| Population in thousands (age 15+), 50-54, total - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics (2010) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  China | 80,952 |
| 2 | India | 54,712 |
| 3 | United States | 22,267 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 11,928 |
| 5 | Russia | 11,303 |
| 6 | Brazil | 10,261 |
| 7 | Japan | 7,666 |
| 8 | Pakistan | 6,413 |
| 9 | Germany | 6,291 |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 6,155 |
| 11 | Mexico | 5,088 |
| 12 | Vietnam | 4,276 |
| 13 | Thailand | 4,257 |
| 14 | France | 4,191 |
| 15 | Italy | 4,038 |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 3,981 |
| 17 | Turkey | 3,880 |
| 18 | South Korea | 3,876 |
| 19 | North Korea | 3,876 |
| 20 | Egypt | 3,635 |
| 21 | Philippines | 3,626 |
| 22 | Ukraine | 3,355 |
| 23 | Iran | 3,169 |
| 24 | Spain | 3,041 |
| 25 | Poland | 3,025 |
| 26 | Canada | 2,625 |
| 27 | Burma | 2,471 |
| 28 | Colombia | 2,427 |
| 29 | South Africa | 2,097 |
| 30 | Argentina | 2,069 |
| 31 | Morocco | 1,569 |
| 32 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,550 |
| 33 | Romania | 1,478 |
| 34 | Australia | 1,471 |
| 35 | Algeria | 1,443 |
| 36 | Malaysia | 1,411 |
| 37 | Venezuela | 1,348 |
| 38 | Sudan | 1,326 |
| 39 | Peru | 1,308 |
| 40 | Sri Lanka | 1,306 |
| 41 | Netherlands | 1,213 |
| 42 | Tanzania | 1,138 |
| 43 | Chile | 1,073 |
| 44 | Nepal | 1,056 |
| 45 | Iraq | 998 |
| 46 | Kenya | 980 |
| 47 | Afghanistan | 949 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 943 |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 931 |
| 50 | Ghana | 780 |
| 51 | Belgium | 772 |
| 52 | Greece | 772 |
| 53 | Portugal | 740 |
| 54 | Hungary | 702 |
| 55 | Serbia | 697 |
| 56 | Syria | 685 |
| 57 | Czech Republic | 680 |
| 58 | Hong Kong | 671 |
| 59 | Yemen | 654 |
| 60 | Cuba | 639 |
| 61 | Ecuador | 623 |
| 62 | Austria | 607 |
| 63 | Uganda | 603 |
| 64 | Ivory Coast | 585 |
| 65 | Mozambique | 584 |
| 66 | Sweden | 577 |
| 67 | Cambodia | 567 |
| 68 | Tunisia | 557 |
| 69 | Switzerland | 549 |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 533 |
| 71 | Cameroon | 501 |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | 448 |
| 73 | Singapore | 425 |
| 74 | Slovakia | 396 |
| 75 | Niger | 393 |
| 76 | Guatemala | 385 |
| 77 | Finland | 378 |
| 78 | Israel | 378 |
| 79 | Denmark | 368 |
| 80 | Bolivia | 364 |
| 81 | Senegal | 352 |
| 82 | Croatia | 342 |
| 83 | Zimbabwe | 338 |
| 84 | Malawi | 329 |
| 85 | Mali | 324 |
| 86 | Norway | 316 |
| 87 | Benin | 289 |
| 88 | New Zealand | 286 |
| 89 | El Salvador | 275 |
| 90 | Kyrgyzstan | 274 |
| 91 | Moldova | 273 |
| 92 | Zambia | 272 |
| 93 | Ireland | 272 |
| 94 | Paraguay | 270 |
| 95 | Haiti | 269 |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 259 |
| 97 | Honduras | 256 |
| 98 | Rwanda | 253 |
| 99 | Libya | 251 |
| 100 | Costa Rica | 250 |
| 101 | Burundi | 238 |
| 102 | Lithuania | 237 |
| 103 | Armenia | 233 |
| 104 | Laos | 223 |
| 105 | Papua New Guinea | 219 |
| 106 | Albania | 203 |
| 107 | Uruguay | 199 |
| 108 | Togo | 196 |
| 109 | Sierra Leone | 193 |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 192 |
| 111 | Jordan | 192 |
| 112 | United Arab Emirates | 184 |
| 113 | Panama | 166 |
| 114 | Latvia | 163 |
| 115 | Slovenia | 151 |
| 116 | Kuwait | 140 |
| 117 | Jamaica | 132 |
| 118 | Mongolia | 123 |
| 119 | Central African Republic | 119 |
| 120 | Republic of the Congo | 104 |
| 121 | Mauritania | 101 |
| 122 | Estonia | 92 |
| 123 | Liberia | 92 |
| 124 | Mauritius | 86 |
| 125 | Trinidad and Tobago | 82 |
| 126 | Namibia | 66 |
| 127 | Cyprus | 61 |
| 128 | Gambia | 59 |
| 129 | Botswana | 55 |
| 130 | Qatar | 53 |
| 131 | Lesotho | 52 |
| 132 | Bahrain | 50 |
| 133 | Gabon | 48 |
| 134 | Macau | 47 |
| 135 | Fiji | 46 |
| 136 | Luxembourg | 35 |
| 137 | Guyana | 35 |
| 138 | Malta | 30 |
| 139 | Swaziland | 25 |
| 140 | Iceland | 21 |
| 141 | Brunei Darussalam | 21 |
| 142 | Barbados | 21 |
| 143 | Maldives | 12 |
| 144 | Belize | 11 |
| 145 | Tonga | 4 |
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