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EDUCATION
- Education
  - Education (full dataset)
  - Out-of-school children
  - Entry
  - Participation
  - Progression
    - Repeaters
      - Repeaters in primary education
      - Repeaters in lower secondary general education
    - Percentage of repeaters
      - Percentage of repeaters in primary education
      - Percentage of repeaters in lower secondary general education
    - Repetition rates
      - Repetition rate in primary education
      - Repetition rate in lower secondary general education
    - Survival rates
      - Survival rate in primary education
      - Survival rate in lower secondary general education
    - Early school leaving
    - Transition rate
      - Effective transition rate from primary to secondary
  - Completion
    - Completion and graduation ratios
    - Tertiary graduates
      - Tertiary graduates by level of education
    - Distribution of tertiary graduates
      - Distribution of tertiary graduates by field of study
    - Percentage of tertiary graduates
      - Percentage of female graduates by level of tertiary education
      - Percentage of female graduates by field of study
  - Literacy
  - Educational attainment
  - International student mobility in tertiary education
  - Human resources
  - Financial resources
  - School resources and teaching conditions
    - Access to basic services
      - Access to basic services by level of education
      - Percentage of schools that provide life skills-based HIV and sexuality education
  - School resources and teaching conditions (Africa only)
    - Access to basic services in public schools
      - Access to basic services in public schools by level of education
    - Textbooks per pupil in public primary schools
      - Textbooks per pupil in public primary schools by subject and grade
    - Classes in public primary schools
      - Classes in public primary schools by type of class
      - Classes in public primary schools by grade
    - Teacher training graduates
      - Teacher training graduates by level of education
      - Teacher training graduates to teachers in service
    - Percentage of teachers
      - Percentage of teachers by teaching level of education and recruitment status
    - Percentage of newly recruited teachers
      - Percentage of newly recruited teachers by teaching level of education
      - Percentage of newly recruited teachers by training status
    - School census return rate from public schools
      - School census return rate from public schools by level of education
  - Adult education (Latin America and the Caribbean only)
  - Disparities in teacher's training, deployment, characteristics and working conditions at sub-national level (East and South West Asia only)
  - Population
    - School age
      - School age population by level of education
    - Official entrance age
      - Official entrance age by level of education
  - Education System
    - Official entrance age
      - Official entrance age to each ISCED level of education
    - Theoretical duration
      - Duration by level of education
    - Free and compulsory education
      - Number of years of free education by level of education
      - Number of years of compulsory education by level of education
    - Academic year
      - Start and end of the academic year
SDG 4
- Sustainable Development Goal 4
  - Sustainable Development Goal 4 (full dataset)
  - Target 4.1: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
  - Target 4.2: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education
  - Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
  - Target 4.4: By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
    - 4.4.1 Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill
    - 4.4.3 Youth/adult educational attainment rates by age group, economic activity status, levels of education and programme orientation
  - Target 4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
  - Target 4.6: By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
  - Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure all learners acquire knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including among others through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development
    - 4.7.2 Percentage of schools that provide life skills-based HIV and sexuality education
  - Target 4.a: Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all
    - 4.a.1 Proportion of schools with access to: (a) electricity; (b) the Internet; (c) computers; (d) adapted infrastructure and materials; (e) basic drinking water; (f) single-sex basic sanitation facilities; and (g) basic handwashing facilities
    - 4.a.2 Percentage of students experiencing bullying
    - 4.a.3 Number of attacks on students, personnel and institutions
  - Target 4.b: By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training, information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries
    - 4.b.1 Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study
  - Target 4.c: By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States
EQUITY
- Equity
  - Equity (full dataset)
  - Target 4.1: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
  - Target 4.2: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education
    - 4.2.2 Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), by sex
    - 4.2.4 Gross early childhood education enrolment ratio in (a) pre-primary education and (b) early childhood educational development
  - Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
  - Target 4.4: By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
    - 4.4.1 Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill
    - 4.4.3 Youth/adult educational attainment rates by age group, economic activity status, levels of education and programme orientation
  - Target 4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
  - Target 4.6: By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
  - Target 4.a: Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all
    - 4.a.1 Proportion of schools with access to: (a) electricity; (b) the Internet; (c) computers; (d) adapted infrastructure and materials; (e) basic drinking water; (f) single-sex basic sanitation facilities; and (g) basic handwashing facilities
      - 4.a.1 Proportion of schools with access to basic facilities, all schools
    - 4.a.2 Percentage of students who experienced bullying in the past 12 months
  - Target 4.b: By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training, information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries
    - 4.b.1 Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study
  - Target 4.c: By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
- Research and experimental development
- Innovation
CULTURE
- Cultural employment
  - Cultural employment (full dataset)
  - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (%)
    - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (%)
  - Employment in cultural occupations (%)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-demographic characteristics (%)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-economic characteristics (%)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by cultural domain (%)
  - Employment in cultural industries (%)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-demographic characteristics (%)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-economic characteristics (%)
  - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (number)
    - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (number)
  - Employment in cultural occupations (number)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-demographic characteristics (number)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-economic characteristics (number)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by cultural domain (number)
  - Employment in cultural industries (number)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-demographic characteristics (number)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-economic characteristics (number)
      - Existence of more than one job, cultural and non cultural industries (number)
      - Secondary job, cultural and non cultural industries (number)
- Feature films
  - Feature Films (full dataset)
  - Feature film production
  - Distribution of feature films
    - Distribution of feature films
    - Share of top 3 distributors
  - Cinema infrastructure
  - Exhibition of feature films
COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION
- Communication and information
  - Communication and information (full dataset)
  - Information and communication technology (ICT) in education
  - Pilot media survey 2011-2012
  - Global media survey 2005-2006
    - Broadcast
    - Newspapers
      - Newspapers
  - Library statistics 1996-2000
    - Librairies
DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC
- Demographic and socio-economic
  - Demographic and socio-economic (full dataset)
  - Demographic
    - Demographic indicators
  - Socio-economic
    - Socio-economic indicators

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Education

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Time

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2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Country

Afghanistan

Åland Islands

Albania

19 980

10 957

6 981

7 557

7 101

4 665

Algeria

26 026

24 862

27 860

21 362

American Samoa

Andorra

Angola

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

2 601

2 131

1 989

Argentina

35 053

27 937

14 149

11 564

28 723

Armenia

^(‡)

5 001

^(‡)

4 935

^(‡)

8 869

^(‡)

10 967

12 075

12 282

Aruba

^(‡)

Australia

^(‡)

45 874

^(‡)

50 066

^(‡)

58 355

60 306

69 193

70 362

Austria

Azerbaijan

^(‡)

53 736

^(‡)

31 378

^(‡)

25 324

^(‡)

29 661

^(‡)

27 483

^(‡)

34 961

Bahamas

3 740

Bahrain

7 274

6 394

4 453

2 143

2 330

1 279

Bangladesh

753 254

Barbados

1 924

1 680

1 573

2 126

Belarus

20 276

24 701

24 686

20 855

14 400

16 598

Belgium

14 591

14 473

15 126

12 285

10 325

Belize

204

522

395

359

376

330

Benin

70 197

59 913

52 737

Bermuda

797

Bhutan

11 524

12 840

15 606

17 305

18 367

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

139 212

145 344

148 574

139 989

126 435

104 077

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

21 786

19 812

33 883

Brazil

⁽⁺⁾

173 927

⁽⁺⁾

393 728

⁽⁺⁾

373 171

⁽⁺⁾

454 937

⁽⁺⁾

395 798

British Virgin Islands

Brunei Darussalam

1 351

1 031

1 418

1 437

1 285

1 355

Bulgaria

5 579

9 255

10 938

14 045

18 895

Burkina Faso

945 661

950 308

941 403

920 171

761 443

746 623

Burundi

45 208

Cambodia

46 721

89 849

^(‡)

87 658

137 924

184 824

Cameroon

^(‡)

196 915

185 423

177 737

185 386

Canada

11 599

12 074

13 160

9 007

863

Cabo Verde

8 748

8 906

8 730

8 646

9 041

9 073

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

232 452

Chad

^(‡)

485 829

480 045

640 027

Channel Islands

Chile

127 972

140 140

137 371

125 240

105 592

77 413

China

China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

^(‡)

2 170

^(‡)

2 691

^(‡)

3 357

^(‡)

3 934

^(‡)

5 896

^(‡)

6 462

China, Macao Special Administrative Region

2 928

2 323

1 306

457

320

261

Colombia

229 849

279 437

309 185

269 465

250 486

243 808

Comoros

14 918

19 819

19 325

Congo

90 113

Cook Islands

⁽⁺⁾

Costa Rica

2 288

6 558

15 637

15 018

13 887

Côte d'Ivoire

1 084 851

938 595

818 619

461 892

419 597

Croatia

2 485

2 840

2 705

2 739

4 007

Cuba

3 133

3 304

25 824

33 528

30 961

21 346

Curaçao

Cyprus

⁽⁺⁾

988

⁽⁺⁾

1 358

⁽⁺⁾

1 535

⁽⁺⁾

1 176

Czechia

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Denmark

8 179

6 239

7 545

6 032

4 537

Djibouti

45 540

37 591

43 528

46 244

43 496

41 062

Dominica

117

Dominican Republic

⁽⁺⁾

74 974

⁽⁺⁾

78 086

⁽⁺⁾

98 053

⁽⁺⁾

52 389

⁽⁺⁾

56 714

⁽⁺⁾

65 811

Ecuador

64 921

34 973

37 441

33 556

39 278

Egypt

^(‡)

332 520

360 955

154 511

163 886

El Salvador

38 362

58 750

75 956

93 456

102 644

131 351

Equatorial Guinea

70 697

84 627

Eritrea

313 014

350 503

361 719

383 685

437 315

Estonia

293

1 296

4 587

5 280

5 385

Eswatini

^(‡)

44 254

^(‡)

51 754

^(‡)

50 405

^(‡)

53 082

54 963

Ethiopia

^(‡)

3 152 376

^(‡)

2 154 446

^(‡)

2 221 454

Faeroe Islands

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Fiji

1 285

2 863

2 030

Finland

3 068

3 058

1 991

2 853

3 139

France

⁽⁺⁾

43 929

⁽⁺⁾

44 390

⁽⁺⁾

43 053

⁽⁺⁾

42 401

⁽⁺⁾

37 422

French Guiana

French Polynesia

Gabon

Gambia

81 095

95 817

90 228

83 324

78 791

72 584

72 096

Georgia

5 361

915

688

1 054

1 063

2 164

Germany

^(‡)

12 422

^(‡)

5 263

^(‡)

4 777

^(‡)

5 330

^(‡)

6 133

Ghana

^(‡)

716 870

541 782

453 623

395 157

544 370

622 861

682 596

Gibraltar

Greece

36 452

40 327

49 076

43 505

48 705

Greenland

Grenada

200

338

286

411

Guadeloupe

Guam

Guatemala

182 449

237 111

280 541

286 107

298 432

273 702

Guernsey

Guinea

433 171

422 168

362 777

406 478

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

4 303

Haiti

Holy See

^(a)

Honduras

172 566

208 319

209 245

223 848

201 619

192 262

Hungary

14 969

15 569

14 741

14 094

12 152

Iceland

523

567

542

420

151

India

^(‡)

3 825 445

^(‡)

2 897 747

Indonesia

1 127 807

1 957 061

^(‡)

2 278 461

2 359 548

2 061 360

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

⁽⁺⁾

19 227

90 884

30 869

41 355

63 106

101 141

Iraq

Ireland

⁽⁺⁾

1 258

^(‡)

2 357

⁽⁺⁾

2 183

⁽⁺⁾

266

⁽⁺⁾

163

Isle of Man

Israel

18 622

22 264

24 359

20 665

25 499

23 643

Italy

19 215

15 393

18 816

27 056

39 161

Jamaica

Japan

⁽⁺⁾

92 485

⁽⁺⁾

115 680

80 630

118 248

Jersey

Jordan

Kazakhstan

5 929

6 371

5 624

1 671

3 263

11 270

14 294

Kenya

^(‡)

1 214 199

Kiribati

336

477

300

577

Kuwait

3 575

5 843

6 402

6 218

8 799

19 258

Kyrgyzstan

6 137

^(‡)

6 170

7 634

8 009

6 756

6 773

Lao People's Democratic Republic

38 302

23 539

20 572

32 541

39 567

50 332

Latvia

⁽⁺⁾

3 163

⁽⁺⁾

3 700

⁽⁺⁾

4 067

⁽⁺⁾

4 146

⁽⁺⁾

3 890

⁽⁺⁾

3 535

Lebanon

^(‡)

44 755

53 144

82 008

86 816

85 468

61 661

Lesotho

63 590

^(‡)

70 451

^(‡)

68 338

68 547

67 665

64 711

Liberia

440 867

453 290

468 085

Libya

Liechtenstein

⁽⁺⁾

Lithuania

⁽⁺⁾

714

⁽⁺⁾

354

⁽⁺⁾

268

⁽⁺⁾

262

⁽⁺⁾

273

Luxembourg

1 598

1 751

1 474

856

436

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

21 983

2 764

11 326

13 950

32 563

41 794

Maldives

1 464

753

219

Mali

864 236

1 020 428

1 037 397

1 161 723

1 159 687

1 037 948

Malta

475

141

277

360

585

Marshall Islands

1 904

1 909

Martinique

Mauritania

176 191

164 479

155 766

184 325

153 801

Mauritius

6 849

4 188

3 580

3 677

4 429

3 496

Mayotte

Mexico

146 866

163 559

170 500

156 901

139 577

120 851

Micronesia (Federated States of)

1 898

2 303

Monaco

Mongolia

^(‡)

5 463

^(‡)

10 600

^(‡)

9 871

^(‡)

5 817

^(‡)

3 355

^(‡)

3 169

Montenegro

1 466

2 031

2 438

1 473

Montserrat

Morocco

^(‡)

262 691

215 085

239 256

201 738

117 890

Mozambique

697 823

^(‡)

659 416

642 008

579 211

649 097

728 531

Myanmar

192 541

109 055

Namibia

43 775

36 051

8 724

Nauru

⁽⁺⁾

315

⁽⁺⁾

190

⁽⁺⁾

263

Nepal

13 939

185 343

103 664

101 859

159 211

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

New Zealand

8 029

9 290

8 535

5 637

3 146

Nicaragua

Niger

1 158 516

1 217 862

1 270 717

1 270 362

^(‡)

1 282 980

1 223 142

Nigeria

Niue

Norfolk Island

Northern Mariana Islands

Norway

1 317

607

719

1 010

848

542

Oman

7 063

5 547

^(‡)

6 470

7 195

4 945

4 477

Pakistan

⁽⁺⁾

5 756 197

⁽⁺⁾

6 121 057

⁽⁺⁾

5 682 327

⁽⁺⁾

5 668 658

⁽⁺⁾

4 901 479

⁽⁺⁾

5 324 181

Palau

⁽⁺⁾

Palestine

31 513

32 923

31 598

36 652

37 653

30 443

Panama

^(‡)

22 691

30 229

41 136

53 667

Papua New Guinea

310 521

254 607

Paraguay

85 429

Peru

72 898

19 945

23 256

19 903

Philippines

401 630

483 240

586 284

Pitcairn

Poland

102 651

94 550

100 954

106 604

99 207

Portugal

5 703

6 514

11 832

17 601

21 663

Puerto Rico

49 146

48 769

49 320

53 593

68 044

Qatar

2 551

6 885

7 263

4 340

2 911

1 873

Republic of Korea

79 417

159 634

150 215

74 115

95 530

Republic of Moldova

⁽⁺⁾

13 945

⁽⁺⁾

13 892

⁽⁺⁾

14 871

⁽⁺⁾

15 066

⁽⁺⁾

14 970

⁽⁺⁾

15 706

Réunion

Romania

67 356

96 341

104 542

Russian Federation

145 697

^(‡)

140 587

^(‡)

214 782

^(‡)

148 885

^(‡)

146 591

Rwanda

76 897

115 483

Saint Helena

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

116

484

1 127

157

243

209

Saint-Barthélemy

Saint-Martin (French part)

Samoa

1 106

800

802

1 109

1 154

San Marino

⁽⁺⁾

117

Sao Tome and Principe

2 894

2 772

2 834

1 013

Saudi Arabia

14 608

^(‡)

68 358

^(‡)

80 255

Senegal

543 210

585 576

589 130

611 057

^(‡)

677 256

628 099

Serbia

⁽⁺⁾

11 038

⁽⁺⁾

10 450

⁽⁺⁾

3 975

⁽⁺⁾

2 187

⁽⁺⁾

2 253

⁽⁺⁾

3 860

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

74 458

14 945

60 624

10 119

Singapore

⁽⁺⁾

138

Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

Slovakia

Slovenia

1 590

2 332

2 639

2 290

2 691

Solomon Islands

25 971

26 826

27 006

25 559

28 887

Somalia

South Africa

^(‡)

620 845

South Sudan

^(‡)

1 297 786

Spain

9 059

24 579

41 982

30 759

42 849

Sri Lanka

81 413

61 804

47 276

16 068

15 984

12 056

Sudan

2 594 346

^(‡)

2 588 511

^(‡)

2 618 386

^(‡)

2 620 166

^(‡)

2 519 713

^(‡)

2 397 876

Sudan (pre-secession)

Suriname

5 112

5 049

5 101

3 944

^(‡)

3 131

5 810

Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands

Sweden

2 367

1 980

1 814

2 375

2 601

Switzerland

3 701

1 720

1 635

1 762

1 146

Syrian Arab Republic

667 202

Tajikistan

12 558

16 590

29 192

35 123

33 988

11 435

Thailand

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

^(‡)

12 666

13 745

12 756

9 608

Timor-Leste

16 124

18 559

24 175

31 406

39 185

42 619

Togo

98 079

40 476

^(‡)

107 922

103 487

Tokelau

⁽⁺⁾

Tonga

246

621

207

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

1 014

3 675

Turkey

401 219

337 098

267 805

264 491

294 314

Turkmenistan

Turks and Caicos Islands

Tuvalu

⁽⁺⁾

Uganda

714 319

Ukraine

95 910

92 483

122 010

United Arab Emirates

19 210

22 078

18 514

16 357

11 902

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

58 217

4 676

4 052

2 629

11 014

United Republic of Tanzania

1 584 845

^(‡)

1 851 249

2 057 757

^(‡)

2 033 868

^(‡)

2 096 986

United States of America

⁽⁺⁾

1 541 086

^(‡)

1 508 039

⁽⁺⁾

1 435 752

⁽⁺⁾

1 334 369

⁽⁺⁾

1 013 950

United States Virgin Islands

Uruguay

^(‡)

1 500

16 282

6 791

4 858

Uzbekistan

121 061

95 000

72 674

61 737

55 859

33 682

Vanuatu

5 103

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

218 437

244 940

255 486

279 414

387 517

485 756

Viet Nam

119 541

^(‡)

127 071

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Western Sahara

Yemen

605 634

599 564

703 884

Zambia

^(‡)

288 743

363 385

460 181

Zimbabwe

314 374

398 579

Sustainable Development Goal Regions

World

60 735 142

^(‡)	61 810 741

^(‡)	62 334 523

^(‡)	62 436 744

^(‡)	62 241 641

^(‡)	63 670 048

Landlocked Developing Countries

12 522 708

^(‡)	12 031 943

^(‡)	12 343 154

^(‡)	12 803 980

^(‡)	12 935 963

^(‡)	13 107 460

Least Developed Countries

^(‡)	25 668 401

^(‡)	25 386 353

^(‡)	25 747 713

^(‡)	26 615 464

^(‡)	27 047 234

^(‡)	27 769 108

Small Island Developing States

^(‡)

782 098

^(‡)

790 107

^(‡)

844 077

^(‡)

813 418

813 508

^(‡)

811 642

Africa (Sub-Saharan)

^(‡)	32 078 046

^(‡)	31 961 363

^(‡)	32 282 076

^(‡)	33 091 555

^(‡)	33 648 956

^(‡)	34 456 792

Western Asia and Northern Africa

4 840 218

^(‡)

5 444 849

5 887 996

^(‡)

5 796 756

5 748 185

^(‡)

5 702 367

Africa (Northern)

3 193 968

^(‡)

3 142 096

3 254 194

^(‡)

3 181 524

2 940 229

2 900 428

Asia (Western)

1 646 250

2 302 753

^(‡)

2 633 803

^(‡)

2 615 232

^(‡)

2 807 956

^(‡)

2 801 939

Asia (Central and Southern)

13 055 227

12 645 827

^(‡)	12 262 862

^(‡)	11 791 586

^(‡)	11 209 527

^(‡)	11 736 760

Asia (Central)

197 206

175 305

183 162

173 347

166 635

131 860

Asia (Southern)

12 858 020

12 470 522

^(‡)	12 079 700

^(‡)	11 618 238

^(‡)	11 042 892

^(‡)	11 604 900

Asia (Eastern and South-eastern)

^(‡)

5 788 285

^(‡)

6 446 883

^(‡)

6 332 252

^(‡)

6 398 989

^(‡)

6 624 664

^(‡)

6 607 451

Asia (Eastern)

^(‡)

3 117 470

^(‡)

3 251 783

^(‡)

3 296 515

^(‡)

3 214 160

^(‡)

3 291 451

^(‡)

3 348 601

Asia (South-eastern)

2 670 816

3 195 100

3 035 738

^(‡)

3 184 830

3 333 213

3 258 850

Latin America and the Caribbean

2 203 450

2 597 656

2 768 983

2 746 134

2 725 573

^(‡)

2 833 222

Oceania

394 651

392 307

389 876

378 474

366 221

^(‡)

374 609

Oceania (Australia/New Zealand)

52 630

58 095

67 645

68 841

74 830

^(‡)

76 330

Oceania (excl. Australia/New Zealand)

342 022

^(‡)

334 212

^(‡)

322 231

^(‡)

309 633

291 391

^(‡)

298 279

Northern America and Europe

2 375 265

2 321 855

2 410 478

2 233 250

1 918 515

^(‡)

1 958 847

Europe

821 783

800 906

960 790

889 239

903 080

^(‡)

925 616

Northern America

1 553 482

1 520 950

1 449 689

1 344 011

1 015 435

^(‡)

1 033 231

UIS Regions

World

60 735 142

^(‡)	61 810 741

^(‡)	62 334 523

^(‡)	62 436 744

^(‡)	62 241 641

^(‡)	63 670 048

Arab States

4 575 988

^(‡)

5 256 920

^(‡)

5 752 773

^(‡)

5 654 908

5 617 118

^(‡)

5 523 345

Central and Eastern Europe

952 552

902 685

945 593

888 713

911 847

^(‡)

935 273

Central Asia

266 767

223 133

227 914

220 846

210 611

184 436

East Asia and the Pacific

^(‡)

6 177 473

^(‡)

6 828 591

^(‡)

6 712 257

^(‡)

6 771 646

^(‡)

6 987 530

^(‡)

6 978 891

Latin America and the Caribbean

2 204 247

2 598 492

2 769 760

2 746 769

2 726 195

^(‡)

2 833 835

North America and Western Europe

1 842 745

1 779 054

1 757 807

1 630 234

1 327 061

^(‡)

1 345 987

South and West Asia

12 858 020

12 470 522

^(‡)	12 079 700

^(‡)	11 618 238

^(‡)	11 042 892

^(‡)	11 604 900

Sub-Saharan Africa

^(‡)	31 857 349

^(‡)	31 751 344

^(‡)	32 088 719

^(‡)	32 905 389

^(‡)	33 418 387

^(‡)	34 263 380

Small Island Developing States

^(‡)

733 271

^(‡)

741 655

^(‡)

795 097

^(‡)

760 128

761 168

^(‡)

760 239

World Bank Income Groups

Low income countries

^(‡)	20 629 876

^(‡)	21 064 968

^(‡)	21 690 356

^(‡)	22 524 630

^(‡)	22 935 036

^(‡)	23 540 666

Lower middle income countries

30 470 470

30 702 801

^(‡)	30 688 360

^(‡)	30 550 237

^(‡)	29 949 402

^(‡)	30 523 548

Middle income countries

37 579 412

^(‡)	38 103 714

^(‡)	37 969 704

^(‡)	37 548 411

^(‡)	37 070 429

^(‡)	37 858 618

Upper middle income countries

^(‡)

7 108 942

^(‡)

7 400 912

^(‡)

7 281 344

^(‡)

6 998 174

^(‡)

7 121 028

^(‡)

7 335 070

High income countries

2 525 704

2 641 882

2 674 295

2 363 509

2 236 041

^(‡)

2 270 632

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Data extracted on 29 Mar 2019 15:19 UTC (GMT) from UIS.Stat

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