2005/06
| Place of Origin |
2005/06 |
% Change |
|
|
|
| AFRICA |
36,308 |
0.5 |
|
|
|
| East Africa |
13,635 |
-0.3 |
| Burundi |
78 |
-4.9 |
| Comoros |
29 |
26.1 |
| Djibouti |
15 |
200.0 |
| Eritrea |
199 |
2.6 |
| Ethiopia |
1,266 |
12.1 |
| Kenya |
6,559 |
-2.5 |
| Madagascar |
112 |
-11.8 |
| Malawi |
347 |
-7.5 |
| Mauritius |
210 |
11.7 |
| Mozambique |
98 |
-7.5 |
| Reunion |
11 |
37.5 |
| Rwanda |
215 |
12.6 |
| Seychelles |
2 |
-80.0 |
| Somalia |
50 |
-9.1 |
| Tanzania |
1,239 |
-7.0 |
| Uganda |
685 |
8.4 |
| Zambia |
816 |
2.8 |
| Zimbabwe |
1,704 |
0.5 |
| East Africa, Unspecified |
- |
- |
|
|
|
| Central Africa |
2,825 |
12.8 |
| Angola |
415 |
-3.7 |
| Cameroon |
1,582 |
16.0 |
| Central African Republic |
34 |
6.3 |
| Chad |
73 |
-2.7 |
| Congo, Rep. of |
86 |
273.9 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of |
308 |
-4.6 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
160 |
53.8 |
| Gabon |
161 |
11.0 |
| São Tomé & Príncipe |
6 |
-25.0 |
|
|
|
| North Africa |
3,770 |
-3.9 |
| Algeria |
132 |
-7.7 |
| Egypt |
1,509 |
-4.1 |
| Libya |
38 |
-2.6 |
| Morocco |
1,502 |
-4.4 |
| Sudan |
309 |
6.6 |
| Tunisia |
277 |
3.4 |
| North Africa, Unspecified |
3 |
-76.9 |
|
|
|
| Southern Africa |
2,232 |
-0.4 |
| Botswana |
284 |
-16.0 |
| Lesotho |
52 |
26.8 |
| Namibia |
89 |
34.8 |
| South Africa |
1,709 |
0.6 |
| Swaziland |
98 |
2.1 |
|
|
|
| West Africa |
13,846 |
0.5 |
| Benin |
217 |
20.6 |
| Burkina Faso |
339 |
22.4 |
| Cape Verde |
40 |
0.0 |
| Côte d’Ivoire |
656 |
5.5 |
| Gambia |
403 |
-9.4 |
| Ghana |
3,160 |
1.5 |
| Guinea |
218 |
-3.1 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
5 |
-54.5 |
| Liberia |
364 |
6.1 |
| Mali |
402 |
16.5 |
| Mauritania |
63 |
8.6 |
| Niger |
359 |
53.4 |
| Nigeria |
6,192 |
-2.3 |
| Senegal |
666 |
-8.1 |
| Sierra Leone |
297 |
-3.6 |
| St. Helena |
14 |
1,300.0 |
| Togo |
448 |
-12.8 |
| West Africa, Unspecified |
3 |
-40.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ASIA |
327,785 |
0.8 |
|
|
|
| East Asia |
197,576 |
2.6 |
| China |
62,582 |
0.1 |
| Hong Kong |
7,849 |
9.3 |
| Japan |
38,712 |
-8.3 |
| North Korea |
201 |
-8.2 |
| South Korea |
59,022 |
10.6 |
| Macau |
407 |
6.3 |
| Mongolia |
927 |
20.5 |
| Taiwan |
27,876 |
7.6 |
|
|
|
| South & Central Asia |
94,965 |
-3.1 |
| Afghanistan |
175 |
12.9 |
| Bangladesh |
2,581 |
-6.4 |
| Bhutan |
77 |
10.0 |
| India |
76,503 |
-4.9 |
| Kazakhstan |
626 |
31.2 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
189 |
2.2 |
| Maldives |
26 |
8.3 |
| Nepal |
6,061 |
24.7 |
| Pakistan |
5,759 |
-8.5 |
| Sri Lanka |
2,157 |
8.3 |
| Tajikistan |
185 |
17.1 |
| Turkmenistan |
154 |
49.5 |
| Uzbekistan |
472 |
13.5 |
|
|
|
| Southeast Asia |
35,244 |
1.9 |
| Brunei |
12 |
-33.3 |
| Cambodia |
364 |
9.3 |
| East Timor |
34 |
112.5 |
| Indonesia |
7,575 |
-2.4 |
| Laos |
65 |
3.2 |
| Malaysia |
5,515 |
-10.2 |
| Myanmar |
650 |
-0.2 |
| Philippines |
3,758 |
6.4 |
| Singapore |
3,909 |
3.7 |
| Thailand |
8,765 |
1.5 |
| Vietnam |
4,597 |
25.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| MIDDLE EAST |
17,806 |
2.1 |
| Bahrain |
373 |
-1.1 |
| Iran |
2,420 |
7.5 |
| Iraq |
190 |
33.8 |
| Israel |
3,419 |
2.9 |
| Jordan |
1,733 |
-1.2 |
| Kuwait |
1,703 |
-1.0 |
| Lebanon |
1,950 |
-4.4 |
| Oman |
337 |
-4.8 |
| Palestinian Territories |
309 |
15.3 |
| Qatar |
254 |
-12.4 |
| Saudi Arabia |
3,448 |
13.6 |
| Syria |
446 |
-10.4 |
| United Arab Emirates |
978 |
-15.5 |
| Yemen |
246 |
3.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| EUROPE |
84,697 |
-0.8 |
|
|
|
| Albania |
904 |
4.4 |
| Andorra |
6 |
-45.5 |
| Armenia |
408 |
-0.5 |
| Austria |
843 |
-4.7 |
| Azerbaijan |
337 |
33.7 |
| Belarus |
458 |
6.3 |
| Belgium |
754 |
1.5 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
369 |
2.8 |
| Bulgaria |
3,633 |
-0.3 |
| Croatia |
639 |
-5.3 |
| Cyprus |
1,111 |
-16.2 |
| Czech Republic |
927 |
2.8 |
| Czechoslovakia, Former |
36 |
-55.6 |
| Denmark |
900 |
1.5 |
| Estonia |
321 |
13.4 |
| Finland |
608 |
6.7 |
| France |
6,640 |
1.3 |
| Georgia |
343 |
0.9 |
| Germany |
8,829 |
2.2 |
| Gibraltar |
6 |
-33.3 |
| Greece |
2,088 |
2.6 |
| Hungary |
831 |
-11.0 |
| Iceland |
438 |
0.9 |
| Ireland |
1,100 |
12.7 |
| Italy |
3,224 |
-1.1 |
| Kosovo |
70 |
50.0 |
| Latvia |
382 |
-6.4 |
| Liechtenstein |
14 |
55.6 |
| Lithuania |
653 |
2.8 |
| Luxembourg |
51 |
30.8 |
| Macedonia |
362 |
-5.0 |
| Malta |
38 |
40.7 |
| Moldova |
359 |
26.0 |
| Monaco |
24 |
166.7 |
| Netherlands |
1,567 |
6.3 |
| Norway |
1,297 |
-8.3 |
| Poland |
3,020 |
5.6 |
| Portugal |
845 |
-0.8 |
| Romania |
3,225 |
0.2 |
| Russia |
4,801 |
-5.4 |
| San Marino |
3 |
0.0 |
| Serbia & Montenegro |
971 |
148.3 |
| Slovakia |
697 |
14.4 |
| Slovenia |
219 |
-28.4 |
| Spain |
3,455 |
-1.6 |
| Sweden |
3,212 |
3.4 |
| Switzerland |
1,276 |
-6.2 |
| Turkey |
11,622 |
-6.8 |
| U.S.S.R., Former |
75 |
-32.4 |
| Ukraine |
1,805 |
-1.4 |
| United Kingdom |
8,274 |
0.5 |
| Vatican City |
6 |
-25.0 |
| Yugoslavia, Former |
621 |
-49.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| LATIN AMERICA |
64,769 |
-2.0 |
|
|
|
| Caribbean |
13,855 |
-0.3 |
| Anguilla |
44 |
-27.9 |
| Antigua |
226 |
10.8 |
| Aruba |
91 |
30.0 |
| Bahamas |
1,631 |
-0.4 |
| Barbados |
467 |
-5.5 |
| British Virgin Islands |
188 |
0.5 |
| Cayman Islands |
223 |
32.7 |
| Cuba |
119 |
-37.4 |
| Dominica |
376 |
17.9 |
| Dominican Republic |
875 |
0.8 |
| Grenada |
376 |
79.0 |
| Guadeloupe |
13 |
30.0 |
| Haiti |
1,029 |
2.7 |
| Jamaica |
4,166 |
-4.6 |
| Martinique |
15 |
-6.3 |
| Montserrat |
17 |
30.8 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
147 |
-27.6 |
| St. Kitts & Nevis |
265 |
35.2 |
| St. Lucia |
342 |
-0.9 |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines |
140 |
-20.0 |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
2,924 |
-0.2 |
| Turks & Caicos Islands |
166 |
-1.2 |
| Caribbean, Unspecified |
15 |
-76.2 |
|
|
|
| Central America & Mexico |
19,709 |
2.5 |
| Belize |
462 |
2.9 |
| Costa Rica |
896 |
0.1 |
| El Salvador |
939 |
-2.4 |
| Guatemala |
1,006 |
-3.0 |
| Honduras |
1,042 |
-8.6 |
| Mexico |
13,931 |
6.6 |
| Nicaragua |
410 |
-39.1 |
| Panama |
1,023 |
1.5 |
|
|
|
| South America |
31,205 |
-5.3 |
| Argentina |
3,032 |
-9.8 |
| Bolivia |
995 |
-1.3 |
| Brazil |
7,009 |
-3.2 |
| Chile |
1,550 |
-0.6 |
| Colombia |
6,835 |
-6.8 |
| Ecuador |
2,173 |
-0.2 |
| Falkland Islands |
1 |
- |
| French Guiana |
3 |
0.0 |
| Guyana |
349 |
-20.9 |
| Paraguay |
321 |
5.2 |
| Peru |
3,519 |
-3.1 |
| Suriname |
117 |
27.2 |
| Uruguay |
509 |
-3.2 |
| Venezuela |
4,792 |
-9.2 |
|
|
|
| NORTH AMERICA |
28,699 |
0.2 |
| Bermuda |
497 |
0.6 |
| Canada |
28,202 |
0.2 |
|
|
|
| OCEANIA |
4,702 |
4.9 |
| Australia |
2,806 |
5.5 |
| Cook Islands |
12 |
300.0 |
| Fiji |
177 |
-3.8 |
| French Polynesia |
87 |
-4.4 |
| Kiribati |
34 |
6.3 |
| Marshall Islands |
90 |
-1.1 |
| Micronesia |
156 |
21.9 |
| Nauru |
8 |
0.0 |
| New Caledonia |
21 |
133.3 |
| New Zealand |
929 |
3.2 |
| Niue |
5 |
-16.7 |
| Norfolk Island |
1 |
- |
| Palau |
34 |
-10.5 |
| Papua New Guinea |
64 |
82.9 |
| Samoa |
87 |
-29.3 |
| Solomon Islands |
12 |
-36.8 |
| Tonga |
168 |
15.1 |
| Tuvalu |
1 |
0.0 |
| Vanuatu |
9 |
28.6 |
| Wallis & Futuna |
1 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
| STATELESS |
- |
- |
|
|
|
| WORLD TOTAL |
564,766 |
-0.05 |
*Cyprus and Turkey were previously classified in the Middle East category but have been included in Europe for 2004/05 and 2005/06.
*Kosovo was reported as a separate category in 2005/06
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Suggested citation: Institute of International Education. (2006). "All Places of Origin of International Students, 2005/06." Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Retrieved from http://www.iie.org/opendoors