Table 601.10.

Population, school enrollment, and number of teachers, by major areas of the world and level of education: Selected years, 1980 through 2016

[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	4,445,386	479,432	2,637,685	695,225	358,579	251,929	22,534
Enrollment, all levels	872,107	77,988	495,321	134,782	98,268	60,543	5,205
Elementary6	525,219	61,303	333,888	47,694	56,791	22,893	2,649
Secondary7	296,795	14,987	148,054	70,240	36,673	24,695	2,145
Postsecondary8	50,093	1,698	13,378	16,847	4,803	12,956	411
Teachers, all levels	40,148	2,373	19,587	2,505	4,577	2,124	277
Elementary6	18,528	1,676	10,729	2,505	1,871	---	134
Secondary7	17,650	605	7,664	---	2,321	1,309	112
Postsecondary8	3,970	91	1,194	---	384	815	31
1990
Population, all ages5	5,286,811	631,684	3,184,509	725,798	440,874	277,533	26,412
Enrollment, all levels	988,220	107,082	563,363	132,634	117,812	61,543	5,786
Elementary6	576,865	78,042	361,386	45,161	65,041	24,629	2,607
Secondary7	343,466	26,205	178,765	68,866	45,534	21,534	2,562
Postsecondary8	67,889	2,836	23,213	18,607	7,237	15,380	617
Teachers, all levels	48,326	3,692	24,667	8,402	5,779	3,938	314
Elementary6	22,005	2,330	12,924	2,608	2,396	1,608	139
Secondary7	21,227	1,223	9,955	5,794	2,781	1,340	135
Postsecondary8	5,094	140	1,787	---	602	991	41
2000
Population, all ages5	6,086,149	807,188	3,686,112	730,427	518,614	313,388	30,421
Enrollment, all levels	1,209,991	153,985	705,005	137,714	138,656	66,968	7,664
Elementary6	657,128	109,443	405,225	41,717	70,177	27,435	3,131
Secondary7	452,703	38,374	258,492	70,477	57,007	25,117	3,236
Postsecondary8	100,160	6,167	41,288	25,520	11,472	14,416	1,297
Teachers, all levels	57,250	4,990	29,651	10,719	6,823	4,650	155
Elementary6	24,976	2,899	14,616	2,741	2,760	1,806	155
Secondary7	25,512	1,807	12,540	6,104	3,186	1,682	---
Postsecondary8	6,762	285	2,496	1,875	877	1,163	---
2010
Population, all ages5	6,872,671	1,039,861	4,127,141	740,240	587,253	343,230	34,946
Enrollment, all levels	1,425,360	233,184	828,197	129,054	150,345	75,233	9,347
Elementary6	697,049	159,488	403,500	36,749	67,190	26,565	3,556
Secondary7	546,102	62,318	333,471	58,629	61,100	26,809	3,776
Postsecondary8	182,209	11,378	91,227	33,676	22,055	21,859	2,014
Teachers, all levels	72,185	7,661	39,869	10,555	8,139	5,464	175
Elementary6	28,669	4,139	16,853	2,673	2,908	1,920	175
Secondary7	32,355	3,051	18,177	5,470	3,542	1,898	---
Postsecondary8	11,161	471	4,840	2,412	1,689	1,646	---
2015
Population, all ages5	7,267,035	1,177,295	4,332,060	745,332	618,928	356,273	37,147
Enrollment, all levels	1,521,003	272,630	882,468	125,592	154,839	75,254	10,221
Elementary6	720,228	182,538	403,431	38,485	64,580	27,094	4,101
Secondary7	583,316	76,019	354,816	57,462	64,042	27,063	3,913
Postsecondary8	217,459	14,072	124,221	29,645	26,217	21,097	2,207
Teachers, all levels	77,694	9,741	42,820	10,430	8,742	5,435	195
Elementary6	31,185	5,237	18,197	2,724	2,985	1,847	195
Secondary7	33,528	3,898	18,374	5,328	3,907	1,803	---
Postsecondary8	12,981	607	6,249	2,377	1,850	1,786	---
2016
Population, all ages5	7,345,786	1,205,830	4,372,158	746,316	625,003	358,903	37,576
Enrollment, all levels	1,544,819	278,750	897,605	126,892	155,682	75,578	10,312
Elementary6	736,616	187,228	414,680	39,168	64,007	27,342	4,191
Secondary7	588,197	77,061	356,944	58,570	64,372	27,353	3,897
Postsecondary8	220,006	14,461	125,981	29,155	27,303	20,883	2,223
Teachers, all levels	78,844	9,809	43,729	10,533	8,828	5,421	199
Elementary6	31,386	5,344	18,215	2,796	2,967	1,864	199
Secondary7	34,319	3,846	19,159	5,367	3,914	1,822	---
Postsecondary8	13,139	619	6,355	2,370	1,947	1,735	---

---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 March 27, 2019, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/international-programs/about/idb.html. (This table was prepared March 2019.)