国际学生人数

The tables present the number of students from other countries who studied in Canada and the USA in 2002 and 2003 as well as the increase by percentage in these two years.

In the first table, among the three countries, the largest group of students in Canada came from China with 3100 students in 2002, followed by 2243 American students. India only had about 1600 students in that year. In 2003, the number of Chinese students soared up to almost 4000 and that of Indian students increased by 50%. In contrast, there was a slight decrease in the number of American students.

In the second table, the number of Indian students studied in the USA largely exceeded that of the students from the other two countries. Besides, there were more Indian students going to university in America in 2003, increasing by 29%. The number of Chinese students was 5650 in 2002 and the number climbed to 7545 a year later, increased by 33%. By contrast, there were fewer Canadian students, decreasing from 6852 to 5214.

In conclusion, the total number of international students in the USA was three times as high as that of international students in Canada in 2002 and 2003. Most international students studied in the USA and Canada came from China and India.