International students studying in Australia between 2002 and 2022

This page provides a historical analysis of the total number of international students who have studied in Australia on student visas between 2002 and 2022.

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This analysis is presented as two student cohorts: (i) those who had studied between 2002 and 2021 and were no longer studying in 2022, and (ii) those who were commencing or continuing study in 2022.

Between 2002 and 2022, 3,054,703 international students studied in Australia. Of this total, 89 per cent (2,728,206) students were no longer studying in 2022 and 11 per cent (326,497) were commencing or continuing study in 2022.

Country Students that studied between 2002 and 2021 and were no longer studying in 2022 Students commencing or continuing study in 2022
China 656567 88963
India 356587 50125
United States of America 157765 2162
Korea, Republic of (South) 149762 6164
Malaysia 126149 9554
Nepal 97735 30716
Brazil 112958 6450
Japan 106309 2779
Thailand 93866 9316
Indonesia 86901 10507
Vietnam 82869 12969
Colombia 61186 9881
United Kingdom † 61589 2439
Germany 61781 1378
Taiwan 57670 4431
Singapore 56875 4466
Pakistan 44894 7731
Philippines 40297 10009
Hong Kong 41436 7306
Sri Lanka 37205 6881
Canada 40530 2094
France 36215 1332
Italy 33312 1300
Bangladesh 27808 4412
Saudi Arabia 29681 1862
Norway 27508 751
Spain 26899 1074
Sweden 21490 362
Mexico 16897 943
Chile 16087 1580
Category % share of total
North-East Asia 33.5
Southern and Central Asia 20
South-East Asia 16.7
Americas 13.3
North-West Europe 8.1
Southern and Eastern Europe 3.8
North Africa and the Middle East 2.6
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.7
Other 0.4

Source: Department of Education, PRISMS

International students studying in Australia (2002–2022)

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This file contains a count of international students studying in Australia between 2002 and 2022, by source country.

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