Table 454.

Population, school enrollment, and teachers, by major areas of the world and level of education: Selected years, 1980 through 2010

[In thousands]
Year and selected characteristic	World total1	Major areas of the world
		Africa	Asia1,2	Europe2	Central and South America3	Northern America3	Oceania
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1980
Population, all ages4	4,450,924	478,551	2,644,076	695,225	358,609	251,929	22,534
Enrollment, all levels	856,283	74,792	493,891	134,690	87,156	60,541	5,213
First (elementary) level5	524,493	59,154	333,944	49,038	56,814	22,893	2,649
Second level6	282,253	14,187	146,975	68,700	25,543	24,695	2,153
Third level7	49,537	1,450	12,972	16,952	4,799	12,954	411
Teachers, all levels	38,888	2,252	19,316	—	3,784	—	277
First (elementary) level5	18,509	1,606	10,708	2,575	1,873	—	134
Second level6	16,487	564	7,471	5,506	1,526	1,309	112
Third level7	3,892	82	1,138	—	385	815	31
1990
Population, all ages4	5,287,167	630,148	3,189,546	722,638	440,889	277,533	26,412
Enrollment, all levels	975,281	104,938	561,819	132,629	108,556	61,543	5,797
First (elementary) level5	576,977	76,465	361,578	46,580	65,116	24,629	2,609
Second level6	331,212	25,764	177,809	67,339	36,195	21,534	2,571
Third level7	67,092	2,709	22,432	18,709	7,245	15,379	617
Teachers, all levels	47,373	3,604	24,527	9,879	5,110	3,938	315
First (elementary) level5	22,179	2,271	13,072	2,686	2,403	1,608	139
Second level6	20,208	1,194	9,776	5,658	2,106	1,340	135
Third level7	4,986	139	1,679	1,535	601	991	41
1995
Population, all ages4	5,699,516	712,904	3,451,230	730,000	480,905	296,092	28,385
Enrollment, all levels	1,086,248	125,297	630,691	137,197	120,132	65,901	7,030
First (elementary) level5	619,120	90,412	386,981	44,849	67,627	26,243	3,008
Second level6	387,756	30,632	215,228	71,103	44,333	23,595	2,864
Third level7	79,373	4,254	28,482	21,245	8,172	16,063	1,158
Teachers, all levels	52,042	4,209	26,979	10,535	5,735	4,208	—
First (elementary) level5	23,775	2,560	14,045	2,769	2,629	1,622	149
Second level6	22,537	1,441	10,931	6,088	2,406	1,503	—
Third level7	5,730	207	2,003	1,677	700	1,083	—
2000
Population, all ages4	6,089,811	803,587	3,693,908	730,598	517,908	313,388	30,421
Enrollment, all levels	1,205,402	152,280	704,364	137,707	136,545	66,967	7,538
First (elementary) level5	654,779	108,350	404,087	41,730	70,046	27,435	3,130
Second level6	450,724	37,566	259,201	70,407	55,070	25,117	3,363
Third level7	99,899	6,364	41,076	25,571	11,428	14,416	1,044
Teachers, all levels	56,362	4,934	29,100	10,682	6,591	4,651	—
First (elementary) level5	24,817	2,866	14,489	2,727	2,774	1,806	155
Second level6	24,853	1,783	12,162	6,083	2,947	1,684	—
Third level7	6,692	285	2,449	1,872	870	1,161	—
2005
Population, all ages4	6,473,525	908,043	3,919,743	732,981	552,066	328,033	32,659
Enrollment, all levels	1,333,658	191,890	783,341	135,125	143,447	72,388	7,468
First (elementary) level5	685,284	135,526	412,500	38,468	68,868	26,780	3,141
Second level6	509,862	48,023	308,411	64,853	58,505	27,039	3,032
Third level7	138,512	8,341	62,430	31,804	16,073	18,569	1,294
Teachers, all levels	64,353	5,900	34,535	10,662	7,751	5,081	—
First (elementary) level5	27,024	3,454	15,930	2,651	2,965	1,865	160
Second level6	28,248	2,111	14,733	5,781	3,562	1,865	—
Third level7	9,081	335	3,872	2,231	1,225	1,351	—
2010
Population, all ages4	6,863,771	1,024,360	4,138,778	738,421	584,050	343,222	34,940
Enrollment, all levels	1,412,489	228,693	824,858	127,212	148,515	75,134	8,078
First (elementary) level5	691,318	157,354	400,724	36,681	66,708	26,536	3,314
Second level6	543,487	60,967	334,672	57,485	60,360	26,813	3,191
Third level7	177,684	10,372	89,462	33,047	21,447	21,784	1,573
Teachers, all levels	71,519	7,228	39,388	10,412	8,399	5,635	—
First (elementary) level5	28,532	4,027	16,736	2,638	3,045	1,918	—
Second level6	32,003	2,793	17,880	5,336	3,660	2,128	—
Third level7	10,983	408	4,772	2,439	1,694	1,589	—

—Not available.

1 Enrollment and teacher data for Asia and the world total exclude Taiwan.

2 Europe includes all countries of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) except Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, which are included in Asia. Turkey, the Arab states, and Israel are also included in Asia.

3 Central and South America includes Latin America and the Caribbean. Northern America includes Bermuda, Canada, and the United States of America; the population data for Northern America also include Greenland as well as St. Pierre and Miquelon.

4 Estimate of midyear population.

5 First-level enrollment generally consists of elementary school, grades 1-6.

6 Second-level enrollment includes general education, teacher training (at the second level), and technical and vocational education. This level generally corresponds to secondary education in the United States, grades 7-12.

7 Third-level enrollment includes college and university enrollment, and technical and vocational education beyond the secondary school level.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Data include imputed values for nonrespondent countries. Enrollment and teacher data exclude several island countries or territories with small populations (less than 150,000). Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), unpublished tabulations; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, International Data Base, retrieved August 23, 2012, from http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/region.php. (This table was prepared August 2012.)