2005/06 - 2006/07
| Place of Origin |
2005/06 |
2006/07 |
% Change |
|
|
|
|
| AFRICA |
36,308 |
35,802 |
-1.4 |
| Africa, Unspecified |
0 |
3 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| East Africa |
13,635 |
13,374 |
-1.9 |
| Burundi |
78 |
85 |
9.0 |
| Comoros |
29 |
39 |
34.5 |
| Djibouti |
15 |
14 |
-6.7 |
| Eritrea |
199 |
184 |
-7.5 |
| Ethiopia |
1,266 |
1,328 |
4.9 |
| Kenya |
6,559 |
6,349 |
-3.2 |
| Madagascar |
112 |
136 |
21.4 |
| Malawi |
347 |
321 |
-7.5 |
| Mauritius |
210 |
205 |
-2.4 |
| Mozambique |
98 |
80 |
-18.4 |
| Reunion |
11 |
6 |
-45.5 |
| Rwanda |
215 |
210 |
-2.3 |
| Seychelles |
2 |
6 |
200.0 |
| Somalia |
50 |
78 |
56.0 |
| Tanzania |
1,239 |
1,196 |
-3.5 |
| Uganda |
685 |
743 |
8.5 |
| Zambia |
816 |
876 |
7.4 |
| Zimbabwe |
1,704 |
1,518 |
-10.9 |
|
|
|
|
| Central Africa |
2,825 |
3,257 |
15.3 |
| Angola |
415 |
442 |
6.5 |
| Cameroon |
1,582 |
1,799 |
13.7 |
| Central African Republic |
34 |
47 |
38.2 |
| Chad |
73 |
120 |
64.4 |
| Congo, Rep. of |
86 |
143 |
66.3 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of |
308 |
271 |
-12.0 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
160 |
196 |
22.5 |
| Gabon |
161 |
230 |
42.9 |
| São Tomé & Príncipe |
6 |
9 |
50.0 |
|
|
|
|
| North Africa |
3,770 |
3,700 |
-1.9 |
| Algeria |
132 |
145 |
9.8 |
| Egypt |
1,509 |
1,664 |
10.3 |
| Libya |
38 |
93 |
144.7 |
| Morocco |
1,502 |
1,202 |
-20.0 |
| Sudan |
309 |
321 |
3.9 |
| Tunisia |
277 |
274 |
-1.1 |
| North Africa, Unspecified |
3 |
1 |
-66.7 |
|
|
|
|
| Southern Africa |
2,232 |
2,124 |
-4.8 |
| Botswana |
284 |
227 |
-20.1 |
| Lesotho |
52 |
57 |
9.6 |
| Namibia |
89 |
61 |
-31.5 |
| South Africa |
1,709 |
1,665 |
-2.6 |
| Swaziland |
98 |
114 |
16.3 |
|
|
|
|
| West Africa |
13,846 |
13,344 |
-3.6 |
| Benin |
217 |
253 |
16.6 |
| Burkina Faso |
339 |
423 |
24.8 |
| Cape Verde |
40 |
76 |
90.0 |
| Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast |
656 |
657 |
0.2 |
| Gambia |
403 |
372 |
-7.7 |
| Ghana |
3,160 |
2,961 |
-6.3 |
| Guinea |
218 |
181 |
-17.0 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
5 |
19 |
280.0 |
| Liberia |
364 |
336 |
-7.7 |
| Mali |
402 |
455 |
13.2 |
| Mauritania |
63 |
64 |
1.6 |
| Niger |
359 |
258 |
-28.1 |
| Nigeria |
6,192 |
5,943 |
-4.0 |
| Senegal |
666 |
681 |
2.3 |
| Sierra Leone |
297 |
299 |
0.7 |
| St. Helena |
14 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Togo |
448 |
366 |
-18.3 |
| West Africa, Unspecified |
3 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ASIA |
327,785 |
344,495 |
5.1 |
|
|
|
|
| East Asia |
197,576 |
204,023 |
3.3 |
| China |
62,582 |
67,723 |
8.2 |
| Hong Kong |
7,849 |
7,722 |
-1.6 |
| Japan |
38,712 |
35,282 |
-8.9 |
| North Korea |
201 |
266 |
32.3 |
| South Korea |
59,022 |
62,392 |
5.7 |
| Macau |
407 |
388 |
-4.7 |
| Mongolia |
927 |
1,156 |
24.7 |
| Taiwan |
27,876 |
29,094 |
4.4 |
|
|
|
|
| South & Central Asia |
94,965 |
104,457 |
10.0 |
| Afghanistan |
175 |
268 |
53.1 |
| Bangladesh |
2,581 |
2,410 |
-6.6 |
| Bhutan |
77 |
83 |
7.8 |
| India |
76,503 |
83,833 |
9.6 |
| Kazakhstan |
626 |
1,212 |
93.6 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
189 |
209 |
10.6 |
| Maldives |
26 |
26 |
0.0 |
| Nepal |
6,061 |
7,754 |
27.9 |
| Pakistan |
5,759 |
5,401 |
-6.2 |
| Sri Lanka |
2,157 |
2,373 |
10.0 |
| Tajikistan |
185 |
164 |
-11.4 |
| Turkmenistan |
154 |
143 |
-7.1 |
| Uzbekistan |
472 |
581 |
23.1 |
|
|
|
|
| Southeast Asia |
35,244 |
36,015 |
2.2 |
| Brunei |
12 |
24 |
100.0 |
| Cambodia |
364 |
329 |
-9.6 |
| East Timor |
34 |
16 |
-52.9 |
| Indonesia |
7,575 |
7,338 |
-3.1 |
| Laos |
65 |
45 |
-30.8 |
| Malaysia |
5,515 |
5,281 |
-4.2 |
| Myanmar |
650 |
625 |
-3.8 |
| Philippines |
3,758 |
3,730 |
-0.7 |
| Singapore |
3,909 |
3,705 |
-5.2 |
| Thailand |
8,765 |
8,886 |
1.4 |
| Vietnam |
4,597 |
6,036 |
31.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| MIDDLE EAST |
17,806 |
22,321 |
25.4 |
| Bahrain |
373 |
392 |
5.1 |
| Iran |
2,420 |
2,795 |
15.5 |
| Iraq |
190 |
262 |
37.9 |
| Israel |
3,419 |
3,269 |
-4.4 |
| Jordan |
1,733 |
1,726 |
-0.4 |
| Kuwait |
1,703 |
1,633 |
-4.1 |
| Lebanon |
1,950 |
1,852 |
-5.0 |
| Oman |
337 |
254 |
-24.6 |
| Palestinian Territories |
309 |
361 |
16.8 |
| Qatar |
254 |
296 |
16.5 |
| Saudi Arabia |
3,448 |
7,886 |
128.7 |
| Syria |
446 |
462 |
3.6 |
| United Arab Emirates |
978 |
885 |
-9.5 |
| Yemen |
246 |
248 |
0.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| EUROPE |
84,697 |
82,731 |
-2.3 |
| Albania |
904 |
841 |
-7.0 |
| Andorra |
6 |
3 |
-50.0 |
| Armenia |
408 |
427 |
4.7 |
| Austria |
843 |
843 |
0.0 |
| Azerbaijan |
337 |
286 |
-15.1 |
| Belarus |
458 |
496 |
8.3 |
| Belgium |
754 |
703 |
-6.8 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
369 |
413 |
11.9 |
| Bulgaria |
3,633 |
3,478 |
-4.3 |
| Croatia |
639 |
629 |
-1.6 |
| Cyprus* |
1,111 |
877 |
-21.1 |
| Czech Republic |
927 |
914 |
-1.4 |
| Denmark |
900 |
963 |
7.0 |
| Estonia |
321 |
240 |
-25.2 |
| Finland |
608 |
566 |
-6.9 |
| France |
6,640 |
6,704 |
1.0 |
| Georgia |
343 |
353 |
2.9 |
| Germany |
8,829 |
8,656 |
-2.0 |
| Gibraltar |
6 |
8 |
33.3 |
| Greece |
2,088 |
1,986 |
-4.9 |
| Hungary |
831 |
735 |
-11.6 |
| Iceland |
438 |
422 |
-3.7 |
| Ireland |
1,100 |
1,081 |
-1.7 |
| Italy |
3,224 |
3,342 |
3.7 |
| Kosovo |
70 |
56 |
-20.0 |
| Latvia |
382 |
430 |
12.6 |
| Liechtenstein |
14 |
6 |
-57.1 |
| Lithuania |
653 |
536 |
-17.9 |
| Luxembourg |
51 |
56 |
9.8 |
| Macedonia |
362 |
345 |
-4.7 |
| Malta |
38 |
27 |
-28.9 |
| Moldova |
359 |
365 |
1.7 |
| Monaco |
24 |
21 |
-12.5 |
| Montenegro** |
0 |
58 |
- |
| Netherlands |
1,567 |
1,587 |
1.3 |
| Norway |
1,297 |
1,191 |
-8.2 |
| Poland |
3,020 |
2,810 |
-7.0 |
| Portugal |
845 |
854 |
1.1 |
| Romania |
3,225 |
3,134 |
-2.8 |
| Russia |
4,801 |
4,751 |
-1.0 |
| San Marino |
3 |
2 |
-33.3 |
| Serbia |
971 |
1,074 |
10.6 |
| Slovakia |
697 |
592 |
-15.1 |
| Slovenia |
219 |
199 |
-9.1 |
| Spain |
3,455 |
3,575 |
3.5 |
| Sweden |
3,212 |
2,920 |
-9.1 |
| Switzerland |
1,276 |
1,241 |
-2.7 |
| Turkey* |
11,622 |
11,506 |
-1.0 |
| Ukraine |
1,805 |
1,692 |
-6.3 |
| United Kingdom |
8,274 |
8,438 |
2.0 |
| Vatican City/Holy See |
6 |
3 |
-50.0 |
| Yugoslavia, Former |
621 |
294 |
-52.7 |
| Europe, Unspecified |
111 |
2 |
-98.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| LATIN AMERICA |
64,769 |
64,579 |
-0.3 |
|
|
|
|
| Caribbean |
13,855 |
13,854 |
0.0 |
| Anguilla |
44 |
49 |
11.4 |
| Antigua & Barbuda |
226 |
203 |
-10.2 |
| Aruba |
91 |
90 |
-1.1 |
| Bahamas |
1,631 |
1,681 |
3.1 |
| Barbados |
467 |
440 |
-5.8 |
| British Virgin Islands |
188 |
138 |
-26.6 |
| Cayman Islands |
223 |
210 |
-5.8 |
| Cuba |
119 |
99 |
-16.8 |
| Dominica |
376 |
327 |
-13.0 |
| Dominican Republic |
875 |
961 |
9.8 |
| Grenada |
376 |
297 |
-21.0 |
| Guadeloupe |
13 |
10 |
-23.1 |
| Haiti |
1,029 |
1,163 |
13.0 |
| Jamaica |
4,166 |
4,110 |
-1.3 |
| Martinique |
15 |
8 |
-46.7 |
| Montserrat |
17 |
24 |
41.2 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
147 |
190 |
29.3 |
| St. Kitts & Nevis |
265 |
271 |
2.3 |
| St. Lucia |
342 |
331 |
-3.2 |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines |
140 |
139 |
-0.7 |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
2,924 |
2,912 |
-0.4 |
| Turks & Caicos Islands |
166 |
199 |
19.9 |
| Caribbean, Unspecified |
15 |
2 |
-86.7 |
|
|
|
|
| Central America & Mexico |
19,709 |
19,743 |
0.2 |
| Belize |
462 |
454 |
-1.7 |
| Costa Rica |
896 |
939 |
4.8 |
| El Salvador |
939 |
1,031 |
9.8 |
| Guatemala |
1,006 |
1,014 |
0.8 |
| Honduras |
1,042 |
1,097 |
5.3 |
| Mexico |
13,931 |
13,826 |
-0.8 |
| Nicaragua |
410 |
409 |
-0.2 |
| Panama |
1,023 |
973 |
-4.9 |
|
|
|
|
| South America |
31,205 |
30,982 |
-0.7 |
| Argentina |
3,032 |
2,813 |
-7.2 |
| Bolivia |
995 |
993 |
-0.2 |
| Brazil |
7,009 |
7,126 |
1.7 |
| Chile |
1,550 |
1,570 |
1.3 |
| Colombia |
6,835 |
6,750 |
-1.2 |
| Ecuador |
2,173 |
2,211 |
1.7 |
| Falkland Islands |
1 |
33 |
3,200.0 |
| French Guiana |
3 |
2 |
-33.3 |
| Guyana |
349 |
343 |
-1.7 |
| Paraguay |
321 |
340 |
5.9 |
| Peru |
3,519 |
3,701 |
5.2 |
| Suriname |
117 |
101 |
-13.7 |
| Uruguay |
509 |
476 |
-6.5 |
| Venezuela |
4,792 |
4,523 |
-5.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| NORTH AMERICA |
28,699 |
28,756 |
0.2 |
| Bermuda |
497 |
476 |
-4.2 |
| Canada |
28,202 |
28,280 |
0.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| OCEANIA |
4,702 |
4,300 |
-8.5 |
| Australia |
2,806 |
2,797 |
-0.3 |
| Cook Islands |
12 |
3 |
-75.0 |
| Fiji |
177 |
112 |
-36.7 |
| French Polynesia |
87 |
21 |
-75.9 |
| Kiribati |
34 |
58 |
70.6 |
| Marshall Islands |
90 |
54 |
-40.0 |
| Micronesia |
156 |
231 |
48.1 |
| Nauru |
8 |
5 |
-37.5 |
| New Caledonia |
21 |
5 |
-76.2 |
| New Zealand |
929 |
870 |
-6.4 |
| Niue |
5 |
5 |
0.0 |
| Norfolk Island |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Palau |
34 |
22 |
-35.3 |
| Papua New Guinea |
64 |
27 |
-57.8 |
| Samoa |
87 |
27 |
-69.0 |
| Solomon Islands |
12 |
6 |
-50.0 |
| Tonga |
168 |
47 |
-72.0 |
| Tuvalu |
1 |
3 |
200.0 |
| Vanuatu |
9 |
5 |
-44.4 |
| Wallis & Futuna |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| WORLD TOTAL |
564,766 |
582,984 |
3.2 |
* Cyprus and Turkey were moved from the Middle East category to Europe in 2005/06.
** Reported as a separate category in 2006/07.
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Suggested citation: Institute of International Education. (2007). "All Places of Origin of International Students, 2005/06-2006/07." Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Retrieved from http://www.iie.org/opendoors