Chapter M: Major infectious diseases (125)

Barbados
total population: 74.14 years
male: 71.88 years
female: 76.42 years (2010 est.)

Belarus
total population: 70.92 years
male: 65.26 years
female: 76.93 years (2010 est.)

Belgium
total population: 79.37 years
male: 76.21 years
female: 82.68 years (2010 est.)

Belize
total population: 68.23 years
male: 66.54 years
female: 70 years (2010 est.)

Benin
total population: 59.42 years
male: 58.21 years
female: 60.68 years (2010 est.)

Bermuda
total population: 80.6 years
male: 77.37 years
female: 83.88 years (2010 est.)

Bhutan
total population: 66.71 years
male: 65.89 years
female: 67.57 years (2010 est.)

Bolivia
total population: 67.23 years
male: 64.52 years
female: 70.07 years (2010 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
total population: 78.66 years
male: 75.09 years
female: 82.49 years (2010 est.)

Botswana
total population: 60.93 years
male: 61.11 years
female: 60.75 years (2010 est.)

Brazil
total population: 72.26 years
male: 68.7 years
female: 76 years (2010 est.)

British Virgin Islands
total population: 77.45 years
male: 76.18 years
female: 78.78 years (2010 est.)

Brunei
total population: 75.96 years
male: 73.72 years
female: 78.31 years (2010 est.)

Bulgaria
total population: 73.35 years
male: 69.74 years
female: 77.17 years (2010 est.)

Burkina Faso
total population: 53.32 years
male: 51.39 years
female: 55.31 years (2010 est.)

Burma
total population: 64.52 years
male: 62.23 years
female: 66.94 years (2010 est.)

Burundi
total population: 58.29 years
male: 56.65 years
female: 59.98 years (2010 est.)

Cambodia
total population: 62.28 years
male: 59.95 years
female: 64.72 years (2010 est.)

Cameroon
total population: 54.04 years
male: 53.21 years
female: 54.9 years (2010 est.)

Canada
total population: 81.29 years
male: 78.72 years
female: 84 years (2010 est.)

Cape Verde
total population: 70.41 years
male: 68.24 years
female: 72.64 years (2010 est.)

Cayman Islands
total population: 80.57 years
male: 77.91 years
female: 83.27 years (2010 est.)

Central African Republic
total population: 49.68 years
male: 48.45 years
female: 50.95 years (2010 est.)

Chad
total population: 47.99 years
male: 46.95 years
female: 49.07 years (2010 est.)

Chile
total population: 77.53 years
male: 74.26 years
female: 80.96 years (2010 est.)

China
total population: 74.51 years
male: 72.54 years
female: 76.77 years (2010 est.)

Christmas Island
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA

Colombia
total population: 74.31 years
male: 70.98 years
female: 77.84 years (2010 est.)

Comoros
total population: 63.83 years
male: 61.41 years
female: 66.32 years (2010 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
total population: 54.73 years
male: 52.93 years
female: 56.59 years (2010 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
total population: 54.54 years
male: 53.27 years
female: 55.84 years (2010 est.)

Cook Islands
total population: 74.47 years
male: 71.69 years
female: 77.38 years (2010 est.)

Costa Rica
total population: 77.54 years
male: 74.93 years
female: 80.28 years (2010 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
total population: 56.19 years
male: 55.27 years
female: 57.13 years (2010 est.)

Croatia
total population: 75.58 years
male: 71.95 years
female: 79.4 years (2010 est.)

Cuba
total population: 77.64 years
male: 75.36 years
female: 80.05 years (2010 est.)

Curacao
total: NA
males: 72.4 years
females: 80.1 years (2009)

Cyprus
total population: 77.66 years
male: 74.88 years
female: 80.57 years (2010 est.)

Czech Republic
total population: 77.01 years
male: 73.74 years
female: 80.48 years (2010 est.)

Denmark
total population: 78.47 years
male: 76.11 years
female: 80.97 years (2010 est.)

Djibouti
total population: 60.73 years
male: 58.31 years
female: 63.22 years (2010 est.)

Dominica
total population: 75.77 years
male: 72.82 years
female: 78.87 years (2010 est.)

Dominican Republic
total population: 77.15 years
male: 75.01 years
female: 79.38 years (2010 est.)

Ecuador
total population: 75.52 years
male: 72.58 years
female: 78.6 years (2010 est.)

Egypt
total population: 72.4 years
male: 69.82 years
female: 75.1 years (2010 est.)

El Salvador
total population: 73.18 years
male: 69.91 years
female: 76.62 years (2010 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
total population: 61.98 years
male: 61.05 years
female: 62.94 years (2010 est.)

Eritrea
total population: 62.15 years
male: 60.06 years
female: 64.3 years (2010 est.)

Estonia
total population: 73.08 years
male: 67.74 years
female: 78.76 years (2010 est.)

Ethiopia
total population: 55.8 years
male: 53.28 years
female: 58.39 years (2010 est.)

European Union
total population: 78.82 years
male: 75.7 years
female: 82.13 years (2010 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA

Faroe Islands
total population: 79.58 years
male: 77.13 years
female: 82.21 years (2010 est.)

Fiji
total population: 71.03 years
male: 68.46 years
female: 73.73 years (2010 est.)

Finland
total population: 79.13 years
male: 75.64 years
female: 82.76 years (2010 est.)

France
total population: 81.09 years
male: 77.91 years
female: 84.44 years (2010 est.)

French Polynesia
total population: 76.91 years
male: 74.44 years
female: 79.5 years (2010 est.)

Gabon
total population: 52.75 years
male: 51.96 years
female: 53.58 years (2010 est.)

Gambia, The
total population: 54.07 years
male: 52.32 years
female: 55.86 years (2010 est.)

Gaza Strip
total population: 73.68 years
male: 72.05 years
female: 75.4 years (2010 est.)

Georgia
total population: 76.93 years
male: 73.61 years
female: 80.64 years (2010 est.)

Germany
total population: 79.41 years
male: 76.41 years
female: 82.57 years (2010 est.)

Ghana
total population: 60.55 years
male: 59.36 years
female: 61.78 years (2010 est.)

Gibraltar
total population: 78.53 years
male: 75.69 years
female: 81.56 years (2010 est.)

Greece
total population: 79.8 years
male: 77.24 years
female: 82.52 years (2010 est.)

Greenland
total population: 70.67 years
male: 68.05 years
female: 73.43 years (2010 est.)

Grenada
total population: 72.79 years
male: 70.27 years
female: 75.55 years (2010 est.)

Guam
total population: 78.18 years
male: 75.14 years
female: 81.41 years (2010 est.)

Guatemala
total population: 70.59 years
male: 68.76 years
female: 72.51 years (2010 est.)

Guernsey
total population: 82.08 years
male: 79.43 years
female: 84.87 years (2010 est.)

Guinea
total population: 57.6 years
male: 56.13 years
female: 59.12 years (2010 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
total population: 48.3 years
male: 46.44 years
female: 50.22 years (2010 est.)

Guyana
total population: 66.74 years
male: 62.93 years
female: 70.74 years (2010 est.)

Haiti
total population: 62.17 years
male: 60.84 years
female: 63.53 years
note: the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those
of 2010, which were strongly influenced by the demographic effect of
the January 2010 earthquake; the latest figures more closely
correspond to those of 2009 (2011 est.)

Honduras
total population: 70.51 years
male: 68.82 years
female: 72.28 years (2010 est.)

Hong Kong
total population: 81.96 years
male: 79.24 years
female: 84.88 years (2010 est.)

Hungary
total population: 74.57 years
male: 70.8 years
female: 78.55 years (2010 est.)

Iceland
total population: 80.79 years
male: 78.63 years
female: 83.04 years (2010 est.)

India
total population: 66.46 years
male: 65.46 years
female: 67.57 years (2010 est.)

Indonesia
total population: 71.05 years
male: 68.53 years
female: 73.69 years (2010 est.)

Iran
total population: 69.77 years
male: 68.32 years
female: 71.29 years (2010 est.)

Iraq
total population: 70.25 years
male: 68.88 years
female: 71.69 years (2010 est.)

Ireland
total population: 80.07 years
male: 77.86 years
female: 82.41 years (2010 est.)

Isle of Man
total population: 80.53 years
male: 79.01 years
female: 82.18 years (2010 est.)

Israel
total population: 80.86 years
male: 78.7 years
female: 83.12 years (2010 est.)

Italy
total population: 80.33 years
male: 77.39 years
female: 83.46 years (2010 est.)

Jamaica
total population: 73.48 years
male: 71.8 years
female: 75.25 years (2010 est.)

Japan
total population: 82.17 years
male: 78.87 years
female: 85.66 years (2010 est.)

Jersey
total population: 81.28 years
male: 78.88 years
female: 83.83 years (2010 est.)

Jordan
total population: 79.92 years
male: 78.64 years
female: 81.28 years (2010 est.)

Kazakhstan
total population: 68.19 years
male: 62.91 years
female: 73.78 years (2010 est.)

Kenya
total population: 58.82 years
male: 58.33 years
female: 59.32 years (2010 est.)

Kiribati
total population: 64.03 years
male: 61.68 years
female: 66.49 years (2010 est.)

Korea, North
total population: 64.13 years
male: 61.53 years
female: 66.89 years (2010 est.)

Korea, South
total population: 78.81 years
male: 75.56 years
female: 82.28 years (2010 est.)

Kuwait
total population: 77.89 years
male: 76.64 years
female: 79.18 years (2010 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
total population: 69.74 years
male: 65.74 years
female: 73.94 years (2010 est.)

Laos
total population: 62 years
male: 60.14 years
female: 63.94 years (2010 est.)

Latvia
total population: 72.42 years
male: 67.27 years
female: 77.84 years (2010 est.)

Lebanon
total population: 74.79 years
male: 73.28 years
female: 76.36 years (2010 est.)

Lesotho
total population: 50.67 years
male: 50.58 years
female: 50.76 years (2010 est.)

Liberia
total population: 56.58 years
male: 55.05 years
female: 58.14 years (2010 est.)

Libya
total population: 77.47 years
male: 75.18 years
female: 79.88 years (2010 est.)

Liechtenstein
total population: 80.19 years
male: 76.73 years
female: 83.66 years (2010 est.)

Lithuania
total population: 75.12 years
male: 70.23 years
female: 80.29 years (2010 est.)

Luxembourg
total population: 79.48 years
male: 76.22 years
female: 82.95 years (2010 est.)

Macau
total population: 84.38 years
male: 81.42 years
female: 87.49 years (2010 est.)

Macedonia
total population: 74.92 years
male: 72.4 years
female: 77.64 years (2010 est.)

Madagascar
total population: 63.26 years
male: 61.27 years
female: 65.3 years (2010 est.)

Malawi
total population: 50.92 years
male: 50.22 years
female: 51.64 years (2010 est.)

Malaysia
total population: 73.55 years
male: 70.81 years
female: 76.48 years (2010 est.)

Maldives
total population: 74.21 years
male: 72 years
female: 76.54 years (2010 est.)

Mali
total population: 52.17 years
male: 50.59 years
female: 53.8 years (2010 est.)

Malta
total population: 79.59 years
male: 77.34 years
female: 81.97 years (2010 est.)

Marshall Islands
total population: 71.48 years
male: 69.41 years
female: 73.65 years (2010 est.)

Mauritania
total population: 60.75 years
male: 58.57 years
female: 62.99 years (2010 est.)

Mauritius
total population: 74.25 years
male: 70.77 years
female: 77.89 years (2010 est.)

Mayotte
total population: 63.28 years
male: 60.99 years
female: 65.63 years (2010 est.)

Mexico
total population: 76.26 years
male: 73.45 years
female: 79.22 years (2010 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of
total population: 71.23 years
male: 69.32 years
female: 73.24 years (2010 est.)

Moldova
total population: 71.09 years
male: 67.39 years
female: 75 years (2010 est.)

Monaco
total population: 89.78 years
male: 85.81 years
female: 93.9 years (2010 est.)

Mongolia
total population: 67.98 years
male: 65.54 years
female: 70.54 years (2010 est.)

Montserrat
total population: 72.91 years
male: 74.82 years
female: 70.91 years (2010 est.)

Morocco
total population: 75.69 years
male: 72.63 years
female: 78.9 years (2010 est.)

Mozambique
total population: 41.37 years
male: 42.05 years
female: 40.68 years (2010 est.)

Namibia
total population: 51.95 years
male: 52.25 years
female: 51.64 years (2010 est.)

Nauru
total population: 64.99 years
male: 60.93 years
female: 68.39 years (2010 est.)

Nepal
total population: 65.81 years
male: 64.62 years
female: 67.05 years (2010 est.)

Netherlands
total population: 79.55 years
male: 76.94 years
female: 82.3 years (2010 est.)

New Caledonia
total population: 76.56 years
male: 72.46 years
female: 80.86 years (2010 est.)

New Zealand
total population: 80.48 years
male: 78.52 years
female: 82.53 years (2010 est.)

Nicaragua
total population: 71.78 years
male: 69.61 years
female: 74.05 years (2010 est.)

Niger
total population: 52.99 years
male: 51.75 years
female: 54.26 years (2010 est.)

Nigeria
total population: 47.24 years
male: 46.46 years
female: 48.08 years (2010 est.)

Niue
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA

Norfolk Island
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA

Northern Mariana Islands
total population: 76.9 years
male: 74.27 years
female: 79.68 years (2010 est.)

Norway
total population: 80.08 years
male: 77.42 years
female: 82.89 years (2010 est.)

Oman
total population: 73.97 years
male: 72.15 years
female: 75.88 years (2010 est.)

Pakistan
total population: 65.63 years
male: 63.84 years
female: 67.5 years (2010 est.)

Palau
total population: 71.51 years
male: 68.36 years
female: 74.84 years (2010 est.)

Panama
total population: 77.61 years
male: 74.85 years
female: 80.5 years (2010 est.)

Papua New Guinea
total population: 65.99 years
male: 63.78 years
female: 68.31 years (2010 est.)

Paraguay
total population: 75.99 years
male: 73.39 years
female: 78.71 years (2010 est.)

Peru
total population: 71.03 years
male: 69.14 years
female: 73 years (2010 est.)

Philippines
total population: 71.38 years
male: 68.45 years
female: 74.45 years (2010 est.)

Pitcairn Islands
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA

Poland
total population: 75.85 years
male: 71.88 years
female: 80.06 years (2010 est.)

Portugal
total population: 78.38 years
male: 75.12 years
female: 81.86 years (2010 est.)

Puerto Rico
total population: 78.77 years
male: 75.15 years
female: 82.57 years (2010 est.)

Qatar
total population: 75.51 years
male: 73.78 years
female: 77.33 years (2010 est.)

Romania
total population: 73.74 years
male: 70.26 years
female: 77.42 years (2010 est.)

Russia
total population: 66.16 years
male: 59.54 years
female: 73.17 years (2010 est.)

Rwanda
total population: 57.46 years
male: 56.06 years
female: 58.91 years (2010 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
total population: 78.6
years
male: 75.68 years
female: 81.67 years (2010 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
total population: 74.37 years
male: 72.03 years
female: 76.75 years (2010 est.)

Saint Lucia
total population: 76.65 years
male: 73.97 years
female: 79.48 years (2010 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
total population: 79.74 years
male: 77.49 years
female: 82.12 years (2010 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
total population: 73.9 years
male: 72.04 years
female: 75.82 years (2010 est.)

Samoa
total population: 72.13 years
male: 69.28 years
female: 75.13 years (2010 est.)

San Marino
total population: 82.95 years
male: 80.45 years
female: 85.68 years (2010 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe
total population: 62.73 years
male: 61.58 years
female: 63.91 years (2010 est.)

Saudi Arabia
total population: 73.87 years
male: 71.93 years
female: 75.9 years (2010 est.)

Senegal
total population: 59.38 years
male: 57.48 years
female: 61.34 years (2010 est.)

Serbia
total population: 74.09 years
male: 71.26 years
female: 77.1 years (2010 est.)

Seychelles
total population: 73.28 years
male: 68.6 years
female: 78.09 years (2010 est.)

Sierra Leone
total population: 55.69 years
male: 53.27 years
female: 58.18 years (2010 est.)

Singapore
total population: 82.06 years
male: 79.45 years
female: 84.87 years (2010 est.)

Sint Maarten
total population: NA
male: 73.1 years
female: 78.2 years (2009)

Slovakia
total population: 75.62 years
male: 71.7 years
female: 79.74 years (2010 est.)

Slovenia
total population: 77.12 years
male: 73.45 years
female: 81.03 years (2010 est.)

Solomon Islands
total population: 73.94 years
male: 71.37 years
female: 76.63 years (2010 est.)

Somalia
total population: 50 years
male: 48.12 years
female: 51.94 years (2010 est.)

South Africa
total population: 49.2 years
male: 50.08 years
female: 48.29 years (2010 est.)

Spain
total population: 81.07 years
male: 78.06 years
female: 84.27 years (2010 est.)

Sri Lanka
total population: 75.3 years
male: 73.22 years
female: 77.47 years (2010 est.)

Sudan
total population: 54.21 years
male: 53.04 years
female: 55.44 years (2010 est.)

Suriname
total population: 73.98 years
male: 71.24 years
female: 76.91 years (2010 est.)

Svalbard
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA

Swaziland
total population: 47.97 years
male: 48.14 years
female: 47.8 years (2010 est.)

Sweden
total population: 80.97 years
male: 78.69 years
female: 83.4 years (2010 est.)

Switzerland
total population: 80.97 years
male: 78.14 years
female: 83.95 years (2010 est.)

Syria
total population: 74.46 years
male: 72.1 years
female: 76.96 years (2010 est.)

Taiwan
total population: 78.15 years
male: 75.34 years
female: 81.2 years (2010 est.)

Tajikistan
total population: 65.68 years
male: 62.63 years
female: 68.88 years (2010 est.)

Tanzania
total population: 52.49 years
male: 50.99 years
female: 54.03 years (2010 est.)

Thailand
total population: 75.02 years
male: 72.94 years
female: 77.21 years (2010 est.)

Timor-Leste
total population: 67.61 years
male: 65.23 years
female: 70.11 years (2010 est.)

Togo
total population: 62.25 years
male: 59.74 years
female: 64.83 years (2010 est.)

Tokelau
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA

Tonga
total population: 71.03 years
male: 68.46 years
female: 73.73 years (2010 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
total population: 71.09 years
male: 68.23 years
female: 74.02 years (2010 est.)

Tunisia
total population: 75.99 years
male: 74.17 years
female: 77.94 years (2010 est.)

Turkey
total population: 72.23 years
male: 70.37 years
female: 74.19 years (2010 est.)

Turkmenistan
total population: 68.2 years
male: 65.25 years
female: 71.29 years (2010 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
total population: 75.64 years
male: 73.32 years
female: 78.07 years (2010 est.)

Tuvalu
total population: 64.39 years
male: 62.36 years
female: 66.51 years (2010 est.)

Uganda
total population: 52.98 years
male: 51.92 years
female: 54.07 years (2010 est.)

Ukraine
total population: 68.46 years
male: 62.56 years
female: 74.74 years (2010 est.)

United Arab Emirates
total population: 76.32 years
male: 73.75 years
female: 79.01 years (2010 est.)

United Kingdom
total population: 79.92 years
male: 77.84 years
female: 82.11 years (2010 est.)

United States
total population: 78.24 years
male: 75.78 years
female: 80.81 years (2010 est.)

Uruguay
total population: 76.55 years
male: 73.3 years
female: 79.92 years (2010 est.)

Uzbekistan
total population: 72.24 years
male: 69.22 years
female: 75.44 years (2010 est.)

Vanuatu
total population: 64.33 years
male: 62.7 years
female: 66.04 years (2010 est.)

Venezuela
total population: 73.77 years
male: 70.69 years
female: 77 years (2010 est.)

Vietnam
total population: 71.94 years
male: 69.48 years
female: 74.69 years (2010 est.)

Virgin Islands
total population: 79.19 years
male: 76.14 years
female: 82.41 years (2010 est.)

Wallis and Futuna
total population: 78.83 years
male: 75.85 years
female: 81.96 years (2010 est.)

West Bank
total population: 74.78 years
male: 72.76 years
female: 76.92 years (2010 est.)

Western Sahara
total population: 60.74 years
male: 58.57 years
female: 62.99 years (2010 est.)

World
total population: 66.12 years
male: 64.29 years
female: 68.07 years (2009 est.)

Yemen
total population: 63.36 years
male: 61.35 years
female: 65.47 years (2010 est.)

Zambia
total population: 52.03 years
male: 50.81 years
female: 53.28 years (2010 est.)

Zimbabwe
total population: 47.55 years
male: 47.98 years
female: 47.11 years (2010 est.)

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Field Listing :: Literacy

This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau
percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are
no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise
specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the
ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the
standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to
read and write is beyond the scope of the Factbook. Information on
literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is
probably the most easily available and valid for international
comparisons. Low levels of literacy, and education in general, can
impede the economic development of a country in the current rapidly
changing, technology-driven world.
Country

Literacy(%)

Afghanistan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 28.1%
male: 43.1%
female: 12.6% (2000 est.)

Albania
definition: age 9 and over can read and write
total population: 98.7%
male: 99.2%
female: 98.3% (2001 census)

Algeria
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 69.9%
male: 79.6%
female: 60.1% (2002 est.)

American Samoa
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 98%
female: 97% (1980 est.)

Andorra
definition: NA
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100%

Angola
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 67.4%
male: 82.9%
female: 54.2% (2001 est.)

Anguilla
definition: age 12 and over can read and write
total population: 95%
male: 95%
female: 95% (1984 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
definition: age 15 and over has completed five
or more years of schooling
total population: 85.8%
male: NA
female: NA (2003 est.)

Argentina
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.2%
male: 97.2%
female: 97.2% (2001 census)

Armenia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.4%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.2% (2001 census)

Aruba
definition: NA
total population: 97.3%
male: 97.5%
female: 97.1% (2000 census)

Australia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Austria
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: NA
female: NA

Azerbaijan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.8%
male: 99.5%
female: 98.2% (1999 census)

Bahamas, The
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.6%
male: 94.7%
female: 96.5% (2003 est.)

Bahrain
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.5%
male: 88.6%
female: 83.6% (2001 census)

Bangladesh
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 47.9%
male: 54%
female: 41.4% (2001 Census)

Barbados
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.7% (2002 est.)

Belarus
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.4% (1999 census)

Belgium
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Belize
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 76.9%
male: 76.7%
female: 77.1% (2000 census)

Benin
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 34.7%
male: 47.9%
female: 23.3% (2002 census)

Bermuda
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 99% (2005 est.)

Bhutan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 47%
male: 60%
female: 34% (2003 est.)

Bolivia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.7%
male: 93.1%
female: 80.7% (2001 census)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.7%
male: 99%
female: 94.4% (2000 est.)

Botswana
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 81.2%
male: 80.4%
female: 81.8% (2003 est.)

Brazil
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.6%
male: 88.4%
female: 88.8% (2004 est.)

British Virgin Islands
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.8% (1991 est.)
male: NA
female: NA

Brunei
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.7%
male: 95.2%
female: 90.2% (2001 census)

Bulgaria
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.2%
male: 98.7%
female: 97.7% (2001 census)

Burkina Faso
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 21.8%
male: 29.4%
female: 15.2% (2003 est.)

Burma
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89.9%
male: 93.9%
female: 86.4% (2006 est.)

Burundi
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 59.3%
male: 67.3%
female: 52.2% (2000 est.)

Cambodia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 73.6%
male: 84.7%
female: 64.1% (2004 est.)

Cameroon
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 67.9%
male: 77%
female: 59.8% (2001 est.)

Canada
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Cape Verde
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 76.6%
male: 85.8%
female: 69.2% (2003 est.)

Cayman Islands
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 98% (1970 est.)

Central African Republic
definition: age 15 and over can read and
write
total population: 48.6%
male: 64.8%
female: 33.5% (2000 est.)

Chad
definition: age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic
total population: 25.7%
male: 40.8%
female: 12.8% (2000 est.)

Chile
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 95.7%
male: 95.8%
female: 95.6% (2002 census)

China
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.6%
male: 95.7%
female: 87.6% (2007)

Christmas Island
NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
NA

Colombia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.4%
male: 90.1%
female: 90.7% (2005 census)

Comoros
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 56.5%
male: 63.6%
female: 49.3% (2003 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
definition: age 15 and over can
read and write French, Lingala, Kingwana, or Tshiluba
total population: 67.2%
male: 80.9%
female: 54.1% (2001 est.)

Congo, Republic of the
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 83.8%
male: 89.6%
female: 78.4% (2003 est.)

Cook Islands
definition: NA
total population: 95%
male: NA
female: NA

Costa Rica
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.9%
male: 94.7%
female: 95.1% (2000 census)

Cote d'Ivoire
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 48.7%
male: 60.8%
female: 38.6% (2000 est.)

Croatia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.1%
male: 99.3%
female: 97.1% (2001 census)

Cuba
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2002 census)

Cyprus
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.6%
male: 98.9%
female: 96.3% (2001 census)

Czech Republic
definition: NA
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Denmark
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Djibouti
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 67.9%
male: 78%
female: 58.4% (2003 est.)

Dominica
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 94%
male: 94%
female: 94% (2003 est.)

Dominican Republic
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87%
male: 86.8%
female: 87.2% (2002 census)

Ecuador
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91%
male: 92.3%
female: 89.7% (2001 census)

Egypt
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 71.4%
male: 83%
female: 59.4% (2005 est.)

El Salvador
definition: age 5 and over can read and write
total population: 81.1%
male: 82.8%
female: 79.6% (2007 census)

Equatorial Guinea
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87%
male: 93.4%
female: 80.5% (2000 est.)

Eritrea
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 58.6%
male: 69.9%
female: 47.6% (2003 est.)

Estonia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.8% (2000 census)

Ethiopia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 42.7%
male: 50.3%
female: 35.1% (2003 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
NA

Faroe Islands
NA; note - probably 99%, the same as Denmark proper

Fiji
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.7%
male: 95.5%
female: 91.9% (2003 est.)

Finland
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2000 est.)

France
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

French Polynesia
definition: age 14 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 98%
female: 98% (1977 est.)

Gabon
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 63.2%
male: 73.7%
female: 53.3% (1995 est.)

Gambia, The
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 40.1%
male: 47.8%
female: 32.8% (2003 est.)

Gaza Strip
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.4%
male: 96.7%
female: 88% (2004 est.)

Georgia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2004 est.)

Germany
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Ghana
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.9%
male: 66.4%
female: 49.8% (2000 census)

Gibraltar
definition: NA
total population: above 80%
male: NA
female: NA

Greece
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96%
male: 97.8%
female: 94.2% (2001 census)

Greenland
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2001 est.)

Grenada
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96%
male: NA
female: NA (2003 est.)

Guam
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (1990 est.)

Guatemala
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 69.1%
male: 75.4%
female: 63.3% (2002 census)

Guernsey
NA

Guinea
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 29.5%
male: 42.6%
female: 18.1% (2003 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 42.4%
male: 58.1%
female: 27.4% (2003 est.)

Guyana
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 91.8%
male: 92%
female: 91.6% (2002 Census)

Haiti
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 52.9%
male: 54.8%
female: 51.2% (2003 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)
definition: NA
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100%

Honduras
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 80%
male: 79.8%
female: 80.2% (2001 census)

Hong Kong
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 93.5%
male: 96.9%
female: 89.6% (2002)

Hungary
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.4%
male: 99.5%
female: 99.3% (2003 est.)

Iceland
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

India
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61%
male: 73.4%
female: 47.8% (2001 census)

Indonesia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.4%
male: 94%
female: 86.8% (2004 est.)

Iran
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 77%
male: 83.5%
female: 70.4% (2002 est.)

Iraq
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 74.1%
male: 84.1%
female: 64.2% (2000 est.)

Ireland
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Isle of Man
NA

Israel
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.1%
male: 98.5%
female: 95.9% (2004 est.)

Italy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.4%
male: 98.8%
female: 98% (2001 census)

Jamaica
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 87.9%
male: 84.1%
female: 91.6% (2003 est.)

Japan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2002)

Jersey
NA

Jordan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89.9%
male: 95.1%
female: 84.7% (2003 est.)

Kazakhstan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.5%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.3% (1999 est.)

Kenya
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 85.1%
male: 90.6%
female: 79.7% (2003 est.)

Kiribati
NA

Korea, North
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99%

Korea, South
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 99.2%
female: 96.6% (2002)

Kosovo
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.9%
male: 96.6%
female: 87.5% (2007 Census)

Kuwait
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.3%
male: 94.4%
female: 91% (2005 census)

Kyrgyzstan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.7%
male: 99.3%
female: 98.1% (1999 census)

Laos
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 73%
male: 83%
female: 63% (2005 Census)

Latvia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2000 census)

Lebanon
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: 93.1%
female: 82.2% (2003 est.)

Lesotho
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.8%
male: 74.5%
female: 94.5% (2003 est.)

Liberia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.5%
male: 73.3%
female: 41.6% (2003 est.)

Libya
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 82.6%
male: 92.4%
female: 72% (2003 est.)

Liechtenstein
definition: age 10 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100%

Lithuania
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.6%
female: 99.6% (2001 census)

Luxembourg
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2000 est.)

Macau
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.3%
male: 95.3%
female: 87.8% (2001 census)

Macedonia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.1%
male: 98.2%
female: 94.1% (2002 census)

Madagascar
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 68.9%
male: 75.5%
female: 62.5% (2003 est.)

Malawi
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 62.7%
male: 76.1%
female: 49.8% (2003 est.)

Malaysia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 88.7%
male: 92%
female: 85.4% (2000 census)

Maldives
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.8%
male: 93%
female: 94.7% (2006 Census)

Mali
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 46.4%
male: 53.5%
female: 39.6% (2003 est.)

Malta
definition: age 10 and over can read and write
total population: 92.8%
male: 91.7%
female: 93.9% (2005 Census)

Marshall Islands
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.7%
male: 93.6%
female: 93.7% (1999)

Mauritania
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 51.2%
male: 59.5%
female: 43.4% (2000 census)

Mauritius
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.4%
male: 88.4%
female: 80.5% (2000 census)

Mayotte
86%

Mexico
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.1%
male: 86.9%
female: 85.3% (2005 Census)

Micronesia, Federated States of
definition: age 15 and over can read
and write
total population: 89%
male: 91%
female: 88% (1980 est.)

Moldova
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.1%
male: 99.7%
female: 98.6% (2005 est.)

Monaco
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Mongolia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.8%
male: 98%
female: 97.5% (2000 census)

Montserrat
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 97% (1970 est.)

Morocco
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 52.3%
male: 65.7%
female: 39.6% (2004 census)

Mozambique
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 47.8%
male: 63.5%
female: 32.7% (2003 est.)

Namibia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 85%
male: 86.8%
female: 83.5% (2001 census)

Nauru
NA

Nepal
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 48.6%
male: 62.7%
female: 34.9% (2001 census)

Netherlands
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

New Caledonia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.2%
male: 96.8%
female: 95.5% (1996 census)

New Zealand
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Nicaragua
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 67.5%
male: 67.2%
female: 67.8% (2003 est.)

Niger
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 28.7%
male: 42.9%
female: 15.1% (2005 est.)

Nigeria
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 68%
male: 75.7%
female: 60.6% (2003 est.)

Niue
definition: NA
total population: 95%
male: NA
female: NA

Norfolk Island
NA

Northern Mariana Islands
definition: age 15 and over can read and
write
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 96% (1980 est.)

Norway
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100%

Oman
definition: NA
total population: 81.4%
male: 86.8%
female: 73.5% (2003 census)

Pakistan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 49.9%
male: 63%
female: 36% (2005 est.)

Palau
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92%
male: 93%
female: 90% (1980 est.)

Panama
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.9%
male: 92.5%
female: 91.2% (2000 census)

Papua New Guinea
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.3%
male: 63.4%
female: 50.9% (2000 census)

Paraguay
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94%
male: 94.9%
female: 93% (2003 est.)

Peru
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.9%
male: 96.4%
female: 89.4% (2007 Census)

Philippines
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.6%
male: 92.5%
female: 92.7% (2000 census)

Pitcairn Islands
NA

Poland
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.8%
male: 99.8%
female: 99.7% (2003 est.)

Portugal
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.3%
male: 95.5%
female: 91.3% (2003 est.)

Puerto Rico
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.1%
male: 93.9%
female: 94.4% (2002 est.)

Qatar
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89%
male: 89.1%
female: 88.6% (2004 census)

Romania
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.3%
male: 98.4%
female: 96.3% (2002 census)

Russia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.4%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.2% (2002 census)

Rwanda
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 70.4%
male: 76.3%
female: 64.7% (2003 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
definition: age 20 and
over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 98% (1987 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended
school
total population: 97.8%
male: NA
female: NA (2003 est.)

Saint Lucia
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 90.1%
male: 89.5%
female: 90.6% (2001 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon
definition: age 15 and over can read and
write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (1982 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
definition: age 15 and over has
ever attended school
total population: 96%
male: 96%
female: 96% (1970 est.)

Samoa
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.6%
female: 99.7% (2003 est.)

San Marino
definition: age 10 and over can read and write
total population: 96%
male: 97%
female: 95%

Sao Tome and Principe
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.9%
male: 92.2%
female: 77.9% (2001 census)

Saudi Arabia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 78.8%
male: 84.7%
female: 70.8% (2003 est.)

Senegal
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 39.3%
male: 51.1%
female: 29.2% (2002 est.)

Serbia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.4%
male: 98.9%
female: 94.1% (2003 census)
note: includes Montenegro

Seychelles
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.8%
male: 91.4%
female: 92.3% (2002 census)

Sierra Leone
definition: age 15 and over can read and write English,
Mende, Temne, or Arabic
total population: 35.1%
male: 46.9%
female: 24.4% (2004 est.)

Singapore
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.5%
male: 96.6%
female: 88.6% (2000 census)

Slovakia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.6% (2004)

Slovenia
definition: NA
total population: 99.7%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.6%

Solomon Islands
NA

Somalia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 37.8%
male: 49.7%
female: 25.8% (2001 est.)

South Africa
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86.4%
male: 87%
female: 85.7% (2003 est.)

Spain
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 98.7%
female: 97.2% (2003 est.)

Sri Lanka
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.7%
male: 92.3%
female: 89.1% (2001 census)

Sudan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61.1%
male: 71.8%
female: 50.5% (2003 est.)

Suriname
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 89.6%
male: 92%
female: 87.2% (2004 census)

Svalbard
NA

Swaziland
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 81.6%
male: 82.6%
female: 80.8% (2003 est.)

Sweden
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Switzerland
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Syria
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 79.6%
male: 86%
female: 73.6% (2004 census)

Taiwan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.1%
male: NA
female: NA (2003)

Tajikistan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.5%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.2% (2000 census)

Tanzania
definition: age 15 and over can read and write Kiswahili
(Swahili), English, or Arabic
total population: 69.4%
male: 77.5%
female: 62.2% (2002 census)

Thailand
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.6%
male: 94.9%
female: 90.5% (2000 census)

Timor-Leste
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 58.6%
male: NA
female: NA (2002)

Togo
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 60.9%
male: 75.4%
female: 46.9% (2003 est.)

Tokelau
NA

Tonga
definition: can read and write Tongan and/or English
total population: 98.9%
male: 98.8%
female: 99% (1999 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.6%
male: 99.1%
female: 98% (2003 est.)

Tunisia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 74.3%
male: 83.4%
female: 65.3% (2004 census)

Turkey
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87.4%
male: 95.3%
female: 79.6% (2004 est.)

Turkmenistan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.8%
male: 99.3%
female: 98.3% (1999 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands
definition: age 15 and over has ever
attended school
total population: 98%
male: 99%
female: 98% (1970 est.)

Tuvalu
NA

Uganda
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 66.8%
male: 76.8%
female: 57.7% (2002 census)

Ukraine
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.4%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.2% (2001 census)

United Arab Emirates
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 77.9%
male: 76.1%
female: 81.7% (2003 est.)

United Kingdom
definition: age 15 and over has completed five or
more years of schooling
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

United States
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Uruguay
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: 97.6%
female: 98.4% (2003 est.)

Uzbekistan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.3%
male: 99.6%
female: 99% (2003 est.)

Vanuatu
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 74%
male: NA
female: NA (1999 census)

Venezuela
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93%
male: 93.3%
female: 92.7% (2001 census)

Vietnam
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.3%
male: 93.9%
female: 86.9% (2002 est.)

Virgin Islands
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90-95% est.
male: NA
female: NA (2005 est.)

Wallis and Futuna
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 50%
male: 50%
female: 50% (1969 est.)

West Bank
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.4%
male: 96.7%
female: 88% (2004 est.)

Western Sahara
NA

World
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 82%
male: 87%
female: 77%
note: over two-thirds of the world's 785 million illiterate adults
are found in only eight countries (Bangladesh, China, Egypt,
Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Pakistan); of all the
illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low
literacy rates are concentrated in three regions, the Arab states,
South and West Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa, where around one-third
of the men and half of all women are illiterate (2005 est.)

Yemen
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 50.2%
male: 70.5%
female: 30% (2003 est.)

Zambia
definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 80.6%
male: 86.8%
female: 74.8% (2003 est.)

Zimbabwe
definition: age 15 and over can read and write English
total population: 90.7%
male: 94.2%
female: 87.2% (2003 est.)

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Field Listing :: Manpower available for military service

This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the
military age range for a country (defined as being ages 16-49) and
assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
Country

Manpower available for military service

Afghanistan
males age 16-49: 6,800,888
females age 16-49: 6,413,647 (2010 est.)

Albania
males age 16-49: 947,446
females age 16-49: 910,145 (2010 est.)

Algeria
males age 16-49: 10,113,472
females age 16-49: 9,959,693 (2010 est.)

Andorra
males age 16-49: 22,776 (2010 est.)

Angola
males age 16-49: 2,991,424
females age 16-49: 2,893,898 (2010 est.)

Anguilla
males age 16-49: 3,611 (2010 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
males age 16-49: 20,909
females age 16-49: 23,815 (2010 est.)

Argentina
males age 16-49: 9,934,765
females age 16-49: 9,868,008 (2010 est.)

Armenia
males age 16-49: 809,293
females age 16-49: 862,679 (2010 est.)

Aruba
males age 16-49: 24,779
females age 16-49: 26,090 (2010 est.)

Australia
males age 16-49: 5,275,667
females age 16-49: 5,082,543 (2010 est.)

Austria
males age 16-49: 1,960,781
females age 16-49: 1,926,134 (2010 est.)

Azerbaijan
males age 16-49: 2,336,611
females age 16-49: 2,329,275 (2010 est.)

Bahamas, The
males age 16-49: 84,903 (2010 est.)

Bahrain
males age 16-49: 208,365
females age 16-49: 174,375 (2010 est.)

Bangladesh
males age 16-49: 36,560,110 (2010 est.)

Barbados
males age 16-49: 74,418
females age 16-49: 74,450 (2010 est.)

Belarus
males age 16-49: 2,435,318
females age 16-49: 2,466,762 (2010 est.)

Belgium
males age 16-49: 2,377,191
females age 16-49: 2,309,941 (2010 est.)

Belize
males age 16-49: 79,088
females age 16-49: 77,147 (2010 est.)

Benin
males age 16-49: 2,023,449
females age 16-49: 1,971,788 (2010 est.)

Bermuda
males age 16-49: 15,217 (2010 est.)

Bhutan
males age 16-49: 198,553
females age 16-49: 176,226 (2010 est.)

Bolivia
males age 16-49: 2,415,712
females age 16-49: 2,482,359 (2010 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
males age 16-49: 1,194,832
females age 16-49: 1,156,698 (2010 est.)

Botswana
males age 16-49: 543,097
females age 16-49: 520,896 (2010 est.)

Brazil
males age 16-49: 52,942,805
females age 16-49: 53,038,688 (2010 est.)

British Virgin Islands
males age 16-49: 7,230 (2010 est.)

Brunei
males age 16-49: 111,166
females age 16-49: 115,071 (2010 est.)

Bulgaria
males age 16-49: 1,660,930
females age 16-49: 1,646,170 (2010 est.)

Burkina Faso
males age 16-49: 3,608,963 (2010 est.)

Burma
males age 16-49: 14,558,921
females age 16-49: 14,539,703 (2010 est.)

Burundi
males age 16-49: 2,099,541
females age 16-49: 2,118,918 (2010 est.)

Cambodia
males age 16-49: 3,980,995
females age 16-49: 3,970,244 (2010 est.)

Cameroon
males age 16-49: 4,553,576
females age 16-49: 4,443,217 (2010 est.)

Canada
males age 16-49: 8,051,656
females age 16-49: 7,780,644 (2010 est.)

Cape Verde
males age 16-49: 128,858
females age 16-49: 133,581 (2010 est.)

Cayman Islands
males age 16-49: 12,108 (2010 est.)

Central African Republic
males age 16-49: 1,121,548
females age 16-49: 1,118,432 (2010 est.)

Chad
males age 16-49: 2,025,929
females age 16-49: 2,377,898 (2010 est.)

Chile
males age 16-49: 4,301,900
females age 16-49: 4,232,956 (2010 est.)

China
males age 16-49: 381,747,145
females age 16-49: 360,385,629 (2010 est.)

Colombia
males age 16-49: 11,556,939
females age 16-49: 11,609,122 (2010 est.)

Comoros
males age 16-49: 178,670
females age 16-49: 177,811 (2010 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the
males age 16-49: 15,192,858 (2010
est.)

Congo, Republic of the
males age 16-49: 898,850
females age 16-49: 886,063 (2010 est.)

Costa Rica
males age 16-49: 1,241,183
females age 16-49: 1,217,037 (2010 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire
males age 16-49: 5,094,762
females age 16-49: 4,895,446 (2010 est.)

Croatia
males age 16-49: 1,021,904
females age 16-49: 1,023,465 (2010 est.)

Cuba
males age 16-49: 3,078,049
females age 16-49: 3,004,713 (2010 est.)

Cyprus
Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG):
males age 16-49: 322,807
females age 16-49: 284,386 (2010 est.)

Czech Republic
males age 16-49: 2,517,268
females age 16-49: 2,418,163 (2010 est.)

Denmark
males age 16-49: 1,235,947
females age 16-49: 1,221,386 (2010 est.)

Djibouti
males age 16-49: 165,000
females age 16-49: 213,894 (2010 est.)

Dominica
males age 16-49: 18,975 (2010 est.)

Dominican Republic
males age 16-49: 2,514,160
females age 16-49: 2,395,804 (2010 est.)

Ecuador
males age 16-49: 3,662,176
females age 16-49: 3,781,102 (2010 est.)

Egypt
males age 16-49: 20,619,887
females age 16-49: 19,785,004 (2010 est.)

El Salvador
males age 16-49: 1,426,142
females age 16-49: 1,590,778 (2010 est.)

Equatorial Guinea
males age 16-49: 146,241
females age 16-49: 146,138 (2010 est.)

Eritrea
males age 16-49: 1,307,012
females age 16-49: 1,319,682 (2010 est.)

Estonia
males age 16-49: 297,096
females age 16-49: 308,229 (2010 est.)

Ethiopia
males age 16-49: 18,485,269
females age 16-49: 19,145,307 (2010 est.)

Faroe Islands
males age 16-49: 11,788 (2010 est.)

Fiji
males age 16-49: 248,020
females age 16-49: 243,468 (2010 est.)

Finland
males age 16-49: 1,160,812
females age 16-49: 1,111,743 (2010 est.)

France
males age 16-49: 14,591,656
females age 16-49: 14,285,551 (2010 est.)

French Polynesia
males age 16-49: 81,794 (2010 est.)

Gabon
males age 16-49: 344,147
females age 16-49: 345,292 (2010 est.)

Gambia, The
males age 16-49: 402,073
females age 16-49: 406,100 (2010 est.)

Gaza Strip
males age 16-49: 372,843 (2010 est.)

Georgia
males age 16-49: 1,094,390
females age 16-49: 1,140,758 (2010 est.)

Germany
males age 16-49: 19,195,804
females age 16-49: 18,159,851 (2010 est.)

Ghana
males age 16-49: 6,126,707
females age 16-49: 6,058,958 (2010 est.)

Gibraltar
males age 16-49: 6,949 (2010 est.)

Greece
males age 16-49: 2,502,268
females age 16-49: 2,486,171 (2010 est.)

Greenland
males age 16-49: 15,474 (2010 est.)

Grenada
males age 16-49: 27,453 (2010 est.)

Guatemala
males age 16-49: 3,062,027
females age 16-49: 3,266,655 (2010 est.)

Guinea
males age 16-49: 2,292,338
females age 16-49: 2,264,589 (2010 est.)

Guinea-Bissau
males age 16-49: 361,785
females age 16-49: 363,488 (2010 est.)

Guyana
males age 16-49: 189,456 (2010 est.)

Haiti
males age 16-49: 2,283,915
females age 16-49: 2,250,220 (2010 est.)

Honduras
males age 16-49: 1,989,556
females age 16-49: 1,939,462 (2010 est.)

Hong Kong
males age 16-49: 1,729,179
females age 16-49: 1,899,296 (2010 est.)

Hungary
males age 16-49: 2,380,381
females age 16-49: 2,319,142 (2010 est.)

Iceland
males age 16-49: 75,259 (2010 est.)

India
males age 16-49: 313,905,989
females age 16-49: 291,755,100 (2010 est.)

Indonesia
males age 16-49: 65,166,986
females age 16-49: 62,715,534 (2010 est.)

Iran
males age 16-49: 20,763,890
females age 16-49: 20,157,570 (2010 est.)

Iraq
males age 16-49: 7,541,723
females age 16-49: 7,238,553 (2010 est.)

Ireland
males age 16-49: 1,031,985
females age 16-49: 1,030,606 (2010 est.)

Israel
males age 16-49: 1,771,661
females age 16-49: 1,687,698 (2010 est.)

Italy
males age 16-49: 13,705,846
females age 16-49: 12,929,946 (2010 est.)

Jamaica
males age 16-49: 712,627
females age 16-49: 730,845 (2010 est.)

Japan
males age 16-49: 27,461,338
females age 16-49: 26,478,466 (2010 est.)

Jordan
males age 16-49: 1,646,215
females age 16-49: 1,579,268 (2010 est.)

Kazakhstan
males age 16-49: 4,176,999
females age 16-49: 4,202,422 (2010 est.)

Kenya
males age 16-49: 9,525,556
females age 16-49: 9,242,381 (2010 est.)

Kiribati
males age 16-49: 24,734 (2010 est.)

Korea, North
males age 16-49: 6,132,987
females age 16-49: 6,119,405 (2010 est.)

Korea, South
males age 16-49: 13,274,442
females age 16-49: 12,542,699 (2010 est.)

Kuwait
males age 16-49: 1,131,529
females age 16-49: 612,126 (2010 est.)

Kyrgyzstan
males age 16-49: 1,439,750
females age 16-49: 1,455,806 (2010 est.)

Laos
males age 16-49: 1,633,725
females age 16-49: 1,654,235 (2010 est.)

Latvia
males age 16-49: 554,943
females age 16-49: 550,700 (2010 est.)

Lebanon
males age 16-49: 1,075,503
females age 16-49: 1,112,139 (2010 est.)

Lesotho
males age 16-49: 469,509
females age 16-49: 505,707 (2010 est.)

Liberia
males age 16-49: 797,084
females age 16-49: 808,017 (2010 est.)

Libya
males age 16-49: 1,746,512
females age 16-49: 1,683,390 (2010 est.)

Liechtenstein
males age 16-49: 8,041 (2010 est.)

Lithuania
males age 16-49: 900,746
females age 16-49: 887,843 (2010 est.)

Luxembourg
males age 16-49: 117,892
females age 16-49: 116,517 (2010 est.)

Macau
males age 16-49: 150,712 (2010 est.)

Macedonia
males age 16-49: 530,966
females age 16-49: 511,534 (2010 est.)

Madagascar
males age 16-49: 4,745,274
females age 16-49: 4,750,188 (2010 est.)

Malawi
males age 16-49: 3,402,724 (2010 est.)

Malaysia
males age 16-49: 6,692,438
females age 16-49: 6,494,413 (2010 est.)

Maldives
males age 16-49: 158,307
females age 16-49: 97,166 (2010 est.)

Mali
males age 16-49: 2,759,648
females age 16-49: 2,894,776 (2010 est.)

Malta
males age 16-49: 95,899
females age 16-49: 91,412 (2010 est.)

Marshall Islands
males age 16-49: 16,138 (2010 est.)

Mauritania
males age 16-49: 699,028
females age 16-49: 783,108 (2010 est.)

Mauritius
males age 16-49: 343,279 (2010 est.)

Mexico
males age 16-49: 28,475,126
females age 16-49: 30,048,077 (2010 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of
males age 16-49: 26,687 (2010 est.)

Moldova
males age 16-49: 1,150,585
females age 16-49: 1,168,169 (2010 est.)

Monaco
males age 16-49: 5,814 (2010 est.)

Mongolia
males age 16-49: 887,059
females age 16-49: 880,788 (2010 est.)

Montserrat
males age 16-49: 1,339 (2010 est.)

Morocco
males age 16-49: 8,167,760
females age 16-49: 8,599,418 (2010 est.)

Mozambique
males age 16-49: 4,787,832 (2010 est.)

Namibia
males age 16-49: 554,531 (2010 est.)

Nauru
males age 16-49: 3,682 (2010 est.)

Nepal
males age 16-49: 6,699,614
females age 16-49: 7,388,240 (2010 est.)

Netherlands
males age 16-49: 3,927,311
females age 16-49: 3,831,110 (2010 est.)

New Caledonia
males age 16-49: 59,612 (2010 est.)

New Zealand
males age 16-49: 1,017,575
females age 16-49: 1,003,087 (2010 est.)

Nicaragua
males age 16-49: 1,605,398
females age 16-49: 1,594,270 (2010 est.)

Niger
males age 16-49: 3,202,237
females age 16-49: 3,151,521 (2010 est.)

Nigeria
males age 16-49: 36,203,921
females age 16-49: 34,409,821 (2010 est.)

Norway
males age 16-49: 1,078,562
females age 16-49: 1,049,529 (2010 est.)

Oman
males age 16-49: 964,200
females age 16-49: 714,421 (2010 est.)

Pakistan
males age 16-49: 45,829,360
females age 16-49: 41,716,682 (2010 est.)

Palau
males age 16-49: 6,955 (2010 est.)

Panama
males age 16-49: 878,281 (2010 est.)

Papua New Guinea
males age 16-49: 1,532,378
females age 16-49: 1,440,528 (2010 est.)

Paraguay
males age 16-49: 1,640,761
females age 16-49: 1,637,460 (2010 est.)

Peru
males age 16-49: 7,920,056
females age 16-49: 7,795,130 (2010 est.)

Philippines
males age 16-49: 25,079,262
females age 16-49: 24,556,912 (2010 est.)

Poland
males age 16-49: 9,597,047
females age 16-49: 9,364,939 (2010 est.)

Portugal
males age 16-49: 2,572,007
females age 16-49: 2,474,719 (2010 est.)

Qatar
males age 16-49: 387,399
females age 16-49: 163,652 (2010 est.)

Romania
males age 16-49: 5,617,144
females age 16-49: 5,487,510 (2010 est.)

Russia
males age 16-49: 34,850,217
females age 16-49: 35,693,977 (2010 est.)

Rwanda
males age 16-49: 2,573,834
females age 16-49: 2,553,707 (2010 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
males age 16-49: 13,510
females age 16-49: 13,075 (2010 est.)

Saint Lucia
males age 16-49: 41,177 (2010 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
males age 16-49: 27,940 (2010 est.)

Samoa
males age 16-49: 47,423 (2010 est.)