| Population in thousand, 25+, male, primary - IIASA Projection - Education Statistics (2010) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  China | 115,989 |
| 2 | India | 75,651 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 28,050 |
| 4 | Brazil | 21,131 |
| 5 | Vietnam | 14,176 |
| 6 | Mexico | 11,518 |
| 7 | Thailand | 10,723 |
| 8 | Turkey | 9,629 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 9,492 |
| 10 | Japan | 8,479 |
| 11 | Pakistan | 6,964 |
| 12 | Philippines | 6,902 |
| 13 | Nigeria | 6,015 |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 5,843 |
| 15 | United States | 5,795 |
| 16 | France | 5,564 |
| 17 | Tanzania | 5,364 |
| 18 | Iran | 5,088 |
| 19 | Argentina | 4,963 |
| 20 | Colombia | 4,530 |
| 21 | South Africa | 4,094 |
| 22 | Italy | 3,845 |
| 23 | Kenya | 3,671 |
| 24 | Spain | 3,432 |
| 25 | Egypt | 3,419 |
| 26 | Syria | 3,205 |
| 27 | Uganda | 3,073 |
| 28 | Morocco | 2,303 |
| 29 | Mozambique | 2,260 |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 2,255 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 2,167 |
| 32 | Poland | 2,041 |
| 33 | Portugal | 1,929 |
| 34 | Peru | 1,867 |
| 35 | Madagascar | 1,857 |
| 36 | Russia | 1,851 |
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 1,786 |
| 38 | Malaysia | 1,573 |
| 39 | Cambodia | 1,506 |
| 40 | Ecuador | 1,499 |
| 41 | Nepal | 1,482 |
| 42 | Cameroon | 1,390 |
| 43 | Chile | 1,372 |
| 44 | Malawi | 1,361 |
| 45 | North Korea | 1,319 |
| 46 | South Korea | 1,319 |
| 47 | Greece | 1,274 |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 1,210 |
| 49 | Guatemala | 1,195 |
| 50 | Rwanda | 995.18 |
| 51 | Canada | 963.28 |
| 52 | Zambia | 959.05 |
| 53 | Ivory Coast | 956.56 |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 844.67 |
| 55 | Honduras | 837.53 |
| 56 | Cuba | 836.06 |
| 57 | Haiti | 744.37 |
| 58 | Paraguay | 715.96 |
| 59 | Netherlands | 699.11 |
| 60 | Ghana | 670.55 |
| 61 | Nicaragua | 635.10 |
| 62 | Belgium | 626.73 |
| 63 | Costa Rica | 610.64 |
| 64 | Romania | 602.51 |
| 65 | Bolivia | 601.77 |
| 66 | Chad | 570.32 |
| 67 | Germany | 569.57 |
| 68 | Benin | 556.29 |
| 69 | El Salvador | 543.25 |
| 70 | Ukraine | 492.10 |
| 71 | Jordan | 472.09 |
| 72 | Togo | 452.72 |
| 73 | Uruguay | 448.95 |
| 74 | Burkina Faso | 409.09 |
| 75 | Hong Kong | 398.74 |
| 76 | Niger | 366.37 |
| 77 | Sweden | 364.75 |
| 78 | Australia | 362.89 |
| 79 | Croatia | 358.32 |
| 80 | Central African Republic | 355.13 |
| 81 | Czech Republic | 340.88 |
| 82 | Panama | 321.02 |
| 83 | Namibia | 315.38 |
| 84 | Guinea | 284.13 |
| 85 | Ireland | 280.39 |
| 86 | Mali | 277.24 |
| 87 | Eritrea | 265.63 |
| 88 | Macedonia | 240.32 |
| 89 | Slovakia | 220.98 |
| 90 | Singapore | 198.70 |
| 91 | Mauritania | 186.16 |
| 92 | Mauritius | 172.94 |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 136.47 |
| 94 | Hungary | 117.11 |
| 95 | Swaziland | 86.82 |
| 96 | Lithuania | 79.33 |
| 97 | Mongolia | 79.29 |
| 98 | Gabon | 75.22 |
| 99 | Kazakhstan | 74.01 |
| 100 | Guyana | 64.21 |
| 101 | Uzbekistan | 63.77 |
| 102 | Cyprus | 59.31 |
| 103 | Macau | 57.82 |
| 104 | Bahrain | 53.27 |
| 105 | Comoros | 51.80 |
| 106 | Belize | 45.93 |
| 107 | Luxembourg | 40.15 |
| 108 | Armenia | 39.54 |
| 109 | Malta | 34.06 |
| 110 | Slovenia | 26.54 |
| 111 | Latvia | 18.98 |
| 112 | Estonia | 18.77 |
| 113 | Turkmenistan | 17.10 |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.15 |
| 115 | Maldives | 8.42 |
| 116 | Bahamas | 7 |
| 117 | Denmark | 5.83 |
| 118 | Norway | 2.15 |
| 119 | New Zealand | 0 |
| 120 | Austria | 0 |
| 121 | Finland | 0 |
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