大学院在学整数の推移			
	日本	中国	韓国
1985	69688	87331	68,178
1986	74271	110371	69,962
1987	78914	120191	70,364
1988	82476	112776	75,117
1989	85263	101339	81,171
1990	90238	93018	86,911
1991	98650	88128	91,304
1992	109108	94164	96,577
1993	122360	106771	103,974
1994	138752	127935	109,983
1995	153423	145443	112,728
1996	164350	163322	126,358
1997	171547	176353	151,358
1998	178901	198885	179,773
1999	191125	233513	204,773
2000	205311	301239	229,437
2001	216322	393300	243,270
2002	223512	501000	262,867

大学学生数の推移
	韓国	日本	中国
1985	931,884 	2,100,572 	1,703,000 
1986	971,127 	2,149,713 	1,880,000 
1987	989,503 	2,238,417 	1,959,000 
1988	1,003,648 	2,306,114 	2,066,000 
1989	1,020,771 	2,384,833 	2,082,000 
1990	1,040,166 	2,461,766 	2,063,000 
1991	1,052,140 	2,549,894 	2,044,000 
1992	1,070,169 	2,645,082 	2,184,000 
1993	1,092,464 	2,731,646 	2,536,000 
1994	1,132,437 	2,793,866 	2,799,000 
1995	1,187,735 	2,820,153 	2,906,000 
1996	1,266,876 	2,832,940 	3,021,000 
1997	1,368,461 	2,837,636 	3,174,000 
1998	1,477,715 	2,835,676 	3,409,000 
1999	1,587,667 	2,817,041 	4,134,000 
2000	1,665,398 	2,790,013 	5,561,000 
2001	1,729,638 	2,766,620 	7,190,700 
2002	1,771,738 	2,757,466 	9,033,600