Wittgenstein Projection: Population in thousands by highest level of educational attainment. Incomplete Primary. Male 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. Male is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 2,447 in India; the lowest is 0 in Netherlands.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.38, and the mean is 112.04.
Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 143 fell. The largest increase was in Sweden (up 8.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 53.6%).
Wittgenstein Projection: Population in thousands by highest level of e: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 2,447 | 2100 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Madagascar | 1,835 | 2100 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 1,731 | 2100 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 4 | Niger | 1,258 | 2100 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 5 | Uganda | 1,193 | 2100 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 1,147 | 2100 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 7 | Sudan | 803.23 | 2100 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 8 | Tanzania | 740.8 | 2100 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 692.92 | 2100 | down 28.5% | flat |
| 10 | Mali | 520.95 | 2100 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 11 | Chad | 517.74 | 2100 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 12 | Pakistan | 461.08 | 2100 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 13 | Mozambique | 420.97 | 2100 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 14 | Malawi | 303.72 | 2100 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 15 | Burundi | 301.59 | 2100 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 16 | Syria | 301.38 | 2100 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 297.04 | 2100 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Rwanda | 277.59 | 2100 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 19 | Brazil | 271.05 | 2100 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Guatemala | 239.44 | 2100 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 21 | Benin | 209.79 | 2100 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 22 | Vietnam | 174.87 | 2100 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Liberia | 166.26 | 2100 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 24 | Senegal | 161.42 | 2100 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | 142.58 | 2100 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 26 | Zambia | 108.45 | 2100 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 27 | Philippines | 105.78 | 2100 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Cambodia | 102.19 | 2100 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Nigeria | 95.34 | 2100 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Mexico | 91.87 | 2100 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Guinea | 89.47 | 2100 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 81.34 | 2100 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 33 | Colombia | 76.8 | 2100 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 34 | United States | 68.11 | 2100 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Morocco | 63.73 | 2100 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Indonesia | 62.07 | 2100 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Qatar | 53.96 | 2100 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 38 | Ghana | 52.06 | 2100 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 39 | Honduras | 47.67 | 2100 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Venezuela | 44.9 | 2100 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Egypt | 44.73 | 2100 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Cameroon | 43.33 | 2100 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Nicaragua | 41.59 | 2100 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Central African Republic | 40.5 | 2100 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Argentina | 32.22 | 2100 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Nepal | 31.19 | 2100 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Somalia | 29.22 | 2100 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 48 | Laos | 28.33 | 2100 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Iraq | 24.66 | 2100 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Haiti | 24.3 | 2100 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Kenya | 24.21 | 2100 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 52 | South Africa | 21.96 | 2100 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 53 | El Salvador | 19.99 | 2100 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Peru | 19.27 | 2100 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Paraguay | 18.06 | 2100 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 17.22 | 2100 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Ecuador | 17.06 | 2100 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 16.76 | 2100 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Myanmar | 16.57 | 2100 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Iran | 16.47 | 2100 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Spain | 15.14 | 2100 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Thailand | 14.04 | 2100 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Italy | 13.54 | 2100 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Congo | 12.96 | 2100 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Russia | 12.42 | 2100 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Saudi Arabia | 11.21 | 2100 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Turkey | 10.96 | 2100 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Malaysia | 10.05 | 2100 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Israel | 10.03 | 2100 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Japan | 9.3 | 2100 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Belize | 9.29 | 2100 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 72 | Australia | 8.92 | 2100 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Bolivia | 8.73 | 2100 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Kuwait | 8.56 | 2100 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Chile | 8.24 | 2100 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Portugal | 7.33 | 2100 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Lesotho | 7.21 | 2100 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Algeria | 6.15 | 2100 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.99 | 2100 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Cape Verde | 5.92 | 2100 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Canada | 5.84 | 2100 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 5.73 | 2100 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Gambia | 5.59 | 2100 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Ukraine | 5.16 | 2100 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 5.04 | 2100 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Bhutan | 4.67 | 2100 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Mauritius | 4.22 | 2100 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Switzerland | 3.98 | 2100 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 89 | Poland | 3.88 | 2100 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Panama | 3.61 | 2100 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Austria | 3.39 | 2100 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Zimbabwe | 3.29 | 2100 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Denmark | 3.19 | 2100 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 94 | Namibia | 3.13 | 2100 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Jordan | 3.11 | 2100 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Sweden | 2.97 | 2100 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Finland | 2.9 | 2100 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Gabon | 2.48 | 2100 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Eswatini | 2.45 | 2100 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Palestine | 2.36 | 2100 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Comoros | 2.17 | 2100 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 2.13 | 2100 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Singapore | 2.02 | 2100 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Hong Kong | 1.96 | 2100 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Norway | 1.69 | 2100 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Vanuatu | 1.57 | 2100 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Bahrain | 1.52 | 2100 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Uruguay | 1.52 | 2100 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Serbia | 1.5 | 2100 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Cuba | 1.44 | 2100 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.42 | 2100 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 112 | New Zealand | 1.4 | 2100 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 113 | South Korea | 1.35 | 2100 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Greece | 1.31 | 2100 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Mongolia | 1.08 | 2100 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Romania | 1.03 | 2100 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 2100 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Turkmenistan | 1 | 2100 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 119 | Slovenia | 0.76 | 2100 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Hungary | 0.74 | 2100 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Jamaica | 0.7 | 2100 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Croatia | 0.64 | 2100 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Belarus | 0.63 | 2100 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Bulgaria | 0.57 | 2100 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 125 | East Timor | 0.52 | 2100 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Maldives | 0.51 | 2100 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.49 | 2100 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Lebanon | 0.44 | 2100 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Georgia | 0.4 | 2100 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 129 | North Macedonia | 0.4 | 2100 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Macao | 0.38 | 2100 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Moldova | 0.37 | 2100 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.36 | 2100 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Suriname | 0.34 | 2100 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Armenia | 0.29 | 2100 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Lithuania | 0.27 | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 137 | Puerto Rico | 0.26 | 2100 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Tajikistan | 0.25 | 2100 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 139 | Czechia | 0.24 | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 140 | Tunisia | 0.21 | 2100 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.19 | 2100 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Bahamas | 0.18 | 2100 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Cyprus | 0.18 | 2100 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Iceland | 0.14 | 2100 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Estonia | 0.13 | 2100 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Slovakia | 0.13 | 2100 | unchanged | falling |
| 147 | Latvia | 0.12 | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 148 | Albania | 0.11 | 2100 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Guyana | 0.11 | 2100 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Aruba | 0.04 | 2100 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Saint Lucia | 0.04 | 2100 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Malta | 0.04 | 2100 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 150 | French Polynesia | 0.04 | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 154 | Montenegro | 0.03 | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 154 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.03 | 2100 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Samoa | 0.03 | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 157 | New Caledonia | 0.01 | 2100 | unchanged | 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/