Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The
table
and
bar
chart
provide
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details about international
students
in four different English-speaking
countries
at two points in time, in 2004 and 2012. Overall both the
table
and the
bar
chart
illustrate the increase in the
number
of foreign
students
in anglophone
countries
.
However
, the
bar
chart
displays
this
information via numbers in thousands and the
table
showcases
this
as a
percentage
of the total
number
of
students
. The
bar
chart
shows a clear rise in the
number
of
students
in all
countries
. The USA has the most
number
of foreign
students
to
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begin
with in
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within
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2004 and remains
as
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at
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the greatest peak in 2012 as well. Climbing from approximately 175 thousand
students
to just under 250 thousand
students
.
Nevertheless
,
this
increase is not seen in the
table
, as it interrupts the
number
as a
percentage
of total
students
, and the
percentage
of total foreign
students
remains
as
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at
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2% in 2012, the same as in 2004.
Furthermore
, the greatest rise in the
percentage
of foreign
students
is seen in Australia, which has a 5% increase from 2004 to 2012. Even though
it
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it is the
third
highest peak on the
bar
chart
in 2012. In comparison to the UK which is the
second
highest peak on the
chart
in 2012 but only has a 4% rise from 2004.
Although
both
countries
have the same starting point in 2004 at approximately 125 thousand
students
.
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