Education, Reconstruction and Projections

Reconstruction of Populations by Age, Sex and Level of Educational Attainment for 120 Countries for 1970-2000
Using Demographic Back-Projection Methods

IIASA World Population Program and
Vienna Institute of Demography (VID)

Anne Goujon (goujon@iiasa.ac.at),
Samir K.C. (kc@iiasa.ac.at),
Wolfgang Lutz (lutz@iiasa.ac.at),
Warren Sanderson (wsanderson@notes.cc.sunysb.edu)

Correspondence and requests should be addressed to Anne Goujon or Samir K.C.

Publications

• Methodology

W Lutz, A Goujon, S K.C., W Sanderson. 2007. Reconstruction of population by age, sex and level of educational attainment of 120 countries for 1970-2000. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, vol. 2007, pp 193-235.  Download PDF    

• Dataset

The full dataset can be downloaded here:

Absolute Population by Age, Sex and Education
Proportion of Population by Age, Sex and Education

• Comparison between the dataset and empirical data

F Riosmena, I Prommer, A Goujon, S KC. 2008. An Evaluation of the IIASA/VID Education-Specific Back Projections. IIASA Interim Report IR-08-019 [August 2008, 40 pp]. Download PDF
 

Education Forward Projections for 2000-2050

Projection of Populations by Level of Educational Attainment, Age and Sex for 120 Countries for 2005-2050.

IIASA World Population Program and
Vienna Institute of Demography (VID)

Bilal Barakat (barakat@iiasa.ac.at),
Anne Goujon (goujon@iiasa.ac.at),
Samir K.C. (kc@iiasa.ac.at),
Wolfgang Lutz (lutz@iiasa.ac.at),
Warren Sanderson (sanders@iiasa.ac.at),
Vegard Skirbekk (skirbekk@iiasa.ac.at),

Correspondence and requests should be addressed to Samir K.C.

Publications

• Methodology

Samir KC, Bilal Barakat, Anne Goujon, Vegard Skirbekk, Warren Sanderson, Wolfgang Lutz (2010). Projection of populations by level of educational attainment, age, and sex for 120 countries for 2005-2050. Demographic Research 22(15): 383-472
 Download PDF    

• Dataset

The full dataset can be downloaded here:

Absolute Population by Age, Sex and Education
Proportion of Population by Age, Sex and Education

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Last updated: 09 Mar 2012