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Table 601.10. | Population, school enrollment, and number of teachers, by major areas of the world and level of education: Selected years, 1980 through 2013 |
[In thousands] | |||||||
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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 | 4,451,363 | 478,543 | 2,644,522 | 695,225 | 358,609 | 251,929 | 22,534 |
Enrollment, all levels | 869,566 | 78,324 | 493,917 | 134,429 | 97,146 | 60,542 | 5,207 |
Primary (elementary)5 | 525,601 | 61,541 | 334,056 | 47,661 | 56,801 | 22,893 | 2,649 |
Secondary6 | 294,322 | 15,080 | 146,867 | 69,983 | 35,550 | 24,695 | 2,147 |
Postsecondary7 | 49,644 | 1,703 | 12,995 | 16,785 | 4,796 | 12,955 | 411 |
Teachers, all levels | 39,584 | 2,325 | 19,270 | — | 4,407 | — | 276 |
Primary (elementary)5 | 18,475 | 1,646 | 10,711 | 2,499 | 1,872 | — | 134 |
Secondary6 | 17,202 | 586 | 7,418 | — | 2,153 | 1,309 | 112 |
Postsecondary7 | 3,906 | 92 | 1,141 | — | 383 | 815 | 31 |
1990 | |||||||
Population, all ages4 | 5,288,956 | 630,010 | 3,191,764 | 722,628 | 440,609 | 277,533 | 26,412 |
Enrollment, all levels | 985,773 | 107,320 | 561,993 | 132,628 | 116,498 | 61,543 | 5,790 |
Primary (elementary)5 | 577,034 | 78,099 | 361,455 | 45,195 | 65,049 | 24,629 | 2,607 |
Secondary6 | 341,284 | 26,386 | 177,769 | 68,827 | 44,201 | 21,534 | 2,566 |
Postsecondary7 | 67,455 | 2,836 | 22,768 | 18,607 | 7,248 | 15,380 | 617 |
Teachers, all levels | 47,877 | 3,630 | 24,523 | — | 5,538 | 3,938 | 314 |
Primary (elementary)5 | 22,103 | 2,288 | 13,063 | 2,610 | 2,396 | 1,608 | 139 |
Secondary6 | 20,751 | 1,201 | 9,744 | 5,791 | 2,541 | 1,340 | 134 |
Postsecondary7 | 5,024 | 141 | 1,717 | — | 601 | 991 | 41 |
2000 | |||||||
Population, all ages4 | 6,088,571 | 802,705 | 3,693,777 | 730,523 | 517,756 | 313,388 | 30,421 |
Enrollment, all levels | 1,206,331 | 154,222 | 703,297 | 137,693 | 136,593 | 66,968 | 7,559 |
Primary (elementary)5 | 656,568 | 109,452 | 404,809 | 41,699 | 70,043 | 27,435 | 3,131 |
Secondary6 | 450,115 | 38,643 | 257,507 | 70,453 | 55,011 | 25,117 | 3,384 |
Postsecondary7 | 99,649 | 6,127 | 40,981 | 25,541 | 11,539 | 14,416 | 1,044 |
Teachers, all levels | 56,535 | 4,917 | 29,336 | 10,705 | 6,527 | 4,648 | — |
Primary (elementary)5 | 24,862 | 2,843 | 14,569 | 2,739 | 2,751 | 1,806 | 155 |
Secondary6 | 24,987 | 1,790 | 12,323 | 6,096 | 2,900 | 1,682 | — |
Postsecondary7 | 6,686 | 285 | 2,444 | 1,870 | 876 | 1,161 | 50 |
2005 | |||||||
Population, all ages4 | 6,473,045 | 907,737 | 3,918,933 | 733,244 | 552,438 | 328,033 | 32,659 |
Enrollment, all levels | 1,326,269 | 194,285 | 772,684 | 135,543 | 143,471 | 72,389 | 7,898 |
Primary (elementary)5 | 679,003 | 136,505 | 405,256 | 38,472 | 68,848 | 26,780 | 3,142 |
Secondary6 | 507,988 | 49,168 | 304,929 | 64,895 | 58,496 | 27,039 | 3,462 |
Postsecondary7 | 139,278 | 8,612 | 62,499 | 32,176 | 16,127 | 18,570 | 1,295 |
Teachers, all levels | 64,255 | 5,937 | 34,432 | 10,826 | 7,628 | 5,007 | — |
Primary (elementary)5 | 26,796 | 3,449 | 15,735 | 2,674 | 2,917 | 1,865 | — |
Secondary6 | 28,302 | 2,139 | 14,831 | 5,864 | 3,484 | 1,774 | — |
Postsecondary7 | 9,157 | 349 | 3,866 | 2,288 | 1,227 | 1,368 | 59 |
2010 | |||||||
Population, all ages4 | 6,866,332 | 1,025,744 | 4,136,475 | 740,296 | 585,639 | 343,239 | 34,940 |
Enrollment, all levels | 1,423,325 | 233,885 | 827,834 | 128,692 | 149,189 | 75,166 | 8,558 |
Primary (elementary)5 | 696,711 | 159,515 | 403,576 | 36,751 | 66,682 | 26,565 | 3,622 |
Secondary6 | 544,881 | 62,957 | 332,852 | 58,234 | 60,667 | 26,809 | 3,362 |
Postsecondary7 | 181,734 | 11,413 | 91,407 | 33,708 | 21,840 | 21,792 | 1,574 |
Teachers, all levels | 71,591 | 7,284 | 39,761 | 10,520 | 8,143 | 5,454 | — |
Primary (elementary)5 | 28,547 | 4,006 | 16,850 | 2,676 | 2,922 | 1,920 | — |
Secondary6 | 31,993 | 2,821 | 18,077 | 5,420 | 3,586 | 1,898 | — |
Postsecondary7 | 11,052 | 457 | 4,833 | 2,424 | 1,634 | 1,637 | 67 |
2013 | |||||||
Population, all ages4 | 7,101,028 | 1,102,597 | 4,262,082 | 743,962 | 604,918 | 351,199 | 36,271 |
Enrollment, all levels | 1,480,690 | 256,560 | 859,031 | 127,582 | 153,299 | 74,766 | 9,453 |
Primary (elementary)5 | 713,581 | 173,601 | 406,046 | 37,663 | 65,378 | 26,624 | 4,269 |
Secondary6 | 568,543 | 70,762 | 344,813 | 58,434 | 64,234 | 26,795 | 3,505 |
Postsecondary7 | 198,567 | 12,197 | 108,172 | 31,485 | 23,687 | 21,347 | 1,679 |
Teachers, all levels | 74,026 | 8,314 | — | 10,332 | 8,423 | 5,234 | — |
Primary (elementary)5 | 29,486 | 4,519 | 17,304 | 2,676 | 2,977 | 1,820 | — |
Secondary6 | 32,740 | 3,276 | 18,328 | 5,353 | 3,792 | 1,787 | — |
Postsecondary7 | 11,800 | 519 | — | 2,303 | 1,654 | 1,627 | 68 |
—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. Asia also includes Turkey, the Arab states (with the exception of those located in Africa), and Israel. | |||||||
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. | |||||||
4 Estimate of midyear population. | |||||||
5 This level generally corresponds to grades 1-6 in the United States. | |||||||
6 Includes general education, teacher training (at the secondary level), and technical and vocational education. This level generally corresponds to grades 7-12 in the United States. | |||||||
7 Includes college and university enrollment, and technical and vocational education beyond the secondary 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 March 31, 2016, from http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/informationGateway.php. (This table was prepared March 2016.) |