Table 397. | Population, school enrollment, and teachers, by major areas of the world: Selected years, 1980 through 2007 |
Year and selected characteristic | World total1 | Major areas of the world | ||||||
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Africa2 | Asia3 | Europe4 | Central and South America5 |
Northern America5 | Oceania6 | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
1980 | ||||||||
Population, all ages7 (in thousands) | 4,452,451 | 478,161 | 2,643,779 | 695,161 | 360,388 | 252,431 | 22,532 | |
Enrollment, all levels (in thousands) | 856,971 | 78,036 | 495,155 | 131,633 | 87,291 | 60,041 | 4,815 | |
First (elementary) level8 | 541,556 | 62,134 | 336,174 | 52,471 | 65,414 | 22,611 | 2,752 | |
Second level9 | 264,379 | 14,360 | 144,755 | 62,734 | 16,969 | 23,913 | 1,647 | |
Third level10 | 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 (elementary) level8 | 19,044 | 1,661 | 10,874 | 2,541 | 2,260 | 1,580 | 129 | |
Second level9 | 15,398 | 584 | 7,554 | 4,387 | 1,083 | 1,679 | 112 | |
Third level10 | 3,843 | 94 | 1,213 | 1,297 | 387 | 820 | 31 | |
1990 | ||||||||
Population, all ages7 (in thousands) | 5,282,213 | 631,143 | 3,181,423 | 722,777 | 442,396 | 278,042 | 26,431 | |
Enrollment, all levels (in thousands) | 980,474 | 107,871 | 569,179 | 131,255 | 104,968 | 62,007 | 5,194 | |
First (elementary) level8 | 596,853 | 80,640 | 364,213 | 48,968 | 75,505 | 24,810 | 2,717 | |
Second level9 | 315,008 | 24,378 | 181,652 | 63,366 | 22,194 | 21,569 | 1,849 | |
Third level10 | 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 (elementary) level8 | 22,626 | 2,390 | 12,692 | 2,812 | 3,006 | 1,582 | 143 | |
Second level9 | 19,380 | 1,241 | 9,947 | 5,076 | 1,520 | 1,449 | 146 | |
Third level10 | 5,100 | 160 | 1,816 | 1,509 | 605 | 969 | 41 | |
1995 | ||||||||
Population, all ages7 (in thousands) | 5,693,771 | 713,945 | 3,442,553 | 730,306 | 482,159 | 296,371 | 28,437 | |
Enrollment, all levels (in thousands) | 1,103,756 | 130,794 | 644,609 | 137,839 | 116,821 | 66,510 | 7,183 | |
First (elementary) level8 | 649,480 | 95,928 | 394,304 | 47,344 | 82,279 | 26,501 | 3,124 | |
Second level9 | 372,724 | 30,899 | 219,415 | 69,448 | 26,087 | 23,984 | 2,891 | |
Third level10 | 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 (elementary) level8 | 24,356 | 2,811 | 13,499 | 2,863 | 3,374 | 1,649 | 161 | |
Second level9 | 21,746 | 1,471 | 11,273 | 5,561 | 1,696 | 1,528 | 217 | |
Third level10 | 5,945 | 205 | 2,183 | 1,689 | 714 | 1,092 | 61 | |
2000 | ||||||||
Population, all ages7 (in thousands) | 6,085,977 | 804,093 | 3,687,562 | 730,571 | 519,836 | 313,398 | 30,516 | |
Enrollment, all levels (in thousands) | 1,202,117 | 152,449 | 702,058 | 137,084 | 135,887 | 67,072 | 7,567 | |
First (elementary) level8 | 652,799 | 108,588 | 402,226 | 41,652 | 69,765 | 27,435 | 3,134 | |
Second level9 | 451,014 | 37,450 | 259,688 | 70,458 | 54,808 | 25,220 | 3,390 | |
Third level10 | 98,304 | 6,411 | 40,144 | 24,974 | 11,314 | 14,417 | 1,043 | |
Teachers, all levels (in thousands) | 56,970 | 11 | 5,039 | 29,975 | 10,415 | 6,434 | 4,662 | ‡ |
First (elementary) level8 | 25,649 | 2,900 | 15,310 | 2,753 | 2,726 | 1,806 | 154 | |
Second level9 | 24,673 | 11 | 1,875 | 12,239 | 5,777 | 2,850 | 1,695 | ‡ |
Third level10 | 6,648 | 11 | 264 | 2,426 | 1,885 | 858 | 1,161 | ‡ |
2005 | ||||||||
Population, all ages7 (in thousands) | 6,462,237 | 903,786 | 3,911,784 | 729,454 | 556,322 | 328,078 | 32,813 | |
Enrollment, all levels (in thousands) | 1,336,646 | 193,563 | 785,102 | 135,037 | 142,634 | 72,428 | 7,882 | |
First (elementary) level8 | 688,256 | 136,853 | 414,500 | 38,426 | 68,549 | 26,780 | 3,147 | |
Second level9 | 510,863 | 48,251 | 308,800 | 64,824 | 58,510 | 27,039 | 3,440 | |
Third level10 | 137,527 | 8,458 | 61,802 | 31,787 | 15,575 | 18,609 | 1,295 | |
Teachers, all levels (in thousands) | 64,747 | 11 | 6,117 | 34,799 | 10,641 | 7,697 | 5,003 | ‡ |
First (elementary) level8 | 27,228 | 3,558 | 15,996 | 2,678 | 2,962 | 1,865 | 169 | |
Second level9 | 28,487 | 11 | 2,228 | 14,956 | 5,728 | 3,542 | 1,788 | ‡ |
Third level10 | 9,031 | 11 | 331 | 3,848 | 2,236 | 1,194 | 1,351 | ‡ |
2007 | ||||||||
Population, all ages7 (in thousands) | 6,614,763 | 946,123 | 4,000,572 | 728,927 | 571,031 | 334,358 | 33,751 | |
Enrollment, all levels (in thousands) | 1,364,179 | 209,298 | 798,073 | 131,285 | 144,340 | 73,216 | 7,967 | |
First (elementary) level8 | 694,294 | 148,492 | 410,625 | 37,211 | 68,037 | 26,763 | 3,165 | |
Second level9 | 519,229 | 51,765 | 316,902 | 61,233 | 58,547 | 27,338 | 3,445 | |
Third level10 | 150,656 | 9,041 | 70,545 | 32,841 | 17,756 | 19,115 | 1,357 | |
Teachers, all levels (in thousands) | 66,732 | 11 | 6,718 | 36,172 | 10,510 | 7,627 | 5,214 | ‡ |
First (elementary) level8 | 27,871 | 11 | 3,843 | 16,400 | 2,648 | 2,905 | 1,907 | ‡ |
Second level9 | 29,376 | 11 | 2,526 | 15,914 | 5,555 | 3,283 | 1,851 | ‡ |
Third level10 | 9,485 | 11 | 350 | 3,859 | 2,307 | 1,438 | 1,456 | ‡ |
‡Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||
1 Enrollment and teacher data exclude the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. | ||||||||
2 Excludes Rodrigues and other small islands. | ||||||||
3 Includes five 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 in 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, 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 secondary school level. | ||||||||
11 Includes estimates for major areas of the world not separately shown. | ||||||||
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Data in this table include imputed values for nonrespondent countries. | ||||||||
SOURCE: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Statistical Yearbook, 1999, and unpublished tabulations; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, International Data Base, retrieved June 22, 2009, from http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/region.php. (This table was prepared July 2009.) |