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Country of Origin Data

* data taken from official files submitted to DEEWR.

 

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Country of Origin (international students)

          

Afghanistan

    

2

3

2

Argentina

1

  

1

  

1

Argentinian Antarctic Territory

1

        

Australian Antarctic Territory

1

1

1

2

5

Austria

1

1

  

1

3

Azerbaijan

        

1

Bahrain

13

9

13

10

8

Bangladesh

1014

576

359

271

279

Belarus

1

        

Belgium

1

1

  

1

1

Bhutan

1

3

2

2

1

Botswana

4

2

2

1

1

Brazil

34

26

25

37

37

Brunei Darussalam

10

7

3

4

5

Bulgaria

  

1

1

3

2

Burma (Myanmar)

18

19

19

29

32

Cambodia

18

11

7

8

6

Cameroon

1

2

2

2

2

Canada

17

14

30

17

9

Channel Islands

1

      

1

Chile

2

1

4

3

5

China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)

2682

1924

1605

1713

2016

Colombia

35

33

30

47

73

Congo, Democratic Republic of

    

1

1

1

Croatia

  

1

1

    

Cyprus

      

1

  

Czech Republic

31

26

13

13

17

Denmark

2

3

3

2

1

Ecuador

    

1

2

1

Egypt

6

11

13

16

11

El Salvador

        

1

EMU, nfd

        

1

England

13

7

13

5

6

Estonia

1

  

2

2

1

Fiji

586

180

110

65

39

Finland

        

1

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

      

1

1

France

5

5

7

8

1

French Polynesia

2

1

  

1

  

Germany

18

16

11

13

11

Ghana

3

2

1

    

Greece

1

        

Hong Kong (SAR of China)

382

247

172

154

144

Hungary

15

9

6

5

5

India

5904

4272

3274

3036

2366

Indonesia

315

191

140

165

170

Iran

12

23

26

31

26

Iraq

2

1

1

1

  

Ireland

5

3

4

2

1

Israel

6

4

4

4

1

Italy

5

2

5

4

5

Japan

133

76

63

59

40

Jordan

18

14

17

21

23

Kazakhstan

4

3

1

1

1

Kenya

29

23

27

29

35

Kiribati

2

        

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North)

1

1

1

  

1

Korea, Republic of (South)

371

239

163

130

138

Kuwait

9

10

9

6

5

Laos

3

3

3

3

2

Latvia

9

7

2

2

  

Lebanon

7

8

10

8

12

Libya

      

1

4

Lithuania

1

1

1

  

1

Macau (SAR of China)

4

9

7

7

5

Malawi

      

1

1

Malaysia

86

66

55

56

68

Maldives

1

  

1

1

  

Mauritania

    

1

1

1

Mauritius

15

8

14

12

13

Mexico

7

4

4

6

4

Moldova

2

2

      

Mongolia

5

4

5

6

9

Mozambique

1

        

Nepal

134

171

253

449

595

Netherlands

4

1

      

New Caledonia

  

1

1

2

1

New Zealand

12

4

17

8

3

Nigeria

4

3

2

6

7

Norway

12

10

10

12

4

Oman

22

9

11

15

13

Pakistan

250

178

178

289

324

Panama

1

2

      

Papua New Guinea

20

24

26

19

19

Peru

5

4

10

16

12

Philippines

42

48

42

56

60

Poland

20

14

10

12

10

Portugal

4

1

1

  

2

Qatar

7

4

7

3

1

Reunion

        

1

Romania

3

3

2

1

1

Russian Federation

46

34

27

29

33

Samoa

2

        

Saudi Arabia

16

15

21

71

96

Scotland

  

1

    

1

Senegal

    

1

    

Seychelles

1

1

    

1

Singapore

532

330

146

88

79

Slovakia

39

26

17

11

11

Slovenia

    

1

3

1

Solomon Islands

1

3

6

4

3

South Africa

13

7

18

20

20

Spain

3

1

  

2

  

Sri Lanka

185

214

218

216

212

Sudan

1

        

Sweden

14

9

7

11

4

Switzerland

3

5

3

6

4

Syria

2

1

    

2

Taiwan

382

234

176

158

143

Tanzania

10

8

4

1

1

Thailand

476

319

217

224

262

Tonga

  

2

3

1

1

Tunisia

  

1

1

1

  

Turkey

37

24

18

25

29

Turkmenistan

1

        

Uganda

  

1

  

1

1

Ukraine

  

1

3

1

  

United Arab Emirates

42

37

69

86

44

United Kingdom

43

13

26

22

11

United States of America

60

42

34

29

14

Uruguay

1

1

1

    

Uzbekistan

8

7

3

4

6

Vanuatu

    

1

3

1

Venezuela

1

1

1

3

5

Vietnam

121

97

110

187

264

Wales

1

        

Zambia

4

3

  

1

1

Zimbabwe

9

10

14

13

6