Wittgenstein Projection: Population in thousands by highest level of educational attainment. Incomplete Primary. Total 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. Total is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 5,358 in India; the lowest is 0 in Netherlands.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.37, and the mean is 239.71.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 149 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 8.3%), and the largest decrease in Iran (down 54.3%).
Wittgenstein Projection: Population in thousands by highest level of e: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 5,358 | 2100 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 3,861 | 2100 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 3 | Madagascar | 3,839 | 2100 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 2,552 | 2100 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 5 | Niger | 2,550 | 2100 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 6 | Uganda | 2,529 | 2100 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 7 | Sudan | 1,672 | 2100 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 8 | Tanzania | 1,465 | 2100 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 1,427 | 2100 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 10 | Chad | 1,117 | 2100 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 11 | Mali | 1,059 | 2100 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 12 | Pakistan | 1,024 | 2100 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 13 | Mozambique | 920.71 | 2100 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 14 | Malawi | 674.75 | 2100 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 15 | Syria | 663.8 | 2100 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 627.98 | 2100 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Burundi | 616.76 | 2100 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 18 | Rwanda | 590 | 2100 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 19 | Guatemala | 578.95 | 2100 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 20 | Brazil | 578.66 | 2100 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Benin | 456.77 | 2100 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 22 | Vietnam | 364.42 | 2100 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Liberia | 339.03 | 2100 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 24 | Senegal | 337.61 | 2100 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | 310.52 | 2100 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Cambodia | 233 | 2100 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Philippines | 221.37 | 2100 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Nigeria | 218.4 | 2100 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Zambia | 217.25 | 2100 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Mexico | 217.06 | 2100 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Guinea | 179.35 | 2100 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 32 | Colombia | 175.09 | 2100 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 173.26 | 2100 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 34 | Morocco | 152.86 | 2100 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 35 | United States | 139.43 | 2100 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Indonesia | 133.12 | 2100 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Ghana | 111.06 | 2100 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 38 | Egypt | 104.36 | 2100 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Honduras | 101.44 | 2100 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Nicaragua | 92.56 | 2100 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Cameroon | 91.44 | 2100 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Venezuela | 91.25 | 2100 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Central African Republic | 85 | 2100 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Nepal | 77.08 | 2100 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Argentina | 76.48 | 2100 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Qatar | 72.04 | 2100 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 47 | Somalia | 61.63 | 2100 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 48 | Iraq | 61.52 | 2100 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Laos | 60.75 | 2100 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Haiti | 58.45 | 2100 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 51 | El Salvador | 54.11 | 2100 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Kenya | 51.58 | 2100 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Peru | 49.36 | 2100 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 54 | South Africa | 49.1 | 2100 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Iran | 42.34 | 2100 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Paraguay | 41.13 | 2100 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Ecuador | 38.39 | 2100 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Myanmar | 35.81 | 2100 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 34.81 | 2100 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Spain | 30.83 | 2100 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Thailand | 29 | 2100 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 27.85 | 2100 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Italy | 27.32 | 2100 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Russia | 26.12 | 2100 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Congo | 26 | 2100 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Saudi Arabia | 23.39 | 2100 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Turkey | 23.23 | 2100 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Bolivia | 20.97 | 2100 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Israel | 20.37 | 2100 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Malaysia | 20.32 | 2100 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Belize | 19.95 | 2100 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 72 | Japan | 19.59 | 2100 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Chile | 18.47 | 2100 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Australia | 17.8 | 2100 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Portugal | 15.32 | 2100 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Kuwait | 15.18 | 2100 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Lesotho | 15.09 | 2100 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Algeria | 13.74 | 2100 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Guinea-Bissau | 13.47 | 2100 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 80 | Gambia | 13.06 | 2100 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Costa Rica | 12.03 | 2100 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Cape Verde | 11.83 | 2100 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Canada | 11.82 | 2100 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Ukraine | 10.91 | 2100 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 10.21 | 2100 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Bhutan | 9.48 | 2100 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 87 | Mauritius | 8.78 | 2100 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Panama | 8.47 | 2100 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Switzerland | 7.99 | 2100 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 90 | Poland | 7.92 | 2100 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Zimbabwe | 7.1 | 2100 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Austria | 6.88 | 2100 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Namibia | 6.8 | 2100 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Denmark | 6.47 | 2100 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 95 | Sweden | 6.25 | 2100 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Jordan | 6.19 | 2100 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Finland | 5.84 | 2100 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Eswatini | 5.07 | 2100 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Gabon | 4.94 | 2100 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Palestine | 4.83 | 2100 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Comoros | 4.41 | 2100 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Hong Kong | 4.41 | 2100 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 4.29 | 2100 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Singapore | 4.13 | 2100 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Norway | 3.5 | 2100 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Vanuatu | 3.36 | 2100 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Uruguay | 3.18 | 2100 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.11 | 2100 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Serbia | 3.05 | 2100 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Cuba | 2.95 | 2100 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 111 | New Zealand | 2.82 | 2100 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 112 | South Korea | 2.79 | 2100 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Greece | 2.64 | 2100 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Bahrain | 2.56 | 2100 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.32 | 2100 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Mongolia | 2.25 | 2100 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Romania | 2.15 | 2100 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Turkmenistan | 2.1 | 2100 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Slovenia | 1.55 | 2100 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Hungary | 1.54 | 2100 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Jamaica | 1.42 | 2100 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Belarus | 1.34 | 2100 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Croatia | 1.31 | 2100 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Maldives | 1.31 | 2100 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Bulgaria | 1.19 | 2100 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 126 | East Timor | 1.13 | 2100 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.02 | 2100 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Lebanon | 0.91 | 2100 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 129 | North Macedonia | 0.86 | 2100 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Georgia | 0.83 | 2100 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Macao | 0.79 | 2100 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Moldova | 0.75 | 2100 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Suriname | 0.73 | 2100 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.71 | 2100 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Tajikistan | 0.68 | 2100 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Armenia | 0.66 | 2100 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Lithuania | 0.56 | 2100 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Puerto Rico | 0.52 | 2100 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Czechia | 0.48 | 2100 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 140 | Tunisia | 0.43 | 2100 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.41 | 2100 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Bahamas | 0.36 | 2100 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Cyprus | 0.35 | 2100 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Estonia | 0.28 | 2100 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Slovakia | 0.27 | 2100 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 146 | Iceland | 0.26 | 2100 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Latvia | 0.25 | 2100 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Albania | 0.22 | 2100 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Guyana | 0.22 | 2100 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Aruba | 0.09 | 2100 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Saint Lucia | 0.09 | 2100 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Malta | 0.08 | 2100 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 153 | French Polynesia | 0.07 | 2100 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Montenegro | 0.06 | 2100 | unchanged | volatile |
| 154 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.06 | 2100 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Samoa | 0.06 | 2100 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 157 | New Caledonia | 0.02 | 2100 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Tonga | 0.02 | 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/