| Population, primary, female - Population - Education Statistics (2008) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  India | 59,484,298 |
| 2 | China | 42,614,236 |
| 3 | United States | 12,179,967 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 12,124,892 |
| 5 | Nigeria | 11,705,934 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 10,416,927 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 8,552,167 |
| 8 | Brazil | 6,855,148 |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 6,490,650 |
| 10 | Mexico | 6,325,917 |
| 11 | Philippines | 5,955,427 |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5,514,376 |
| 13 | Egypt | 4,953,576 |
| 14 | Tanzania | 3,880,834 |
| 15 | South Africa | 3,493,011 |
| 16 | Japan | 3,430,705 |
| 17 | Turkey | 3,339,689 |
| 18 | Uganda | 3,288,551 |
| 19 | Sudan | 3,113,431 |
| 20 | Kenya | 3,062,436 |
| 21 | Thailand | 2,912,870 |
| 22 | Iran | 2,664,437 |
| 23 | Russia | 2,504,523 |
| 24 | Iraq | 2,350,407 |
| 25 | Afghanistan | 2,222,948 |
| 26 | Burma | 2,175,962 |
| 27 | Colombia | 2,159,762 |
| 28 | Mozambique | 2,143,788 |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 2,044,980 |
| 30 | Argentina | 1,986,350 |
| 31 | Yemen | 1,885,823 |
| 32 | France | 1,841,207 |
| 33 | Algeria | 1,791,845 |
| 34 | Morocco | 1,783,550 |
| 35 | Peru | 1,736,457 |
| 36 | South Korea | 1,695,539 |
| 37 | North Korea | 1,695,539 |
| 38 | Ghana | 1,677,829 |
| 39 | Venezuela | 1,632,303 |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 1,620,254 |
| 41 | Ivory Coast | 1,577,409 |
| 42 | Malaysia | 1,569,636 |
| 43 | Angola | 1,548,039 |
| 44 | Germany | 1,504,420 |
| 45 | Cameroon | 1,433,872 |
| 46 | Italy | 1,329,296 |
| 47 | Madagascar | 1,323,705 |
| 48 | Malawi | 1,318,390 |
| 49 | Zambia | 1,215,907 |
| 50 | Spain | 1,196,814 |
| 51 | Poland | 1,194,726 |
| 52 | Niger | 1,171,776 |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 1,166,534 |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 1,150,289 |
| 55 | Canada | 1,103,694 |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 1,096,437 |
| 57 | Guatemala | 1,089,543 |
| 58 | Cambodia | 990,084 |
| 59 | Mali | 988,614 |
| 60 | Senegal | 961,338 |
| 61 | Syria | 927,969 |
| 62 | Australia | 911,918 |
| 63 | Chad | 901,496 |
| 64 | Ecuador | 844,318 |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 788,597 |
| 66 | Ukraine | 777,905 |
| 67 | Chile | 764,329 |
| 68 | Guinea | 745,557 |
| 69 | Rwanda | 732,910 |
| 70 | Somalia | 721,395 |
| 71 | Haiti | 705,331 |
| 72 | Bolivia | 689,922 |
| 73 | Benin | 674,541 |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 614,913 |
| 75 | Burundi | 591,316 |
| 76 | Netherlands | 586,866 |
| 77 | Honduras | 540,429 |
| 78 | Togo | 496,132 |
| 79 | Papua New Guinea | 492,290 |
| 80 | Tunisia | 468,570 |
| 81 | Sierra Leone | 441,124 |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 429,546 |
| 83 | El Salvador | 422,024 |
| 84 | Romania | 421,468 |
| 85 | Paraguay | 418,957 |
| 86 | Cuba | 414,686 |
| 87 | Jordan | 412,007 |
| 88 | Nicaragua | 395,733 |
| 89 | Laos | 395,412 |
| 90 | Israel | 369,331 |
| 91 | Libya | 349,668 |
| 92 | Belgium | 348,234 |
| 93 | Central African Republic | 339,481 |
| 94 | Tajikistan | 332,637 |
| 95 | Portugal | 320,740 |
| 96 | Greece | 304,967 |
| 97 | Sweden | 300,296 |
| 98 | Eritrea | 298,358 |
| 99 | Liberia | 296,070 |
| 100 | Republic of the Congo | 273,598 |
| 101 | West Bank and Gaza | 239,722 |
| 102 | Switzerland | 238,741 |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 236,712 |
| 104 | Mauritania | 234,251 |
| 105 | Lebanon | 227,004 |
| 106 | Ireland | 225,252 |
| 107 | Puerto Rico | 221,911 |
| 108 | Czech Republic | 216,785 |
| 109 | Norway | 212,055 |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 206,633 |
| 111 | Denmark | 203,012 |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 201,642 |
| 113 | Panama | 195,995 |
| 114 | Hungary | 193,916 |
| 115 | Lesotho | 185,293 |
| 116 | Namibia | 180,560 |
| 117 | Finland | 179,963 |
| 118 | Belarus | 177,473 |
| 119 | Oman | 176,700 |
| 120 | Jamaica | 167,674 |
| 121 | New Zealand | 167,340 |
| 122 | Austria | 164,885 |
| 123 | Uruguay | 152,496 |
| 124 | Botswana | 147,768 |
| 125 | Turkmenistan | 144,030 |
| 126 | Serbia | 143,690 |
| 127 | Georgia | 137,821 |
| 128 | United Arab Emirates | 133,500 |
| 129 | Gambia | 127,576 |
| 130 | Bulgaria | 126,107 |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 118,634 |
| 132 | Mongolia | 116,597 |
| 133 | Kuwait | 107,666 |
| 134 | Slovakia | 106,851 |
| 135 | Swaziland | 106,720 |
| 136 | Gabon | 104,436 |
| 137 | Albania | 102,204 |
| 138 | Timor-Leste | 92,258 |
| 139 | Croatia | 91,731 |
| 140 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 80,523 |
| 141 | Moldova | 78,798 |
| 142 | Lithuania | 68,651 |
| 143 | Trinidad and Tobago | 62,414 |
| 144 | Djibouti | 60,496 |
| 145 | Mauritius | 58,840 |
| 146 | Latvia | 58,164 |
| 147 | Armenia | 53,709 |
| 148 | Slovenia | 53,470 |
| 149 | Fiji | 52,789 |
| 150 | Macedonia | 50,856 |
| 151 | Bhutan | 49,565 |
| 152 | Guyana | 48,505 |
| 153 | Comoros | 45,879 |
| 154 | Equatorial Guinea | 41,549 |
| 155 | Bahrain | 40,249 |
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 37,649 |
| 157 | Cape Verde | 37,495 |
| 158 | Estonia | 36,172 |
| 159 | Qatar | 35,417 |
| 160 | Suriname | 30,228 |
| 161 | Cyprus | 26,950 |
| 162 | Belize | 21,310 |
| 163 | Maldives | 20,711 |
| 164 | Brunei Darussalam | 20,275 |
| 165 | Bahamas | 17,495 |
| 166 | Luxembourg | 17,236 |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 17,131 |
| 168 | Montenegro | 16,174 |
| 169 | Iceland | 15,034 |
| 170 | Western Samoa | 14,465 |
| 171 | Macau | 14,290 |
| 172 | Malta | 13,178 |
| 173 | Guam | 12,877 |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12,369 |
| 175 | French Polynesia | 11,456 |
| 176 | St. Lucia | 10,650 |
| 177 | Barbados | 10,430 |
| 178 | Netherlands Antilles | 8,499 |
| 179 | Micronesia | 8,146 |
| 180 | Tonga | 7,343 |
| 181 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 7,056 |
| 182 | Grenada | 6,639 |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5,829 |
| 184 | Dominica | 4,841 |
| 185 | Aruba | 4,347 |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 4,293 |
| 187 | Seychelles | 3,326 |
| 188 | Andorra | 2,493 |
| 189 | Bermuda | 2,281 |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 2,093 |
| 191 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,479 |
| 192 | Liechtenstein | 1,010 |
| 193 | Palau | 631 |
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