| Population in thousand, 15-64, total, primary - IIASA Projection - Education Statistics (2010) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  China | 235,938 |
| 2 | India | 174,452 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 62,356 |
| 4 | Brazil | 45,927 |
| 5 | Vietnam | 34,933 |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 26,687 |
| 7 | Mexico | 26,680 |
| 8 | Turkey | 23,732 |
| 9 | Thailand | 22,258 |
| 10 | Pakistan | 17,737 |
| 11 | Tanzania | 16,222 |
| 12 | Nigeria | 16,033 |
| 13 | Philippines | 14,238 |
| 14 | Iran | 13,505 |
| 15 | Kenya | 12,056 |
| 16 | United States | 12,034 |
| 17 | South Africa | 11,481 |
| 18 | Uganda | 10,056 |
| 19 | Argentina | 9,450 |
| 20 | Colombia | 9,378 |
| 21 | Syria | 8,749 |
| 22 | France | 8,530 |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 7,831 |
| 24 | Japan | 7,558 |
| 25 | Egypt | 7,323 |
| 26 | Mozambique | 6,983 |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 6,355 |
| 28 | Morocco | 5,596 |
| 29 | Madagascar | 5,341 |
| 30 | Spain | 5,334 |
| 31 | Cambodia | 4,915 |
| 32 | Poland | 4,555 |
| 33 | Malawi | 4,496 |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 4,372 |
| 35 | Peru | 4,230 |
| 36 | Cameroon | 3,951 |
| 37 | Nepal | 3,942 |
| 38 | Italy | 3,791 |
| 39 | Rwanda | 3,733 |
| 40 | Guatemala | 3,408 |
| 41 | Ivory Coast | 3,287 |
| 42 | Zambia | 3,285 |
| 43 | Ecuador | 3,190 |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 3,153 |
| 45 | Portugal | 3,110 |
| 46 | Germany | 3,038 |
| 47 | Malaysia | 2,977 |
| 48 | Chile | 2,556 |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 2,419 |
| 50 | Honduras | 2,412 |
| 51 | Zimbabwe | 2,403 |
| 52 | Ghana | 2,395 |
| 53 | Haiti | 2,391 |
| 54 | South Korea | 2,146 |
| 55 | North Korea | 2,146 |
| 56 | Chad | 1,866 |
| 57 | Russia | 1,804 |
| 58 | Paraguay | 1,687 |
| 59 | Bolivia | 1,611 |
| 60 | Greece | 1,587 |
| 61 | Benin | 1,580 |
| 62 | Nicaragua | 1,544 |
| 63 | Togo | 1,471 |
| 64 | Burkina Faso | 1,466 |
| 65 | Canada | 1,370 |
| 66 | Netherlands | 1,352 |
| 67 | El Salvador | 1,315 |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 1,305 |
| 69 | Cuba | 1,207 |
| 70 | Niger | 1,196 |
| 71 | Czech Republic | 1,162 |
| 72 | Jordan | 1,068 |
| 73 | Mali | 1,066 |
| 74 | Central African Republic | 1,060 |
| 75 | Namibia | 1,011 |
| 76 | Eritrea | 983.32 |
| 77 | Guinea | 976.40 |
| 78 | Belgium | 888.73 |
| 79 | Romania | 763.50 |
| 80 | Croatia | 762.03 |
| 81 | Uruguay | 751.98 |
| 82 | Mauritania | 622.13 |
| 83 | Slovakia | 620.26 |
| 84 | Panama | 610.05 |
| 85 | Hong Kong | 605.74 |
| 86 | Macedonia | 569.72 |
| 87 | Ukraine | 428.53 |
| 88 | Ireland | 380.30 |
| 89 | Mauritius | 367.27 |
| 90 | Singapore | 358.66 |
| 91 | Swaziland | 312.95 |
| 92 | Gabon | 235.97 |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 229.59 |
| 94 | Mongolia | 202.77 |
| 95 | Australia | 198.71 |
| 96 | Sweden | 176.19 |
| 97 | Comoros | 163.63 |
| 98 | Hungary | 133.95 |
| 99 | Lithuania | 129.14 |
| 100 | Macau | 123.72 |
| 101 | Belize | 114.46 |
| 102 | Bahrain | 98.25 |
| 103 | Guyana | 98.11 |
| 104 | Cyprus | 84.53 |
| 105 | Luxembourg | 76.85 |
| 106 | Latvia | 60.12 |
| 107 | Malta | 50.76 |
| 108 | Armenia | 50.14 |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 40.24 |
| 110 | Turkmenistan | 35.38 |
| 111 | Uzbekistan | 32.91 |
| 112 | Estonia | 31.09 |
| 113 | Maldives | 26.41 |
| 114 | Slovenia | 26.40 |
| 115 | Denmark | 13.26 |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.03 |
| 117 | Bahamas | 9.52 |
| 118 | Norway | 4.71 |
| 119 | New Zealand | 0 |
| 120 | Finland | 0 |
| 121 | Austria | 0 |
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