |
| West Africa, Unspecified |
8 |
15 |
87.5 |
|
|
|
|
| ASIA |
324,812 |
332,298 |
2.3 |
|
|
|
|
| East Asia |
196,813 |
199,666 |
1.4 |
| China |
63,211 |
64,757 |
2.4 |
| Hong Kong |
7,757 |
8,076 |
4.1 |
| Japan |
46,810 |
45,960 |
-1.8 |
| Korea, Dem. People's Rep. |
113 |
213 |
88.5 |
| Korea, Republic of |
49,046 |
51,519 |
5.0 |
| Macao |
371 |
385 |
3.8 |
| Mongolia |
574 |
739 |
28.7 |
| Taiwan |
28,930 |
28,017 |
-3.2 |
| East Asia, Unspecified |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| South & Central Asia |
86,131 |
93,767 |
8.9 |
| Afghanistan |
92 |
102 |
10.9 |
| Bangladesh |
3,935 |
3,596 |
-8.6 |
| Bhutan |
78 |
68 |
-12.8 |
| India |
66,836 |
74,603 |
11.6 |
| Kazakhstan |
617 |
556 |
-9.9 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
230 |
217 |
-5.7 |
| Nepal |
3,019 |
3,729 |
23.5 |
| Pakistan |
8,644 |
8,123 |
-6.0 |
| Republic of Maldives |
16 |
23 |
43.8 |
| Sri Lanka |
2,069 |
2,094 |
1.2 |
| Tajikistan |
143 |
167 |
16.8 |
| Turkmenistan |
71 |
102 |
43.7 |
| Uzbekistan |
381 |
386 |
1.3 |
| South Asia, Unspecified |
0 |
1 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| Southeast Asia |
41,868 |
38,865 |
-7.2 |
| Brunei |
27 |
17 |
-37.0 |
| Cambodia |
247 |
329 |
33.2 |
| East Timor |
4 |
4 |
0.0 |
| Indonesia |
11,614 |
10,432 |
-10.2 |
| Laos |
133 |
108 |
-18.8 |
| Malaysia |
7,395 |
6,595 |
-10.8 |
| Myanmar |
875 |
870 |
-0.6 |
| Philippines |
3,295 |
3,576 |
8.5 |
| Singapore |
4,141 |
4,189 |
1.2 |
| Thailand |
11,606 |
9,982 |
-14.0 |
| Vietnam |
2,531 |
2,722 |
7.5 |
| Southeast Asia, Unspecified |
0 |
41 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| MIDDLE EAST |
38,545 |
34,803 |
-9.7 |
|
|
|
|
| Bahrain |
601 |
451 |
-25.0 |
| Cyprus |
2,027 |
1,834 |
-9.5 |
| Iran |
2,216 |
2,258 |
1.9 |
| Iraq |
147 |
127 |
-13.6 |
| Israel |
3,458 |
3,521 |
1.8 |
| Jordan |
2,417 |
2,173 |
-10.1 |
| Kuwait |
2,966 |
2,212 |
-25.4 |
| Lebanon |
2,435 |
2,364 |
-2.9 |
| Oman |
623 |
540 |
-13.3 |
| Palestinian Authority |
232 |
287 |
23.7 |
| Qatar |
461 |
441 |
-4.3 |
| Saudi Arabia |
5,579 |
4,175 |
-25.2 |
| Syria |
735 |
642 |
-12.7 |
| Turkey |
12,091 |
11,601 |
-4.1 |
| United Arab Emirates |
2,121 |
1,792 |
-15.5 |
| Yemen |
436 |
375 |
-14.0 |
| Middle East, Unspecified |
0 |
10 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| EUROPE |
81,579 |
78,001 |
-4.4 |
|
|
|
|
| Eastern Europe |
29,591 |
29,167 |
-1.4 |
| Albania |
1,129 |
1,106 |
-2.0 |
| Armenia |
439 |
390 |
-11.2 |
| Azerbaijan |
277 |
277 |
0.0 |
| Belarus |
411 |
417 |
1.5 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
511 |
528 |
3.3 |
| Bulgaria |
3,584 |
3,725 |
3.9 |
| Croatia |
802 |
735 |
-8.4 |
| Czech Republic |
1,152 |
1,180 |
2.4 |
| Czechoslovakia, Former |
11 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Estonia |
293 |
298 |
1.7 |
| Georgia |
345 |
377 |
9.3 |
| Hungary |
1,242 |
1,200 |
-3.4 |
| Latvia |
434 |
447 |
3.0 |
| Lithuania |
628 |
647 |
3.0 |
| Macedonia |
337 |
305 |
-9.5 |
| Moldova |
269 |
268 |
-0.4 |
| Poland |
2,606 |
2,744 |
5.3 |
| Romania |
3,325 |
3,407 |
2.5 |
| Russia |
6,643 |
6,238 |
-6.1 |
| Slovakia |
627 |
610 |
-2.7 |
| Slovenia |
225 |
238 |
5.8 |
| Ukraine |
2,195 |
2,070 |
-5.7 |
| U.S.S.R., Former |
79 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Yugoslavia, Former |
2,027 |
1,959 |
-3.4 |
| Eastern Europe, Unspecified |
0 |
1 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| Western Europe |
51,988 |
48,834 |
-6.1 |
| Andorra |
8 |
11 |
37.5 |
| Austria |
1,079 |
1,060 |
-1.8 |
| Belgium |
884 |
847 |
-4.2 |
| Denmark |
922 |
901 |
-2.3 |
| Finland |
819 |
739 |
-9.8 |
| France |
7,401 |
7,223 |
-2.4 |
| Germany |
9,613 |
9,302 |
-3.2 |
| Gibraltar |
1 |
3 |
200.0 |
| Greece |
2,599 |
2,341 |
-9.9 |
| Iceland |
891 |
537 |
-39.7 |
| Ireland |
1,053 |
1,055 |
0.2 |
| Italy |
3,333 |
3,287 |
-1.4 |
| Liechtenstein |
12 |
9 |
-25.0 |
| Luxembourg |
61 |
73 |
19.7 |
| Malta |
51 |
38 |
-25.5 |
| Monaco |
15 |
13 |
-13.3 |
| Netherlands |
1,791 |
1,672 |
-6.6 |
| Norway |
2,323 |
1,568 |
-32.5 |
| Portugal |
946 |
881 |
-6.9 |
| San Marino |
2 |
4 |
100.0 |
| Spain |
4,048 |
3,633 |
-10.3 |
| Sweden |
4,041 |
3,709 |
-8.2 |
| Switzerland |
1,680 |
1,562 |
-7.0 |
| United Kingdom |
8,414 |
8,326 |
-1.0 |
| Vatican City |
1 |
6 |
500.0 |
| Western Europe, Unspecified |
0 |
34 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| LATIN AMERICA |
68,358 |
68,950 |
0.9 |
|
|
|
|
| Caribbean |
13,879 |
14,895 |
7.3 |
| Anguilla |
46 |
46 |
0.0 |
| Antigua |
239 |
215 |
-10.0 |
| Aruba |
64 |
55 |
-14.1 |
| Bahamas |
1,973 |
2,012 |
2.0 |
| Barbados |
580 |
590 |
1.7 |
| British Virgin Islands |
97 |
113 |
16.5 |
| Cayman Islands |
211 |
203 |
-3.8 |
| Cuba |
163 |
141 |
-13.5 |
| Dominica |
232 |
288 |
24.1 |
| Dominican Republic |
898 |
983 |
9.5 |
| Grenada |
185 |
317 |
71.4 |
| Guadeloupe |
8 |
8 |
0.0 |
| Haiti |
1,184 |
910 |
-23.1 |
| Jamaica |
4,286 |
4,723 |
10.2 |
| Martinique |
13 |
6 |
-53.8 |
| Montserrat |
6 |
13 |
116.7 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
335 |
330 |
-1.5 |
| St. Kitts-Nevis |
146 |
172 |
17.8 |
| St. Lucia |
269 |
331 |
23.0 |
| St. Vincent |
131 |
172 |
31.3 |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
2,668 |
3,127 |
17.2 |
| Turks & Caicos Islands |
64 |
54 |
-15.6 |
| Windward Islands |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Caribbean, Unspecified |
81 |
85 |
4.9 |
|
|
|
|
| Central America/Mexico |
18,826 |
18,856 |
0.2 |
| Belize |
542 |
489 |
-9.8 |
| Costa Rica |
966 |
951 |
-1.6 |
| El Salvador |
917 |
971 |
5.9 |
| Guatemala |
1,058 |
1,045 |
-1.2 |
| Honduras |
1,007 |
985 |
-2.2 |
| Mexico |
12,518 |
12,801 |
2.3 |
| Nicaragua |
608 |
480 |
-21.1 |
| Panama |
1,208 |
1,134 |
-6.1 |
| Central America & Mexico, Unspecified |
2 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| South America |
35,653 |
35,199 |
-1.3 |
| Argentina |
3,444 |
3,644 |
5.8 |
| Bolivia |
953 |
1,051 |
10.3 |
| Brazil |
8,972 |
8,388 |
-6.5 |
| Chile |
1,655 |
1,723 |
4.1 |
| Colombia |
8,068 |
7,771 |
-3.7 |
| Ecuador |
2,364 |
2,398 |
1.4 |
| Falkland Islands |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| French Guiana |
6 |
4 |
-33.3 |
| Guyana |
359 |
503 |
40.1 |
| Paraguay |
375 |
418 |
11.5 |
| Peru |
3,188 |
3,376 |
5.9 |
| Suriname |
100 |
97 |
-3.0 |
| Uruguay |
468 |
493 |
5.3 |
| Venezuela |
5,627 |
5,333 |
-5.2 |
| South America, Unspecified |
73 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| NORTH AMERICA |
27,039 |
27,227 |
0.7 |
| Bermuda |
525 |
714 |
36.0 |
| Canada |
26,514 |
26,513 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
|
| OCEANIA |
4,852 |
4,811 |
-0.8 |
| Australia |
2,707 |
2,777 |
2.6 |
| Cook Islands |
4 |
5 |
25.0 |
| Fed. States of Micronesia |
274 |
198 |
-27.7 |
| Fiji |
247 |
212 |
-14.2 |
| French Polynesia |
110 |
80 |
-27.3 |
| Kiribati |
35 |
47 |
34.3 |
| Marshall Islands |
40 |
31 |
-22.5 |
| Nauru |
2 |
3 |
50.0 |
| New Caledonia |
2 |
9 |
350.0 |
| New Zealand |
1,046 |
1,041 |
-0.5 |
| Niue |
18 |
17 |
-5.6 |
| Norfolk Island |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Palau |
45 |
57 |
26.7 |
| Papua New Guinea |
32 |
37 |
15.6 |
| Solomon Islands |
8 |
10 |
25.0 |
| Tonga |
164 |
144 |
-12.2 |
| Tuvalu |
2 |
9 |
350.0 |
| Vanuatu |
6 |
8 |
33.3 |
| Western Samoa |
107 |
125 |
16.8 |
| Pacific Islands, Unspecified |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| STATELESS |
87 |
33 |
-62.1 |
|
|
|
|
| WORLD TOTAL |
582,996 |
586,323 |
0.6 |
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Suggested citation: Institute of International Education. (2003). "All Places of Origin of International Students, 2001/02-2002/03." Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Retrieved from http://www.iie.org/opendoors