| Population, primary, male - Population - Education Statistics (2008) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  India | 64,950,721 |
| 2 | China | 50,983,368 |
| 3 | United States | 12,803,526 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 12,561,802 |
| 5 | Nigeria | 12,040,917 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 11,020,708 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 8,859,189 |
| 8 | Brazil | 7,118,448 |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 6,539,551 |
| 10 | Mexico | 6,529,314 |
| 11 | Philippines | 6,226,645 |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5,518,943 |
| 13 | Egypt | 5,186,469 |
| 14 | Tanzania | 3,928,021 |
| 15 | Japan | 3,603,126 |
| 16 | South Africa | 3,526,093 |
| 17 | Turkey | 3,468,307 |
| 18 | Uganda | 3,334,365 |
| 19 | Sudan | 3,225,707 |
| 20 | Kenya | 3,095,395 |
| 21 | Thailand | 3,042,861 |
| 22 | Iran | 2,809,272 |
| 23 | Russia | 2,626,763 |
| 24 | Iraq | 2,483,810 |
| 25 | Afghanistan | 2,382,857 |
| 26 | Colombia | 2,249,459 |
| 27 | Burma | 2,196,068 |
| 28 | Mozambique | 2,151,146 |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 2,150,191 |
| 30 | Argentina | 2,053,754 |
| 31 | Yemen | 1,958,316 |
| 32 | France | 1,929,406 |
| 33 | Algeria | 1,874,469 |
| 34 | Morocco | 1,843,416 |
| 35 | South Korea | 1,822,766 |
| 36 | North Korea | 1,822,766 |
| 37 | Peru | 1,797,257 |
| 38 | Ghana | 1,760,316 |
| 39 | Venezuela | 1,703,236 |
| 40 | Malaysia | 1,656,484 |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | 1,643,980 |
| 42 | Ivory Coast | 1,587,213 |
| 43 | Germany | 1,584,386 |
| 44 | Angola | 1,530,793 |
| 45 | Cameroon | 1,452,520 |
| 46 | Italy | 1,409,099 |
| 47 | Malawi | 1,343,215 |
| 48 | Madagascar | 1,325,782 |
| 49 | Spain | 1,263,190 |
| 50 | Poland | 1,262,351 |
| 51 | Niger | 1,230,362 |
| 52 | Zambia | 1,226,664 |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 1,206,632 |
| 54 | Canada | 1,158,239 |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 1,156,276 |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 1,134,951 |
| 57 | Guatemala | 1,111,004 |
| 58 | Cambodia | 1,029,085 |
| 59 | Mali | 1,007,646 |
| 60 | Senegal | 976,735 |
| 61 | Syria | 966,210 |
| 62 | Australia | 962,393 |
| 63 | Chad | 907,114 |
| 64 | Ecuador | 878,076 |
| 65 | Ukraine | 820,700 |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 819,889 |
| 67 | Chile | 792,344 |
| 68 | Guinea | 772,147 |
| 69 | Haiti | 727,627 |
| 70 | Somalia | 723,580 |
| 71 | Rwanda | 718,369 |
| 72 | Bolivia | 717,097 |
| 73 | Benin | 699,108 |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 637,047 |
| 75 | Netherlands | 615,755 |
| 76 | Burundi | 591,112 |
| 77 | Honduras | 560,395 |
| 78 | Papua New Guinea | 522,695 |
| 79 | Tunisia | 499,451 |
| 80 | Togo | 495,824 |
| 81 | Kazakhstan | 452,002 |
| 82 | Romania | 445,213 |
| 83 | El Salvador | 441,993 |
| 84 | Cuba | 440,135 |
| 85 | Paraguay | 433,937 |
| 86 | Jordan | 431,866 |
| 87 | Sierra Leone | 431,436 |
| 88 | Nicaragua | 411,981 |
| 89 | Laos | 410,011 |
| 90 | Israel | 391,014 |
| 91 | Libya | 365,780 |
| 92 | Belgium | 363,161 |
| 93 | Tajikistan | 344,867 |
| 94 | Portugal | 337,631 |
| 95 | Central African Republic | 335,191 |
| 96 | Greece | 323,336 |
| 97 | Sweden | 315,872 |
| 98 | Eritrea | 302,396 |
| 99 | Liberia | 299,891 |
| 100 | Republic of the Congo | 277,576 |
| 101 | Switzerland | 252,660 |
| 102 | West Bank and Gaza | 250,084 |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 250,074 |
| 104 | Mauritania | 248,001 |
| 105 | Ireland | 238,103 |
| 106 | Lebanon | 235,374 |
| 107 | Puerto Rico | 232,502 |
| 108 | Czech Republic | 229,095 |
| 109 | Azerbaijan | 225,747 |
| 110 | Norway | 223,259 |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 215,588 |
| 112 | Denmark | 213,871 |
| 113 | Panama | 204,565 |
| 114 | Hungary | 204,319 |
| 115 | Belarus | 187,828 |
| 116 | Lesotho | 187,611 |
| 117 | Finland | 187,393 |
| 118 | Oman | 185,360 |
| 119 | Namibia | 182,011 |
| 120 | New Zealand | 176,656 |
| 121 | Austria | 173,668 |
| 122 | Jamaica | 170,124 |
| 123 | Uruguay | 158,699 |
| 124 | Georgia | 151,952 |
| 125 | Serbia | 150,996 |
| 126 | Botswana | 149,921 |
| 127 | Turkmenistan | 147,877 |
| 128 | United Arab Emirates | 141,519 |
| 129 | Bulgaria | 133,310 |
| 130 | Gambia | 128,631 |
| 131 | Mongolia | 119,505 |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau | 119,027 |
| 133 | Slovakia | 112,168 |
| 134 | Kuwait | 110,831 |
| 135 | Albania | 108,976 |
| 136 | Swaziland | 107,578 |
| 137 | Gabon | 106,259 |
| 138 | Croatia | 96,553 |
| 139 | Timor-Leste | 96,461 |
| 140 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 85,918 |
| 141 | Moldova | 82,572 |
| 142 | Lithuania | 72,440 |
| 143 | Trinidad and Tobago | 64,108 |
| 144 | Armenia | 62,212 |
| 145 | Djibouti | 61,465 |
| 146 | Latvia | 61,169 |
| 147 | Mauritius | 60,872 |
| 148 | Slovenia | 56,598 |
| 149 | Fiji | 56,033 |
| 150 | Macedonia | 54,834 |
| 151 | Bhutan | 50,782 |
| 152 | Guyana | 50,370 |
| 153 | Comoros | 47,179 |
| 154 | Equatorial Guinea | 41,783 |
| 155 | Bahrain | 41,530 |
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 41,161 |
| 157 | Estonia | 38,339 |
| 158 | Cape Verde | 37,817 |
| 159 | Qatar | 36,519 |
| 160 | Suriname | 30,931 |
| 161 | Cyprus | 28,007 |
| 162 | Brunei Darussalam | 22,003 |
| 163 | Belize | 21,846 |
| 164 | Maldives | 21,322 |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 18,240 |
| 166 | Vanuatu | 18,182 |
| 167 | Bahamas | 18,135 |
| 168 | Montenegro | 17,309 |
| 169 | Iceland | 15,629 |
| 170 | Western Samoa | 15,595 |
| 171 | Macau | 15,037 |
| 172 | Malta | 13,967 |
| 173 | Guam | 13,939 |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12,651 |
| 175 | French Polynesia | 12,056 |
| 176 | Barbados | 10,742 |
| 177 | St. Lucia | 10,720 |
| 178 | Micronesia | 8,588 |
| 179 | Netherlands Antilles | 8,504 |
| 180 | Tonga | 8,045 |
| 181 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 7,194 |
| 182 | Grenada | 6,887 |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5,712 |
| 184 | Dominica | 5,412 |
| 185 | Marshall Islands | 4,565 |
| 186 | Aruba | 4,434 |
| 187 | Seychelles | 3,363 |
| 188 | Andorra | 2,687 |
| 189 | Bermuda | 2,307 |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 1,912 |
| 191 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1,471 |
| 192 | Liechtenstein | 1,004 |
| 193 | Palau | 769 |
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