Table 601.10.

Population, school enrollment, and number of teachers, by major areas of the world and level of education: Selected years, 1980 through 2019

[In thousands]
Year and selected characteristic	World total1	Major areas of the world
		Africa	Asia2	Europe3	Central and South America4	Northern America5	Oceania
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1980
Population, all ages6	4,428,127	479,075	2,619,910	695,225	359,362	251,929	22,626
Enrollment, all levels	872,434	77,981	495,438	135,031	98,236	60,541	5,207
Elementary7	525,408	61,284	334,001	47,777	56,804	22,893	2,650
Secondary8	296,851	14,999	148,063	70,318	36,630	24,695	2,147
Postsecondary9	50,175	1,697	13,375	16,936	4,802	12,954	411
Teachers, all levels	40,168	2,373	19,594	2,508	4,574	2,124	277
Elementary7	18,535	1,676	10,732	2,508	1,872	---	134
Secondary8	17,655	606	7,667	---	2,319	1,309	112
Postsecondary9	3,978	91	1,194	---	384	815	31
1990
Population, all ages6	5,295,234	631,705	3,188,759	723,102	447,599	277,533	26,536
Enrollment, all levels	987,994	107,061	563,413	132,651	117,539	61,543	5,787
Elementary7	576,908	78,024	361,424	45,168	65,056	24,629	2,606
Secondary8	343,213	26,202	178,794	68,874	45,245	21,534	2,563
Postsecondary9	67,873	2,836	23,195	18,608	7,237	15,380	617
Teachers, all levels	48,307	3,692	24,665	8,401	5,764	3,938	314
Elementary7	22,004	2,330	12,922	2,608	2,396	1,608	139
Secondary8	21,213	1,222	9,960	5,792	2,764	1,340	135
Postsecondary9	5,091	139	1,783	---	603	991	41
2000
Population, all ages6	6,110,271	807,569	3,705,293	731,571	521,643	313,388	30,809
Enrollment, all levels	1,209,938	153,961	705,242	137,734	138,384	66,968	7,649
Elementary7	657,409	109,430	405,505	41,721	70,188	27,435	3,131
Secondary8	452,370	38,373	258,433	70,486	56,728	25,117	3,233
Postsecondary9	100,159	6,158	41,303	25,528	11,468	14,416	1,286
Teachers, all levels	57,237	4,988	29,646	10,717	6,821	4,650	155
Elementary7	24,994	2,898	14,625	2,741	2,768	1,806	155
Secondary8	25,485	1,805	12,530	6,101	3,173	1,682	---
Postsecondary9	6,758	284	2,491	1,875	880	1,163	---
2010
Population, all ages6	6,916,651	1,043,799	4,162,956	740,141	589,818	343,654	36,282
Enrollment, all levels	1,425,044	233,201	828,181	129,091	150,608	74,638	9,324
Elementary7	697,382	159,492	403,499	36,752	67,230	26,855	3,556
Secondary8	546,435	62,312	333,448	58,635	61,304	26,966	3,770
Postsecondary9	181,227	11,398	91,235	33,705	22,074	20,817	1,998
Teachers, all levels	72,001	7,642	39,734	10,569	8,158	5,403	175
Elementary7	28,645	4,139	16,848	2,674	2,923	1,886	175
Secondary8	32,172	3,030	18,029	5,480	3,553	1,861	---
Postsecondary9	11,184	473	4,857	2,416	1,682	1,655	---
2015
Population, all ages6	7,330,047	1,188,258	4,380,340	744,956	620,176	356,839	39,479
Enrollment, all levels	1,520,766	272,277	882,634	125,477	154,900	75,254	10,224
Elementary7	719,654	182,385	403,157	38,365	64,552	27,094	4,101
Secondary8	583,097	75,814	354,733	57,466	64,125	27,063	3,896
Postsecondary9	218,015	14,078	124,744	29,646	26,223	21,097	2,228
Teachers, all levels	77,790	9,825	42,784	10,478	8,730	5,435	194
Elementary7	31,228	5,290	18,148	2,733	3,016	1,847	194
Secondary8	33,577	3,931	18,363	5,365	3,885	1,803	---
Postsecondary9	12,985	605	6,273	2,380	1,829	1,786	---
2019
Population, all ages6	7,653,132	1,312,917	4,541,406	749,003	641,787	365,725	42,296
Enrollment, all levels	1,572,830	305,272	898,291	127,749	155,424	75,423	10,672
Elementary7	739,422	205,757	398,277	40,510	62,997	27,198	4,682
Secondary8	602,462	83,906	365,526	57,980	63,493	27,677	3,879
Postsecondary9	230,946	15,609	134,487	29,258	28,933	20,548	2,111
Teachers, all levels	83,213	11,032	46,457	10,820	8,944	5,434	---
Elementary7	32,653	6,050	18,668	2,868	3,024	1,835	---
Secondary8	37,016	4,316	21,202	5,511	3,930	1,847	---
Postsecondary9	13,544	666	6,587	2,441	1,990	1,752	---

---Not available.

1 Includes estimations for missing data on teachers and excludes Taiwan.

2 Excludes Taiwan and includes Turkey, the Arab states (except those located in Africa), Israel, and the following countries of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

3 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.

4 Includes Latin America and the Caribbean.

5 Includes Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, St. Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States.

6 Estimate of midyear population.

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

8 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.

9 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 December 29, 2021, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/international-programs/about/idb.html. (This table was prepared December 2021.)