| Population, aged 23, male - Population - Education Statistics (2010) |
Rank | Country | Value |
| 1 | China | 12,286,981 |
| 2 | India | 11,578,305 |
| 3 | United States | 2,305,160 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 2,129,903 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 1,934,305 |
| 6 | Brazil | 1,756,014 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 1,614,259 |
| 8 | Nigeria | 1,465,781 |
| 9 | Russia | 1,281,106 |
| 10 | Vietnam | 917,979 |
| 11 | Iran | 901,281 |
| 12 | Philippines | 867,628 |
| 13 | Mexico | 852,309 |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 806,408 |
| 15 | Egypt | 783,147 |
| 16 | Japan | 692,102 |
| 17 | Turkey | 674,739 |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 591,221 |
| 19 | Germany | 524,059 |
| 20 | Thailand | 506,253 |
| 21 | Burma | 477,600 |
| 22 | South Africa | 476,442 |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 422,802 |
| 24 | Colombia | 422,016 |
| 25 | Kenya | 408,789 |
| 26 | Tanzania | 404,274 |
| 27 | France | 398,852 |
| 28 | Sudan | 383,121 |
| 29 | Ukraine | 377,694 |
| 30 | Algeria | 376,607 |
| 31 | South Korea | 338,383 |
| 32 | North Korea | 338,383 |
| 33 | Argentina | 337,820 |
| 34 | Morocco | 315,580 |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | 305,863 |
| 36 | Italy | 303,906 |
| 37 | Uganda | 303,456 |
| 38 | Poland | 301,276 |
| 39 | Iraq | 288,781 |
| 40 | Nepal | 282,588 |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 274,176 |
| 42 | Venezuela | 270,514 |
| 43 | Peru | 267,471 |
| 44 | Spain | 261,579 |
| 45 | Malaysia | 254,381 |
| 46 | Ghana | 246,740 |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 243,430 |
| 48 | Yemen | 241,699 |
| 49 | Syria | 233,118 |
| 50 | Canada | 230,761 |
| 51 | Ivory Coast | 204,696 |
| 52 | Mozambique | 203,962 |
| 53 | Cameroon | 191,076 |
| 54 | Madagascar | 186,506 |
| 55 | Romania | 177,948 |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 173,818 |
| 57 | Cambodia | 166,790 |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 164,940 |
| 59 | Angola | 163,444 |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 158,391 |
| 61 | Australia | 150,480 |
| 62 | Chile | 146,487 |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 145,848 |
| 64 | Malawi | 131,445 |
| 65 | Senegal | 125,315 |
| 66 | Guatemala | 123,652 |
| 67 | Zambia | 122,295 |
| 68 | Rwanda | 122,173 |
| 69 | Ecuador | 121,762 |
| 70 | Mali | 118,489 |
| 71 | Tunisia | 110,783 |
| 72 | Niger | 108,150 |
| 73 | Chad | 101,187 |
| 74 | Haiti | 100,130 |
| 75 | Netherlands | 99,946 |
| 76 | Burundi | 94,450 |
| 77 | Azerbaijan | 92,571 |
| 78 | Benin | 91,288 |
| 79 | Bolivia | 90,371 |
| 80 | Guinea | 90,192 |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 85,982 |
| 82 | Cuba | 84,784 |
| 83 | Belarus | 84,090 |
| 84 | Somalia | 81,164 |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 77,554 |
| 86 | Honduras | 73,555 |
| 87 | Czech Republic | 68,096 |
| 88 | Greece | 67,455 |
| 89 | Togo | 65,519 |
| 90 | Portugal | 65,411 |
| 91 | Hungary | 64,946 |
| 92 | Laos | 64,277 |
| 93 | Belgium | 64,240 |
| 94 | Paraguay | 63,189 |
| 95 | Jordan | 63,101 |
| 96 | Libya | 61,590 |
| 97 | Papua New Guinea | 61,349 |
| 98 | Sweden | 60,903 |
| 99 | El Salvador | 60,502 |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | 57,441 |
| 101 | Israel | 56,150 |
| 102 | Nicaragua | 55,992 |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 55,484 |
| 104 | United Arab Emirates | 55,482 |
| 105 | Sierra Leone | 53,591 |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 52,974 |
| 107 | Austria | 52,498 |
| 108 | Eritrea | 49,802 |
| 109 | Switzerland | 47,799 |
| 110 | Hong Kong | 47,194 |
| 111 | Costa Rica | 46,195 |
| 112 | Central African Republic | 43,367 |
| 113 | Slovakia | 42,247 |
| 114 | Moldova | 40,547 |
| 115 | West Bank and Gaza | 40,181 |
| 116 | Liberia | 38,342 |
| 117 | Georgia | 37,014 |
| 118 | Republic of the Congo | 36,203 |
| 119 | Lebanon | 35,953 |
| 120 | Finland | 32,910 |
| 121 | Ireland | 32,783 |
| 122 | Mongolia | 31,661 |
| 123 | Denmark | 31,641 |
| 124 | Mauritania | 31,129 |
| 125 | New Zealand | 30,744 |
| 126 | Armenia | 30,555 |
| 127 | Albania | 30,536 |
| 128 | Norway | 30,468 |
| 129 | Panama | 30,240 |
| 130 | Oman | 30,088 |
| 131 | Singapore | 29,718 |
| 132 | Croatia | 29,623 |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28,839 |
| 134 | Lithuania | 27,839 |
| 135 | Kuwait | 27,243 |
| 136 | Uruguay | 24,869 |
| 137 | Jamaica | 24,370 |
| 138 | Namibia | 23,566 |
| 139 | Lesotho | 22,189 |
| 140 | Botswana | 22,065 |
| 141 | Latvia | 19,751 |
| 142 | Macedonia | 16,267 |
| 143 | Gambia | 15,626 |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 15,066 |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14,244 |
| 146 | Gabon | 14,090 |
| 147 | Swaziland | 14,001 |
| 148 | Slovenia | 13,593 |
| 149 | Estonia | 11,437 |
| 150 | Timor-Leste | 11,225 |
| 151 | Mauritius | 9,369 |
| 152 | Djibouti | 8,837 |
| 153 | Qatar | 8,565 |
| 154 | Comoros | 8,331 |
| 155 | Fiji | 7,809 |
| 156 | Bhutan | 7,731 |
| 157 | Cyprus | 6,990 |
| 158 | Bahrain | 6,909 |
| 159 | Cape Verde | 5,904 |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 5,095 |
| 161 | Equatorial Guinea | 4,694 |
| 162 | Guyana | 4,466 |
| 163 | Macau | 4,447 |
| 164 | Suriname | 4,265 |
| 165 | Brunei Darussalam | 3,917 |
| 166 | Maldives | 3,869 |
| 167 | Luxembourg | 3,074 |
| 168 | Malta | 3,068 |
| 169 | Belize | 2,906 |
| 170 | Bahamas | 2,717 |
| 171 | Vanuatu | 2,405 |
| 172 | Iceland | 2,190 |
| 173 | Barbados | 2,169 |
| 174 | Western Samoa | 1,723 |
| 175 | St. Lucia | 1,637 |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,588 |
| 177 | Micronesia | 1,270 |
| 178 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,229 |
| 179 | Grenada | 1,149 |
| 180 | Tonga | 1,050 |
| 181 | Netherlands Antilles | 892 |
| 182 | Aruba | 605 |
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