Open Doors 2009 Report on International Educational Exchange
Institute of International Education
Figure 2B: Top 25 Places of Origin of International Students, 2007/08 & 2008/09�
				2008/09	%
Rank	Place of Origin	2007/08	2008/09	% of Total	Change
	WORLD TOTAL	623,805	671,616	100.0	7.7
1	India	94,563	103,260	15.4	9.2
2	China	81,127	98,235	14.6	21.1
3	South Korea	69,124	75,065	11.2	8.6
4	Canada	29,051	29,697	4.4	2.2
5	Japan	33,974	29,264	4.4	-13.9
6	Taiwan	29,001	28,065	4.2	-3.2
7	Mexico	14,837	14,850	2.2	0.1
8	Turkey	12,030	13,263	2.0	10.2
9	Vietnam	8,769	12,823	1.9	46.2
10	Saudi Arabia	9,873	12,661	1.9	28.2
11	Nepal	8,936	11,581	1.7	29.6
12	Germany	8,907	9,679	1.4	8.7
13	Brazil	7,578	8,767	1.3	15.7
14	Thailand	9,004	8,736	1.3	-3.0
15	United Kingdom	8,367	8,701	1.3	4.0
16	Hong Kong	8,286	8,329	1.2	0.5
17	Indonesia	7,692	7,509	1.1	-2.4
18	France	7,050	7,421	1.1	5.3
19	Colombia	6,662	7,013	1.0	5.3
20	Nigeria	6,222	6,256	0.9	0.5
21	Malaysia	5,428	5,942	0.9	9.5
22	Kenya	5,838	5,877	0.9	0.7
23	Pakistan	5,345	5,298	0.8	-0.9
24	Russia	4,906	4,908	0.7	0.0
25	Venezuela	4,446	4,678	0.7	5.2