Table 601.10.

Population, school enrollment, and number of teachers, by major areas of the world and level of education: Selected years, 1980 through 2013

[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	4,451,363	478,543	2,644,522	695,225	358,609	251,929	22,534
Enrollment, all levels	869,566	78,324	493,917	134,429	97,146	60,542	5,207
Primary (elementary)5	525,601	61,541	334,056	47,661	56,801	22,893	2,649
Secondary6	294,322	15,080	146,867	69,983	35,550	24,695	2,147
Postsecondary7	49,644	1,703	12,995	16,785	4,796	12,955	411
Teachers, all levels	39,584	2,325	19,270	—	4,407	—	276
Primary (elementary)5	18,475	1,646	10,711	2,499	1,872	—	134
Secondary6	17,202	586	7,418	—	2,153	1,309	112
Postsecondary7	3,906	92	1,141	—	383	815	31
1990
Population, all ages4	5,288,956	630,010	3,191,764	722,628	440,609	277,533	26,412
Enrollment, all levels	985,773	107,320	561,993	132,628	116,498	61,543	5,790
Primary (elementary)5	577,034	78,099	361,455	45,195	65,049	24,629	2,607
Secondary6	341,284	26,386	177,769	68,827	44,201	21,534	2,566
Postsecondary7	67,455	2,836	22,768	18,607	7,248	15,380	617
Teachers, all levels	47,877	3,630	24,523	—	5,538	3,938	314
Primary (elementary)5	22,103	2,288	13,063	2,610	2,396	1,608	139
Secondary6	20,751	1,201	9,744	5,791	2,541	1,340	134
Postsecondary7	5,024	141	1,717	—	601	991	41
2000
Population, all ages4	6,088,571	802,705	3,693,777	730,523	517,756	313,388	30,421
Enrollment, all levels	1,206,331	154,222	703,297	137,693	136,593	66,968	7,559
Primary (elementary)5	656,568	109,452	404,809	41,699	70,043	27,435	3,131
Secondary6	450,115	38,643	257,507	70,453	55,011	25,117	3,384
Postsecondary7	99,649	6,127	40,981	25,541	11,539	14,416	1,044
Teachers, all levels	56,535	4,917	29,336	10,705	6,527	4,648	—
Primary (elementary)5	24,862	2,843	14,569	2,739	2,751	1,806	155
Secondary6	24,987	1,790	12,323	6,096	2,900	1,682	—
Postsecondary7	6,686	285	2,444	1,870	876	1,161	50
2005
Population, all ages4	6,473,045	907,737	3,918,933	733,244	552,438	328,033	32,659
Enrollment, all levels	1,326,269	194,285	772,684	135,543	143,471	72,389	7,898
Primary (elementary)5	679,003	136,505	405,256	38,472	68,848	26,780	3,142
Secondary6	507,988	49,168	304,929	64,895	58,496	27,039	3,462
Postsecondary7	139,278	8,612	62,499	32,176	16,127	18,570	1,295
Teachers, all levels	64,255	5,937	34,432	10,826	7,628	5,007	—
Primary (elementary)5	26,796	3,449	15,735	2,674	2,917	1,865	—
Secondary6	28,302	2,139	14,831	5,864	3,484	1,774	—
Postsecondary7	9,157	349	3,866	2,288	1,227	1,368	59
2010
Population, all ages4	6,866,332	1,025,744	4,136,475	740,296	585,639	343,239	34,940
Enrollment, all levels	1,423,325	233,885	827,834	128,692	149,189	75,166	8,558
Primary (elementary)5	696,711	159,515	403,576	36,751	66,682	26,565	3,622
Secondary6	544,881	62,957	332,852	58,234	60,667	26,809	3,362
Postsecondary7	181,734	11,413	91,407	33,708	21,840	21,792	1,574
Teachers, all levels	71,591	7,284	39,761	10,520	8,143	5,454	—
Primary (elementary)5	28,547	4,006	16,850	2,676	2,922	1,920	—
Secondary6	31,993	2,821	18,077	5,420	3,586	1,898	—
Postsecondary7	11,052	457	4,833	2,424	1,634	1,637	67
2013
Population, all ages4	7,101,028	1,102,597	4,262,082	743,962	604,918	351,199	36,271
Enrollment, all levels	1,480,690	256,560	859,031	127,582	153,299	74,766	9,453
Primary (elementary)5	713,581	173,601	406,046	37,663	65,378	26,624	4,269
Secondary6	568,543	70,762	344,813	58,434	64,234	26,795	3,505
Postsecondary7	198,567	12,197	108,172	31,485	23,687	21,347	1,679
Teachers, all levels	74,026	8,314	—	10,332	8,423	5,234	—
Primary (elementary)5	29,486	4,519	17,304	2,676	2,977	1,820	—
Secondary6	32,740	3,276	18,328	5,353	3,792	1,787	—
Postsecondary7	11,800	519	—	2,303	1,654	1,627	68

—Not available.

1 Enrollment and teacher data for the world total and Asia 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. Asia also includes Turkey, the Arab states (with the exception of those located in Africa), and Israel.

3 Central and South America includes Latin America and the Caribbean. Northern America includes Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, St. Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States.

4 Estimate of midyear population.

5 This level generally corresponds to grades 1-6 in the United States.

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

7 Includes college and university enrollment, and technical and vocational education beyond the secondary 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. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, International Data Base, retrieved March 31, 2016, from http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/informationGateway.php. (This table was prepared March 2016.)