Table 408.

Population, school enrollment, and teachers, by major areas of the world and level of education: Selected years, 1980 through 2009

[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	4,453,474	478,965	2,644,214	695,172	360,660	251,929	22,534
Enrollment, all levels	859,095	74,790	496,740	134,219	87,157	60,549	5,641
First (elementary) level5	527,014	59,150	336,733	48,770	56,815	22,893	2,653
Second level6	282,431	14,184	147,018	68,414	25,544	24,695	2,577
Third level7	49,650	1,456	12,989	17,035	4,798	12,961	411
Teachers, all levels	39,181	2,258	19,390	—	3,779	—	—
First (elementary) level5	18,551	1,615	10,771	2,545	1,868	—	—
Second level6	16,732	561	7,482	5,481	1,527	1,569	112
Third level7	3,897	81	1,137	—	384	816	31
1990
Population, all ages4	5,291,102	632,111	3,189,623	722,653	442,771	277,533	26,412
Enrollment, all levels	977,117	104,956	564,149	132,310	108,282	61,543	5,879
First (elementary) level5	578,886	76,504	363,729	46,595	64,817	24,629	2,611
Second level6	331,107	25,749	177,981	66,991	36,202	21,534	2,650
Third level7	67,125	2,703	22,439	18,723	7,263	15,379	617
Teachers, all levels	47,529	3,649	24,594	9,861	5,093	3,999	333
First (elementary) level5	22,243	2,285	13,120	2,703	2,388	1,608	140
Second level6	20,288	1,213	9,795	5,622	2,106	1,400	152
Third level7	4,997	151	1,679	1,536	600	991	41
1995
Population, all ages4	5,703,456	715,325	3,451,305	729,777	482,572	296,092	28,385
Enrollment, all levels	1,088,505	125,625	632,321	137,327	120,299	65,901	7,032
First (elementary) level5	621,221	90,462	388,299	45,410	67,797	26,243	3,009
Second level6	387,833	30,944	215,457	70,664	44,307	23,595	2,865
Third level7	79,452	4,219	28,565	21,252	8,195	16,063	1,158
Teachers, all levels	52,091	4,264	26,999	10,522	5,724	4,208	—
First (elementary) level5	23,839	2,588	14,052	2,807	2,620	1,622	149
Second level6	22,499	1,450	10,940	6,037	2,403	1,503	—
Third level7	5,754	226	2,007	1,678	701	1,083	—
2000
Population, all ages4	6,094,670	806,960	3,693,640	730,355	519,898	313,398	30,419
Enrollment, all levels	1,201,080	152,418	699,847	137,457	136,846	66,967	7,545
First (elementary) level5	650,860	108,443	399,925	41,731	70,196	27,435	3,130
Second level6	450,736	37,678	259,143	70,208	55,219	25,117	3,371
Third level7	99,485	6,296	40,779	25,518	11,431	14,416	1,044
Teachers, all levels	57,246	4,996	29,976	10,650	6,567	4,651	—
First (elementary) level5	25,714	2,898	15,368	2,726	2,761	1,806	155
Second level6	24,831	1,805	12,158	6,051	2,937	1,684	—
Third level7	6,701	293	2,450	1,872	869	1,161	—
2005
Population, all ages4	6,479,962	911,606	3,919,408	732,870	555,146	328,269	32,663
Enrollment, all levels	1,333,617	192,021	782,651	135,135	143,540	72,433	7,836
First (elementary) level5	685,289	135,365	412,465	38,491	69,042	26,780	3,146
Second level6	509,920	48,383	307,851	64,823	58,430	27,039	3,395
Third level7	138,408	8,273	62,336	31,821	16,068	18,614	1,295
Teachers, all levels	64,219	5,949	34,404	10,711	7,710	4,997	—
First (elementary) level5	26,923	3,485	15,815	2,653	2,947	1,865	159
Second level6	28,237	2,130	14,741	5,827	3,542	1,777	—
Third level7	9,059	334	3,849	2,232	1,221	1,356	—
2009
Population, all ages4	6,792,893	1,003,898	4,095,326	735,573	582,977	340,625	34,494
Enrollment, all levels	1,397,476	221,731	817,560	128,007	147,800	74,453	7,925
First (elementary) level5	701,646	155,441	411,171	36,829	68,189	26,786	3,231
Second level6	531,248	56,446	326,313	58,168	59,955	27,166	3,200
Third level7	164,582	9,844	80,076	33,010	19,656	20,501	1,494
Teachers, all levels	69,154	6,969	37,697	10,498	8,181	5,359	—
First (elementary) level5	28,332	3,839	16,808	2,640	2,980	1,899	—
Second level6	30,430	2,742	16,579	5,457	3,543	1,901	—
Third level7	10,393	388	4,310	2,401	1,657	1,559	—

—Not available.

1 Enrollment and teacher data for Asia and the world total exclude the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Taiwan.

2 Europe includes all countries of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) except Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, which are included in Asia. Turkey and the Arab states are also included in Asia.

3 Central and South America includes Latin America and the Caribbean. Northern America includes Bermuda, Canada, and the United States of America; the population data for Northern America also include Greenland as well as St. Pierre and Miquelon.

4 Estimate of midyear population.

5 First-level enrollment generally consists of elementary school, grades 1-6.

6 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.

7 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 include imputed values for nonrespondent countries. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), unpublished tabulations; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, International Data Base, retrieved July 6, 2011, from http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/region.php. (This table was prepared July 2011.)