| Population, aged 12, male - Population - Education Statistics (2010) |
Rank | Country | Value |
| 1 | India | 12,929,240 |
| 2 | China | 10,241,056 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 2,138,721 |
| 4 | United States | 2,122,957 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 2,048,056 |
| 6 | Nigeria | 2,016,079 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 1,769,798 |
| 8 | Brazil | 1,766,562 |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 1,147,983 |
| 10 | Mexico | 1,060,267 |
| 11 | Philippines | 1,010,979 |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 862,975 |
| 13 | Egypt | 817,413 |
| 14 | Vietnam | 773,920 |
| 15 | Turkey | 718,982 |
| 16 | Russia | 648,327 |
| 17 | Japan | 628,416 |
| 18 | Iran | 555,694 |
| 19 | Tanzania | 538,908 |
| 20 | Sudan | 511,807 |
| 21 | South Africa | 508,389 |
| 22 | Kenya | 484,240 |
| 23 | Colombia | 463,324 |
| 24 | Thailand | 460,636 |
| 25 | Uganda | 459,896 |
| 26 | Burma | 437,751 |
| 27 | Germany | 417,427 |
| 28 | Afghanistan | 413,655 |
| 29 | Iraq | 394,835 |
| 30 | France | 387,216 |
| 31 | Nepal | 366,997 |
| 32 | United Kingdom | 365,234 |
| 33 | Argentina | 349,214 |
| 34 | South Korea | 324,308 |
| 35 | North Korea | 324,308 |
| 36 | Yemen | 323,745 |
| 37 | Morocco | 307,942 |
| 38 | Algeria | 296,572 |
| 39 | Ghana | 290,222 |
| 40 | Peru | 286,951 |
| 41 | Mozambique | 286,189 |
| 42 | Venezuela | 282,510 |
| 43 | Italy | 274,345 |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 272,477 |
| 45 | Malaysia | 270,835 |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 270,649 |
| 47 | Madagascar | 270,344 |
| 48 | Ivory Coast | 250,652 |
| 49 | Cameroon | 231,980 |
| 50 | Syria | 231,618 |
| 51 | Angola | 227,870 |
| 52 | Niger | 210,235 |
| 53 | Ukraine | 210,091 |
| 54 | Malawi | 209,957 |
| 55 | Burkina Faso | 209,041 |
| 56 | Spain | 205,669 |
| 57 | Poland | 202,844 |
| 58 | Canada | 195,631 |
| 59 | Guatemala | 180,890 |
| 60 | Mali | 180,466 |
| 61 | Zambia | 172,203 |
| 62 | Cambodia | 170,428 |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 169,907 |
| 64 | Senegal | 161,090 |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 150,934 |
| 66 | Chad | 149,986 |
| 67 | Ecuador | 147,118 |
| 68 | Australia | 137,274 |
| 69 | Chile | 134,253 |
| 70 | Guinea | 124,520 |
| 71 | Benin | 123,985 |
| 72 | Somalia | 120,656 |
| 73 | Rwanda | 120,146 |
| 74 | Haiti | 117,301 |
| 75 | Romania | 115,771 |
| 76 | Bolivia | 115,199 |
| 77 | Burundi | 109,965 |
| 78 | Kazakhstan | 106,898 |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 106,591 |
| 80 | Netherlands | 100,613 |
| 81 | Honduras | 91,956 |
| 82 | Togo | 88,033 |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 86,408 |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 85,852 |
| 85 | Tunisia | 84,221 |
| 86 | El Salvador | 77,258 |
| 87 | Laos | 76,894 |
| 88 | Jordan | 74,673 |
| 89 | Sierra Leone | 73,878 |
| 90 | Cuba | 72,664 |
| 91 | Paraguay | 71,494 |
| 92 | Azerbaijan | 70,067 |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 68,835 |
| 94 | Israel | 65,503 |
| 95 | Eritrea | 61,525 |
| 96 | West Bank and Gaza | 60,406 |
| 97 | Libya | 60,188 |
| 98 | Belgium | 60,143 |
| 99 | Central African Republic | 57,723 |
| 100 | Portugal | 56,630 |
| 101 | Liberia | 55,219 |
| 102 | Greece | 53,992 |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 53,712 |
| 104 | Hungary | 51,150 |
| 105 | Republic of the Congo | 48,677 |
| 106 | Sweden | 47,369 |
| 107 | Belarus | 47,300 |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 46,438 |
| 109 | Austria | 45,001 |
| 110 | Switzerland | 44,119 |
| 111 | Czech Republic | 44,112 |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 42,015 |
| 113 | Lebanon | 40,684 |
| 114 | Mauritania | 40,312 |
| 115 | Hong Kong | 38,096 |
| 116 | Denmark | 35,380 |
| 117 | Panama | 33,791 |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 32,231 |
| 119 | Norway | 31,991 |
| 120 | Singapore | 31,061 |
| 121 | Finland | 30,387 |
| 122 | Oman | 30,384 |
| 123 | New Zealand | 29,766 |
| 124 | Ireland | 29,397 |
| 125 | Slovakia | 28,963 |
| 126 | Jamaica | 28,124 |
| 127 | United Arab Emirates | 27,371 |
| 128 | Albania | 27,252 |
| 129 | Lesotho | 26,899 |
| 130 | Uruguay | 26,502 |
| 131 | Namibia | 26,389 |
| 132 | Georgia | 26,324 |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26,112 |
| 134 | Croatia | 24,932 |
| 135 | Moldova | 24,286 |
| 136 | Guinea-Bissau | 23,665 |
| 137 | Mongolia | 22,584 |
| 138 | Kuwait | 22,203 |
| 139 | Gambia | 22,068 |
| 140 | Botswana | 21,782 |
| 141 | Armenia | 20,304 |
| 142 | Lithuania | 18,542 |
| 143 | Timor-Leste | 16,967 |
| 144 | Gabon | 15,138 |
| 145 | Swaziland | 14,465 |
| 146 | Macedonia | 13,191 |
| 147 | Comoros | 11,193 |
| 148 | Djibouti | 10,052 |
| 149 | Mauritius | 10,009 |
| 150 | Slovenia | 9,459 |
| 151 | Latvia | 9,394 |
| 152 | Fiji | 9,376 |
| 153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9,291 |
| 154 | Guyana | 8,330 |
| 155 | Bhutan | 7,009 |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 6,671 |
| 157 | Solomon Islands | 6,657 |
| 158 | Cape Verde | 6,339 |
| 159 | Estonia | 6,250 |
| 160 | Bahrain | 6,243 |
| 161 | Qatar | 6,019 |
| 162 | Cyprus | 5,464 |
| 163 | Suriname | 4,730 |
| 164 | Brunei Darussalam | 3,610 |
| 165 | Belize | 3,541 |
| 166 | Maldives | 3,245 |
| 167 | Bahamas | 3,104 |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 3,081 |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 2,960 |
| 170 | Western Samoa | 2,760 |
| 171 | Macau | 2,501 |
| 172 | Malta | 2,480 |
| 173 | Iceland | 2,179 |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,101 |
| 175 | Barbados | 1,813 |
| 176 | Micronesia | 1,424 |
| 177 | St. Lucia | 1,405 |
| 178 | Netherlands Antilles | 1,348 |
| 179 | Tonga | 1,297 |
| 180 | Grenada | 1,162 |
| 181 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,042 |
| 182 | Aruba | 746 |
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