The table provided gives the information about the number of overseas students from China, India, and the USA enrolled in Canada and the United States, from 2022 to 2003. Overall, it can be seen that Chinese students outnumbered the other nationalities studying in Canada, between 2002 to 2003. While Indian students had the lowest population both in Canada and the USA in 2022. Furthermore, in the USA, local students dominated the international students studying for over the two-year period.
Regarding the international student’s population in Canada, Chinese students has the highest number at 5,400 and 7,850 in 2002 and 2003, respectively. In contrast, Indians show the least number for two consecutive years at 2,100 and 2,835.
In terms of the total number of overseas students in the USA, Indians has the lowest number at 31,000 and 33,170 in 2002 and 2003, respectively. However, only in the USA which local students outnumbered international students at 200,000 and 182,000 from 2002 to 2003, despite the sudden decrease by 8,000 students in 2003 they remained to be the highest among other students.