The top ten countries with the highest number of university enrollments are:
- China – China has the highest number of university enrollments in the world with more than 38 million students.
- India – India has the second-highest number of university enrollments in the world with more than 35 million students.
- United States – The United States has the third-highest number of university enrollments in the world with more than 20 million students.
- Indonesia – Indonesia has over 6 million university enrollments, making it the fourth highest in the world.
- Brazil – Brazil has over 6 million university enrollments, making it the fifth highest in the world.
- Russia – Russia has over 5 million university enrollments, making it the sixth highest in the world.
- Japan – Japan has over 3.5 million university enrollments, making it the seventh highest in the world.
- Mexico – Mexico has over 3.4 million university enrollments, making it the eighth highest in the world.
- Iran – Iran has over 3.2 million university enrollments, making it the ninth highest in the world.
- Philippines – The Philippines has over 3 million university enrollments, making it the tenth highest in the world.
Top Ten Countries with Highest Number of University Enrollments 2017 |
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| Rank | Countries | No. of Enrollments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 43,367,394 |
| 2 | United States of America | 19,531,727 |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 4,802,721 |
| 4 | Germany | 2,977,781 |
| 5 | Egypt | 2,868,912 |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 2,466,643 |
| 7 | Colombia | 2,290,765 |
| 8 | Thailand | 2,235,450 |
| 9 | Spain | 1,963,924 |
| 10 | Pakistan | 1,871,575 |
Top 50 Countries with Highest Number of University Enrollments 2017 |
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| Rank | Countries | No. of Enrollments |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Ukraine | 1,776,190 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 1,527,769 |
| 13 | Algeria | 1,289,474 |
| 14 | Chile | 1,221,774 |
| 15 | Morocco | 877,404 |
| 16 | Malaysia | 817,587 |
| 17 | Syrian Arab Republic | 772,877 |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 658,413 |
| 19 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 565,350 |
| 20 | Romania | 541,653 |
| 21 | Belarus | 477,221 |
| 22 | Nepal | 445,324 |
| 23 | Austria | 425,972 |
| 24 | Ghana | 417,534 |
| 25 | Cameroon | 389,974 |
| 26 | Tunisia | 322,625 |
| 27 | Jordan | 312,750 |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | 308,000 |
| 29 | Hungary | 307,729 |
| 30 | Finland | 302,478 |
| 31 | China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 298,643 |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 278,953 |
| 33 | Norway | 268,231 |
| 34 | Uzbekistan | 262,368 |
| 35 | Cuba | 261,413 |
| 36 | Serbia | 241,054 |
| 37 | Tajikistan | 224,764 |
| 38 | Palestine | 221,018 |
| 39 | Costa Rica | 217,841 |
| 40 | Cambodia | 217,364 |
| 41 | Lebanon | 216,468 |
| 42 | Azerbaijan | 204,152 |
| 43 | Cte d’Ivoire | 192,689 |
| 44 | Mongolia | 179,540 |
| 45 | Albania | 160,527 |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 156,613 |
| 47 | Senegal | 144,827 |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 135,575 |
| 49 | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 130,191 |
| 50 | Georgia | 127,633 |
Source : http://data.uis.unesco.org/?queryid=142 Note : Tertiary education – provided by universities and other higher education institutions – is the level of education following secondary schooling.