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Number of foreign students in South Africa 2019, by region
There were 40,712 foreign students in South Africa as of 2019, of which just over 33,281 were from Sub-Saharan Africa, the main region of origin. North America and Western Europe along with South and West Asia followed with around 2,800 and 760 students, respectively.