Integration or
Transformation?
A cross-national study of information and communication technology in school education
Appendix 6.11
6.11 Country data
Table 32: Basic parameters for the sample countries
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Estonia
|
England
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USA
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Australia
|
|
Population |
1,440,000 |
59,357,000 |
273,131,000 |
18,971,000 |
|
Area (sq. Km) |
43,211 |
242,432 |
9,363,130 |
7,682,300 |
|
Population density (persons/km2) |
33 |
245 |
29 |
2.5 |
|
Population growth rate |
-0.6% |
0.2% |
0.9% |
1% |
|
Schools |
724 |
29,199 |
89,505 |
9,587 |
|
Gross Domestic Product |
$7.8 |
$1,252 |
$8,511 |
$393.9 |
|
GDP per capita |
$5,417 |
$21,093 |
$31,161 |
$20,763 |
|
Students/computer |
28 |
7.7 |
6 |
12 |
|
Student:teacher ratio (primary) |
n/a |
21.2 |
18.3 |
18 |
|
Student:teacher ratio (secondary) |
n/a |
15.5 |
14 |
12.8 |
|
People per Internet host |
48 |
31 |
10 |
18 |
|
Rank order for Internet hosts/world |
20th |
14th |
3rd |
8th |
Commonwealth of Australia (1998); The Times (1988); Australian Bureau of Statistics (2000); British Embassy, Stockholm (1999); National Center for Education Statistics (2000); U.S. Census Bureau (2000); Central Intelligence Agency (1999); The Library of Congress (2000); Jaana (1998); Nelson (1996); UNESCO Institute for Statistics (1997); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD] (1999); RM (1997); Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (2000); Wu (2000); European Schoolnet Newsdesk (2000); Internet Software Consortium (2000).