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Inbound international students Ranking Map for 151 countries and territories Limited coverage: Countries and territories reporting inbound international students to UNESCO. 151 countries and territories included; reference period: 2015–2025 (latest by country; February 2026 release).
In the available data, United States has the highest recorded value at 956.9K people (rank #1); Japan ranks #11 at 181.8K people. Coverage: 151 countries and territories. Reference years: United States 2023; Japan 2023. This counts internationally mobile students hosted by the country; country size and definitions of origin affect comparisons.
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Compare inbound international students within the covered dataset. Countries and territories reporting inbound international students to UNESCO.
Japan 181.8K
Japan, world rank 11 for Inbound international students, 181.8K
Fiji: Not included in this limited dataset Tanzania: 1.1K Western Sahara: Not included in this limited dataset Canada: 389.2K United States: 956.9K Kazakhstan: 30.3K Uzbekistan: 10.8K Papua New Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Indonesia: 7.7K Argentina: 126.6K Chile: 22.2K Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2.5K Somalia: Not included in this limited dataset Kenya: 6.8K Sudan: Not included in this limited dataset Chad: 0 Haiti: Not included in this limited dataset Dominican Republic: 10.2K Russia: 336.5K Bahamas: Not included in this limited dataset Falkland Islands: Not included in this limited dataset Norway: 13.3K Greenland: Not included in this limited dataset Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: Not included in this limited dataset South Africa: 38.5K Lesotho: 76 Mexico: 72.9K Uruguay: 4.2K Brazil: 28K Bolivia: Not included in this limited dataset Peru: Not included in this limited dataset Colombia: 5.4K Panama: 6.1K Costa Rica: 2.5K Nicaragua: 3.3K Honduras: 11.9K El Salvador: 938 Guatemala: 2.2K Belize: 183 Venezuela: Not included in this limited dataset Guyana: Not included in this limited dataset Suriname: 0 France: 284.9K Ecuador: 7.4K Puerto Rico: Not included in this limited dataset Jamaica: 6.4K Cuba: 6.1K Zimbabwe: 633 Botswana: 2.2K Namibia: 2.1K Senegal: 83.8K Mali: 712 Mauritania: 354 Benin: 4K Niger: 4.3K Nigeria: Not included in this limited dataset Cameroon: 7.4K Togo: 40.8K Ghana: 5.2K Côte d’Ivoire: 7.5K Guinea: 1.3K Guinea-Bissau: Not included in this limited dataset Liberia: Not included in this limited dataset Sierra Leone: Not included in this limited dataset Burkina Faso: 4.3K Central African Republic: Not included in this limited dataset Republic of the Congo: Not included in this limited dataset Gabon: Not included in this limited dataset Equatorial Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Zambia: Not included in this limited dataset Malawi: Not included in this limited dataset Mozambique: 769 Eswatini: 46 Angola: Not included in this limited dataset Burundi: 8.9K Israel: 12.7K Lebanon: 34.2K Madagascar: 816 Palestine: 0 Gambia: Not included in this limited dataset Tunisia: 9.5K Algeria: 5.7K Jordan: 43.1K United Arab Emirates: 239K Qatar: 20.7K Kuwait: Not included in this limited dataset Iraq: Not included in this limited dataset Oman: 3.5K Vanuatu: Not included in this limited dataset Cambodia: 513 Thailand: 40.9K Laos: 543 Myanmar: 459 Vietnam: 7.8K North Korea: Not included in this limited dataset South Korea: 143.9K Mongolia: 4.6K India: 45.7K Bangladesh: 2.3K Bhutan: 4.4K Nepal: Not included in this limited dataset Pakistan: Not included in this limited dataset Afghanistan: 0 Tajikistan: 2.2K Kyrgyzstan: 55.8K Turkmenistan: 53 Iran: 130.6K Syria: Not included in this limited dataset Armenia: 8.2K Sweden: 35.8K Belarus: 20.3K Ukraine: 34.9K Poland: 95.1K Austria: 92.1K Hungary: 43.1K Moldova: 5.7K Romania: 36.2K Lithuania: 11.5K Latvia: 10.4K Estonia: 4.3K Germany: 438.3K Bulgaria: 15.4K Greece: 26.3K Türkiye: 301.6K Albania: 2.3K Croatia: 5.9K Switzerland: 67.8K Luxembourg: 4.3K Belgium: 57.3K Netherlands: 135.5K Portugal: 56.8K Spain: 113.6K Ireland: 27.2K New Caledonia: Not included in this limited dataset Solomon Islands: Not included in this limited dataset New Zealand: 44.2K Australia: 580.3K Sri Lanka: 1.8K China: 194.3K Taiwan: Not included in this limited dataset Italy: 106.5K Denmark: 28.8K United Kingdom: 748.5K Iceland: 2.1K Azerbaijan: 7.7K Georgia: 37.2K Philippines: 25.7K Malaysia: 128.9K Brunei: 577 Slovenia: 8.5K Finland: 35.7K Slovakia: 21.9K Czechia: 56.3K Eritrea: Not included in this limited dataset Japan: 181.8K Paraguay: Not included in this limited dataset Yemen: Not included in this limited dataset Saudi Arabia: 114.9K Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 12.7K Morocco: 27.1K Egypt: 125.1K Libya: Not included in this limited dataset Ethiopia: Not included in this limited dataset Djibouti: Not included in this limited dataset Somaliland: No data Uganda: Not included in this limited dataset Rwanda: 8.1K Bosnia and Herzegovina: 6.1K North Macedonia: 6.2K Serbia: 11.6K Montenegro: Not included in this limited dataset Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 1.2K South Sudan: Not included in this limited dataset Japan United States 1 United Kingdom 2 Australia 3 Germany 4 Canada 5 Suriname 145 Palestine 145 Russia China Türkiye France United Arab Emirates Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Inbound international studentsRankings 11/151 181.8K
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #11 for inbound international students. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 United States 956.9K 2 United Kingdom 748.5K 3 Australia 580.3K 4 Germany 438.3K 5 Canada 389.2K
145 Tokelau 0 145 Suriname 0 145 Seychelles 0 145 Kiribati 0 145 Palestine 0 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Inbound international students ranking map Countries and territories reporting inbound international students to UNESCO. This page orders 151 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 United States (956.9K), #2 United Kingdom (748.5K), #3 Australia (580.3K)
Japan’s position World #11 (181.8K)
Data period 2015–2025 (latest by country; February 2026 release) Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
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Inbound international students Full ranking151 countries #85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.1K Profile #104 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.5K Profile #132 Turks and Caicos Islands 183 Profile #135 British Virgin Islands 157 Profile #143 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 9 Profile