WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2021

WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2021 - Compiled

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WCU INDEX

Ideally how many World Class Universities (WCUs) are there in a country?

First Assumption
Assuming World Class Universities (WCUs) are universities listed within the Top 1000 of this 2021 World University Rankings - Compiled and the world population is roughly 7 billion people, ideally there is one WCU per 7 million of a country’s population.

Second Assumption
Assuming WCUs are universities listed within the Top 500 of this 2021 World University Rankings - Compiled and the world population is roughly 7 billion people, ideally there is one WCU per 14 million of a country’s population.

First assumption

Second assumption



RANK	COUNTRY	POPULATION	TOTAL UNIV. IN TOP 1000	INDEX	RANK	COUNTRY	POPULATION	TOTAL UNIV. IN TOP 500	INDEX
	World	7,000,000,000	1000	(ideal) 1.00		World	7,000,000,000	500	(ideal) 0.50
1	MACAU	696,100	2	20.11	1	MACAU	696,100	1	10.06
2	ICELAND	366,130	1	19.12	2	FINLAND	5,498,027	7	8.91
3	FINLAND	5,498,027	9	11.46	3	SWITZERLAND	8,619,259	9	7.31
4	IRELAND	4,921,500	8	11.38	4	NEW ZEALAND	5,009,535	5	6.99
5	LUXEMBOURG	626,108	1	11.18	5	SWEDEN	10,348,730	10	6.76
6	NEW ZEALAND	5,009,535	8	11.18	6	AUSTRALIA	25,774,366	24	6.52
7	AUSTRALIA	25,774,366	36	9.78	7	DENMARK	5,824,857	5	6.01
8	SWITZERLAND	8,619,259	11	8.93	8	IRELAND	4,921,500	4	5.69
9	CYPRUS	875,900	1	7.99	9	HONG KONG	7,500,700	6	5.60
10	UNITED KINGDOM	66,796,807	75	7.86	10	ESTONIA	1,328,976	1	5.27
11	SWEDEN	10,348,730	11	7.44	11	NORWAY	5,372,355	4	5.21
12	DENMARK	5,824,857	6	7.21	12	NETHERLANDS	17,488,131	13	5.20
13	AUSTRIA	8,910,696	9	7.07	13	AUSTRIA	8,910,696	6	4.71
14	SLOVENIA	2,095,861	2	6.68	14	UNITED KINGDOM	66,796,807	44	4.61
15	NORWAY	5,372,355	5	6.51	15	BELGIUM	11,528,375	7	4.25
16	ITALY	60,238,522	50	5.81	16	ISRAEL	9,224,060	5	3.79
17	SPAIN	47,329,981	38	5.62	17	CANADA	38,103,082	20	3.67
18	HONG KONG	7,500,700	6	5.60	18	SLOVENIA	2,095,861	1	3.34
19	BELGIUM	11,528,375	9	5.46	19	GERMANY	83,166,711	35	2.95
20	ISRAEL	9,224,060	7	5.31	20	PORTUGAL	10,295,909	4	2.72
21	ESTONIA	1,328,976	1	5.27	21	ITALY	60,238,522	23	2.67
22	NETHERLANDS	17,488,131	13	5.20	22	QATAR	2,795,484	1	2.50
23	CANADA	38,103,082	28	5.14	23	USA	329,968,730	117	2.48
24	GREECE	10,724,599	7	4.57	24	SINGAPORE	5,703,600	2	2.45
25	GERMANY	83,166,711	54	4.55	25	GREECE	10,724,599	3	1.96
26	TAIWAN	23,586,562	15	4.45	26	SPAIN	47,329,981	13	1.92
27	USA	329,968,730	203	4.31	27	FRANCE	67,081,000	18	1.88
28	HUNGARY	9,769,526	6	4.30	28	SOUTH KOREA	51,780,579	12	1.62
29	SOUTH KOREA	51,780,579	31	4.19	29	TAIWAN	23,586,562	5	1.48
30	PORTUGAL	10,295,909	6	4.08	30	LEBANON	6,825,442	1	1.03
31	CZECH	10,694,364	6	3.93	31	SERBIA	6,926,705	1	1.01
32	LATVIA	1,902,000	1	3.68	32	MALAYSIA	32,843,760	4	0.85
33	CROATIA	4,076,246	2	3.43	33	JAPAN	125,930,000	14	0.78
34	FRANCE	67,081,000	31	3.23	34	CHILE	19,458,310	2	0.72
35	LITHUANIA	2,794,207	1	2.51	35	HUNGARY	9,769,526	1	0.72
36	QATAR	2,795,484	1	2.50	36	SOUTH AFRICA	59,622,350	6	0.70
37	SINGAPORE	5,703,600	2	2.45	37	CZECH	10,694,364	1	0.65
38	PUERTO RICO	3,193,694	1	2.19	38	SAUDI ARABIA	34,218,169	3	0.61
39	JAPAN	125,930,000	36	2.00	39	POLAND	38,379,000	2	0.36
40	URUGUAY	3,530,912	1	1.98	40	RUSSIA	146,748,590	6	0.29
41	GEORGIA	3,716,858	1	1.88	41	THAILAND	66,529,680	2	0.21
42	CHILE	19,458,310	5	1.80	42	BRAZIL	211,804,491	6	0.20
43	POLAND	38,379,000	9	1.64	43	CHINA	1,403,569,280	39	0.19
44	OMAN	4,445,262	1	1.57	44	IRAN	83,620,253	2	0.17
45	ROMANIA	19,405,156	4	1.44	45	ARGENTINA	45,376,763	1	0.15
46	UAE	9,890,400	2	1.42	46	EGYPT	100,628,464	1	0.07
47	COSTA RICA	5,111,238	1	1.37	47	MEXICO	127,792,286	1	0.05
48	JORDAN	10,726,140	2	1.31	48	INDIA	1,364,804,462	2	0.01
49	SLOVAKIA	5,457,873	1	1.28
50	TURKEY	83,154,997	15	1.26
51	IRAN	83,620,253	15	1.26
52	MALAYSIA	32,843,760	5	1.07
53	LEBANON	6,825,442	1	1.03
54	SERBIA	6,926,705	1	1.01
55	BULGARIA	6,951,482	1	1.01
56	SOUTH AFRICA	59,622,350	8	0.94
57	SAUDI ARABIA	34,218,169	4	0.82
58	BELARUS	9,397,800	1	0.74
59	BRAZIL	211,804,491	21	0.69
60	RUSSIA	146,748,590	13	0.62
61	TUNISIA	11,722,038	1	0.60
62	MOROCCO	35,958,919	3	0.58
63	COLOMBIA	50,372,424	4	0.56
64	CHINA	1,403,569,280	94	0.47
65	ARGENTINA	45,376,763	3	0.46
66	THAILAND	66,529,680	4	0.42
67	EGYPT	100,628,464	5	0.35
68	MEXICO	127,792,286	6	0.33
69	UGANDA	41,590,300	1	0.17
70	KENYA	47,564,296	1	0.15
71	INDIA	1,364,804,462	20	0.10
72	PAKISTAN	220,892,331	3	0.10
73	VIETNAM	96,208,984	1	0.07
74	NIGERIA	206,139,587	1	0.03
75	INDONESIA	269,603,400	1	0.03

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