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Where do International Students Come From?

The first table in our series gives a broad overview of the international student population here in the UK.

  • It is broken down into two columns.
  • On the left, you can see the different number of European students who choose to study in the UK, while on the right, you can find the population of international students from countries outside of the European Union (EU).

EU countries

 

%

 

Non-EU countries 

 

%

France

7,390

10.7

 

China

28,810

24.9

Germany

7,343

10.7

 

Malaysia

9,875

8.5

Ireland

6,586

9.6

 

Hong Kong

7,972

6.9

Cyprus (European Union)

5,749

8.3

 

India

6,508

5.6

Poland

4,747

6.9

 

Nigeria

5,217

4.5

Greece

4,654

6.8

 

United States

3,994

3.4

Bulgaria

3,617

5.2

 

Saudi Arabia

3,818

3.3

Lithuania

3,382

4.9

 

Singapore

3,153

2.7

Romania

3,355

4.9

 

Pakistan

3,041

2.6

Spain

2,905

4.2

 

Norway

2,851

2.5

Italy

2,741

4.0

 

Canada

2,439

2.1

Sweden

2,429

3.5

 

Sri Lanka

2,238

1.9

Belgium

1,841

2.7

 

Korea (South)

2,071

1.8

Latvia

1,682

2.4

 

Cyprus(not otherwise specified)

1,817

1.6

Netherlands

1,454

2.1

 

Vietnam

1,482

1.3

Finland

1,284

1.9

 

Russia

1,479

1.3

Portugal

1,253

1.8

 

Bangladesh

1,456

1.3

Slovakia

970

1.4

 

Brunei

1,435

1.2

Austria

862

1.3

 

United Arab Emirates

1,401

1.2

Estonia

836

1.2

 

Switzerland

1,365

1.2

Luxembourg

750

1.1

 

Kenya

1,318

1.1

Czech Republic

747

1.1

 

Japan

1,140

1.0

Denmark

723

1.0

 

Iran

1,033

0.9

Hungary

711

1.0

 

Kazakhstan

1,022

0.9

Gibraltar

498

0.7

 

Philippines

1,009

0.9

Malta

230

0.3

 

Thailand

956

0.8

Slovenia

122

0.2

 

Mauritius

947

0.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All EU Countries

Total

68,940

 

All non EU Countries

Total

11,5868

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