What is the difference in population by level of education between Spain and Thailand?

430,600 people, with Spain ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Thailand?

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.

Spain vs Thailand: Population by level of education

Spain

26.65 million people

in 2100

Thailand

26.22 million people

in 2100

Spain rank

27th

Thailand rank

28th

Population by level of education over time

Spain
Thailand

How they compare

Spain currently reports 26.65 million people against 26.22 million people in Thailand, a difference of 430,600 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Spain ahead.

Spain ranks 27th and Thailand ranks 28th of 200 countries.

Across the 16 decades both report, Spain averaged higher in 10 and Thailand in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Spain	Thailand	Difference	Ahead
1950s	465,100 people	73,350 people	391,750 people	Spain
1960s	796,550 people	190,600 people	605,950 people	Spain
1970s	1.43 million people	497,500 people	934,750 people	Spain
1980s	2.57 million people	1.32 million people	1.25 million people	Spain
1990s	4.46 million people	2.87 million people	1.59 million people	Spain
2000s	7.39 million people	5.06 million people	2.34 million people	Spain
2010s	10.42 million people	8.00 million people	2.42 million people	Spain
2020s	12.53 million people	11.44 million people	1.09 million people	Spain
2030s	15.34 million people	14.99 million people	347,750 people	Spain
2040s	17.97 million people	18.30 million people	320,550 people	Thailand
2050s	20.06 million people	21.09 million people	1.03 million people	Thailand
2060s	21.97 million people	23.41 million people	1.44 million people	Thailand
2070s	23.66 million people	25.10 million people	1.45 million people	Thailand
2080s	24.95 million people	26.05 million people	1.10 million people	Thailand
2090s	26.02 million people	26.34 million people	324,800 people	Thailand
2100s	26.65 million people	26.22 million people	430,600 people	Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by level of education, Spain or Thailand?: Spain, at 26.65 million people against 26.22 million people in Thailand as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by level of education between Spain and Thailand?: 430,600 people, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Thailand?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2100.
How do Spain and Thailand rank globally for population by level of education?: Spain ranks 27th and Thailand ranks 28th 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.