Table 601.10.

Population, school enrollment, and number of teachers, by major areas of the world and level of education: Selected years, 1980 through 2014

[In thousands]
Year and selected characteristic	World total1,2	Major areas of the world
		Africa	Asia2,3	Europe3	Central and South America4	Northern America4	Oceania
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1980
Population, all ages5	4,444,497	478,543	2,637,685	695,225	358,579	251,929	22,534
Enrollment, all levels	872,751	78,065	495,607	134,812	98,516	60,543	5,206
Elementary6	525,264	61,310	333,899	47,713	56,800	22,893	2,649
Secondary7	297,403	15,060	148,334	70,248	36,921	24,695	2,146
Postsecondary8	50,084	1,696	13,374	16,851	4,796	12,956	411
Teachers, all levels	39,994	2,363	19,424	2,506	4,592	2,124	276
Elementary6	18,541	1,686	10,729	2,506	1,872	—	134
Secondary7	17,484	585	7,501	—	2,338	1,309	112
Postsecondary8	3,970	91	1,194	—	383	815	31
1990
Population, all ages5	5,283,253	630,159	3,185,381	722,628	441,140	277,533	26,412
Enrollment, all levels	988,732	107,211	563,402	132,629	118,158	61,543	5,789
Elementary6	576,815	78,044	361,318	45,167	65,049	24,629	2,607
Secondary7	344,013	26,331	178,866	68,855	45,861	21,534	2,565
Postsecondary8	67,904	2,836	23,218	18,607	7,247	15,380	617
Teachers, all levels	48,160	3,671	24,505	8,401	5,798	3,938	314
Elementary6	22,002	2,330	12,921	2,608	2,396	1,608	139
Secondary7	21,065	1,200	9,797	5,793	2,800	1,340	134
Postsecondary8	5,094	141	1,787	—	601	991	41
2000
Population, all ages5	6,084,485	802,723	3,688,997	730,503	518,454	313,388	30,421
Enrollment, all levels	1,209,648	154,158	704,442	137,651	138,870	66,968	7,559
Elementary6	656,899	109,447	404,985	41,687	70,215	27,435	3,131
Secondary7	453,010	38,624	258,321	70,449	57,114	25,117	3,384
Postsecondary8	99,739	6,088	41,136	25,514	11,540	14,416	1,044
Teachers, all levels	56,996	4,958	29,450	10,702	6,836	4,648	205
Elementary6	24,942	2,890	14,602	2,738	2,751	1,806	155
Secondary7	25,330	1,788	12,362	6,094	3,209	1,682	—
Postsecondary8	6,724	281	2,486	1,870	876	1,161	50
2005
Population, all ages5	6,466,506	907,536	3,911,424	733,190	553,664	328,033	32,659
Enrollment, all levels	1,327,364	194,263	773,362	135,359	144,096	72,385	7,899
Elementary6	678,999	136,433	405,137	38,438	69,068	26,780	3,142
Secondary7	509,073	49,218	305,614	64,839	58,900	27,039	3,463
Postsecondary8	139,293	8,611	62,612	32,082	16,128	18,566	1,295
Teachers, all levels	64,373	5,989	34,504	10,803	7,644	5,006	59
Elementary6	26,853	3,502	15,738	2,672	2,919	1,865	—
Secondary7	28,329	2,139	14,851	5,855	3,499	1,774	—
Postsecondary8	9,191	348	3,914	2,276	1,227	1,368	59
2010
Population, all ages5	6,856,616	1,026,137	4,125,095	740,226	586,980	343,238	34,940
Enrollment, all levels	1,424,977	233,974	828,409	128,669	150,223	75,166	8,536
Elementary6	697,216	159,501	403,584	36,749	67,220	26,565	3,597
Secondary7	546,230	63,020	333,624	58,232	61,180	26,809	3,365
Postsecondary8	181,531	11,453	91,201	33,688	21,823	21,791	1,574
Teachers, all levels	71,785	7,357	39,802	10,519	8,225	5,454	67
Elementary6	28,631	4,078	16,847	2,676	2,939	1,920	—
Secondary7	32,036	2,823	18,080	5,422	3,624	1,898	—
Postsecondary8	11,118	456	4,875	2,421	1,662	1,636	67
2014
Population, all ages5	7,167,884	1,131,998	4,287,935	744,728	612,640	353,876	36,709
Enrollment, all levels	1,494,595	264,818	864,991	126,857	153,575	74,756	9,596
Elementary6	719,059	179,138	405,269	38,199	65,344	26,764	4,344
Secondary7	568,019	72,670	342,889	57,917	64,143	26,896	3,504
Postsecondary8	207,516	13,011	116,833	30,741	24,088	21,097	1,748
Teachers, all levels	74,875	8,535	41,692	10,166	8,655	5,358	70
Elementary6	30,271	4,711	17,822	2,685	3,044	1,816	—
Secondary7	32,115	3,285	17,702	5,236	3,907	1,781	—
Postsecondary8	12,490	539	6,169	2,246	1,705	1,761	70

—Not available.

1 The world total includes estimations for missing data on teachers.

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

3 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 (except those located in Africa), and Israel.

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

5 Estimate of midyear population.

6 This level generally corresponds to grades 1-6 in the United States.

7 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.

8 Includes college and university enrollment, and technical and vocational education beyond the secondary level.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and missing teacher data. 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 April 5, 2017, from http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/informationGateway.php. (This table was prepared April 2017.)