The table illustrates the number of international students in Canada and the United States by country of origin.
Overall, the highest figure for foreign students in Canada recorded China, while that in United States showed the highest in India in both two years 2002 and 2003. Additionally, the total number of international undergraduates in Canda was lower than United States, and the percentages of foreign students studying in both nations increased, except for Indian people.
In Canada, the number of students studying internationally recorded the highest in China in years 2002 and 2003, at 5,400 and 7,850, respectively. This led to plus 54% Chinese students studying abroad in Canada. Following by the USA, at 5,000 people in 2002 and then increased to 5,450 people in 2003, which only rose by 9%. Lastly, India showed the lowest foreign students, which was 2,100 people in 2002 and 2,835 in 2003. However, the percentages of Indian learners increased by 35%.
In the United States, the figure for Indian people studying abroad exhibited the highest despite its decrease from 200,000 to 182,000 students in two years, causing -9% in forerign undergraduates. Following by Chinese at 110,000 to 116,600 people, and finally Canadian at 31,000 to 33,170 people in 2002 and 2003. Their respective percentages rose by 6% and 7%.
In both years, the total number of international students in Canada was much lower than that in the United States. Canada only had 58,870 and 70,004 learners, while the USA had 581,600 and 592,230 students. However, the total percentage of Canada was higher than that of the USA, at +17% and +2%, respectively