| Population in thousand, 15-64, male, primary - IIASA Projection - Education Statistics (2010) |
Rank | Country | Value |
| 1 | China | 102,138 |
| 2 | India | 93,168 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 29,645 |
| 4 | Brazil | 24,043 |
| 5 | Vietnam | 17,039 |
| 6 | Mexico | 12,666 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 12,593 |
| 8 | Turkey | 11,209 |
| 9 | Thailand | 10,547 |
| 10 | Pakistan | 10,308 |
| 11 | Tanzania | 8,420 |
| 12 | Nigeria | 8,412 |
| 13 | Philippines | 7,916 |
| 14 | United States | 6,085 |
| 15 | Iran | 6,024 |
| 16 | South Africa | 5,984 |
| 17 | Kenya | 5,941 |
| 18 | Uganda | 5,141 |
| 19 | Argentina | 5,082 |
| 20 | Colombia | 4,776 |
| 21 | Syria | 4,773 |
| 22 | France | 4,335 |
| 23 | Japan | 4,176 |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 3,944 |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 3,833 |
| 26 | Egypt | 3,805 |
| 27 | Mozambique | 3,575 |
| 28 | Morocco | 3,101 |
| 29 | Spain | 2,808 |
| 30 | Madagascar | 2,724 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 2,645 |
| 32 | Poland | 2,379 |
| 33 | Malawi | 2,270 |
| 34 | Cambodia | 2,267 |
| 35 | Nepal | 2,185 |
| 36 | Cameroon | 1,981 |
| 37 | Peru | 1,835 |
| 38 | Rwanda | 1,815 |
| 39 | Guatemala | 1,707 |
| 40 | Sri Lanka | 1,681 |
| 41 | Ecuador | 1,648 |
| 42 | Ivory Coast | 1,637 |
| 43 | Italy | 1,633 |
| 44 | Portugal | 1,600 |
| 45 | Zambia | 1,565 |
| 46 | Malaysia | 1,479 |
| 47 | Germany | 1,438 |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 1,309 |
| 49 | Chile | 1,300 |
| 50 | Honduras | 1,232 |
| 51 | Haiti | 1,175 |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 1,119 |
| 53 | Ghana | 1,111 |
| 54 | Russia | 1,061 |
| 55 | Chad | 1,037 |
| 56 | Benin | 881.35 |
| 57 | Paraguay | 872.50 |
| 58 | Burkina Faso | 830.56 |
| 59 | North Korea | 819.88 |
| 60 | South Korea | 819.88 |
| 61 | Nicaragua | 806 |
| 62 | Greece | 783.52 |
| 63 | Niger | 738.28 |
| 64 | Togo | 721.20 |
| 65 | Bolivia | 708.31 |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 688.33 |
| 67 | Netherlands | 669.23 |
| 68 | El Salvador | 620.95 |
| 69 | Canada | 608.41 |
| 70 | Cuba | 591.67 |
| 71 | Guinea | 574.22 |
| 72 | Mali | 571.86 |
| 73 | Central African Republic | 560.61 |
| 74 | Jordan | 550.19 |
| 75 | Czech Republic | 522.85 |
| 76 | Namibia | 503.30 |
| 77 | Eritrea | 463.06 |
| 78 | Belgium | 431.95 |
| 79 | Uruguay | 419.42 |
| 80 | Romania | 386.49 |
| 81 | Croatia | 346.97 |
| 82 | Panama | 336.30 |
| 83 | Mauritania | 304.59 |
| 84 | Slovakia | 284.17 |
| 85 | Macedonia | 267.24 |
| 86 | Hong Kong | 246.64 |
| 87 | Ukraine | 234.03 |
| 88 | Ireland | 197.19 |
| 89 | Mauritius | 182.34 |
| 90 | Singapore | 170.11 |
| 91 | Swaziland | 140.76 |
| 92 | Mongolia | 119.64 |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 107.94 |
| 94 | Gabon | 101.52 |
| 95 | Australia | 100.96 |
| 96 | Sweden | 90.89 |
| 97 | Comoros | 90.86 |
| 98 | Lithuania | 74.87 |
| 99 | Hungary | 64.93 |
| 100 | Bahrain | 63.18 |
| 101 | Guyana | 60.95 |
| 102 | Belize | 59.73 |
| 103 | Macau | 59.42 |
| 104 | Luxembourg | 37.12 |
| 105 | Cyprus | 36.91 |
| 106 | Latvia | 34.58 |
| 107 | Armenia | 29.29 |
| 108 | Malta | 24.53 |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 22.61 |
| 110 | Estonia | 18.96 |
| 111 | Uzbekistan | 17.23 |
| 112 | Slovenia | 15.43 |
| 113 | Turkmenistan | 13.84 |
| 114 | Maldives | 12.46 |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.16 |
| 116 | Bahamas | 5.08 |
| 117 | Denmark | 5.03 |
| 118 | Norway | 1.75 |
| 119 | New Zealand | 0 |
| 120 | Austria | 0 |
| 121 | Finland | 0 |
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