| Population in thousands (age 15+), 15+, female - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics (2010) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  China | 535,035 |
| 2 | India | 405,900 |
| 3 | United States | 128,026 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 87,129 |
| 5 | Brazil | 74,737 |
| 6 | Russia | 64,871 |
| 7 | Japan | 57,243 |
| 8 | Pakistan | 54,603 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 50,848 |
| 10 | Mexico | 42,445 |
| 11 | Germany | 36,891 |
| 12 | Vietnam | 33,325 |
| 13 | Philippines | 30,466 |
| 14 | Turkey | 28,227 |
| 15 | Egypt | 27,585 |
| 16 | Iran | 27,562 |
| 17 | Thailand | 26,746 |
| 18 | France | 26,152 |
| 19 | Italy | 26,067 |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 25,897 |
| 21 | Ukraine | 21,162 |
| 22 | North Korea | 20,601 |
| 23 | South Korea | 20,601 |
| 24 | Burma | 19,912 |
| 25 | Spain | 19,207 |
| 26 | Colombia | 17,862 |
| 27 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 17,777 |
| 28 | Poland | 17,033 |
| 29 | South Africa | 16,747 |
| 30 | Argentina | 15,800 |
| 31 | Canada | 14,351 |
| 32 | Algeria | 12,870 |
| 33 | Sudan | 12,547 |
| 34 | Tanzania | 12,462 |
| 35 | Morocco | 12,111 |
| 36 | Kenya | 11,052 |
| 37 | Peru | 10,559 |
| 38 | Venezuela | 10,318 |
| 39 | Iraq | 9,838 |
| 40 | Nepal | 9,795 |
| 41 | Malaysia | 9,611 |
| 42 | Romania | 9,403 |
| 43 | Afghanistan | 9,346 |
| 44 | Australia | 8,833 |
| 45 | Uganda | 8,560 |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 8,244 |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 8,156 |
| 48 | Ghana | 7,601 |
| 49 | Syria | 6,951 |
| 50 | Netherlands | 6,949 |
| 51 | Chile | 6,789 |
| 52 | Yemen | 6,718 |
| 53 | Mozambique | 6,441 |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 6,182 |
| 55 | Ivory Coast | 5,799 |
| 56 | Cameroon | 5,427 |
| 57 | Cambodia | 5,335 |
| 58 | Ecuador | 4,977 |
| 59 | Greece | 4,912 |
| 60 | Portugal | 4,713 |
| 61 | Cuba | 4,712 |
| 62 | Czech Republic | 4,548 |
| 63 | Belgium | 4,518 |
| 64 | Hungary | 4,515 |
| 65 | Serbia | 4,391 |
| 66 | Guatemala | 4,380 |
| 67 | Zimbabwe | 4,182 |
| 68 | Mali | 4,155 |
| 69 | Niger | 4,111 |
| 70 | Tunisia | 4,092 |
| 71 | Senegal | 4,002 |
| 72 | Sweden | 3,889 |
| 73 | Malawi | 3,872 |
| 74 | Austria | 3,621 |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | 3,482 |
| 76 | Zambia | 3,481 |
| 77 | Hong Kong | 3,451 |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 3,379 |
| 79 | Bolivia | 3,268 |
| 80 | Switzerland | 3,242 |
| 81 | Rwanda | 3,043 |
| 82 | Haiti | 2,992 |
| 83 | Benin | 2,771 |
| 84 | Israel | 2,722 |
| 85 | El Salvador | 2,623 |
| 86 | Burundi | 2,614 |
| 87 | Honduras | 2,538 |
| 88 | Slovakia | 2,394 |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 2,316 |
| 90 | Denmark | 2,298 |
| 91 | Finland | 2,283 |
| 92 | Paraguay | 2,212 |
| 93 | Libya | 2,202 |
| 94 | Togo | 2,062 |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,040 |
| 96 | Laos | 2,032 |
| 97 | Croatia | 2,030 |
| 98 | Jordan | 1,974 |
| 99 | Papua New Guinea | 1,971 |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 1,962 |
| 101 | Norway | 1,952 |
| 102 | Singapore | 1,935 |
| 103 | Sierra Leone | 1,784 |
| 104 | Ireland | 1,784 |
| 105 | New Zealand | 1,711 |
| 106 | Costa Rica | 1,711 |
| 107 | Moldova | 1,585 |
| 108 | Lithuania | 1,565 |
| 109 | Uruguay | 1,429 |
| 110 | Armenia | 1,354 |
| 111 | Central African Republic | 1,298 |
| 112 | Albania | 1,245 |
| 113 | Panama | 1,244 |
| 114 | Republic of the Congo | 1,229 |
| 115 | United Arab Emirates | 1,152 |
| 116 | Latvia | 1,073 |
| 117 | Mauritania | 1,027 |
| 118 | Mongolia | 1,019 |
| 119 | Liberia | 1,000 |
| 120 | Jamaica | 986 |
| 121 | Kuwait | 886 |
| 122 | Slovenia | 873 |
| 123 | Namibia | 671 |
| 124 | Estonia | 614 |
| 125 | Lesotho | 611 |
| 126 | Botswana | 563 |
| 127 | Trinidad and Tobago | 541 |
| 128 | Gambia | 529 |
| 129 | Mauritius | 507 |
| 130 | Gabon | 472 |
| 131 | Cyprus | 376 |
| 132 | Swaziland | 323 |
| 133 | Fiji | 305 |
| 134 | Guyana | 286 |
| 135 | Bahrain | 249 |
| 136 | Macau | 218 |
| 137 | Luxembourg | 209 |
| 138 | Qatar | 208 |
| 139 | Malta | 175 |
| 140 | Brunei Darussalam | 145 |
| 141 | Iceland | 121 |
| 142 | Barbados | 119 |
| 143 | Maldives | 112 |
| 144 | Belize | 97 |
| 145 | Tonga | 34 |
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