| Population, tertiary, total - Population - Education Statistics (2008) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  China | 117,642,131 |
| 2 | India | 111,929,016 |
| 3 | United States | 22,008,178 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 20,786,265 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 18,802,394 |
| 6 | Brazil | 17,298,508 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 16,450,752 |
| 8 | Nigeria | 14,720,397 |
| 9 | Russia | 12,237,264 |
| 10 | Mexico | 9,648,392 |
| 11 | Iran | 9,386,322 |
| 12 | Philippines | 9,241,172 |
| 13 | Egypt | 8,745,869 |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 7,359,986 |
| 15 | Japan | 6,787,174 |
| 16 | Turkey | 6,601,277 |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,072,515 |
| 18 | Thailand | 5,441,523 |
| 19 | South Africa | 5,053,122 |
| 20 | Germany | 4,924,663 |
| 21 | Burma | 4,684,113 |
| 22 | Colombia | 4,206,068 |
| 23 | Sudan | 4,116,596 |
| 24 | Kenya | 4,091,414 |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 4,057,278 |
| 26 | France | 3,965,925 |
| 27 | Tanzania | 3,831,036 |
| 28 | Algeria | 3,757,311 |
| 29 | Ukraine | 3,584,524 |
| 30 | Argentina | 3,297,568 |
| 31 | South Korea | 3,266,647 |
| 32 | North Korea | 3,266,647 |
| 33 | Morocco | 3,263,851 |
| 34 | Poland | 3,119,683 |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | 3,005,714 |
| 36 | Italy | 2,996,942 |
| 37 | Uganda | 2,923,390 |
| 38 | Iraq | 2,858,804 |
| 39 | Peru | 2,810,507 |
| 40 | Venezuela | 2,682,112 |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 2,540,720 |
| 42 | Malaysia | 2,529,721 |
| 43 | Spain | 2,523,345 |
| 44 | Yemen | 2,403,795 |
| 45 | Ghana | 2,307,878 |
| 46 | Syria | 2,305,499 |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 2,233,281 |
| 48 | Canada | 2,226,286 |
| 49 | Mozambique | 2,093,408 |
| 50 | Ivory Coast | 1,913,666 |
| 51 | Cameroon | 1,888,568 |
| 52 | Madagascar | 1,825,266 |
| 53 | Angola | 1,801,098 |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 1,776,808 |
| 55 | Cambodia | 1,747,958 |
| 56 | Romania | 1,611,768 |
| 57 | Zimbabwe | 1,539,209 |
| 58 | Kazakhstan | 1,533,942 |
| 59 | Chile | 1,469,094 |
| 60 | Australia | 1,451,761 |
| 61 | Burkina Faso | 1,363,702 |
| 62 | Guatemala | 1,352,722 |
| 63 | Malawi | 1,351,443 |
| 64 | Ecuador | 1,260,327 |
| 65 | Mali | 1,246,502 |
| 66 | Zambia | 1,212,699 |
| 67 | Senegal | 1,142,168 |
| 68 | Rwanda | 1,137,062 |
| 69 | Niger | 1,104,354 |
| 70 | Tunisia | 1,041,036 |
| 71 | Haiti | 1,036,481 |
| 72 | Netherlands | 993,842 |
| 73 | Chad | 989,971 |
| 74 | Bolivia | 944,155 |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | 933,406 |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 900,725 |
| 77 | Guinea | 870,262 |
| 78 | Burundi | 866,237 |
| 79 | Cuba | 812,508 |
| 80 | Honduras | 792,032 |
| 81 | Belarus | 791,712 |
| 82 | Benin | 778,736 |
| 83 | Somalia | 774,217 |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 771,275 |
| 85 | Czech Republic | 673,682 |
| 86 | Laos | 669,333 |
| 87 | Libya | 651,887 |
| 88 | Greece | 641,593 |
| 89 | Paraguay | 639,985 |
| 90 | Belgium | 637,839 |
| 91 | Hungary | 636,316 |
| 92 | Togo | 629,065 |
| 93 | Jordan | 626,629 |
| 94 | Portugal | 626,228 |
| 95 | Nicaragua | 621,948 |
| 96 | Papua New Guinea | 608,125 |
| 97 | Sweden | 572,639 |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 570,231 |
| 99 | El Salvador | 564,316 |
| 100 | Turkmenistan | 558,586 |
| 101 | Israel | 544,530 |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 527,319 |
| 103 | Austria | 520,502 |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 518,266 |
| 105 | Serbia | 497,385 |
| 106 | Eritrea | 489,487 |
| 107 | Hong Kong | 454,534 |
| 108 | Switzerland | 454,414 |
| 109 | Costa Rica | 445,866 |
| 110 | Slovakia | 427,979 |
| 111 | Central African Republic | 413,692 |
| 112 | West Bank and Gaza | 383,200 |
| 113 | Lebanon | 381,689 |
| 114 | Georgia | 378,913 |
| 115 | Moldova | 359,016 |
| 116 | Republic of the Congo | 358,015 |
| 117 | Liberia | 351,708 |
| 118 | Finland | 327,872 |
| 119 | Mauritania | 314,476 |
| 120 | Armenia | 312,631 |
| 121 | New Zealand | 311,469 |
| 122 | United Arab Emirates | 307,338 |
| 123 | Ireland | 306,164 |
| 124 | Mongolia | 304,010 |
| 125 | Albania | 301,169 |
| 126 | Panama | 297,716 |
| 127 | Denmark | 295,584 |
| 128 | Puerto Rico | 293,076 |
| 129 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 291,896 |
| 130 | Croatia | 291,156 |
| 131 | Norway | 290,564 |
| 132 | Oman | 276,035 |
| 133 | Lithuania | 264,890 |
| 134 | Jamaica | 252,616 |
| 135 | Uruguay | 251,061 |
| 136 | Lesotho | 238,619 |
| 137 | Namibia | 220,551 |
| 138 | Kuwait | 218,325 |
| 139 | Botswana | 217,573 |
| 140 | Latvia | 184,616 |
| 141 | Macedonia | 162,212 |
| 142 | Gambia | 140,973 |
| 143 | Gabon | 139,579 |
| 144 | Swaziland | 139,387 |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 136,353 |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 135,793 |
| 147 | Slovenia | 133,135 |
| 148 | Qatar | 114,283 |
| 149 | Timor-Leste | 107,308 |
| 150 | Estonia | 107,003 |
| 151 | Mauritius | 98,741 |
| 152 | Djibouti | 85,859 |
| 153 | Fiji | 79,464 |
| 154 | Bhutan | 76,906 |
| 155 | Comoros | 67,855 |
| 156 | Bahrain | 65,594 |
| 157 | Guyana | 63,491 |
| 158 | Cyprus | 60,275 |
| 159 | Equatorial Guinea | 58,388 |
| 160 | Cape Verde | 55,889 |
| 161 | Montenegro | 49,518 |
| 162 | Solomon Islands | 49,516 |
| 163 | Suriname | 46,861 |
| 164 | Macau | 44,968 |
| 165 | Maldives | 38,941 |
| 166 | Brunei Darussalam | 34,967 |
| 167 | Belize | 31,265 |
| 168 | Malta | 29,425 |
| 169 | Bahamas | 28,936 |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 28,156 |
| 171 | Vanuatu | 23,361 |
| 172 | Iceland | 22,293 |
| 173 | Barbados | 21,256 |
| 174 | Western Samoa | 18,428 |
| 175 | St. Lucia | 17,381 |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 17,188 |
| 177 | Micronesia | 12,860 |
| 178 | Grenada | 12,709 |
| 179 | Netherlands Antilles | 11,628 |
| 180 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 10,441 |
| 181 | Tonga | 9,890 |
| 182 | Seychelles | 7,393 |
| 183 | Aruba | 6,879 |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6,874 |
| 185 | Marshall Islands | 6,847 |
| 186 | Dominica | 6,032 |
| 187 | Andorra | 4,178 |
| 188 | Bermuda | 3,565 |
| 189 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2,630 |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 2,511 |
| 191 | Liechtenstein | 2,173 |
| 192 | Palau | 1,265 |
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