Table 601.10.

Population, school enrollment, and number of teachers, by major areas of the world and level of education: Selected years, 1980 through 2012

[In thousands]
Year and selected characteristic	World total1	Major areas of the world
		Africa	Asia1,2	Europe2	Central and South America3	Northern America3	Oceania
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1980
Population, all ages4	4,450,930	478,544	2,644,088	695,225	358,609	251,929	22,534
Enrollment, all levels	858,346	76,926	494,035	134,519	87,117	60,542	—
First level5	524,410	60,306	334,104	47,664	56,794	22,893	2,649
Second level6	284,202	14,915	146,933	69,985	25,528	24,695	—
Third level7	49,734	1,705	12,998	16,870	4,795	12,955	411
Teachers, all levels	38,943	—	19,248	—	—	—	276
First level5	18,484	1,657	10,711	2,498	1,871	—	134
Second level6	16,573	603	7,402	—	—	—	112
Third level7	3,886	—	1,135	—	382	815	31
1990
Population, all ages4	5,287,869	630,169	3,190,508	722,638	440,609	277,533	26,412
Enrollment, all levels	976,827	106,051	562,119	132,711	108,612	61,543	5,790
First level5	576,069	77,084	361,509	45,197	65,042	24,629	2,607
Second level6	333,215	26,128	177,832	68,828	36,327	21,534	2,566
Third level7	67,543	2,839	22,778	18,686	7,243	15,380	617
Teachers, all levels	47,486	3,674	24,504	—	—	3,938	314
First level5	22,131	2,313	13,063	2,607	2,400	1,608	139
Second level6	20,336	1,220	9,728	—	—	1,340	134
Third level7	5,019	141	1,713	1,532	601	991	41
1995
Population, all ages4	5,699,768	712,602	3,452,081	730,000	480,608	296,092	28,385
Enrollment, all levels	1,086,479	125,625	630,611	136,971	120,335	65,901	7,035
First level5	619,539	90,578	387,406	44,748	67,551	26,243	3,014
Second level6	387,868	30,912	214,757	71,120	44,619	23,595	2,864
Third level7	79,072	4,136	28,447	21,103	8,165	16,063	1,158
Teachers, all levels	52,145	4,264	26,978	10,538	5,781	4,208	—
First level5	23,831	2,602	14,067	2,762	2,628	1,622	150
Second level6	22,617	1,459	10,934	6,102	2,453	1,503	—
Third level7	5,697	202	1,978	1,674	699	1,083	—
2000
Population, all ages4	6,090,319	803,528	3,694,628	730,598	517,756	313,388	30,421
Enrollment, all levels	1,205,000	152,856	703,352	137,738	136,527	66,968	7,559
First level5	655,589	108,437	404,844	41,703	70,040	27,435	3,131
Second level6	449,883	38,357	257,494	70,458	55,072	25,117	3,384
Third level7	99,528	6,062	41,014	25,577	11,415	14,416	1,044
Teachers, all levels	56,619	4,972	29,319	10,695	6,579	4,648	—
First level5	24,928	2,889	14,571	2,730	2,777	1,806	155
Second level6	25,017	1,804	12,309	6,092	2,934	1,682	—
Third level7	6,675	278	2,439	1,873	869	1,161	—
2005
Population, all ages4	6,474,229	907,745	3,920,235	733,119	552,438	328,033	32,659
Enrollment, all levels	1,324,516	192,515	772,798	135,516	143,401	72,389	7,898
First level5	677,948	135,425	405,287	38,474	68,840	26,780	3,142
Second level6	507,363	48,597	304,872	64,896	58,497	27,039	3,462
Third level7	139,205	8,493	62,639	32,145	16,063	18,570	1,295
Teachers, all levels	64,309	6,010	34,422	10,693	7,741	5,007	—
First level5	26,896	3,513	15,733	2,663	2,966	1,865	—
Second level6	28,315	2,153	14,822	5,801	3,553	1,774	—
Third level7	9,098	344	3,867	2,229	1,222	1,368	—
2012
Population, all ages4	7,020,760	1,073,075	4,223,675	741,226	598,608	348,347	35,830
Enrollment, all levels	1,454,218	247,546	846,954	125,939	148,822	75,588	9,369
First level5	705,696	168,891	403,884	37,197	64,955	26,552	4,218
Second level6	552,444	67,005	338,328	56,218	60,728	26,670	3,496
Third level7	196,077	11,650	104,742	32,524	23,139	22,367	1,655
Teachers, all levels	73,196	8,155	40,361	10,248	8,659	5,298	—
First level5	29,136	4,599	16,773	2,641	3,120	1,815	—
Second level6	32,343	3,105	18,140	5,229	3,884	1,781	—
Third level7	11,717	451	5,447	2,378	1,655	1,701	—

—Not available.

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

2 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 (with the exception of those located in Africa), and Israel.

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

4 Estimate of midyear population.

5 First-level enrollment generally consists of elementary school, grades 1-6.

6 Second-level enrollment includes general education, teacher training (at the second level), and technical and vocational education. This level generally corresponds to secondary education in the United States, grades 7-12.

7 Third-level enrollment includes college and university enrollment, and technical and vocational education beyond the secondary school level.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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 January 16, 2015, from http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/informationGateway.php. (This table was prepared March 2015.)