| Population, aged 4, total - Population - Education Statistics (2010) |
Rank | Country | Value |
| 1 | India | 25,078,587 |
| 2 | China | 16,407,493 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 4,855,560 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 4,324,501 |
| 5 | United States | 4,246,914 |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 3,804,771 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 3,762,781 |
| 8 | Brazil | 3,624,451 |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 2,693,878 |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,442,598 |
| 11 | Philippines | 2,242,177 |
| 12 | Mexico | 2,031,113 |
| 13 | Egypt | 1,757,272 |
| 14 | Vietnam | 1,648,560 |
| 15 | Russia | 1,505,305 |
| 16 | Tanzania | 1,417,093 |
| 17 | Iran | 1,337,624 |
| 18 | Turkey | 1,306,761 |
| 19 | Kenya | 1,283,505 |
| 20 | Uganda | 1,209,398 |
| 21 | Sudan | 1,094,893 |
| 22 | Japan | 1,088,164 |
| 23 | South Africa | 1,039,896 |
| 24 | Afghanistan | 1,007,639 |
| 25 | Thailand | 889,279 |
| 26 | Colombia | 870,665 |
| 27 | Iraq | 838,013 |
| 28 | Burma | 804,711 |
| 29 | France | 770,338 |
| 30 | Yemen | 753,519 |
| 31 | Mozambique | 734,702 |
| 32 | Nepal | 722,470 |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 699,537 |
| 34 | Germany | 693,556 |
| 35 | Algeria | 668,905 |
| 36 | Argentina | 668,530 |
| 37 | Ghana | 641,569 |
| 38 | Madagascar | 635,446 |
| 39 | Angola | 620,920 |
| 40 | Morocco | 595,074 |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 587,909 |
| 42 | Venezuela | 581,511 |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 580,180 |
| 44 | Cameroon | 570,651 |
| 45 | Ivory Coast | 561,567 |
| 46 | Niger | 556,466 |
| 47 | Malaysia | 555,411 |
| 48 | Italy | 553,534 |
| 49 | Peru | 553,100 |
| 50 | Burkina Faso | 526,858 |
| 51 | Syria | 516,277 |
| 52 | Malawi | 491,214 |
| 53 | Spain | 478,988 |
| 54 | Mali | 456,860 |
| 55 | South Korea | 437,920 |
| 56 | North Korea | 437,920 |
| 57 | Guatemala | 422,481 |
| 58 | Ukraine | 406,486 |
| 59 | Zambia | 398,325 |
| 60 | Chad | 393,461 |
| 61 | Senegal | 387,593 |
| 62 | Canada | 351,900 |
| 63 | Poland | 348,428 |
| 64 | Cambodia | 339,141 |
| 65 | Rwanda | 335,796 |
| 66 | Zimbabwe | 334,864 |
| 67 | Burundi | 311,376 |
| 68 | Guinea | 308,148 |
| 69 | Benin | 305,498 |
| 70 | Somalia | 302,408 |
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 292,459 |
| 72 | Ecuador | 276,723 |
| 73 | Kazakhstan | 268,807 |
| 74 | Australia | 257,425 |
| 75 | Bolivia | 248,158 |
| 76 | Haiti | 246,814 |
| 77 | Chile | 244,922 |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 223,124 |
| 79 | Togo | 212,539 |
| 80 | Romania | 206,327 |
| 81 | Netherlands | 193,538 |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 192,816 |
| 83 | Honduras | 187,890 |
| 84 | Papua New Guinea | 177,393 |
| 85 | Eritrea | 172,006 |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 169,019 |
| 87 | Tunisia | 167,149 |
| 88 | El Salvador | 152,683 |
| 89 | Liberia | 151,062 |
| 90 | Paraguay | 146,799 |
| 91 | Jordan | 145,739 |
| 92 | Laos | 140,454 |
| 93 | Libya | 140,147 |
| 94 | West Bank and Gaza | 138,567 |
| 95 | Israel | 138,167 |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 132,364 |
| 97 | Central African Republic | 132,073 |
| 98 | Cuba | 123,861 |
| 99 | Republic of the Congo | 119,592 |
| 100 | Belgium | 112,207 |
| 101 | Portugal | 111,721 |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 108,397 |
| 103 | Sweden | 105,485 |
| 104 | Greece | 103,543 |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 100,733 |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 99,497 |
| 107 | Czech Republic | 97,203 |
| 108 | Hungary | 94,511 |
| 109 | Mauritania | 92,665 |
| 110 | Belarus | 91,676 |
| 111 | Austria | 79,307 |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 78,641 |
| 113 | Switzerland | 70,945 |
| 114 | Lebanon | 70,544 |
| 115 | Bulgaria | 69,307 |
| 116 | Panama | 69,052 |
| 117 | United Arab Emirates | 67,804 |
| 118 | Ireland | 67,570 |
| 119 | Guinea-Bissau | 65,675 |
| 120 | Denmark | 63,150 |
| 121 | Hong Kong | 59,877 |
| 122 | Finland | 57,875 |
| 123 | New Zealand | 57,402 |
| 124 | Norway | 56,753 |
| 125 | Jamaica | 53,970 |
| 126 | Oman | 53,604 |
| 127 | Lesotho | 53,063 |
| 128 | Gambia | 52,575 |
| 129 | Slovakia | 51,619 |
| 130 | Uruguay | 49,768 |
| 131 | Albania | 49,509 |
| 132 | Kuwait | 49,472 |
| 133 | Namibia | 48,538 |
| 134 | Mongolia | 46,793 |
| 135 | Georgia | 45,805 |
| 136 | Botswana | 43,110 |
| 137 | Moldova | 41,022 |
| 138 | Croatia | 39,725 |
| 139 | Timor-Leste | 39,699 |
| 140 | Singapore | 38,420 |
| 141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35,237 |
| 142 | Armenia | 32,608 |
| 143 | Gabon | 31,487 |
| 144 | Lithuania | 29,374 |
| 145 | Swaziland | 28,831 |
| 146 | Comoros | 26,085 |
| 147 | Macedonia | 22,662 |
| 148 | Latvia | 21,334 |
| 149 | Djibouti | 21,242 |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18,897 |
| 151 | Mauritius | 18,620 |
| 152 | Slovenia | 17,755 |
| 153 | Fiji | 17,158 |
| 154 | Equatorial Guinea | 16,290 |
| 155 | Cape Verde | 15,019 |
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 14,109 |
| 157 | Estonia | 13,968 |
| 158 | Guyana | 13,900 |
| 159 | Qatar | 13,192 |
| 160 | Bahrain | 13,006 |
| 161 | Bhutan | 11,711 |
| 162 | Cyprus | 10,105 |
| 163 | Suriname | 8,535 |
| 164 | Brunei Darussalam | 8,135 |
| 165 | Belize | 7,175 |
| 166 | Maldives | 6,251 |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 6,205 |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 5,511 |
| 169 | Bahamas | 5,387 |
| 170 | Western Samoa | 4,681 |
| 171 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4,633 |
| 172 | Iceland | 4,201 |
| 173 | Malta | 3,823 |
| 174 | Macau | 3,314 |
| 175 | Barbados | 3,284 |
| 176 | St. Lucia | 3,064 |
| 177 | Micronesia | 2,804 |
| 178 | Netherlands Antilles | 2,597 |
| 179 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,383 |
| 180 | Tonga | 2,299 |
| 181 | Grenada | 1,909 |
| 182 | Aruba | 1,440 |
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