Table 601.10.

Population, school enrollment, and number of teachers, by major areas of the world and level of education: Selected years, 1980 through 2011

[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	4,450,930	478,544	2,644,088	695,225	358,609	251,929	22,534
Enrollment, all levels	856,277	74,774	493,963	134,690	87,097	60,541	5,213
First (elementary) level5	524,358	59,058	333,939	49,038	56,781	22,893	2,649
Second level6	282,241	14,187	146,984	68,702	25,521	24,695	2,153
Third level7	49,679	1,529	13,040	16,951	4,795	12,954	411
Teachers, all levels	38,891	2,252	19,259	—	3,835	—	276
First (elementary) level5	18,511	1,605	10,706	2,582	1,871	—	134
Second level6	16,481	560	7,410	5,509	1,582	1,309	112
Third level7	3,898	87	1,142	—	382	815	31
1990
Population, all ages4	5,287,869	630,169	3,190,508	722,638	440,609	277,533	26,412
Enrollment, all levels	975,595	104,938	562,137	132,631	108,550	61,543	5,797
First (elementary) level5	576,949	76,465	361,573	46,581	65,092	24,629	2,609
Second level6	331,242	25,764	177,817	67,340	36,216	21,534	2,571
Third level7	67,404	2,709	22,747	18,710	7,242	15,380	617
Teachers, all levels	47,477	3,597	24,499	9,892	5,236	3,938	315
First (elementary) level5	22,181	2,271	13,070	2,691	2,401	1,608	139
Second level6	20,294	1,188	9,732	5,666	2,234	1,340	135
Third level7	5,002	138	1,697	1,535	601	991	41
1995
Population, all ages4	5,699,768	712,602	3,452,081	730,000	480,608	296,092	28,385
Enrollment, all levels	1,086,114	125,117	630,703	137,195	120,167	65,901	7,030
First (elementary) level5	619,091	90,412	386,975	44,849	67,604	26,243	3,008
Second level6	387,832	30,631	215,238	71,104	44,400	23,595	2,864
Third level7	79,191	4,074	28,489	21,242	8,164	16,063	1,158
Teachers, all levels	52,201	4,198	26,934	10,556	5,931	4,208	—
First (elementary) level5	23,793	2,569	14,049	2,776	2,627	1,622	149
Second level6	22,690	1,429	10,890	6,099	2,604	1,503	—
Third level7	5,718	200	1,996	1,681	699	1,083	—
2000
Population, all ages4	6,090,319	803,528	3,694,628	730,598	517,756	313,388	30,421
Enrollment, all levels	1,204,589	152,697	703,506	137,711	136,169	66,968	7,538
First (elementary) level5	654,698	108,346	404,035	41,730	70,021	27,435	3,130
Second level6	450,383	38,294	258,475	70,410	54,724	25,117	3,363
Third level7	99,508	6,058	40,996	25,571	11,423	14,416	1,044
Teachers, all levels	56,512	4,928	29,058	10,704	6,769	4,648	—
First (elementary) level5	24,839	2,870	14,501	2,735	2,774	1,806	155
Second level6	25,001	1,785	12,119	6,095	3,126	1,682	—
Third level7	6,672	274	2,439	1,874	869	1,161	—
2005
Population, all ages4	6,474,229	907,745	3,920,235	733,119	552,438	328,033	32,659
Enrollment, all levels	1,329,991	192,665	778,939	135,132	143,413	72,374	7,468
First (elementary) level5	683,216	135,510	410,474	38,465	68,845	26,780	3,141
Second level6	508,270	48,849	306,007	64,855	58,487	27,039	3,033
Third level7	138,505	8,305	62,458	31,812	16,081	18,555	1,294
Teachers, all levels	64,089	5,926	34,315	10,690	7,737	5,005	—
First (elementary) level5	26,964	3,459	15,860	2,658	2,964	1,865	159
Second level6	28,043	2,134	14,597	5,798	3,551	1,774	—
Third level7	9,081	332	3,859	2,234	1,223	1,366	—
2011
Population, all ages4	6,943,437	1,048,252	4,181,579	740,300	592,169	345,751	35,386
Enrollment, all levels	1,426,217	236,551	830,359	126,787	149,135	75,182	8,203
First (elementary) level5	699,280	161,474	404,677	36,791	65,930	27,027	3,382
Second level6	543,976	64,192	332,879	56,545	60,779	26,368	3,213
Third level7	182,960	10,885	92,804	33,450	22,426	21,787	1,608
Teachers, all levels	71,471	7,418	39,274	10,333	8,560	5,445	—
First (elementary) level5	28,869	4,110	16,862	2,672	3,101	1,954	—
Second level6	31,521	2,896	17,464	5,271	3,834	1,867	—
Third level7	11,081	412	4,948	2,389	1,625	1,625	—

—Not available.

1 Enrollment and teacher data for the world total and Asia exclude Taiwan.

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

3 Central and South America includes Latin America and the Caribbean. Northern America includes Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, St. Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States of America.

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. Enrollment and teacher data exclude several island countries or territories with small populations (less than 150,000). Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), unpublished tabulations. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, International Data Base, retrieved January 16, 2014, from http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/informationGateway.php. (This table was prepared January 2014.)