Wittgenstein Projection: Population in thousands by highest level of educational attainment. Incomplete Primary. Female by country
Total population in thousands that has pre-primary education or incomplete primary education as the highest level of educational attainment. Projections are based on collected census and survey data for the base year (around 2010) and the Medium Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP2) projection model. The SSP2 is a...
What the numbers show
Wittgenstein Projection: Population in thousands by highest level of educational attainment. Incomplete Primary. Female is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 2,912 in India; the lowest is 0 in Netherlands.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.83, and the mean is 127.67.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 141 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 9.1%), and the largest decrease in Iran (down 58.3%).
Wittgenstein Projection: Population in thousands by highest level of e: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 2,912 | 2100 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 2,129 | 2100 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 3 | Madagascar | 2,005 | 2100 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 1,405 | 2100 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 5 | Uganda | 1,337 | 2100 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 6 | Niger | 1,291 | 2100 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 7 | Sudan | 868.71 | 2100 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 734.42 | 2100 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 9 | Tanzania | 724.06 | 2100 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 10 | Chad | 599.08 | 2100 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 11 | Pakistan | 562.64 | 2100 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 12 | Mali | 537.63 | 2100 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 13 | Mozambique | 499.74 | 2100 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 14 | Malawi | 371.03 | 2100 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 15 | Syria | 362.42 | 2100 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 16 | Guatemala | 339.51 | 2100 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 330.94 | 2100 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Burundi | 315.17 | 2100 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 19 | Rwanda | 312.41 | 2100 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 20 | Brazil | 307.61 | 2100 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Benin | 246.98 | 2100 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 22 | Vietnam | 189.55 | 2100 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Senegal | 176.19 | 2100 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 24 | Liberia | 172.77 | 2100 | down 30.5% | rising |
| 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | 167.94 | 2100 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Cambodia | 130.81 | 2100 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Mexico | 125.19 | 2100 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Nigeria | 123.06 | 2100 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Philippines | 115.59 | 2100 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Zambia | 108.8 | 2100 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Colombia | 98.29 | 2100 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 91.93 | 2100 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 33 | Guinea | 89.88 | 2100 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 34 | Morocco | 89.13 | 2100 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 35 | United States | 71.32 | 2100 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Indonesia | 71.06 | 2100 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Egypt | 59.64 | 2100 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Ghana | 59.01 | 2100 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 39 | Honduras | 53.78 | 2100 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Nicaragua | 50.97 | 2100 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Cameroon | 48.11 | 2100 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Venezuela | 46.35 | 2100 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Nepal | 45.89 | 2100 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 44 | Central African Republic | 44.51 | 2100 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 45 | Argentina | 44.26 | 2100 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Iraq | 36.87 | 2100 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Haiti | 34.15 | 2100 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 48 | El Salvador | 34.11 | 2100 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Laos | 32.42 | 2100 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Somalia | 32.42 | 2100 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 51 | Peru | 30.1 | 2100 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Kenya | 27.37 | 2100 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 53 | South Africa | 27.14 | 2100 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Iran | 25.87 | 2100 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Paraguay | 23.07 | 2100 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Ecuador | 21.33 | 2100 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Myanmar | 19.24 | 2100 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Qatar | 18.08 | 2100 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 17.58 | 2100 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Spain | 15.69 | 2100 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Thailand | 14.96 | 2100 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Italy | 13.78 | 2100 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Russia | 13.7 | 2100 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Congo | 13.04 | 2100 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Turkey | 12.26 | 2100 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Bolivia | 12.24 | 2100 | down 50.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 12.18 | 2100 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 11.09 | 2100 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Belize | 10.66 | 2100 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 70 | Israel | 10.34 | 2100 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Japan | 10.29 | 2100 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Malaysia | 10.27 | 2100 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Chile | 10.23 | 2100 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Australia | 8.88 | 2100 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Portugal | 8 | 2100 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Lesotho | 7.89 | 2100 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Algeria | 7.59 | 2100 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.48 | 2100 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 79 | Gambia | 7.47 | 2100 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 80 | Kuwait | 6.62 | 2100 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Costa Rica | 6.3 | 2100 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Canada | 5.98 | 2100 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Cape Verde | 5.92 | 2100 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Ukraine | 5.75 | 2100 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 5.17 | 2100 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Panama | 4.86 | 2100 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Bhutan | 4.8 | 2100 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 88 | Mauritius | 4.56 | 2100 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Poland | 4.04 | 2100 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Switzerland | 4.01 | 2100 | unchanged | rising |
| 91 | Zimbabwe | 3.81 | 2100 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Namibia | 3.67 | 2100 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Austria | 3.48 | 2100 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Denmark | 3.28 | 2100 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 95 | Sweden | 3.27 | 2100 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Jordan | 3.09 | 2100 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Finland | 2.94 | 2100 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Eswatini | 2.62 | 2100 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Gabon | 2.46 | 2100 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Palestine | 2.46 | 2100 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Hong Kong | 2.45 | 2100 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Comoros | 2.24 | 2100 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 2.16 | 2100 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Singapore | 2.11 | 2100 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Norway | 1.81 | 2100 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Vanuatu | 1.79 | 2100 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.69 | 2100 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Uruguay | 1.66 | 2100 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Serbia | 1.55 | 2100 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Cuba | 1.51 | 2100 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 111 | South Korea | 1.44 | 2100 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 112 | New Zealand | 1.41 | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 113 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.32 | 2100 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Greece | 1.32 | 2100 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Mongolia | 1.17 | 2100 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Romania | 1.12 | 2100 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Turkmenistan | 1.09 | 2100 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Bahrain | 1.04 | 2100 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Hungary | 0.81 | 2100 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Maldives | 0.8 | 2100 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Slovenia | 0.79 | 2100 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Belarus | 0.71 | 2100 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Jamaica | 0.71 | 2100 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Croatia | 0.67 | 2100 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Bulgaria | 0.62 | 2100 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 126 | East Timor | 0.61 | 2100 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.53 | 2100 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Lebanon | 0.47 | 2100 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 128 | North Macedonia | 0.47 | 2100 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Georgia | 0.43 | 2100 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Tajikistan | 0.43 | 2100 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Macao | 0.4 | 2100 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Suriname | 0.39 | 2100 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Moldova | 0.37 | 2100 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Armenia | 0.36 | 2100 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.36 | 2100 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Lithuania | 0.29 | 2100 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Puerto Rico | 0.26 | 2100 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Czechia | 0.25 | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 140 | Tunisia | 0.23 | 2100 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.22 | 2100 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Bahamas | 0.18 | 2100 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Cyprus | 0.17 | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 144 | Estonia | 0.15 | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 145 | Slovakia | 0.14 | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 146 | Latvia | 0.13 | 2100 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Iceland | 0.12 | 2100 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Albania | 0.11 | 2100 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Guyana | 0.11 | 2100 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Aruba | 0.05 | 2100 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Saint Lucia | 0.05 | 2100 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Malta | 0.04 | 2100 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 152 | French Polynesia | 0.04 | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 154 | Montenegro | 0.03 | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 154 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.03 | 2100 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Samoa | 0.03 | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 157 | New Caledonia | 0.01 | 2100 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Tonga | 0.01 | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Belgium | 0 | 2100 | β | flat |
| 159 | China | 0 | 2100 | β | flat |
| 159 | Germany | 0 | 2100 | β | flat |
| 159 | France | 0 | 2100 | β | flat |
| 159 | United Kingdom | 0 | 2100 | β | flat |
| 159 | Ireland | 0 | 2100 | β | flat |
| 159 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2100 | β | flat |
| 159 | Netherlands | 0 | 2100 | β | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
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About this data
Total population in thousands that has pre-primary education or incomplete primary education as the highest level of educational attainment. Projections are based on collected census and survey data for the base year (around 2010) and the Medium Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP2) projection model. The SSP2 is a middle-of-the-road scenario that combines medium fertility with medium mortality, medium migration, and the Global Education Trend (GET) education scenario. For more information and other projection models, consult the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital's website: http://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/dataexplorer/