World population level education by country
Countries reporting
200
Highest
602.28 million
India
Lowest
26,000
Kiribati
Median
3.70 million
Years covered
151
1950–2100
Data points
6,005
What the numbers show
World population level education is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 602.28 million in India; the lowest is 26,000 in Kiribati.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.70 million, and the mean is 19.05 million.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23,165.
Over the past decade 191 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Mayotte (up 39.9%), and the largest decrease in South Korea (down 9.1%).
World population level education: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 602.28 million | 2100 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 592.51 million | 2100 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 3 | United States | 217.71 million | 2100 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Nigeria | 194.75 million | 2100 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Pakistan | 157.20 million | 2100 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Indonesia | 116.50 million | 2100 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Egypt | 105.87 million | 2100 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Philippines | 85.28 million | 2100 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 63.79 million | 2100 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Russia | 62.49 million | 2100 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Mexico | 57.97 million | 2100 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Brazil | 57.19 million | 2100 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Japan | 50.70 million | 2100 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Uganda | 47.86 million | 2100 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 47.69 million | 2100 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 44.92 million | 2100 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 17 | France | 43.90 million | 2100 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Germany | 43.31 million | 2100 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Iran | 42.41 million | 2100 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Turkey | 41.74 million | 2100 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Vietnam | 39.58 million | 2100 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Sudan | 37.79 million | 2100 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Iraq | 37.24 million | 2100 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Tanzania | 36.95 million | 2100 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Algeria | 34.76 million | 2100 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Canada | 29.58 million | 2100 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Spain | 26.65 million | 2100 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Thailand | 26.22 million | 2100 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Afghanistan | 26.21 million | 2100 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 26.12 million | 2100 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 24.36 million | 2100 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Kenya | 23.07 million | 2100 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Italy | 22.15 million | 2100 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Malaysia | 21.54 million | 2100 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Australia | 21.16 million | 2100 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Colombia | 20.28 million | 2100 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 37 | South Korea | 19.84 million | 2100 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Morocco | 19.68 million | 2100 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Argentina | 19.56 million | 2100 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Myanmar | 18.58 million | 2100 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Cameroon | 17.30 million | 2100 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Yemen | 17.24 million | 2100 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 17.10 million | 2100 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 44 | Peru | 15.62 million | 2100 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Venezuela | 15.51 million | 2100 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Poland | 14.65 million | 2100 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 47 | South Africa | 14.48 million | 2100 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Cote d'Ivoire | 13.39 million | 2100 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Syria | 13.12 million | 2100 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Ghana | 12.46 million | 2100 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Senegal | 12.42 million | 2100 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Niger | 11.96 million | 2100 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Zambia | 11.79 million | 2100 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 10.90 million | 2100 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Netherlands | 10.70 million | 2100 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Mali | 10.51 million | 2100 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Ukraine | 10.46 million | 2100 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Israel | 10.10 million | 2100 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Guinea | 9.55 million | 2100 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 9.10 million | 2100 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 61 | North Korea | 9.10 million | 2100 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Chile | 8.82 million | 2100 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Mozambique | 8.46 million | 2100 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Taiwan | 8.39 million | 2100 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Sweden | 7.77 million | 2100 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Nepal | 7.73 million | 2100 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Jordan | 7.67 million | 2100 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Tunisia | 7.43 million | 2100 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Ecuador | 7.32 million | 2100 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Chad | 7.30 million | 2100 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Belgium | 7.08 million | 2100 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Madagascar | 7.02 million | 2100 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Somalia | 6.88 million | 2100 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Bolivia | 6.69 million | 2100 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Tajikistan | 6.23 million | 2100 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Benin | 6.03 million | 2100 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Switzerland | 5.94 million | 2100 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Burundi | 5.93 million | 2100 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Zimbabwe | 5.56 million | 2100 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 5.47 million | 2100 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Palestine | 5.45 million | 2100 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Guatemala | 5.38 million | 2100 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Romania | 5.38 million | 2100 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Libya | 5.10 million | 2100 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Angola | 5.03 million | 2100 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Austria | 4.96 million | 2100 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Greece | 4.78 million | 2100 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Portugal | 4.44 million | 2100 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 89 | United Arab Emirates | 4.38 million | 2100 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Malawi | 4.35 million | 2100 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Ireland | 4.30 million | 2100 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Burkina Faso | 4.14 million | 2100 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Cambodia | 4.11 million | 2100 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Czechia | 4.06 million | 2100 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Singapore | 4.00 million | 2100 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Hong Kong | 3.90 million | 2100 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Norway | 3.89 million | 2100 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Laos | 3.86 million | 2100 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Cuba | 3.83 million | 2100 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 3.72 million | 2100 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Lebanon | 3.68 million | 2100 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Papua New Guinea | 3.65 million | 2100 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 103 | New Zealand | 3.62 million | 2100 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Hungary | 3.55 million | 2100 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Paraguay | 3.52 million | 2100 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Denmark | 3.47 million | 2100 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Togo | 3.40 million | 2100 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Belarus | 3.24 million | 2100 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Mauritania | 3.20 million | 2100 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Mongolia | 3.13 million | 2100 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Rwanda | 3.13 million | 2100 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Central African Republic | 3.12 million | 2100 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Honduras | 3.05 million | 2100 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Oman | 3.04 million | 2100 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Sierra Leone | 3.03 million | 2100 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Finland | 2.88 million | 2100 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Panama | 2.72 million | 2100 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 2.66 million | 2100 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Congo | 2.64 million | 2100 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Serbia | 2.54 million | 2100 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.45 million | 2100 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 2.24 million | 2100 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Slovakia | 1.97 million | 2100 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Bulgaria | 1.93 million | 2100 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 125 | Kuwait | 1.90 million | 2100 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Qatar | 1.81 million | 2100 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Turkmenistan | 1.70 million | 2100 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 128 | El Salvador | 1.69 million | 2100 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 129 | South Sudan | 1.56 million | 2100 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Botswana | 1.48 million | 2100 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Haiti | 1.29 million | 2100 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Croatia | 1.22 million | 2100 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Georgia | 1.21 million | 2100 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 134 | Eritrea | 1.12 million | 2100 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Gabon | 1.09 million | 2100 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Armenia | 1.03 million | 2100 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Bahrain | 1.01 million | 2100 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Gambia | 1.00 million | 2100 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Namibia | 978,300 | 2100 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Lithuania | 960,800 | 2100 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 141 | Slovenia | 910,100 | 2100 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Jamaica | 904,500 | 2100 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 143 | East Timor | 853,300 | 2100 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Puerto Rico | 851,900 | 2100 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 145 | Cyprus | 834,100 | 2100 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Mayotte | 762,800 | 2100 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Uruguay | 711,300 | 2100 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Liberia | 705,700 | 2100 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 693,000 | 2100 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Lesotho | 635,500 | 2100 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 608,300 | 2100 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 606,200 | 2100 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Estonia | 600,100 | 2100 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 154 | Albania | 588,500 | 2100 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 155 | North Macedonia | 574,600 | 2100 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Latvia | 559,800 | 2100 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 157 | Moldova | 555,700 | 2100 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 158 | Comoros | 553,500 | 2100 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Reunion | 487,400 | 2100 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Luxembourg | 457,700 | 2100 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Macao | 427,500 | 2100 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Fiji | 384,000 | 2100 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | 333,400 | 2100 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Eswatini | 321,700 | 2100 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Mauritius | 297,800 | 2100 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Bhutan | 264,200 | 2100 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Djibouti | 261,900 | 2100 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Western Sahara | 250,300 | 2100 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Montenegro | 243,700 | 2100 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Malta | 243,100 | 2100 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Belize | 243,000 | 2100 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Maldives | 241,900 | 2100 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Iceland | 237,200 | 2100 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 174 | French Guiana | 222,300 | 2100 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Brunei | 214,100 | 2100 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Bahamas | 210,300 | 2100 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Guinea-Bissau | 187,400 | 2100 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 178 | New Caledonia | 179,800 | 2100 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Suriname | 177,500 | 2100 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Guyana | 172,300 | 2100 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Guadeloupe | 159,900 | 2100 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Martinique | 138,400 | 2100 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 183 | French Polynesia | 134,400 | 2100 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Cape Verde | 124,800 | 2100 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Barbados | 114,300 | 2100 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 186 | Vanuatu | 108,700 | 2100 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 187 | Samoa | 102,900 | 2100 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Curacao | 92,600 | 2100 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 189 | Guam | 84,400 | 2100 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 65,100 | 2100 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 191 | Aruba | 61,300 | 2100 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 192 | Grenada | 53,400 | 2100 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 193 | Seychelles | 44,800 | 2100 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 194 | Antigua and Barbuda | 42,200 | 2100 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 195 | United States Virgin Islands | 39,000 | 2100 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 196 | Tonga | 38,000 | 2100 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 197 | Sao Tome and Principe | 29,100 | 2100 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 198 | Micronesia (country) | 26,500 | 2100 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 26,300 | 2100 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 200 | Kiribati | 26,000 | 2100 | up 18.2% | volatile |