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Global Private and Total Higher Education Enrollment 2015

 Region Private %  Private 2015 Total 2015

 Global

32.2 

 69,789,020

216,840,935 

 Africa (Sub-Saharan)

20.4 

1,529,809

7,494,083 

 Arab States

15.9

1,696,676

10,647,400 

 Asia

37.2 

42,008,979 

112,815,140 

 Developed British Commonwealth (Canada, Australia, New Zealand)

15 

560,094 

3,737,653 

 Europe

13.6 

4,692,810 

36,406,088 

 Latin America and the Caribbean

52.3 

13,710,734 

26,208,843 

 United States

27.3 

5,339,918 

19,531,727