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The given bar chart illustrates how many students from four distinct countries enrolling in European universities from 2004 to 2008. Overall, there was an increase in the USA and Japan throughout the period, the opposite trend was true for China. Meanwhile, despite several fluctuations, the number of Russian applicants remained unchanged and was the lowest figures during the timeline. The number of American students applying to European countries stood at approximately 14000 individuals, prior to a significant growth to around 27000 applicants in 2008, marking a growth of 13000 people and becoming the highest figure among the surveyed nations. Similarly, Japan followed a same trend, but to a lesser extent, with around 6000 students recruiting in European universities in 2004, securing the third place. By 2008, the figure for Japan increased gradually to 10000 students. Returning to the remaining categories, the number of Chinese applicants was the highest in 2004, standing at roughly 27000 individuals. However, the figure for China declined considerably to around 15000 applicants in 2008. Conversely, around 2500 students from Russia applied to European universities in 2004, this figure remained unchanged to 2008, which was the lowest figure among the 4 surveyed countries.