Estimated population, school enrollment, and teachers in major areas of the world: Selected years, 1980 to 1997

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Table 393.

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                                        |         |                       Major areas of the world
                                        |         |_________________________________________________________________
Selected characteristic                 |   World |         |         |            |  Central | Northern |
                                        |total\1\ |Africa\2\| Asia\3\ |   Europe\4\|and South |America\5\|Oceania\6\
                                        |         |         |         |            |America\5\|          |
________________________________________|_________|_________|_________|____________|__________|__________|__________
1                                       |       2 |       3 |       4 |          5 |        6 |        7 |        8
________________________________________|_________|_________|_________|____________|__________|__________|__________
1980                                    |         |         |         |            |          |          |
Population, all ages,\7\ in thousands ..|4,447,090|  475,714|2,641,312|     693,075|   359,307|   255,109|    22,573
Enrollment, all levels, in thousands ...|  856,971|   78,036|  495,155|     131,633|    87,291|    60,041|     4,815
  First (primary) level\8\ .............|  541,556|   62,134|  336,174|      52,471|    65,414|    22,611|     2,752
  Second level\9\ ......................|  264,379|   14,360|  144,755|      62,734|    16,969|    23,913|     1,647
  Third level\10\ ......................|   51,037|    1,542|   14,227|      16,428|     4,908|    13,516|       416
Teachers, all levels, in thousands .....|   38,285|    2,338|   19,641|       8,225|     3,730|     4,079|       272
  First (primary) level\8\ .............|   19,044|    1,661|   10,874|       2,541|     2,260|     1,580|       129
  Second level\9\ ......................|   15,398|      584|    7,554|       4,387|     1,083|     1,679|       112
  Third level\10\ ......................|    3,843|       94|    1,213|       1,297|       387|       820|        31
Public expenditures on education, in    |         |         |         |            |          |          |
   millions of U.S. dollars ............|  516,400|   22,900|   93,800|     200,600|    33,500|   155,100|    10,400
As a percent of gross national product .|      4.8|      5.3|      4.0|\11\     5.1|       3.8|       5.2|       5.6
                                        |_________|_________|_________|____________|__________|__________|__________
1990                                    |         |         |         |            |          |          |
Population, all ages,\7\ in thousands ..|5,281,986|  629,389|3,184,342|     722,109|   437,822|   282,020|    26,304
Enrollment, all levels, in thousands ...|  980,474|  107,871|  569,179|     131,255|   104,968|    62,007|     5,194
  First (primary) level\8\ .............|  596,853|   80,640|  364,213|      48,968|    75,505|    24,810|     2,717
  Second level\9\ ......................|  315,008|   24,378|  181,652|      63,366|    22,194|    21,569|     1,849
  Third level\10\ ......................|   68,613|    2,853|   23,314|      18,922|     7,269|    15,628|       628
Teachers, all levels, in thousands .....|   47,105|    3,791|   24,455|       9,398|     5,131|     4,000|       330
  First (primary) level\8\ .............|   22,626|    2,390|   12,692|       2,812|     3,006|     1,582|       143
  Second level\9\ ......................|   19,380|    1,241|    9,947|       5,076|     1,520|     1,449|       146
  Third level\10\ ......................|    5,100|      160|    1,816|       1,509|       605|       969|        41
Public expenditures on education, in    |         |         |         |            |          |          |
   millions of U.S. dollars ............|  986,500|   25,700|  199,800|     367,500|    44,600|   330,300|    18,600
As a percent of gross national product .|      4.8|      5.6|      3.7|\11\     5.1|       4.1|       5.4|       5.6
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1995                                    |         |         |         |            |          |          |
Population, all ages,\7\ in thousands ..|5,686,775|  719,497|3,437,791|     728,034|   476,641|   296,644|    28,168
Enrollment, all levels, in thousands ...|1,103,756|  130,794|  644,609|     137,839|   116,821|    66,510|     7,183
  First (primary) level\8\ .............|  649,480|   95,928|  394,304|      47,344|    82,279|    26,501|     3,124
  Second level\9\ ......................|  372,724|   30,899|  219,415|      69,448|    26,087|    23,984|     2,891
  Third level\10\ ......................|   81,552|    3,966|   30,890|      21,047|     8,455|    16,026|     1,167
Teachers, all levels, in thousands .....|   52,047|    4,486|   26,955|      10,113|     5,784|     4,269|       439
  First (primary) level\8\ .............|   24,356|    2,811|   13,499|       2,863|     3,374|     1,649|       161
  Second level\9\ ......................|   21,746|    1,471|   11,273|       5,561|     1,696|     1,528|       217
  Third level\10\ ......................|    5,945|      205|    2,183|       1,689|       714|     1,092|        61
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1996                                    |         |         |         |            |          |          |
Population, all ages,\7\ in thousands ..|5,767,443|  738,740|3,488,028|     728,561|   484,309|   299,250|    28,555
Enrollment, all levels, in thousands ...|1,130,667|  134,843|  663,394|     137,522|   120,429|    67,122|     7,357
  First (primary) level\8\ .............|  659,106|   98,356|  400,405|      46,866|    83,596|    26,736|     3,147
  Second level\9\ ......................|  386,386|   32,127|  229,981|      69,103|    27,815|    24,355|     3,005
  Third level\10\ ......................|   85,175|    4,360|   33,008|      21,554|     9,018|    16,031|     1,204
Teachers, all levels, in thousands .....|   53,081|    4,642|   27,596|      10,107|     5,983|     4,305|       447
  First (primary) level\8\ .............|   24,622|    2,881|   13,630|       2,842|     3,446|     1,661|       162
  Second level\9\ ......................|   22,375|    1,538|   11,719|       5,556|     1,785|     1,552|       224
  Third level\10\ ......................|    6,084|      223|    2,247|       1,709|       752|     1,093|        61
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1997                                    |         |         |         |            |          |          |
Enrollment, all levels, in thousands ...|1,154,721|  138,714|  679,366|     137,645|   123,778|    67,689|     7,528
  First (primary) level\8\ .............|  668,450|  100,226|  406,661|      46,304|    85,177|    26,906|     3,176
  Second level\9\ ......................|  398,116|   33,708|  237,861|      69,547|    29,153|    24,746|     3,101
  Third level\10\ ......................|   88,156|    4,780|   34,844|      21,794|     9,448|    16,038|     1,251
Teachers, all levels, in thousands .....|   54,120|    4,754|   28,288|      10,141|     6,138|     4,342|       456
  First (primary) level\8\ .............|   24,818|    2,927|   13,763|       2,814|     3,474|     1,674|       165
  Second level\9\ ......................|   23,017|    1,585|   12,185|       5,568|     1,874|     1,577|       228
  Third level\10\ ......................|    6,284|      242|    2,339|       1,759|       789|     1,092|        62
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\1\Enrollment and teacher data exclude the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
\2\Excludes Rodrigues and other small islands.
\3\Includes 5 countries of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Arab states, and both the Asian and the European portions of Turkey.
\4\Includes all countries of the former U.S.S.R. except Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.
\5\Northern America includes Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, St. Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States of America. Hawaii is included in Northern America rather than Oceania. Central and South America includes Latin America and the Caribbean.
\6\Includes American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of Vanuatu.
\7\Estimate of midyear population.
\8\First-level enrollment generally consists of elementary school, grades 1-6.
\9\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.
\10\Third-level enrollment includes college and university enrollment, and technical and vocational education beyond the high school level. There is considerable variation in reporting from country to country.
\11\This figure is for Europe, not including the former U.S.S.R.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Statistical Yearbook, 1999. (This table was prepared July 2000.)

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