Table 601.10.

Population, school enrollment, and number of teachers, by major areas of the world and level of education: Selected years, 1980 through 2015

[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	4,445,424	479,470	2,637,685	695,225	358,579	251,929	22,534
Enrollment, all levels	872,328	77,974	495,556	134,782	98,268	60,543	5,205
Elementary6	525,208	61,303	333,877	47,694	56,791	22,893	2,649
Secondary7	297,032	14,973	148,307	70,240	36,673	24,695	2,145
Postsecondary8	50,087	1,698	13,372	16,847	4,803	12,956	411
Teachers, all levels	40,074	2,373	19,512	2,505	4,577	2,124	277
Elementary6	18,528	1,676	10,728	2,505	1,871	—	134
Secondary7	17,575	605	7,589	—	2,321	1,309	112
Postsecondary8	3,970	92	1,194	—	384	815	31
1990
Population, all ages5	5,284,252	632,000	3,184,538	722,628	441,140	277,533	26,412
Enrollment, all levels	988,403	107,068	563,560	132,634	117,812	61,543	5,786
Elementary6	576,865	78,042	361,386	45,161	65,041	24,629	2,607
Secondary7	343,648	26,190	178,962	68,866	45,534	21,534	2,562
Postsecondary8	67,890	2,836	23,213	18,607	7,237	15,380	617
Teachers, all levels	48,271	3,693	24,611	8,402	5,779	3,938	314
Elementary6	22,005	2,330	12,924	2,608	2,396	1,608	139
Secondary7	21,171	1,222	9,900	5,794	2,781	1,340	135
Postsecondary8	5,095	141	1,787	—	602	991	41
2000
Population, all ages5	6,084,704	805,888	3,686,050	730,503	518,454	313,388	30,421
Enrollment, all levels	1,209,459	153,971	704,481	137,714	138,656	66,975	7,663
Elementary6	657,127	109,443	405,225	41,717	70,177	27,435	3,131
Secondary7	452,455	38,359	258,259	70,477	57,007	25,117	3,236
Postsecondary8	99,876	6,168	40,998	25,520	11,472	14,423	1,296
Teachers, all levels	57,142	4,989	29,558	10,707	6,823	4,648	222
Elementary6	24,975	2,899	14,616	2,740	2,760	1,806	155
Secondary7	25,419	1,804	12,455	6,097	3,186	1,682	—
Postsecondary8	6,749	286	2,487	1,869	877	1,161	67
2005
Population, all ages5	6,467,431	911,550	3,908,336	733,190	553,665	328,033	32,658
Enrollment, all levels	1,327,738	193,998	773,059	135,873	144,042	72,392	8,375
Elementary6	678,990	136,425	405,116	38,461	69,066	26,780	3,142
Secondary7	509,100	48,912	305,418	65,270	58,887	27,039	3,575
Postsecondary8	139,648	8,661	62,526	32,142	16,088	18,573	1,658
Teachers, all levels	64,504	6,032	34,588	10,781	7,632	5,006	243
Elementary6	26,888	3,520	15,738	2,673	2,935	1,865	157
Secondary7	28,398	2,159	14,936	5,836	3,469	1,774	—
Postsecondary8	9,217	352	3,913	2,272	1,227	1,367	85
2010
Population, all ages5	6,858,585	1,031,685	4,121,506	740,226	586,982	343,240	34,946
Enrollment, all levels	1,424,870	233,122	828,198	129,054	149,936	75,173	9,386
Elementary6	697,101	159,488	403,512	36,749	67,190	26,565	3,596
Secondary7	546,263	62,299	333,651	58,629	61,100	26,809	3,776
Postsecondary8	181,506	11,335	91,036	33,676	21,646	21,799	2,014
Teachers, all levels	72,049	7,631	39,807	10,555	8,108	5,456	275
Elementary6	28,658	4,137	16,848	2,673	2,908	1,920	172
Secondary7	32,248	3,023	18,098	5,469	3,542	1,898	—
Postsecondary8	11,143	471	4,861	2,412	1,658	1,638	103
2015
Population, all ages5	7,247,893	1,165,515	4,324,884	745,486	618,731	356,130	37,147
Enrollment, all levels	1,519,022	271,118	882,070	125,567	154,760	75,107	10,400
Elementary6	723,319	182,766	405,218	38,485	65,407	27,094	4,350
Secondary7	581,620	74,603	354,613	57,455	64,041	27,063	3,844
Postsecondary8	214,083	13,749	122,239	29,627	25,312	20,950	2,207
Teachers, all levels	77,378	9,646	42,714	10,391	8,683	5,416	—
Elementary6	31,145	5,256	18,173	2,685	2,991	1,847	—
Secondary7	33,353	3,791	18,293	5,331	3,912	1,803	—
Postsecondary8	12,880	598	6,248	2,376	1,779	1,767	—

—Not available.

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

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

3Europe 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.

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

5Estimate of midyear population.

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

7Includes 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.

8Includes 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 May 23, 2018, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/international-programs/about/idb.html. (This table was prepared June 2018.)