Country Origins of International Students in USA

The Institute of International Education published an article on leading places of origin of international students in United States for 2017/2018.

Among 218 countries, China had the greatest number of students enrolled in United States with 363,341 students. Following the list are India (196,271), South Korea (54,555), Saudi Arabia (44,432), and Canada (25,909).

On the other hand, least countries with number of students enrolled in United States are Nauru (1), St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (1), Norfolk Island (3), French Guiana (3), Montserrat (3), Vatican City (3), North Korea (3), and Sao Tome and Principe (3).

International Students Origins in USA

Rank	Country	Students
1	China	363,341
2	India	196,271
3	South Korea	54,555
4	Saudi Arabia	44,432
5	Canada	25,909
6	Vietnam	24,325
7	Taiwan	22,454
8	Japan	18,753
9	Mexico	15,468
10	Brazil	14,620
11	Nepal	13,270
12	Iran	12,783
13	Nigeria	12,693
14	United Kingdom	11,460
15	Turkey	10,520
16	Kuwait	10,190
17	Germany	10,042
18	France	8,802
19	Indonesia	8,650
20	Venezuela	8,371
21	Malaysia	8,271
22	Colombia	7,976
23	Pakistan	7,537
24	Bangladesh	7,496
25	Spain	7,489
26	Hong Kong	7,162
27	Thailand	6,636
28	Italy	5,789
29	Russia	5,518
30	Australia	4,908
31	Singapore	4,575
32	Egypt	3,701
33	Sweden	3,543
34	Kenya	3,322
35	Sri Lanka	3,309
36	Peru	3,235
37	Philippines	3,225
38	Ghana	3,213
39	Oman	3,097
40	Ecuador	3,050
41	Jamaica	2,785
42	Netherlands	2,701
43	Chile	2,528
44	United Arab Emirates	2,486
45	Jordan	2,420
46	Greece	2,395
47	Israel	2,327
48	Argentina	2,283
49	Bahamas	2,176
50	Ethiopia	2,118
51	Norway	2,105
52	Honduras	2,104
53	South Africa	2,040
54	Ukraine	1,928
55	Kazakhstan	1,865
56	New Zealand	1,785
57	Panama	1,749
58	Lebanon	1,633
59	Myanmar	1,569
60	Morocco	1,563
61	El Salvador	1,554
62	Mongolia	1,481
63	Poland	1,477
64	Dominican Republic	1,467
65	Iraq	1,438
66	Denmark	1,423
67	Cameroon	1,382
68	Switzerland	1,382
69	Côte d'Ivoire	1,349
70	Zimbabwe	1,324
71	Trinidad and Tobago	1,257
72	Rwanda	1,232
73	Guatemala	1,206
74	Angola	1,183
75	Bolivia	1,153
76	Austria	1,148
77	Costa Rica	1,146
78	Ireland	1,141
79	Qatar	1,127
80	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,123
81	Belgium	1,080
82	Serbia	1,079
83	Romania	1,071
84	Libya	1,064
85	Haiti	948
86	Portugal	937
87	Albania	884
88	Bulgaria	826
89	Tanzania	824
90	Uganda	818
91	Finland	768
92	Czech Republic	763
93	Tunisia	728
94	Syria	726
95	Hungary	716
96	Cambodia	659
97	Georgia	597
98	Paraguay	590
99	Uzbekistan	570
100	Burkina Faso	567
101	Macau	555
102	Senegal	544
103	Croatia	528
104	Yemen	517
105	Palestine	480
106	Afghanistan	476
107	Bahrain	451
108	Zambia	450
109	Uruguay	444
110	Azerbaijan	426
111	Iceland	412
112	Cyprus	410
113	Nicaragua	409
114	Dominica	371
115	Belize	366
116	Belarus	351
117	Slovakia	347
118	Equatorial Guinea	335
119	Gabon	332
120	Sudan	331
121	Lithuania	327
122	Barbados	322
123	Armenia	313
124	Malawi	306
125	Mali	302
126	Republic of the Congo	298
127	Bermuda	296
128	Guyana	296
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina	290
130	Mauritius	288
130	Niger	288
132	Liberia	262
133	Gambia	261
134	Slovenia	250
135	Moldova	237
136	Latvia	236
137	Benin	234
137	Turkmenistan	234
139	Botswana	233
140	Kosovo	229
140	Saint Lucia	229
142	Kyrgyzstan	227
143	North Macedonia	224
144	Tajikistan	222
145	Algeria	212
146	Sierra Leone	200
146	Antigua and Barbuda	200
146	Saint Kitts and Nevis	200
149	Togo	199
150	Eswatini	188
151	Estonia	186
152	Grenada	170
153	Cayman Islands	169
153	Tonga	169
155	Bhutan	152
155	Cuba	152
157	Eritrea	151
158	Burundi	134
159	Madagascar	132
160	Curacao	128
161	Montenegro	115
162	Mozambique	111
163	Fiji	109
164	Mauritania	106
165	Laos	104
166	Luxembourg	102
167	Namibia	101
168	Guinea	98
169	Samoa	93
170	Aruba	90
171	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	83
171	Papua New Guinea	83
173	Sint Maarten	82
174	Suriname	80
175	South Sudan	76
176	Chad	75
177	British Virgin Islands	70
178	Somalia	67
178	Cape Verde	67
180	Kiribati	58
181	Lesotho	55
182	Brunei Darussalam	53
183	Timor-Leste	44
184	Turks and Caicos Islands	42
185	Micronesia	38
186	Malta	34
187	Maldives	32
188	Palau	31
189	French Polynesia	30
190	Marshall Islands	22
191	Monaco	17
192	Anguilla	15
193	Central African Republic	14
193	Andorra	14
193	Vanuatu	14
193	Comoros	12
193	Martinique	12
198	Seychelles	11
199	Guinea-Bissau	10
199	Guadeloupe	10
201	Djibouti	9
201	Liechtenstein	9
201	Solomon Islands	9
204	Reunion	6
204	Gibraltar	6
204	New Caledonia	6
207	Cook Islands	5
208	San Marino	4
208	Niue	4
208	Tuvalu	4
211	São Tomé and Príncipe	3
211	North Korea	3
211	Vatican City	3
211	Montserrat	3
211	French Guiana	3
211	Norfolk Island	3
217	St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	1
217	Nauru	1