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Education > Illiterate population by sex Stats: compare key data on Liberia & Nigeria

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STAT Liberia Nigeria HISTORY
Aged 15+ 848,300
Ranked 64th. 		21.82 million
Ranked 5th. 26 times more than Liberia
Aged 15+ > Men 264,700
Ranked 67th. 		8.41 million
Ranked 6th. 32 times more than Liberia
Aged 15+ > Men > Per capita 82.14 per 1,000 people
Ranked 28th. 31% more than Nigeria 		62.49 per 1,000 people
Ranked 38th.
Aged 15+ > Men per 1000 84.73
Ranked 27th. 33% more than Nigeria 		63.48
Ranked 41st.
Aged 15+ > Per capita 263.24 per 1,000 people
Ranked 23th. 62% more than Nigeria 		162.06 per 1,000 people
Ranked 39th.
Aged 15+ > Women 582,500
Ranked 60th. 		13.31 million
Ranked 5th. 23 times more than Liberia
Aged 15+ > Women > Per capita 180.76 per 1,000 people
Ranked 15th. 83% more than Nigeria 		98.82 per 1,000 people
Ranked 42nd.
Aged 15+ > Women per 1000 186.45
Ranked 15th. 86% more than Nigeria 		100.39
Ranked 42nd.
Aged 15+ per 1000 271.52
Ranked 21st. 65% more than Nigeria 		164.64
Ranked 39th.

SOURCES: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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