The graph below shows four countries of residence of overseas students in Australia. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below shows four countries of residence of overseas students in Australia.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The given graph depicts the nationality of overseas
students
studying in
Australia
for the period between 1982 and 2000. It can be inferred from the graph that the maximum
number
of
students
who migrated to
Australia
for education in 1982 were from Malaysia and the trend was similar for the next decade at nearly 10,000
students
, which steadily increased to 20,000 in the year 2000. Contrarily, none of the children from Hong Kong, Indonesia and Singapore went overseas to pursue higher studies in
Australia
in the year 1982. Until 1987, there was no international student in
Australia
from Hong Kong. Interestingly, Singapore and Hong Kong followed a similar trend throughout the timeline, and in the two ,decades each of them had about 18000
students
. Amongst all the countries, the maximum
number
of
students
migrated from Indonesia, whose
number
peaked in the year 1998 at about 25,000 migrants. In conclusion, it is evident from the trend that the
number
of aspirants who intend to study in
Australia
rose steadily throughout the timeline.
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