| Population, aged 7, total - Population - Education Statistics (2010) |
Rank | Country | Value |
| 1 | India | 24,901,245 |
| 2 | China | 16,880,901 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 4,496,192 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 4,330,539 |
| 5 | United States | 4,176,029 |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 3,733,283 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 3,654,060 |
| 8 | Brazil | 3,596,381 |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 2,512,017 |
| 10 | Philippines | 2,173,418 |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,122,093 |
| 12 | Mexico | 2,066,151 |
| 13 | Egypt | 1,701,095 |
| 14 | Vietnam | 1,607,291 |
| 15 | Russia | 1,410,601 |
| 16 | Turkey | 1,321,384 |
| 17 | Tanzania | 1,307,748 |
| 18 | Iran | 1,198,422 |
| 19 | Kenya | 1,152,321 |
| 20 | Japan | 1,140,809 |
| 21 | Uganda | 1,078,097 |
| 22 | Sudan | 1,057,836 |
| 23 | South Africa | 1,037,776 |
| 24 | Afghanistan | 905,436 |
| 25 | Colombia | 892,033 |
| 26 | Thailand | 881,411 |
| 27 | Iraq | 822,495 |
| 28 | Burma | 812,324 |
| 29 | France | 773,223 |
| 30 | Germany | 731,524 |
| 31 | Nepal | 709,928 |
| 32 | Yemen | 694,607 |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 687,271 |
| 34 | Mozambique | 685,624 |
| 35 | Argentina | 665,531 |
| 36 | Algeria | 626,518 |
| 37 | Ghana | 616,381 |
| 38 | Madagascar | 597,871 |
| 39 | Morocco | 584,291 |
| 40 | Venezuela | 571,095 |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 564,479 |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 559,066 |
| 43 | Italy | 550,998 |
| 44 | Malaysia | 550,751 |
| 45 | Angola | 548,043 |
| 46 | Peru | 546,545 |
| 47 | Cameroon | 537,804 |
| 48 | Ivory Coast | 533,969 |
| 49 | Niger | 492,522 |
| 50 | Syria | 491,498 |
| 51 | South Korea | 484,870 |
| 52 | North Korea | 484,870 |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 475,221 |
| 54 | Malawi | 462,562 |
| 55 | Spain | 451,212 |
| 56 | Mali | 407,183 |
| 57 | Guatemala | 401,297 |
| 58 | Ukraine | 393,083 |
| 59 | Zambia | 376,605 |
| 60 | Senegal | 362,638 |
| 61 | Canada | 358,935 |
| 62 | Chad | 354,241 |
| 63 | Poland | 351,346 |
| 64 | Zimbabwe | 330,765 |
| 65 | Cambodia | 327,803 |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 296,022 |
| 67 | Rwanda | 288,213 |
| 68 | Ecuador | 282,792 |
| 69 | Guinea | 282,345 |
| 70 | Benin | 279,142 |
| 71 | Somalia | 275,824 |
| 72 | Burundi | 262,423 |
| 73 | Australia | 258,508 |
| 74 | Chile | 246,680 |
| 75 | Bolivia | 242,188 |
| 76 | Haiti | 239,687 |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | 234,756 |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 220,083 |
| 79 | Romania | 210,860 |
| 80 | Netherlands | 200,095 |
| 81 | Togo | 199,407 |
| 82 | Honduras | 184,238 |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 176,966 |
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 171,294 |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 167,376 |
| 86 | Tunisia | 162,705 |
| 87 | Eritrea | 153,480 |
| 88 | El Salvador | 153,074 |
| 89 | Paraguay | 144,691 |
| 90 | Jordan | 143,135 |
| 91 | Laos | 139,815 |
| 92 | Israel | 136,148 |
| 93 | Liberia | 132,696 |
| 94 | Libya | 132,471 |
| 95 | Cuba | 131,940 |
| 96 | West Bank and Gaza | 131,594 |
| 97 | Nicaragua | 131,500 |
| 98 | Central African Republic | 124,960 |
| 99 | Belgium | 114,600 |
| 100 | Republic of the Congo | 112,319 |
| 101 | Portugal | 111,160 |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 105,070 |
| 103 | Greece | 103,638 |
| 104 | Sweden | 100,587 |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 97,501 |
| 106 | Hungary | 95,828 |
| 107 | Turkmenistan | 95,732 |
| 108 | Czech Republic | 93,327 |
| 109 | Belarus | 90,691 |
| 110 | Mauritania | 87,796 |
| 111 | Austria | 81,697 |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 79,041 |
| 113 | Switzerland | 75,111 |
| 114 | Lebanon | 72,472 |
| 115 | Panama | 68,527 |
| 116 | Bulgaria | 67,418 |
| 117 | Denmark | 65,632 |
| 118 | Hong Kong | 64,496 |
| 119 | Ireland | 64,090 |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 61,371 |
| 121 | Norway | 58,426 |
| 122 | Finland | 57,542 |
| 123 | Guinea-Bissau | 57,372 |
| 124 | New Zealand | 57,291 |
| 125 | Jamaica | 54,883 |
| 126 | Oman | 53,668 |
| 127 | Lesotho | 53,129 |
| 128 | Slovakia | 51,484 |
| 129 | Uruguay | 50,617 |
| 130 | Albania | 49,626 |
| 131 | Gambia | 49,322 |
| 132 | Namibia | 48,630 |
| 133 | Kuwait | 46,865 |
| 134 | Georgia | 46,658 |
| 135 | Mongolia | 45,634 |
| 136 | Singapore | 45,037 |
| 137 | Botswana | 42,441 |
| 138 | Moldova | 41,707 |
| 139 | Croatia | 41,583 |
| 140 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40,414 |
| 141 | Timor-Leste | 35,449 |
| 142 | Armenia | 31,615 |
| 143 | Gabon | 30,738 |
| 144 | Lithuania | 30,286 |
| 145 | Swaziland | 28,375 |
| 146 | Comoros | 24,821 |
| 147 | Macedonia | 23,607 |
| 148 | Djibouti | 20,676 |
| 149 | Latvia | 20,048 |
| 150 | Mauritius | 18,910 |
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18,259 |
| 152 | Slovenia | 17,703 |
| 153 | Fiji | 17,552 |
| 154 | Guyana | 15,673 |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 14,962 |
| 156 | Cape Verde | 14,271 |
| 157 | Solomon Islands | 13,674 |
| 158 | Estonia | 13,057 |
| 159 | Bahrain | 12,850 |
| 160 | Qatar | 12,583 |
| 161 | Bhutan | 12,334 |
| 162 | Cyprus | 9,954 |
| 163 | Suriname | 8,766 |
| 164 | Brunei Darussalam | 7,736 |
| 165 | Belize | 7,157 |
| 166 | Vanuatu | 6,018 |
| 167 | Maldives | 5,876 |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 5,657 |
| 169 | Bahamas | 5,541 |
| 170 | Western Samoa | 5,020 |
| 171 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4,486 |
| 172 | Iceland | 4,161 |
| 173 | Malta | 4,011 |
| 174 | Macau | 3,493 |
| 175 | Barbados | 3,381 |
| 176 | St. Lucia | 2,931 |
| 177 | Micronesia | 2,840 |
| 178 | Netherlands Antilles | 2,725 |
| 179 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,294 |
| 180 | Tonga | 2,290 |
| 181 | Grenada | 2,077 |
| 182 | Aruba | 1,472 |
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