According to this website published by Universities UK, In 2004/05, there were approximately 2.3 million students in the UK (Total undergraduate and postgraduate).
This chart shows growth from 1961 through 1995, going from 200,000 to 1 million in 34 years. It's evidently more than doubled in the past eleven years. Even looking only at this period, compound growth is 7.87%, which would double every 9.85 years. Looking at the entire period, CAGR is 7.02%.
Click on the image to see a bigger version. Courtesy of University of Leeds
With the recent addition of student fees, I don't see hypergrowth kicking in any time soon. Hope the rest of the world will compensate.
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