Table 601.10.

Population, school enrollment, and number of teachers, by major areas of the world and level of education: Selected years, 1980 through 2020

[In thousands]
Year and selected characteristic	World total1	Major areas of the world
		Africa2	Asia3	Europe4	Central and South America5	Northern America6	Oceania7
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1980
Population, all ages8	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
Elementary9	525,408	61,284	334,001	47,777	56,804	22,893	2,650
Secondary10	296,851	14,999	148,063	70,318	36,630	24,695	2,147
Postsecondary11	50,175	1,697	13,375	16,936	4,802	12,954	411
Teachers, all levels	40,171	2,373	19,594	2,508	4,574	2,124	277
Elementary9	18,535	1,676	10,732	2,508	1,872	---	134
Secondary10	17,658	606	7,667	---	2,319	1,309	112
Postsecondary11	3,978	91	1,194	---	384	815	31
1990
Population, all ages8	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	132,650	98,236	61,543	5,787
Elementary9	576,908	78,024	361,424	45,168	56,804	24,629	2,606
Secondary10	343,213	26,202	178,794	68,874	36,630	21,534	2,563
Postsecondary11	67,873	2,836	23,195	18,608	4,802	15,380	617
Teachers, all levels	48,310	3,692	24,665	8,403	4,574	3,938	314
Elementary9	22,004	2,330	12,922	2,608	1,872	1,608	139
Secondary10	21,215	1,222	9,960	5,795	2,319	1,340	135
Postsecondary11	5,091	139	1,783	---	384	991	41
2000
Population, all ages8	6,110,271	807,569	3,705,293	731,571	521,643	313,388	30,809
Enrollment, all levels	1,209,841	153,961	705,160	137,719	138,384	66,968	7,649
Elementary9	657,424	109,430	405,520	41,721	70,188	27,435	3,131
Secondary10	452,361	38,373	258,425	70,486	56,728	25,117	3,233
Postsecondary11	100,056	6,158	41,215	25,513	11,468	14,416	1,286
Teachers, all levels	57,228	4,988	29,636	10,719	6,821	4,650	155
Elementary9	24,995	2,898	14,626	2,741	2,768	1,806	155
Secondary10	25,485	1,805	12,527	6,104	3,173	1,682	---
Postsecondary11	6,748	284	2,483	1,873	880	1,163	---
2010
Population, all ages8	6,916,651	1,043,799	4,162,956	740,141	589,818	343,654	36,282
Enrollment, all levels	1,424,943	233,199	828,135	129,038	150,608	74,638	9,324
Elementary9	697,253	159,492	403,369	36,752	67,230	26,855	3,556
Secondary10	546,476	62,310	333,491	58,635	61,304	26,966	3,770
Postsecondary11	181,215	11,398	91,276	33,651	22,074	20,817	1,998
Teachers, all levels	72,011	7,641	39,706	10,567	8,158	5,444	175
Elementary9	28,682	4,139	16,843	2,674	2,923	1,927	175
Secondary10	32,164	3,029	18,018	5,484	3,553	1,861	---
Postsecondary11	11,166	473	4,844	2,410	1,682	1,655	---
2015
Population, all ages8	7,330,047	1,188,258	4,380,340	744,956	620,176	356,839	39,479
Enrollment, all levels	1,521,126	272,351	882,873	125,479	154,956	75,254	10,213
Elementary9	719,714	182,385	403,157	38,365	64,612	27,094	4,101
Secondary10	583,157	75,888	354,733	57,466	64,122	27,063	3,885
Postsecondary11	218,255	14,078	124,983	29,648	26,221	21,097	2,228
Teachers, all levels	77,848	9,807	42,777	10,481	8,732	5,513	194
Elementary9	31,312	5,293	18,148	2,733	3,019	1,925	194
Secondary10	33,580	3,931	18,363	5,369	3,885	1,803	---
Postsecondary11	12,956	583	6,266	2,380	1,829	1,786	---
2020
Population, all ages8	7,733,310	1,345,453	4,578,359	749,376	646,727	370,424	42,972
Enrollment, all levels	1,594,703	312,059	913,919	128,543	154,518	75,299	10,365
Elementary9	744,871	208,829	402,750	39,541	62,399	26,897	4,455
Secondary10	613,688	87,100	372,406	59,562	62,915	27,869	3,835
Postsecondary11	236,144	16,130	138,763	29,439	29,204	20,532	2,075
Teachers, all levels	84,341	11,166	47,886	10,349	8,853	5,583	---
Elementary9	33,050	6,037	19,105	2,758	3,001	1,946	---
Secondary10	37,567	4,465	21,920	5,167	3,945	1,876	---
Postsecondary11	13,724	664	6,861	2,425	1,907	1,760	---

---Not available.

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

2Includes Mauritius, Mayotte, Seychelles, and St. Helena.

3Excludes 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.

4Includes 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.

5Includes Latin America and the Caribbean.

6Includes Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, St. Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States.

7Includes Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau.

8Estimate of midyear population.

9This level generally corresponds to grades 1-6 in the United States.

10Includes 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.

11Includes 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 November 14, 2022, from https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/international-programs/about/idb.html. (This table was prepared January 2023.)