| Population in thousand, 15+, total, primary - IIASA Projection - Education Statistics (2010) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  China | 282,034 |
| 2 | India | 188,376 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 69,211 |
| 4 | Brazil | 52,398 |
| 5 | Vietnam | 38,323 |
| 6 | Mexico | 30,729 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 28,004 |
| 8 | Thailand | 25,938 |
| 9 | Turkey | 25,481 |
| 10 | Japan | 19,733 |
| 11 | Pakistan | 18,460 |
| 12 | Nigeria | 16,776 |
| 13 | Tanzania | 16,694 |
| 14 | Philippines | 16,513 |
| 15 | United States | 15,968 |
| 16 | Iran | 14,301 |
| 17 | France | 14,292 |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 13,985 |
| 19 | Kenya | 12,442 |
| 20 | South Africa | 12,403 |
| 21 | Argentina | 12,134 |
| 22 | Colombia | 10,945 |
| 23 | Uganda | 10,349 |
| 24 | Italy | 9,715 |
| 25 | Syria | 9,060 |
| 26 | Spain | 8,138 |
| 27 | Egypt | 8,069 |
| 28 | Mozambique | 7,212 |
| 29 | Poland | 6,820 |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 6,433 |
| 31 | Morocco | 5,746 |
| 32 | Madagascar | 5,640 |
| 33 | Russia | 5,469 |
| 34 | Cambodia | 5,089 |
| 35 | Peru | 5,039 |
| 36 | Malawi | 4,670 |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 4,540 |
| 38 | Portugal | 4,299 |
| 39 | North Korea | 4,252 |
| 40 | South Korea | 4,252 |
| 41 | Cameroon | 4,141 |
| 42 | Nepal | 4,013 |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | 3,868 |
| 44 | Rwanda | 3,794 |
| 45 | Ecuador | 3,711 |
| 46 | Guatemala | 3,626 |
| 47 | Malaysia | 3,560 |
| 48 | Zambia | 3,452 |
| 49 | Ivory Coast | 3,331 |
| 50 | Germany | 3,264 |
| 51 | Chile | 3,259 |
| 52 | Greece | 2,931 |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 2,879 |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 2,662 |
| 55 | Honduras | 2,548 |
| 56 | Haiti | 2,492 |
| 57 | Ghana | 2,480 |
| 58 | Canada | 2,384 |
| 59 | Netherlands | 2,042 |
| 60 | Cuba | 2,021 |
| 61 | Paraguay | 1,906 |
| 62 | Chad | 1,888 |
| 63 | Ukraine | 1,829 |
| 64 | Romania | 1,827 |
| 65 | Bolivia | 1,789 |
| 66 | Nicaragua | 1,746 |
| 67 | Belgium | 1,679 |
| 68 | Czech Republic | 1,644 |
| 69 | Benin | 1,612 |
| 70 | El Salvador | 1,503 |
| 71 | Togo | 1,501 |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 1,492 |
| 73 | Burkina Faso | 1,477 |
| 74 | Niger | 1,201 |
| 75 | Croatia | 1,194 |
| 76 | Jordan | 1,180 |
| 77 | Central African Republic | 1,088 |
| 78 | Namibia | 1,080 |
| 79 | Mali | 1,077 |
| 80 | Uruguay | 1,054 |
| 81 | Eritrea | 997.90 |
| 82 | Guinea | 984.04 |
| 83 | Hong Kong | 966.80 |
| 84 | Slovakia | 912.57 |
| 85 | Australia | 785.78 |
| 86 | Sweden | 773.22 |
| 87 | Panama | 725.07 |
| 88 | Macedonia | 707.26 |
| 89 | Mauritania | 634.26 |
| 90 | Ireland | 612.51 |
| 91 | Hungary | 435.42 |
| 92 | Singapore | 435.30 |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 431.94 |
| 94 | Mauritius | 413.75 |
| 95 | Swaziland | 363.29 |
| 96 | Lithuania | 315.52 |
| 97 | Kazakhstan | 269.58 |
| 98 | Gabon | 252.71 |
| 99 | Mongolia | 245.97 |
| 100 | Uzbekistan | 198.47 |
| 101 | Comoros | 165.02 |
| 102 | Cyprus | 151.39 |
| 103 | Macau | 142.15 |
| 104 | Belize | 123.54 |
| 105 | Guyana | 121.21 |
| 106 | Armenia | 110.59 |
| 107 | Luxembourg | 110.03 |
| 108 | Bahrain | 104.82 |
| 109 | Malta | 89.36 |
| 110 | Latvia | 88.92 |
| 111 | Estonia | 70.18 |
| 112 | Turkmenistan | 68.15 |
| 113 | Slovenia | 64.24 |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 54.33 |
| 115 | Maldives | 26.96 |
| 116 | Bahamas | 15.28 |
| 117 | Denmark | 15.10 |
| 118 | Norway | 5.65 |
| 119 | Austria | 0 |
| 120 | New Zealand | 0 |
| 121 | Finland | 0 |
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