| Population in thousands (age 15+), 20-24, total - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics (2010) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  China | 116,599 |
| 2 | India | 109,275 |
| 3 | United States | 22,417 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 20,760 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 18,147 |
| 6 | Brazil | 17,226 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 14,705 |
| 8 | Russia | 11,919 |
| 9 | Mexico | 10,115 |
| 10 | Vietnam | 9,127 |
| 11 | Iran | 8,784 |
| 12 | Philippines | 8,709 |
| 13 | Egypt | 7,865 |
| 14 | Turkey | 6,615 |
| 15 | Japan | 6,611 |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,067 |
| 17 | Thailand | 5,360 |
| 18 | Germany | 5,118 |
| 19 | Burma | 5,003 |
| 20 | South Africa | 4,811 |
| 21 | Tanzania | 4,340 |
| 22 | Colombia | 4,233 |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 4,202 |
| 24 | Kenya | 4,120 |
| 25 | France | 3,841 |
| 26 | Sudan | 3,764 |
| 27 | Algeria | 3,699 |
| 28 | Ukraine | 3,603 |
| 29 | Argentina | 3,364 |
| 30 | North Korea | 3,211 |
| 31 | South Korea | 3,211 |
| 32 | Morocco | 3,194 |
| 33 | Afghanistan | 3,162 |
| 34 | Uganda | 3,131 |
| 35 | Iraq | 3,129 |
| 36 | Poland | 2,905 |
| 37 | Nepal | 2,869 |
| 38 | Italy | 2,867 |
| 39 | Peru | 2,769 |
| 40 | Venezuela | 2,692 |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 2,543 |
| 42 | Ghana | 2,459 |
| 43 | Yemen | 2,425 |
| 44 | Spain | 2,324 |
| 45 | Malaysia | 2,295 |
| 46 | Canada | 2,269 |
| 47 | Syria | 2,253 |
| 48 | Mozambique | 2,105 |
| 49 | Ivory Coast | 2,062 |
| 50 | Cameroon | 1,825 |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 1,759 |
| 52 | Cambodia | 1,701 |
| 53 | Romania | 1,697 |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 1,685 |
| 55 | Kazakhstan | 1,544 |
| 56 | Australia | 1,478 |
| 57 | Chile | 1,462 |
| 58 | Niger | 1,442 |
| 59 | Mali | 1,422 |
| 60 | Zambia | 1,342 |
| 61 | Malawi | 1,328 |
| 62 | Senegal | 1,323 |
| 63 | Guatemala | 1,317 |
| 64 | Ecuador | 1,295 |
| 65 | Rwanda | 1,154 |
| 66 | Tunisia | 1,063 |
| 67 | Haiti | 1,030 |
| 68 | Netherlands | 990 |
| 69 | Burundi | 953 |
| 70 | Bolivia | 926 |
| 71 | Benin | 922 |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | 878 |
| 73 | Cuba | 839 |
| 74 | Tajikistan | 802 |
| 75 | Honduras | 794 |
| 76 | Serbia | 765 |
| 77 | Togo | 676 |
| 78 | El Salvador | 662 |
| 79 | Paraguay | 661 |
| 80 | Czech Republic | 651 |
| 81 | Laos | 649 |
| 82 | Greece | 637 |
| 83 | Hungary | 630 |
| 84 | Belgium | 626 |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 624 |
| 86 | Libya | 621 |
| 87 | Sweden | 602 |
| 88 | Papua New Guinea | 602 |
| 89 | Portugal | 601 |
| 90 | Jordan | 586 |
| 91 | Kyrgyzstan | 575 |
| 92 | Israel | 557 |
| 93 | Sierra Leone | 551 |
| 94 | Bulgaria | 513 |
| 95 | Austria | 489 |
| 96 | United Arab Emirates | 452 |
| 97 | Hong Kong | 450 |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 450 |
| 99 | Central African Republic | 447 |
| 100 | Switzerland | 446 |
| 101 | Republic of the Congo | 416 |
| 102 | Slovakia | 406 |
| 103 | Moldova | 352 |
| 104 | Liberia | 350 |
| 105 | Finland | 324 |
| 106 | Denmark | 316 |
| 107 | New Zealand | 313 |
| 108 | Mongolia | 313 |
| 109 | Mauritania | 308 |
| 110 | Armenia | 307 |
| 111 | Panama | 300 |
| 112 | Singapore | 300 |
| 113 | Norway | 298 |
| 114 | Albania | 296 |
| 115 | Ireland | 288 |
| 116 | Croatia | 286 |
| 117 | Lithuania | 278 |
| 118 | Uruguay | 262 |
| 119 | Jamaica | 251 |
| 120 | Namibia | 234 |
| 121 | Kuwait | 233 |
| 122 | Lesotho | 226 |
| 123 | Botswana | 217 |
| 124 | Latvia | 182 |
| 125 | Gambia | 154 |
| 126 | Gabon | 153 |
| 127 | Swaziland | 141 |
| 128 | Trinidad and Tobago | 125 |
| 129 | Slovenia | 123 |
| 130 | Estonia | 106 |
| 131 | Mauritius | 95 |
| 132 | Fiji | 77 |
| 133 | Cyprus | 68 |
| 134 | Guyana | 63 |
| 135 | Bahrain | 63 |
| 136 | Qatar | 60 |
| 137 | Macau | 43 |
| 138 | Brunei Darussalam | 38 |
| 139 | Maldives | 38 |
| 140 | Malta | 29 |
| 141 | Belize | 29 |
| 142 | Luxembourg | 26 |
| 143 | Iceland | 22 |
| 144 | Barbados | 20 |
| 145 | Tonga | 9 |
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