Wittgenstein Projection: Population in thousands by highest level of educational attainment. Primary. Total by country

Total population in thousands that has completed primary education or incomplete lower secondary 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....

Countries reporting
166
Highest
69,995
India
Lowest
0.08
Slovakia
Median
157.73
Years covered
91
2010–2100
Data points
3,173

What the numbers show

Wittgenstein Projection: Population in thousands by highest level of educational attainment. Primary. Total is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 69,995 in India; the lowest is 0.08 in Slovakia.

The median across all reporting countries is 157.73, and the mean is 2,950.

Over the past decade 1 countries rose and 165 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 4.3%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 69.3%).

Wittgenstein Projection: Population in thousands by highest level of e: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 69,995 2100 down 26.5% falling
2 Tanzania 53,212 2100 down 6.6% rising
3 Ethiopia 39,401 2100 down 10.7% rising
4 Uganda 35,136 2100 down 5.8% rising
5 Niger 23,762 2100 up 4.3% volatile
6 Bangladesh 20,225 2100 down 18.2% falling
7 Madagascar 19,192 2100 down 1.9% rising
8 China 17,838 2100 down 33.3% volatile
9 Pakistan 16,309 2100 down 17.9% rising
10 Nigeria 9,542 2100 down 23.8% falling
11 Sudan 8,972 2100 down 16.8% rising
12 Burkina Faso 8,511 2100 down 2.1% volatile
13 Vietnam 8,496 2100 down 20.5% falling
14 Democratic Republic of Congo 8,248 2100 down 21.2% rising
15 Rwanda 7,124 2100 down 11.2% rising
16 Senegal 6,917 2100 down 7.8% rising
17 Mali 6,566 2100 down 3.5% volatile
18 Brazil 6,044 2100 down 30.1% falling
19 Burundi 5,982 2100 down 8.8% rising
20 Indonesia 5,852 2100 down 39.0% volatile
21 Chad 5,147 2100 down 4.5% rising
22 Mexico 4,930 2100 down 25.3% falling
23 Turkey 4,763 2100 down 32.5% falling
24 Myanmar 4,498 2100 down 23.2% falling
25 Cameroon 4,423 2100 down 22.9% falling
26 Syria 4,399 2100 down 16.8% rising
27 Zambia 4,397 2100 down 13.8% rising
28 Cote d'Ivoire 4,255 2100 down 17.3% rising
29 Iraq 4,132 2100 down 25.1% falling
30 Mozambique 4,033 2100 down 7.5% rising
31 Malawi 4,018 2100 down 13.2% rising
32 Benin 3,989 2100 down 9.6% rising
33 Guatemala 3,532 2100 down 14.3% rising
34 Cambodia 3,156 2100 down 16.3% rising
35 Somalia 2,823 2100 down 14.7% rising
36 Ghana 2,606 2100 down 16.3% rising
37 Philippines 2,454 2100 down 30.2% falling
38 Honduras 2,242 2100 down 17.1% rising
39 Venezuela 2,234 2100 down 24.5% falling
40 Morocco 2,115 2100 down 25.1% falling
41 Liberia 2,100 2100 down 5.5% volatile
42 Kenya 1,960 2100 down 23.0% falling
43 Guinea 1,854 2100 down 10.7% rising
44 Thailand 1,830 2100 down 37.3% falling
45 Colombia 1,824 2100 down 30.6% falling
46 Central African Republic 1,815 2100 down 16.3% rising
47 Argentina 1,732 2100 down 27.1% falling
48 Nepal 1,651 2100 down 28.9% falling
49 Iran 1,646 2100 down 36.2% falling
50 United Kingdom 1,585 2100 down 22.4% volatile
51 Sierra Leone 1,531 2100 down 11.4% rising
52 United States 1,416 2100 down 26.3% volatile
53 Congo 1,358 2100 down 19.4% rising
54 Laos 1,011 2100 down 18.3% flat
55 Paraguay 842.96 2100 down 22.8% falling
56 United Arab Emirates 827.01 2100 down 19.3% flat
57 Ecuador 757.48 2100 down 29.9% falling
58 Costa Rica 701.54 2100 down 24.0% falling
59 South Africa 700.73 2100 down 29.8% falling
60 Nicaragua 628.46 2100 down 20.3% falling
61 Haiti 580.02 2100 down 28.4% falling
62 Israel 542.7 2100 down 16.2% falling
63 Germany 515.29 2100 down 16.9% volatile
64 Egypt 460.08 2100 down 37.3% falling
65 France 422.6 2100 down 27.7% volatile
66 Spain 416.89 2100 down 31.3% volatile
67 Peru 377.24 2100 down 35.5% falling
68 Portugal 376.58 2100 down 26.0% falling
69 Qatar 365.52 2100 down 15.9% flat
70 Uruguay 324.73 2100 down 20.2% falling
71 Gabon 308.34 2100 down 22.2% falling
72 Bolivia 303.48 2100 down 31.2% falling
73 Gambia 293.53 2100 down 15.5% rising
74 Lesotho 288.76 2100 down 22.4% falling
75 Algeria 279.49 2100 down 39.0% volatile
76 Chile 259.7 2100 down 34.3% volatile
77 Saudi Arabia 251.08 2100 down 37.1% volatile
78 Dominican Republic 238.42 2100 down 25.8% falling
79 Comoros 221.79 2100 down 19.9% rising
80 Guinea-Bissau 218.8 2100 down 18.5% rising
81 Mauritius 196.63 2100 down 21.2% falling
82 El Salvador 185.23 2100 down 26.6% falling
83 Panama 157.83 2100 down 28.4% falling
84 Jordan 157.62 2100 down 28.6% falling
85 Kuwait 153.36 2100 down 17.5% rising
86 Japan 143.15 2100 down 19.8% volatile
87 Netherlands 124.96 2100 down 22.7% volatile
88 Zimbabwe 124.17 2100 down 27.6% volatile
89 Russia 116.56 2100 down 17.5% volatile
90 Belize 105.75 2100 down 12.5% rising
91 Italy 104.78 2100 down 36.8% volatile
92 Cape Verde 88.06 2100 down 15.0% rising
93 Namibia 76.32 2100 down 26.7% falling
94 Palestine 75.77 2100 down 37.2% falling
95 Lebanon 74.07 2100 down 35.1% volatile
96 South Korea 73.96 2100 down 10.9% volatile
97 Malaysia 69.82 2100 down 45.7% volatile
98 Vanuatu 66.59 2100 down 17.0% rising
99 Australia 66.09 2100 down 37.1% volatile
100 Bahrain 63.98 2100 down 23.2% falling
101 Equatorial Guinea 59.89 2100 down 24.8% falling
102 Sao Tome and Principe 58.5 2100 down 10.5% rising
103 East Timor 56.96 2100 down 22.4% falling
104 Jamaica 54.77 2100 down 21.2% falling
105 Sweden 53.78 2100 down 12.7% volatile
106 Eswatini 53.5 2100 down 25.0% falling
107 Maldives 51.87 2100 down 20.1% falling
108 Iceland 48.37 2100 down 12.6% falling
109 Cuba 42.84 2100 down 40.2% volatile
110 Azerbaijan 41.56 2100 down 27.4% volatile
111 Mongolia 40.36 2100 down 24.4% falling
112 Tajikistan 39.48 2100 down 24.9% volatile
113 Suriname 37.98 2100 down 21.0% falling
114 Tunisia 36.24 2100 down 38.9% volatile
115 Switzerland 35.93 2100 down 20.1% volatile
116 Kazakhstan 33.88 2100 down 20.9% volatile
117 Greece 32.85 2100 down 45.9% volatile
118 Austria 27.59 2100 down 21.3% volatile
119 Romania 26.55 2100 down 31.2% volatile
120 Trinidad and Tobago 26.43 2100 down 29.4% volatile
121 Bhutan 23.56 2100 down 19.2% rising
122 Hong Kong 19.68 2100 down 36.8% volatile
123 Lithuania 19.55 2100 down 4.9% volatile
124 Bahamas 18.6 2100 down 16.7% falling
125 Finland 14.22 2100 down 13.5% falling
126 Norway 13.99 2100 down 12.9% falling
127 Luxembourg 13.7 2100 down 23.6% falling
128 New Zealand 12.59 2100 down 36.3% volatile
129 Canada 11.75 2100 down 44.0% volatile
130 Ireland 10.71 2100 down 34.1% volatile
131 Belarus 10.26 2100 down 15.8% volatile
132 Saint Lucia 9.85 2100 down 28.7% falling
133 Guyana 9.63 2100 down 29.2% volatile
134 Samoa 9.27 2100 down 23.3% falling
135 Macao 8.82 2100 down 33.3% volatile
136 Albania 8.52 2100 down 33.7% volatile
137 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.1 2100 down 26.3% falling
138 Belgium 7 2100 down 45.1% volatile
139 Bulgaria 6.75 2100 down 34.5% volatile
140 Kyrgyzstan 6.42 2100 down 20.2% volatile
141 Estonia 6.21 2100 down 11.8% volatile
142 Turkmenistan 5.39 2100 down 15.4% volatile
143 Serbia 4.93 2100 down 45.4% volatile
144 Aruba 4.72 2100 down 26.2% falling
145 Puerto Rico 4.57 2100 down 43.9% volatile
146 North Macedonia 4.03 2100 down 40.4% volatile
147 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.31 2100 down 40.9% volatile
148 Latvia 2.51 2100 down 15.5% volatile
149 Armenia 2.26 2100 down 23.6% volatile
150 Georgia 1.77 2100 down 31.9% volatile
151 French Polynesia 1.52 2100 down 33.6% volatile
152 Tonga 1.41 2100 down 25.4% volatile
153 Moldova 1.31 2100 down 44.7% volatile
154 Hungary 1.12 2100 down 57.4% volatile
155 Croatia 1.07 2100 down 45.4% volatile
156 Slovenia 0.7 2100 down 34.0% volatile
157 Malta 0.68 2100 down 28.4% volatile
158 Singapore 0.66 2100 down 69.3% volatile
159 Cyprus 0.61 2100 down 56.7% volatile
160 Denmark 0.55 2100 down 36.8% volatile
161 Poland 0.33 2100 down 60.2% volatile
162 Czechia 0.31 2100 down 44.6% volatile
163 Ukraine 0.27 2100 down 59.1% volatile
164 Montenegro 0.26 2100 down 46.9% volatile
164 New Caledonia 0.26 2100 down 40.9% volatile
166 Slovakia 0.08 2100 down 52.9% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Wittgenstein Projection: Population in thousands by highest level of educational attainment. Primary. Total
Source
Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital: http://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/dataexplorer/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
167 places, 3,173 data points, 2010–2100
Last refreshed

Total population in thousands that has completed primary education or incomplete lower secondary 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/