2011/12 & 2012/13
| INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TOTALS BY PLACE OF ORIGIN, 2011/12 & 2012/13 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Origin | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | % Change |
| SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA | 30,046 | 30,585 | 1.8 |
| East Africa | 7,827 | 7,761 | -0.8 |
| Burundi | 103 | 124 | 20.4 |
| Djibouti | 8 | 13 | 62.5 |
| Eritrea | 110 | 106 | -3.6 |
| Ethiopia | 1,334 | 1,463 | 9.7 |
| Kenya | 3,898 | 3,516 | -9.8 |
| Rwanda | 465 | 565 | 21.5 |
| Seychelles | 10 | 16 | 60.0 |
| Somalia | 34 | 30 | -11.8 |
| South Sudan | - | 8 | - |
| Sudan | 180 | 187 | 3.9 |
| Tanzania | 906 | 950 | 4.9 |
| Uganda | 779 | 783 | 0.5 |
| Central Africa | 2,778 | 2,861 | 3.0 |
| Cameroon | 1,530 | 1,472 | -3.8 |
| Central African Republic | 28 | 28 | 0.0 |
| Chad | 84 | 89 | 6.0 |
| Congo, Rep. of the | 249 | 309 | 24.1 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of the | 320 | 386 | 20.6 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 164 | 196 | 19.5 |
| Gabon | 402 | 378 | -6.0 |
| São Tomé & Príncipe | 1 | 3 | 200.0 |
| Southern Africa | 5,196 | 5,511 | 6.1 |
| Angola | 779 | 812 | 4.2 |
| Botswana | 175 | 216 | 23.4 |
| Comoros | 9 | 19 | 111.1 |
| Lesotho | 46 | 41 | -10.9 |
| Madagascar | 133 | 124 | -6.8 |
| Malawi | 258 | 252 | -2.3 |
| Mauritius | 205 | 228 | 11.2 |
| Mozambique | 67 | 88 | 31.3 |
| Namibia | 63 | 65 | 3.2 |
| Reunion | 1 | 2 | 100.0 |
| South Africa | 1,610 | 1,816 | 12.8 |
| Swaziland | 154 | 182 | 18.2 |
| Zambia | 535 | 496 | -7.3 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,161 | 1,170 | 0.8 |
| West Africa | 14,245 | 14,452 | 1.5 |
| Benin | 313 | 318 | 1.6 |
| Burkina Faso | 631 | 627 | -0.6 |
| Cape Verde | 87 | 81 | -6.9 |
| Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast | 955 | 980 | 2.6 |
| Gambia | 383 | 328 | -14.4 |
| Ghana | 2,769 | 2,863 | 3.4 |
| Guinea | 104 | 79 | -24.0 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 12 | 10 | -16.7 |
| Liberia | 159 | 172 | 8.2 |
| Mali | 402 | 383 | -4.7 |
| Mauritania | 61 | 71 | 16.4 |
| Niger | 279 | 194 | -30.5 |
| Nigeria | 7,028 | 7,316 | 4.1 |
| Saint Helena | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Senegal | 681 | 688 | 1.0 |
| Sierra Leone | 130 | 123 | -5.4 |
| Togo | 250 | 218 | -12.8 |
| ASIA | 489,970 | 525,849 | 7.3 |
| Asia, Unspecified | - | 1 | - |
| East Asia | 319,515 | 357,596 | 11.9 |
| China | 194,029 | 235,597 | 21.4 |
| Hong Kong | 8,032 | 8,026 | -0.1 |
| Japan | 19,966 | 19,568 | -2.0 |
| Macau | 505 | 533 | 5.5 |
| Mongolia | 1,423 | 1,361 | -4.4 |
| North Korea | 15 | 17 | 13.3 |
| South Korea | 72,295 | 70,627 | -2.3 |
| Taiwan | 23,250 | 21,867 | -5.9 |
| South and Central Asia | 124,392 | 121,100 | -2.6 |
| Afghanistan | 371 | 449 | 21.0 |
| Bangladesh | 3,314 | 3,828 | 15.5 |
| Bhutan | 100 | 133 | 33.0 |
| India | 100,270 | 96,754 | -3.5 |
| Kazakhstan | 1,938 | 1,969 | 1.6 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 254 | 261 | 2.8 |
| Maldives | 29 | 33 | 13.8 |
| Nepal | 9,621 | 8,920 | -7.3 |
| Pakistan | 4,600 | 4,772 | 3.7 |
| Sri Lanka | 2,902 | 3,046 | 5.0 |
| Tajikistan | 298 | 312 | 4.7 |
| Turkmenistan | 209 | 178 | -14.8 |
| Uzbekistan | 486 | 445 | -8.4 |
| Southeast Asia | 46,063 | 47,152 | 2.4 |
| Brunei | 69 | 61 | -11.6 |
| Cambodia | 333 | 393 | 18.0 |
| East Timor | 40 | 47 | 17.5 |
| Indonesia | 7,131 | 7,670 | 7.6 |
| Laos | 43 | 50 | 16.3 |
| Malaysia | 6,743 | 6,791 | 0.7 |
| Myanmar | 807 | 955 | 18.3 |
| Philippines | 3,194 | 3,215 | 0.7 |
| Singapore | 4,505 | 4,558 | 1.2 |
| Thailand | 7,626 | 7,314 | -4.1 |
| Vietnam | 15,572 | 16,098 | 3.4 |
| EUROPE | 85,423 | 85,823 | 0.5 |
| Albania | 659 | 649 | -1.5 |
| Andorra | 24 | 13 | -45.8 |
| Armenia | 363 | 345 | -5.0 |
| Austria | 989 | 1,036 | 4.8 |
| Azerbaijan | 460 | 388 | -15.7 |
| Belarus | 358 | 355 | -0.8 |
| Belgium | 880 | 894 | 1.6 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 341 | 364 | 6.7 |
| Bulgaria | 1,694 | 1,473 | -13.0 |
| Croatia | 552 | 581 | 5.3 |
| Cyprus | 438 | 425 | -3.0 |
| Czech Republic | 701 | 776 | 10.7 |
| Denmark | 1,233 | 1,359 | 10.2 |
| Estonia | 241 | 218 | -9.5 |
| Finland | 640 | 691 | 8.0 |
| France | 8,232 | 8,297 | 0.8 |
| Georgia | 481 | 456 | -5.2 |
| Germany | 9,347 | 9,819 | 5.0 |
| Gibraltar | 4 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Greece | 1,922 | 2,046 | 6.5 |
| Hungary | 655 | 690 | 5.3 |
| Iceland | 391 | 384 | -1.8 |
| Ireland | 1,106 | 1,158 | 4.7 |
| Italy | 4,284 | 4,276 | -0.2 |
| Kosovo | 114 | 106 | -7.0 |
| Latvia | 308 | 295 | -4.2 |
| Liechtenstein | 14 | 7 | -50.0 |
| Lithuania | 288 | 284 | -1.4 |
| Luxembourg | 68 | 87 | 27.9 |
| Macedonia | 222 | 237 | 6.8 |
| Malta | 41 | 51 | 24.4 |
| Moldova | 416 | 379 | -8.9 |
| Monaco | 43 | 21 | -51.2 |
| Montenegro | 112 | 109 | -2.7 |
| Netherlands | 1,975 | 1,948 | -1.4 |
| Norway | 2,016 | 2,097 | 4.0 |
| Poland | 1,838 | 1,581 | -14.0 |
| Portugal | 970 | 949 | -2.2 |
| Romania | 1,607 | 1,460 | -9.1 |
| Russia | 4,805 | 4,898 | 1.9 |
| San Marino | 3 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Serbia | 1,068 | 1,041 | -2.5 |
| Slovakia | 424 | 362 | -14.6 |
| Slovenia | 171 | 227 | 32.7 |
| Spain | 4,924 | 5,033 | 2.2 |
| Sweden | 3,926 | 4,283 | 9.1 |
| Switzerland | 1,362 | 1,420 | 4.3 |
| Turkey | 11,973 | 11,278 | -5.8 |
| Ukraine | 1,535 | 1,490 | -2.9 |
| United Kingdom | 9,186 | 9,467 | 3.1 |
| Vatican City/Holy See | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Europe, Unspecified | 18 | 12 | -33.3 |
| LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN | 64,410 | 66,864 | 3.8 |
| Caribbean | 11,376 | 11,100 | -2.4 |
| Anguilla | 29 | 15 | -48.3 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 183 | 188 | 2.7 |
| Aruba | 67 | 69 | 3.0 |
| Bahamas | 1,737 | 1,629 | -6.2 |
| Barbados | 267 | 293 | 9.7 |
| Bermuda | 389 | 406 | 4.4 |
| British Virgin Islands | 116 | 112 | -3.4 |
| Cayman Islands | 181 | 175 | -3.3 |
| Cuba | 57 | 76 | 33.3 |
| Curacao | - | 4 | - |
| Dominica | 261 | 237 | -9.2 |
| Dominican Republic | 1,610 | 1,803 | 12.0 |
| Grenada | 261 | 225 | -13.8 |
| Guadeloupe | 15 | 11 | -26.7 |
| Haiti | 889 | 934 | 5.1 |
| Jamaica | 2,694 | 2,499 | -7.2 |
| Martinique | 3 | 4 | 33.3 |
| Montserrat | 2 | 3 | 50.0 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 155 | 194 | 25.2 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 269 | 234 | -13.0 |
| St. Lucia | 352 | 330 | -6.3 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 95 | 98 | 3.2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1,689 | 1,532 | -9.3 |
| Turks and Caicos | 55 | 29 | -47.3 |
| Mexico and Central America | 20,432 | 21,072 | 3.1 |
| Belize | 370 | 333 | -10.0 |
| Costa Rica | 1,078 | 1,074 | -0.4 |
| El Salvador | 1,151 | 1,172 | 1.8 |
| Guatemala | 1,048 | 1,113 | 6.2 |
| Honduras | 1,407 | 1,513 | 7.5 |
| Mexico | 13,893 | 14,199 | 2.2 |
| Nicaragua | 363 | 434 | 19.6 |
| Panama | 1,122 | 1,234 | 10.0 |
| South America | 32,602 | 34,692 | 6.4 |
| Argentina | 1,888 | 1847 | -2.2 |
| Bolivia | 1,025 | 1,024 | -0.1 |
| Brazil | 9,029 | 10,868 | 20.4 |
| Chile | 2,203 | 2,349 | 6.6 |
| Colombia | 6,295 | 6,543 | 3.9 |
| Ecuador | 2,160 | 2,299 | 6.4 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 7 | - |
| French Guiana | 1 | 4 | 300.0 |
| Guyana | 224 | 206 | -8.0 |
| Paraguay | 342 | 395 | 15.5 |
| Peru | 2,702 | 2,539 | -6.0 |
| Suriname | 92 | 88 | -4.3 |
| Uruguay | 360 | 365 | 1.4 |
| Venezuela | 6,281 | 6,158 | -2.0 |
| MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA | 62,120 | 77,049 | 24.0 |
| MIDDLE EAST | 56,664 | 71,170 | 25.6 |
| Bahrain | 438 | 459 | 4.8 |
| Iran | 6,982 | 8,744 | 25.2 |
| Iraq | 809 | 1,074 | 32.8 |
| Israel | 2,490 | 2,430 | -2.4 |
| Jordan | 2,062 | 2,109 | 2.3 |
| Kuwait | 3,722 | 5,115 | 37.4 |
| Lebanon | 1,350 | 1,266 | -6.2 |
| Oman | 538 | 980 | 82.2 |
| Palestinian Territories | 331 | 319 | -3.6 |
| Qatar | 979 | 994 | 1.5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 34,139 | 44,566 | 30.5 |
| Syria | 458 | 505 | 10.3 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,097 | 2,256 | 7.6 |
| Yemen | 269 | 353 | 31.2 |
| North Africa | 5,456 | 5,879 | 7.8 |
| Algeria | 177 | 176 | -0.6 |
| Egypt | 2,201 | 2,608 | 18.5 |
| Libya | 1,328 | 1,343 | 1.1 |
| Morocco | 1,305 | 1,293 | -0.9 |
| Tunisia | 445 | 459 | 3.1 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 26,821 | 27,357 | 2.0 |
| Canada | 26,821 | 27,357 | 2.0 |
| OCEANIA | 5,697 | 6,104 | 7.1 |
| Australia | 3,848 | 4,121 | 7.1 |
| Cook Islands | 6 | 7 | 16.7 |
| Fiji | 122 | 136 | 11.5 |
| French Polynesia | 42 | 37 | -11.9 |
| Kiribati | 48 | 70 | 45.8 |
| Marshall Islands | 39 | 42 | 7.7 |
| Micronesia | 98 | 88 | -10.2 |
| Nauru | 7 | 1 | -85.7 |
| New Caledonia | 8 | 7 | -12.5 |
| New Zealand | 1,204 | 1,311 | 8.9 |
| Niue | 8 | 7 | -12.5 |
| Palau | 21 | 20 | -4.8 |
| Papua New Guinea | 60 | 78 | 30.0 |
| Samoa | 51 | 53 | 3.9 |
| Solomon Islands | 13 | 10 | -23.1 |
| Tonga | 104 | 105 | 1.0 |
| Tuvalu | 3 | 2 | -33.3 |
| Vanuatu | 8 | 7 | -12.5 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 7 | 2 | -71.4 |
| Stateless | 8 | 13 | 62.5 |
| WORLD TOTAL | 764,495 | 819,644 | 7.2 |
* Beginning with Open Doors 2013, the Africa region was changed to Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa was grouped with the Middle East to create a Middle East & North Africa region. Bermuda has been moved from North America to the Caribbean.
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Suggested citation: Institute of International Education. (20123 "International Student Totals by Place of Origin, 2011/12- 2012/13." Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Retrieved from http://www.iie.org/opendoors