Since the Confucius Institute (CI) network was established in 2004 there has been a steep rise in the number of Institutes around the world. In 2014, its tenth anniversary year there were  475 CIs around the world.

Continent Confucius Institutes (CI) Confucius Classrooms (CC)
Asia  103  52
Africa  42  10
America  154  384
Europe  159 across 39 countries  153
Oceania  17  49

In the UK there are 26 Confucius Institutes of which five are in Scotland, and 92 Confucius Classrooms of which 12 are in Scotland.