| Student enrollment, tertiary, total - Tertiary - Education Statistics (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
|---|
| 1 | Low & middle income (2008) | 111,104,366 |
| 2 | Lower middle income (2008) | 66,460,343 |
| 3 | High income (2008) | 47,608,815 |
| 4 | Upper middle income (2008) | 40,149,925 |
| 5 | East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2006) | 35,278,705 |
| 6 |  China (2008) | 26,691,696 |
| 7 | Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2008) | 19,519,706 |
| 8 | United States (2008) | 18,248,124 |
| 9 | Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2007) | 18,227,754 |
| 10 | South Asia (2007) | 17,350,534 |
| 11 | India (2007) | 14,862,962 |
| 12 | Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2008) | 9,552,023 |
| 13 | Russia (2008) | 9,446,408 |
| 14 | Brazil (2008) | 5,958,135 |
| 15 | Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2008) | 4,771,932 |
| 16 | Low income (2008) | 4,739,925 |
| 17 | Indonesia (2008) | 4,419,577 |
| 18 | Japan (2008) | 3,938,632 |
| 19 | Iran (2008) | 3,391,852 |
| 20 | South Korea (2008) | 3,204,310 |
| 21 | North Korea (2008) | 3,204,310 |
| 22 | Ukraine (2008) | 2,847,713 |
| 23 | Philippines (2008) | 2,651,466 |
| 24 | Mexico (2008) | 2,623,367 |
| 25 | Turkey (2008) | 2,532,622 |
| 26 | Egypt (2008) | 2,488,434 |
| 27 | Thailand (2008) | 2,430,047 |
| 28 | United Kingdom (2008) | 2,329,494 |
| 29 | Argentina (2007) | 2,208,291 |
| 30 | France (2008) | 2,164,538 |
| 31 | Poland (2007) | 2,146,926 |
| 32 | Germany (1996) | 2,131,907 |
| 33 | Venezuela (2008) | 2,109,331 |
| 34 | Italy (2007) | 2,033,642 |
| 35 | Spain (2008) | 1,781,019 |
| 36 | Vietnam (2008) | 1,654,846 |
| 37 | Colombia (2008) | 1,487,186 |
| 38 | Nigeria (2005) | 1,391,527 |
| 39 | Canada (2004) | 1,326,711 |
| 40 | Bangladesh (2007) | 1,145,401 |
| 41 | Australia (2008) | 1,117,804 |
| 42 | Romania (2008) | 1,056,622 |
| 43 | Cuba (2008) | 987,250 |
| 44 | Pakistan (2008) | 973,792 |
| 45 | Peru (2006) | 952,437 |
| 46 | Algeria (2007) | 901,562 |
| 47 | Malaysia (2007) | 805,136 |
| 48 | Chile (2007) | 753,398 |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia (2008) | 666,662 |
| 50 | Kazakhstan (2009) | 635,241 |
| 51 | South Africa (1998) | 633,918 |
| 52 | Greece (2007) | 602,858 |
| 53 | Netherlands (2008) | 602,286 |
| 54 | Belarus (2008) | 576,679 |
| 55 | Ecuador (2008) | 534,522 |
| 56 | Burma (2007) | 507,660 |
| 57 | Iraq (2005) | 424,908 |
| 58 | Hungary (2008) | 413,715 |
| 59 | Sweden (2008) | 406,879 |
| 60 | Belgium (2008) | 401,652 |
| 61 | Morocco (2008) | 401,093 |
| 62 | Czech Republic (2008) | 394,544 |
| 63 | Portugal (2007) | 366,729 |
| 64 | Bolivia (2007) | 352,554 |
| 65 | Tunisia (2008) | 350,828 |
| 66 | Israel (2008) | 325,246 |
| 67 | Finland (2008) | 309,648 |
| 68 | Uzbekistan (2008) | 299,010 |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan (2008) | 296,267 |
| 70 | Dominican Republic (2004) | 293,565 |
| 71 | Libya (2000) | 290,060 |
| 72 | Austria (2008) | 284,791 |
| 73 | Ethiopia (2008) | 264,822 |
| 74 | Bulgaria (2008) | 264,463 |
| 75 | Nepal (2007) | 255,354 |
| 76 | Jordan (2008) | 254,752 |
| 77 | New Zealand (2008) | 244,355 |
| 78 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007) | 237,836 |
| 79 | Serbia (2008) | 237,598 |
| 80 | Yemen (2007) | 236,972 |
| 81 | Guatemala (2007) | 233,885 |
| 82 | Denmark (2007) | 232,194 |
| 83 | Slovakia (2008) | 229,477 |
| 84 | Switzerland (2008) | 224,469 |
| 85 | Syria (1994) | 215,734 |
| 86 | Norway (2008) | 212,672 |
| 87 | Lithuania (2008) | 204,767 |
| 88 | Singapore (2009) | 198,634 |
| 89 | Lebanon (2008) | 196,682 |
| 90 | West Bank and Gaza (2008) | 180,905 |
| 91 | Paraguay (2007) | 180,637 |
| 92 | Ireland (2008) | 178,518 |
| 93 | Kenya (2009) | 167,983 |
| 94 | Uruguay (2007) | 158,841 |
| 95 | Hong Kong (2007) | 157,858 |
| 96 | Ivory Coast (2007) | 156,772 |
| 97 | Tajikistan (2008) | 155,420 |
| 98 | Mongolia (2008) | 151,533 |
| 99 | Honduras (2008) | 147,740 |
| 100 | Cameroon (2008) | 147,631 |
| 101 | Moldova (2008) | 143,601 |
| 102 | Azerbaijan (2008) | 141,896 |
| 103 | Ghana (2007) | 140,017 |
| 104 | Croatia (2007) | 139,996 |
| 105 | El Salvador (2008) | 138,615 |
| 106 | Panama (2007) | 132,660 |
| 107 | Puerto Rico (1980) | 131,184 |
| 108 | Georgia (2008) | 129,926 |
| 109 | Latvia (2008) | 127,760 |
| 110 | Sudan (1995) | 125,713 |
| 111 | Cambodia (2008) | 122,633 |
| 112 | Slovenia (2008) | 115,445 |
| 113 | Costa Rica (2005) | 110,717 |
| 114 | Uganda (2008) | 107,728 |
| 115 | Armenia (2007) | 107,398 |
| 116 | Nicaragua (2003) | 103,577 |
| 117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007) | 99,414 |
| 118 | Laos (2008) | 89,457 |
| 119 | Guinea (2008) | 80,222 |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates (2008) | 77,428 |
| 121 | Turkmenistan (1990) | 76,000 |
| 122 | Oman (2008) | 72,632 |
| 123 | Estonia (2008) | 68,168 |
| 124 | Mali (2008) | 67,839 |
| 125 | Macedonia (2008) | 65,504 |
| 126 | Sri Lanka (1995) | 63,660 |
| 127 | Senegal (2006) | 62,539 |
| 128 | Madagascar (2008) | 62,069 |
| 129 | Jamaica (2008) | 61,139 |
| 130 | Zimbabwe (2003) | 55,689 |
| 131 | Tanzania (2007) | 55,134 |
| 132 | Albania (2004) | 53,014 |
| 133 | Liberia (2000) | 52,251 |
| 134 | Angola (2006) | 48,694 |
| 135 | Rwanda (2008) | 45,128 |
| 136 | Benin (2006) | 42,603 |
| 137 | Burkina Faso (2008) | 41,779 |
| 138 | Kuwait (2005) | 38,630 |
| 139 | Togo (2007) | 32,502 |
| 140 | Mozambique (2005) | 28,298 |
| 141 | Afghanistan (2004) | 27,648 |
| 142 | Cyprus (2008) | 25,688 |
| 143 | Macau (2008) | 25,407 |
| 144 | Zambia (2000) | 24,553 |
| 145 | Burundi (2008) | 21,856 |
| 146 | Namibia (2008) | 19,970 |
| 147 | Chad (2008) | 18,990 |
| 148 | Bahrain (2006) | 18,403 |
| 149 | Trinidad and Tobago (2005) | 16,920 |
| 150 | Timor-Leste (2009) | 16,727 |
| 151 | Iceland (2008) | 16,631 |
| 152 | Botswana (2006) | 16,239 |
| 153 | Mauritius (2009) | 15,947 |
| 154 | Niger (2009) | 15,293 |
| 155 | Fiji (2005) | 12,717 |
| 156 | Qatar (2008) | 12,545 |
| 157 | Republic of the Congo (2003) | 12,456 |
| 158 | Mauritania (2007) | 11,794 |
| 159 | Barbados (2007) | 11,405 |
| 160 | Eritrea (2009) | 9,949 |
| 161 | Papua New Guinea (1999) | 9,943 |
| 162 | Malta (2007) | 9,811 |
| 163 | Central African Republic (2008) | 9,473 |
| 164 | Sierra Leone (2002) | 9,041 |
| 165 | Lesotho (2006) | 8,500 |
| 166 | Gabon (1999) | 7,473 |
| 167 | Guyana (2008) | 7,306 |
| 168 | Cape Verde (2008) | 6,658 |
| 169 | Malawi (2007) | 6,458 |
| 170 | Haiti (1985) | 6,288 |
| 171 | Swaziland (2006) | 5,692 |
| 172 | Brunei Darussalam (2008) | 5,607 |
| 173 | Suriname (2002) | 5,186 |
| 174 | Bhutan (2008) | 5,051 |
| 175 | Bahamas (1994) | 3,960 |
| 176 | Belize (2009) | 3,581 |
| 177 | Guam (1980) | 3,217 |
| 178 | Luxembourg (2006) | 2,692 |
| 179 | St. Lucia (2008) | 2,577 |
| 180 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) (2007) | 2,488 |
| 181 | Netherlands Antilles (2002) | 2,285 |
| 182 | Aruba (2008) | 2,243 |
| 183 | Djibouti (2007) | 2,192 |
| 184 | Somalia (1975) | 2,040 |
| 185 | Comoros (2004) | 1,779 |
| 186 | American Samoa (2007) | 1,607 |
| 187 | Micronesia (2000) | 1,539 |
| 188 | Gambia (2004) | 1,530 |
| 189 | Western Samoa (2001) | 1,179 |
| 190 | Vanuatu (2004) | 955 |
| 191 | San Marino (2008) | 929 |
| 192 | Marshall Islands (2003) | 919 |
| 193 | Cayman Islands (2008) | 912 |
| 194 | Bermuda (2007) | 886 |
| 195 | St. Kitts and Nevis (2008) | 859 |
| 196 | Liechtenstein (2008) | 800 |
| 197 | New Caledonia (1985) | 761 |
| 198 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1985) | 736 |
| 199 | Tonga (2004) | 657 |
| 200 | Equatorial Guinea (1990) | 578 |
| 201 | Palau (2002) | 484 |
| 202 | Guinea-Bissau (2001) | 473 |
| 203 | Andorra (2008) | 459 |
| 204 | Dominica (2008) | 229 |
| 205 | Maldives (2004) | 73 |
| 206 | French Polynesia (1980) | 27 |
| 207 | Seychelles (1985) | 0 |
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