What is the difference in population by level of education between Egypt and Philippines?

20.59 million people, with Egypt ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Philippines?

31 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2100.

Where does this data come from?

Wittgenstein Centre (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Population by level of education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Egypt vs Philippines: Population by level of education

Egypt

105.87 million people

in 2100

Philippines

85.28 million people

in 2100

Egypt rank

7th

Philippines rank

8th

Population by level of education over time

Egypt
Philippines

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 105.87 million people against 85.28 million people in Philippines, a difference of 20.59 million people.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.2 times Philippines's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Philippines ahead.

Egypt ranks 7th and Philippines ranks 8th of 200 countries.

Across the 16 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 6 and Philippines in 10.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Philippines	Difference	Ahead
1950s	217,600 people	342,150 people	124,550 people	Philippines
1960s	443,550 people	786,400 people	342,850 people	Philippines
1970s	921,250 people	1.53 million people	608,550 people	Philippines
1980s	1.84 million people	2.88 million people	1.04 million people	Philippines
1990s	3.36 million people	4.79 million people	1.43 million people	Philippines
2000s	5.75 million people	7.69 million people	1.94 million people	Philippines
2010s	10.23 million people	11.92 million people	1.70 million people	Philippines
2020s	15.11 million people	17.85 million people	2.74 million people	Philippines
2030s	23.02 million people	25.68 million people	2.66 million people	Philippines
2040s	34.01 million people	34.97 million people	966,850 people	Philippines
2050s	46.38 million people	45.22 million people	1.16 million people	Egypt
2060s	60.29 million people	55.71 million people	4.57 million people	Egypt
2070s	74.61 million people	65.64 million people	8.98 million people	Egypt
2080s	87.76 million people	74.06 million people	13.70 million people	Egypt
2090s	98.86 million people	80.96 million people	17.91 million people	Egypt
2100s	105.87 million people	85.28 million people	20.59 million people	Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by level of education, Egypt or Philippines?: Egypt, at 105.87 million people against 85.28 million people in Philippines as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by level of education between Egypt and Philippines?: 20.59 million people, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Philippines?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2100.
How do Egypt and Philippines rank globally for population by level of education?: Egypt ranks 7th and Philippines ranks 8th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Wittgenstein Centre (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Population by level of education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population by level of education
Unit: people
Source: Wittgenstein Centre (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 200 places, 6,005 data points, 1950–2100
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

De facto population withpost_secondary education in a country or region.