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Education > Literacy > Literates > Aged over 10: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 China 1.06 billion 2010
2 India 506.09 million 2001
3 Indonesia 157.72 million 2005
4 Brazil 147.39 million 2010
5 Russia 123.71 million 2010
6 Mexico 83.1 million 2010
7 Nigeria 68.82 million 2006
8 Turkey 59.22 million 2011
9 Thailand 56.08 million 2010
10 Vietnam 54.75 million 1999
11 Iran 53.28 million 2011
12 Philippines 52.58 million 2000
13 Italy 50.92 million 2001
14 Bangladesh 45.64 million 2001
15 Ukraine 42.16 million 2001
16 Pakistan 40.04 million 1998
17 Spain 35.87 million 2001
18 Colombia 29.73 million 2005
19 Argentina 28.67 million 2001
20 South Africa 24.91 million 1996
21 Ethiopia 21.76 million 2007
22 Peru 20.61 million 2007
23 North Korea 20.5 million 2008
24 Romania 18.91 million 2002
25 Algeria 17.29 million 1998
26 Egypt 17.02 million 2006
27 Venezuela 16.78 million 2001
28 Tanzania 16.12 million 2002
29 Malaysia 15.46 million 2000
30 Saudi Arabia 14.88 million 2004
31 Morocco 13.52 million 2004
32 Sri Lanka 12.76 million 2001
33 Kazakhstan 12.24 million 1999
34 Chile 12.12 million 2002
35 Uganda 10.84 million 2002
36 Ecuador 10.81 million 2010
37 Cuba 9.72 million 2002
38 Greece 9.49 million 2001
39 Hungary 9.06 million 2001
40 Portugal 9.06 million 2011
41 Nepal 8.99 million 2001
42 Belarus 8.32 million 2009
43 Zimbabwe 7.78 million 2002
44 Azerbaijan 7.5 million 2009
45 Mozambique 6.89 million 2007
46 Dominican Republic 6.69 million 2010
47 Bulgaria 6.59 million 2011
48 Serbia 6.38 million 2011
49 Tunisia 6.37 million 2004
50 Guatemala 5.75 million 2002
51 Tajikistan 5.73 million 2010
52 Cambodia 5.51 million 1998
53 Bolivia 5.4 million 2001
54 Slovakia 4.72 million 2001
55 Croatia 3.87 million 2001
56 El Salvador 3.78 million 2007
57 Georgia 3.77 million 2002
58 Kyrgyzstan 3.63 million 1999
59 Paraguay 3.59 million 2002
60 Honduras 3.54 million 2001
61 Costa Rica 3.53 million 2011
62 Turkmenistan 3.35 million 1995
63 Lithuania 3.05 million 2011
64 Nicaragua 2.98 million 2005
65 Moldova 2.98 million 2004
66 Burundi 2.63 million 2008
67 Armenia 2.62 million 2011
68 Panama 2.57 million 2010
69 Uruguay 2.54 million 1996
70 Burkina Faso 2.42 million 2006
71 Albania 2.39 million 2011
72 Kuwait 2.28 million 2005
73 Mongolia 2.11 million 2010
74 Papua New Guinea 2.02 million 2000
75 Latvia 1.86 million 2011
76 Republic of Macedonia 1.69 million 2002
77 Benin 1.63 million 2002
78 Oman 1.54 million 2003
79 Palestine 1.49 million 1997
80 Qatar 1.48 million 2010
81 Liberia 1.36 million 2008
82 Sierra Leone 1.33 million 2004
83 Estonia 1.14 million 2011
84 Niger 1.11 million 2001
85 Mauritius 957,683 2011
86 Mauritania 922,697 2000
87 Swaziland 620,241 2007
88 Fiji 556,455 1996
89 Montenegro 534,500 2011
90 Malta 336,255 2005
91 East Timor 319,976 2004
92 Suriname 296,415 2004
93 Bhutan 290,516 2005
94 Bahrain 274,865 2001
95 Brunei 246,837 2001
96 Maldives 228,426 2006
97 Saint Lucia 101,970 2001
98 Sao Tome and Principe 85,160 2001
99 Kiribati 75,555 2010
100 Tonga 73,807 2006
101 Seychelles 68,894 2010
102 Aruba 68,324 2000

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