| Population in thousands (age 15+), 15+, total - Barro-Lee Dataset - Education Statistics (2010) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  China | 1,090,693 |
| 2 | India | 829,075 |
| 3 | United States | 249,660 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 172,622 |
| 5 | Brazil | 145,288 |
| 6 | Russia | 118,489 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 112,500 |
| 8 | Japan | 110,797 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 103,588 |
| 10 | Mexico | 81,611 |
| 11 | Germany | 71,607 |
| 12 | Vietnam | 66,119 |
| 13 | Philippines | 60,835 |
| 14 | Turkey | 56,541 |
| 15 | Iran | 55,585 |
| 16 | Egypt | 54,733 |
| 17 | Thailand | 51,912 |
| 18 | France | 50,470 |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 50,276 |
| 20 | Italy | 50,210 |
| 21 | North Korea | 40,868 |
| 22 | South Korea | 40,868 |
| 23 | Burma | 39,134 |
| 24 | Ukraine | 38,220 |
| 25 | Spain | 37,418 |
| 26 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 35,083 |
| 27 | Colombia | 34,853 |
| 28 | South Africa | 32,760 |
| 29 | Poland | 32,711 |
| 30 | Argentina | 30,538 |
| 31 | Canada | 28,292 |
| 32 | Algeria | 25,853 |
| 33 | Sudan | 25,108 |
| 34 | Tanzania | 24,747 |
| 35 | Morocco | 23,834 |
| 36 | Kenya | 22,220 |
| 37 | Peru | 21,088 |
| 38 | Venezuela | 20,549 |
| 39 | Iraq | 19,846 |
| 40 | Malaysia | 19,391 |
| 41 | Afghanistan | 19,299 |
| 42 | Nepal | 19,037 |
| 43 | Romania | 18,140 |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 18,076 |
| 45 | Australia | 17,323 |
| 46 | Uganda | 17,053 |
| 47 | Sri Lanka | 16,720 |
| 48 | Ghana | 15,334 |
| 49 | Syria | 13,910 |
| 50 | Netherlands | 13,722 |
| 51 | Yemen | 13,540 |
| 52 | Chile | 13,319 |
| 53 | Mozambique | 12,336 |
| 54 | Ivory Coast | 11,857 |
| 55 | Kazakhstan | 11,633 |
| 56 | Cameroon | 10,766 |
| 57 | Cambodia | 10,114 |
| 58 | Ecuador | 9,893 |
| 59 | Greece | 9,649 |
| 60 | Cuba | 9,379 |
| 61 | Portugal | 9,043 |
| 62 | Belgium | 8,815 |
| 63 | Czech Republic | 8,797 |
| 64 | Serbia | 8,667 |
| 65 | Hungary | 8,515 |
| 66 | Niger | 8,403 |
| 67 | Zimbabwe | 8,347 |
| 68 | Guatemala | 8,298 |
| 69 | Tunisia | 8,180 |
| 70 | Mali | 8,155 |
| 71 | Senegal | 7,755 |
| 72 | Sweden | 7,685 |
| 73 | Malawi | 7,664 |
| 74 | Austria | 7,090 |
| 75 | Zambia | 7,000 |
| 76 | Dominican Republic | 6,925 |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 6,478 |
| 78 | Bolivia | 6,440 |
| 79 | Hong Kong | 6,429 |
| 80 | Switzerland | 6,204 |
| 81 | Rwanda | 5,837 |
| 82 | Haiti | 5,825 |
| 83 | Benin | 5,579 |
| 84 | Israel | 5,328 |
| 85 | Honduras | 5,087 |
| 86 | El Salvador | 5,076 |
| 87 | Burundi | 5,068 |
| 88 | Slovakia | 4,602 |
| 89 | Libya | 4,539 |
| 90 | Denmark | 4,515 |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 4,507 |
| 92 | Finland | 4,451 |
| 93 | Paraguay | 4,428 |
| 94 | Jordan | 4,127 |
| 95 | Papua New Guinea | 4,054 |
| 96 | Togo | 4,044 |
| 97 | Laos | 4,028 |
| 98 | United Arab Emirates | 3,998 |
| 99 | Kyrgyzstan | 3,961 |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 3,880 |
| 101 | Croatia | 3,876 |
| 102 | Singapore | 3,872 |
| 103 | Norway | 3,859 |
| 104 | Ireland | 3,526 |
| 105 | Sierra Leone | 3,493 |
| 106 | Costa Rica | 3,463 |
| 107 | New Zealand | 3,337 |
| 108 | Moldova | 2,982 |
| 109 | Lithuania | 2,882 |
| 110 | Uruguay | 2,737 |
| 111 | Central African Republic | 2,518 |
| 112 | Panama | 2,492 |
| 113 | Armenia | 2,452 |
| 114 | Albania | 2,431 |
| 115 | Republic of the Congo | 2,425 |
| 116 | Kuwait | 2,316 |
| 117 | Mongolia | 2,029 |
| 118 | Mauritania | 2,017 |
| 119 | Liberia | 1,986 |
| 120 | Latvia | 1,946 |
| 121 | Jamaica | 1,926 |
| 122 | Slovenia | 1,700 |
| 123 | Namibia | 1,334 |
| 124 | Estonia | 1,116 |
| 125 | Lesotho | 1,111 |
| 126 | Botswana | 1,107 |
| 127 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,055 |
| 128 | Gambia | 1,043 |
| 129 | Mauritius | 1,004 |
| 130 | Gabon | 936 |
| 131 | Cyprus | 725 |
| 132 | Qatar | 694 |
| 133 | Swaziland | 624 |
| 134 | Fiji | 617 |
| 135 | Bahrain | 600 |
| 136 | Guyana | 545 |
| 137 | Macau | 416 |
| 138 | Luxembourg | 404 |
| 139 | Malta | 343 |
| 140 | Brunei Darussalam | 301 |
| 141 | Iceland | 243 |
| 142 | Maldives | 230 |
| 143 | Barbados | 225 |
| 144 | Belize | 196 |
| 145 | Tonga | 67 |
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