Table 403.

Population, school enrollment, and teachers, by major areas of the world: Selected years, 1980 through 2008

[In thousands]
Year and selected characteristic	World total1	Major areas of the world
		Africa2	Asia1,3	Europe4	Central and South America5	Northern America5	Oceania6
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1980
Population, all ages7	4,452,687	478,507	2,613,558	725,484	360,675	251,929	22,534
Enrollment, all levels	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	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	5,288,828	630,406	3,152,386	759,222	442,871	277,533	26,410
Enrollment, all levels	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	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	5,699,913	712,842	3,411,346	768,521	482,720	296,092	28,393
Enrollment, all levels	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	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	6,088,684	803,049	3,650,241	771,153	520,409	313,398	30,435
Enrollment, all levels	1,198,194	152,413	698,385	137,363	135,506	66,969	7,558
First (elementary) level8	649,189	108,386	398,826	41,712	69,701	27,435	3,130
Second level9	450,406	37,704	259,002	70,535	54,665	25,117	3,384
Third level10	98,599	6,323	40,558	25,117	11,140	14,417	1,044
Teachers, all levels	56,771	4,956	29,771	10,421	6,518	4,651	455
First (elementary) level8	25,575	2,879	15,255	2,737	2,743	1,806	155
Second level9	24,543	1,790	12,085	5,813	2,924	1,684	247
Third level10	6,653	287	2,430	1,871	852	1,161	53
2005
Population, all ages7	6,469,130	903,845	3,873,443	774,642	556,242	328,269	32,689
Enrollment, all levels	1,333,484	192,565	782,992	135,142	142,472	72,433	7,881
First (elementary) level8	685,990	135,774	413,156	38,473	68,660	26,780	3,147
Second level9	509,595	48,494	307,728	64,847	58,048	27,039	3,440
Third level10	137,899	8,296	62,108	31,823	15,764	18,614	1,295
Teachers, all levels	63,971	5,995	34,215	10,617	7,679	4,991	475
First (elementary) level8	26,918	3,515	15,789	2,658	2,931	1,865	160
Second level9	28,042	2,155	14,587	5,730	3,542	1,777	250
Third level10	9,011	325	3,839	2,228	1,205	1,350	65
2008
Population, all ages7	6,700,766	969,422	4,004,394	777,477	577,680	337,719	34,074
Enrollment, all levels	1,380,725	216,870	805,424	129,944	146,501	73,892	8,093
First (elementary) level8	696,347	153,183	408,329	37,029	67,683	26,917	3,206
Second level9	525,665	54,405	321,458	59,873	59,096	27,340	3,494
Third level10	158,713	9,283	75,637	33,042	19,722	19,636	1,393
Teachers, all levels	67,606	6,584	36,880	10,467	7,877	5,311	487
First (elementary) level8	27,845	3,763	16,451	2,617	2,918	1,932	163
Second level9	29,651	2,458	16,097	5,495	3,483	1,862	255
Third level10	10,110	362	4,332	2,355	1,475	1,518	69

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.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Data in this table include imputed values for nonrespondent countries. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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 29, 2010, from http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/region.php. (This table was prepared July 2010.)