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Top Ten Countries with Highest Number of University Enrollments

by Vishul Malik

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…


World Top Ten Countries with University Enrollment Map

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

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

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.

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