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| States | '07 - '08 | '06 - '07 | '05 - '06 | '04 - '05 | '03 - '04 | '02 - '03 | '01 - '02 | '00 - '01 | '99 - '00 | '98 - '99 | '97 - '98 | '96 - '97 |
| Albania | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Argentina | 9 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Armenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Australia | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Austria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bahamas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Barbados | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Belarus, C.I.S. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Belize | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Bosnia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brazil | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Bulgaria | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Burma | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Canada | 40 | 43 | 41 | 45 | 33 | 43 | 49 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 38 | 39 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chile | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| China* | 217 | 190 | 181 | 170 | 154 | 149 | 151 | 131 | 116 | 114 | 113 | 116 |
| Colombia | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Croatia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Denmark | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominican Rep. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Egypt | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| El Salvador | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| England | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| France | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 7 |
| Germany, Fed. Rep. of | 16 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 |
| Ghana | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greece | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Guyana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Haiti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Hong Kong, S.A.R. of P.R.C.* | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Iceland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 118 | 117 | 111 | 93 | 87 | 95 | 88 | 73 | 64 | 62 | 52 | 53 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Iran | 16 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ireland | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Israel | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Italy | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Japan | 13 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Korea D.P.R. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Kuwait | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mexico | 26 | 29 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 27 | 47 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 19 |
| Morocco, Kingdom of | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nicaragua | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Norway | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Panama | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peru | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Philippines | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Poland | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Portugal | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Quatar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Romania | 13 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Russia | 12 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Serbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Singapore | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| South Korea | 53 | 44 | 46 | 40 | 27 | 34 | 34 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Spain | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| St. Vincent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Syria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taiwan, R.O.C. | 33 | 28 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 26 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 15 |
| Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thailand | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Tunisia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turkey | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 3 |
| Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ukraine, C.I.S. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Venezuela | 13 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| West Indies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 836 | 799 | 740 | 679 | 613 | 643 | 765 | 537 | 495 | 492 | 454 | 464 |
*China and Hong Kong listed separately per student preference
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