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
			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.)