The bar chart and table show information about students from abroad studying in four English-speaking countries in 2004 and 2012.

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number of foreign students in four English-speaking

countries

in the years 2004 and 2012,

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the tablet lists a

percentage

ratio of foreign students as a

percentage

of total student numbers in the country. Almost all

countries

witnessed an upward trend and increased the international student rate. The USA experienced a slight rise in terms of student quantity from approximately 175,000 to just above 250,000 respectively, despite it, anyway exceeding the remaining

countries

. The UK and Australia stood at nearly the same level – from a little more than 100 to almost 200 thousand,

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with each other in both years. Regarding Canada, it had about 40,000 overseas students in 2004,

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significantly below 100,000 after (over) the 8 years. As for

percentage

, it grew for all

countries

, the exception is the USA which showed the lowest results, holding constant at 2% of the total sum.

However

, the highest increase in

percentage

was made by Australia up to 2012 by 5%.