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  • Top 100: Number of universities in the top 100
  • Top 100 > Per $ GDP: Number of universities in the top 100 Per $ GDP figures expressed per 14.1 billion $ gross domestic product.
  • Top 100 per million: Number of universities in the top 100. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Top 200: Number of universities in the top 200
  • Top 200 > Per $ GDP: Number of universities in the top 200 Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 billion $ gross domestic product.
  • Top 200 per million: Number of universities in the top 200. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Top 50: Number of universities in the top 50
  • Top 50 > Per $ GDP: Number of universities in the top 50 Per $ GDP figures expressed per 14.1 billion $ gross domestic product.
  • Top 50 per million: Number of universities in the top 50. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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STAT Switzerland United States
Top 100 4
Ranked 6th. 		31
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than Switzerland
Top 100 > Per $ GDP 0.157 per $14.1 billion of GDP
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than United States 		0.037 per $14.1 billion of GDP
Ranked 15th.
Top 100 per million 0.538
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than United States 		0.105
Ranked 13th.
Top 200 7
Ranked 9th. 		54
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than Switzerland
Top 200 > Per $ GDP 0.019 per $1 billion of GDP
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than United States 		0.005 per $1 billion of GDP
Ranked 17th.
Top 200 per million 0.941
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than United States 		0.183
Ranked 17th.
Top 50 2
Ranked 9th. 		20
Ranked 1st. 10 times more than Switzerland
Top 50 > Per $ GDP 0.078 per $14.1 billion of GDP
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than United States 		0.024 per $14.1 billion of GDP
Ranked 7th.
Top 50 per million 0.269
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than United States 		0.0677
Ranked 7th.

SOURCES: The Times, 2005; The Times, 2005. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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