| COUNTRY | CAPITAL | POPULATION | OVER 15 Y/OLD | LITERACY | |
| 1 | Afghanistan | Kabul | 33,609,937 | 18,653,515 | 5,241,638 |
| 2 | Albania | Tirana (Tirane) | 3,639,453 | 2,798,739 | 2,762,356 |
| 3 | Algeria | Algiers | 34,178,188 | 25,496,928 | 17,822,353 |
| 4 | American Samoa | Pago Pago | 65,628 | 43,708 | 42,397 |
| 5 | Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 83,888 | 70,885 | 70,885 |
| 6 | Angola | Luanda | 12,799,293 | 7,231,601 | 4,874,099 |
| 7 | Anguilla | The Valley | 14,436 | 10,899 | 10,354 |
| 8 | Antigua and Barbuda | Saint John's | 85,632 | 62,683 | 53,782 |
| 9 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 40,913,584 | 30,439,706 | 29,587,395 |
| 10 | Armenia | Yerevan | 2,967,004 | 2,427,009 | 2,412,447 |
| 11 | Aruba | Oranjestad | 103,065 | 83,380 | 81,128 |
| 12 | Australia | Canberra | 21,262,641 | 17,307,790 | 17,134,712 |
| 13 | Austria | Vienna | 8,210,281 | 7,019,790 | 6,879,394 |
| 14 | Azerbaijan | Baku (Baki, Baky) | 8,238,672 | 6,269,629 | 6,194,394 |
| 15 | Bahamas | Nassau | 309,156 | 229,085 | 219,005 |
| 16 | Bahrain | Manama | 727,785 | 539,289 | 466,485 |
| 17 | Bangladesh | Dhaka | 156,050,883 | 102,213,328 | 48,960,184 |
| 18 | Barbados | Bridgetown | 284,589 | 229,948 | 229,258 |
| 19 | Belarus | Minsk | 9,648,533 | 8,268,793 | 8,235,718 |
| 20 | Belgium | Brussels | 10,414,336 | 8,737,628 | 8,650,252 |
| 21 | Belize | Belmopan | 307,899 | 191,205 | 147,037 |
| 22 | Benin | Porto-Novo | 8,791,832 | 4,817,924 | 1,671,820 |
| 23 | Bermuda | Hamilton | 67,837 | 55,423 | 54,314 |
| 24 | Bhutan | Thimphu | 691,141 | 482,416 | 226,736 |
| 25 | Bolivia | La Paz | 9,775,246 | 6,305,034 | 5,466,464 |
| 26 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 4,613,414 | 3,944,469 | 3,814,301 |
| 27 | Botswana | Gaborone | 1,990,876 | 1,298,051 | 1,054,018 |
| 28 | Brazil | Brasilia | 198,739,269 | 145,675,884 | 129,068,833 |
| 29 | British Virgin Islands | Road Town | 24,491 | 19,642 | 19,210 |
| 30 | Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | 388,190 | 284,931 | 264,131 |
| 31 | Bulgaria | Sofia | 7,204,687 | 6,210,440 | 6,098,652 |
| 32 | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 15,746,232 | 8,471,473 | 1,846,781 |
| 33 | Burundi | Bujumbura | 8,988,091 | 4,835,593 | 2,867,507 |
| 34 | Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 14,494,293 | 9,769,153 | 7,190,097 |
| 35 | Cameroon | Yaounde | 18,879,301 | 11,157,667 | 7,576,056 |
| 36 | Canada | Ottawa | 33,487,208 | 28,095,768 | 27,814,810 |
| 37 | Cape Verde | Praia | 429,474 | 278,299 | 213,177 |
| 38 | Cayman Islands | George Town | 49,035 | 39,424 | 38,636 |
| 39 | Central African Republic | Bangui | 4,511,488 | 2,666,289 | 1,295,817 |
| 40 | Chad | N'Djamena | 10,329,208 | 5,505,468 | 1,414,905 |
| 41 | Chile | Santiago | 16,601,707 | 12,750,111 | 12,201,856 |
| 42 | China | Beijing | 1,338,612,968 | 1,073,567,600 | 975,872,949 |
| 43 | Colombia | Bogota | 45,644,023 | 32,452,900 | 29,337,422 |
| 44 | Comoros | Moroni | 752,438 | 434,909 | 245,724 |
| 45 | Congo Democratic Republic | Kinshasa | 68,692,542 | 36,475,740 | 24,511,697 |
| 46 | Congo Republic | Brazzaville | 4,012,809 | 2,170,930 | 1,819,239 |
| 47 | Cook Islands | Avarua | 11,870 | 8,653 | 8,221 |
| 48 | Costa Rica | San Jose | 4,253,877 | 3,118,092 | 2,959,069 |
| 49 | Cote d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro | 20,617,068 | 12,246,538 | 5,964,064 |
| 50 | Croatia | Zagreb | 4,489,409 | 3,789,061 | 3,717,069 |
| 51 | Cuba | Havana | 11,451,652 | 9,356,000 | 9,337,288 |
| 52 | Cyprus | Nicosia (Lefkosia) | 796,740 | 644,563 | 629,093 |
| 53 | Czech Republic | Prague | 10,211,904 | 8,823,085 | 8,734,854 |
| 54 | Denmark | Copenhagen | 5,500,510 | 4,504,918 | 4,459,869 |
| 55 | Djibouti | Djibouti | 516,055 | 292,603 | 198,678 |
| 56 | Dominica | Roseau | 72,660 | 55,222 | 51,908 |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 9,650,054 | 6,619,937 | 5,759,345 |
| 58 | Ecuador | Quito | 14,573,101 | 10,040,867 | 9,137,189 |
| 59 | Egypt | Cairo | 83,082,869 | 56,994,848 | 40,694,322 |
| 60 | El Salvador | San Salvador | 7,185,218 | 4,641,651 | 3,722,604 |
| 61 | Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 633,441 | 368,029 | 320,185 |
| 62 | Eritrea | Asmara (Asmera) | 5,647,168 | 3,230,180 | 1,892,886 |
| 63 | Estonia | Tallinn | 1,299,371 | 1,105,765 | 1,103,553 |
| 64 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 85,237,338 | 45,942,925 | 19,617,629 |
| 65 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | Stanley | 3,140 | 2,355 | 2,331 |
| 66 | Faroe Islands | Torshavn | 48,856 | 38,303 | 35,622 |
| 67 | Fiji | Suva | 944,720 | 658,470 | 616,986 |
| 68 | Finland | Helsinki | 5,250,275 | 4,389,230 | 4,389,230 |
| 69 | France | Paris | 64,057,792 | 52,143,043 | 51,621,612 |
| 70 | French Polynesia | Papeete | 287,032 | 217,283 | 212,938 |
| 71 | Gabon | Libreville | 1,514,993 | 877,181 | 554,378 |
| 72 | Gambia | Banjul | 1,782,893 | 1,005,552 | 403,226 |
| 73 | Gaza Strip | Gaza City | 1,551,859 | 862,834 | 797,258 |
| 74 | Georgia | T'bilisi | 4,615,807 | 3,872,662 | 3,872,662 |
| 75 | Germany | Berlin | 82,329,758 | 71,050,581 | 70,340,075 |
| 76 | Ghana | Accra | 23,832,495 | 14,942,974 | 8,651,982 |
| 77 | Gibraltar | Gibraltar | 28,034 | 23,352 | 18,682 |
| 78 | Greece | Athens | 10,737,428 | 9,201,976 | 8,833,897 |
| 79 | Greenland | Nuuk (Godthab) | 57,600 | 44,352 | 44,352 |
| 80 | Grenada | Saint George's | 90,739 | 61,703 | 59,234 |
| 81 | Guam | Hagatna (Agana) | 178,430 | 128,826 | 127,538 |
| 82 | Guatemala | Guatemala | 13,276,517 | 8,045,569 | 5,559,488 |
| 83 | Guernsey | Saint Peter Port | 65,870 | 56,385 | 50,746 |
| 84 | Guinea | Conakry | 10,057,975 | 5,753,162 | 1,697,183 |
| 85 | Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | 1,533,964 | 908,107 | 385,037 |
| 86 | Guyana | Georgetown | 772,298 | 573,817 | 566,932 |
| 87 | Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 9,035,536 | 5,592,997 | 2,958,695 |
| 88 | Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 7,792,854 | 4,823,777 | 3,859,021 |
| 89 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 7,055,071 | 6,194,352 | 5,791,719 |
| 90 | Hungary | Budapest | 9,905,596 | 8,419,757 | 8,369,238 |
| 91 | Iceland | Reykjavik | 306,694 | 243,208 | 240,776 |
| 92 | India | New Delhi | 1,166,079,217 | 803,428,581 | 490,091,434 |
| 93 | Indonesia | Jakarta | 240,271,522 | 172,755,224 | 156,170,723 |
| 94 | Iran | Tehran | 66,429,284 | 52,014,129 | 40,050,880 |
| 95 | Iraq | Baghdad | 28,945,657 | 17,714,742 | 13,126,624 |
| 96 | Ireland | Dublin | 4,203,200 | 3,324,731 | 3,291,484 |
| 97 | Isle of Man | Douglas | 76,512 | 63,581 | 62,946 |
| 98 | Israel | Jerusalem | 7,233,701 | 5,215,498 | 5,064,249 |
| 99 | Italy | Rome | 58,126,212 | 50,279,173 | 49,474,707 |
| 100 | Jamaica | Kingston | 2,825,928 | 1,938,587 | 1,704,018 |
| 101 | Japan | Tokyo | 127,078,679 | 109,923,057 | 108,823,827 |
| 102 | Jersey | Saint Helier | 91,626 | 76,874 | 76,105 |
| 103 | Jordan | Amman | 6,342,948 | 4,357,605 | 3,917,487 |
| 104 | Kazakhstan | Astana | 15,399,437 | 12,042,360 | 11,982,148 |
| 105 | Kenya | Nairobi | 39,002,772 | 22,504,599 | 19,151,414 |
| 106 | Kiribati | Tarawa | 112,850 | 70,418 | 57,039 |
| 107 | Korea, North | Pyongyang | 22,665,345 | 17,837,627 | 17,659,250 |
| 108 | Korea, South | Seoul | 48,508,972 | 40,359,465 | 39,511,916 |
| 109 | Kosovo | Pristina (Prishtine, Prishtina) | 1,804,838 | 1,304,898 | 1,199,201 |
| 110 | Kuwait | Kuwait | 2,691,158 | 1,980,692 | 1,847,986 |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 5,431,747 | 3,818,518 | 3,768,877 |
| 112 | Laos | Vientiane (Viangchan) | 6,834,942 | 4,046,286 | 2,779,798 |
| 113 | Latvia | Riga | 2,231,503 | 1,934,713 | 1,928,909 |
| 114 | Lebanon | Beirut | 4,017,095 | 2,980,684 | 2,605,118 |
| 115 | Lesotho | Maseru | 2,130,819 | 1,389,294 | 1,178,121 |
| 116 | Liberia | Monrovia | 3,441,790 | 1,923,961 | 1,106,277 |
| 117 | Libya | Tripoli (Tarabulus) | 6,310,434 | 4,227,991 | 3,492,320 |
| 118 | Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 34,761 | 29,025 | 29,025 |
| 119 | Lithuania | Vilnius | 3,555,179 | 3,050,344 | 3,038,142 |
| 120 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 491,775 | 400,797 | 400,797 |
| 121 | Macau | Macau | 559,846 | 469,711 | 428,846 |
| 122 | Macedonia | Skopje | 2,066,718 | 1,669,908 | 1,604,782 |
| 123 | Madagascar | Antananarivo | 20,653,556 | 11,669,259 | 8,040,120 |
| 124 | Malawi | Lilongwe | 14,268,711 | 7,733,641 | 4,848,993 |
| 125 | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 25,715,819 | 17,641,052 | 15,647,613 |
| 126 | Maldives | Male | 396,334 | 307,952 | 296,557 |
| 127 | Mali | Bamako | 12,666,987 | 6,548,832 | 3,038,658 |
| 128 | Malta | Valletta | 405,165 | 339,933 | 315,458 |
| 129 | Marshall Islands | Majuro | 64,522 | 39,681 | 37,181 |
| 130 | Mauritania | Nouakchott | 3,129,486 | 1,846,397 | 945,355 |
| 131 | Mauritius | Port Louis | 1,284,264 | 995,305 | 840,037 |
| 132 | Mayotte | Mamoudzou | 223,765 | 122,399 | 104,040 |
| 133 | Mexico | Mexico | 111,211,789 | 78,849,158 | 71,752,734 |
| 134 | Micronesia | Palikir | 107,434 | 70,047 | 62,342 |
| 135 | Moldova | Chisinau (Kishinev) | 4,320,748 | 3,633,749 | 3,601,045 |
| 136 | Monaco | Monaco | 32,965 | 28,152 | 27,871 |
| 137 | Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | 3,041,142 | 2,186,581 | 2,138,476 |
| 138 | Montenegro | Podgorica | 672,180 | 564,631 | 547,692 |
| 139 | Montserrat | Plymouth | 5,097 | 3,695 | 3,584 |
| 140 | Morocco | Rabat | 34,859,364 | 24,401,555 | 12,762,013 |
| 141 | Mozambique | Maputo | 21,669,278 | 12,069,788 | 5,769,359 |
| 142 | Myanmar | Rangoon (Yangon) | 48,137,741 | 35,958,893 | 32,327,044 |
| 143 | Namibia | Windhoek | 2,108,665 | 1,351,654 | 1,148,906 |
| 144 | Nauru | Yaren District | 14,019 | 9,154 | 7,873 |
| 145 | Nepal | Kathmandu | 28,563,377 | 18,109,181 | 8,801,062 |
| 146 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | 16,715,999 | 13,807,415 | 13,669,341 |
| 147 | Netherlands Antilles | Willemstad | 227,049 | 175,509 | 169,717 |
| 148 | New Caledonia | Noumea | 227,436 | 166,483 | 160,157 |
| 149 | New Zealand | Wellington | 4,213,418 | 3,341,240 | 3,307,828 |
| 150 | Nicaragua | Managua | 5,891,199 | 3,899,974 | 2,632,482 |
| 151 | Niger | Niamey | 15,306,252 | 7,729,657 | 2,218,412 |
| 152 | Nigeria | Abuja | 149,229,090 | 87,149,789 | 59,261,856 |
| 153 | Niue | Alofi | 1,398 | 1,146 | 1,089 |
| 154 | Northern Mariana Islands | Saipan | 88,662 | 72,703 | 70,522 |
| 155 | Norway | Oslo | 4,660,539 | 3,798,339 | 3,798,339 |
| 156 | Oman | Muscat | 3,418,085 | 1,958,563 | 1,594,270 |
| 157 | Pakistan | Islamabad | 176,242,949 | 110,680,572 | 55,229,605 |
| 158 | Palau | Melekeok | 20,796 | 16,034 | 14,751 |
| 159 | Panama | Panama | 3,360,474 | 2,375,855 | 2,183,411 |
| 160 | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 6,057,263 | 3,822,133 | 2,190,082 |
| 161 | Paraguay | Asuncion | 6,995,655 | 4,428,250 | 4,162,555 |
| 162 | Peru | Lima | 29,546,963 | 20,948,797 | 19,461,432 |
| 163 | Philippines | Manila | 97,976,603 | 63,488,839 | 58,790,665 |
| 164 | Poland | Warsaw | 38,482,919 | 32,710,481 | 32,645,060 |
| 165 | Portugal | Lisbon | 10,707,924 | 8,962,532 | 8,362,043 |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | San Juan | 3,971,020 | 3,180,787 | 2,993,121 |
| 167 | Qatar | Doha | 833,285 | 651,629 | 579,950 |
| 168 | Romania | Bucharest | 22,215,421 | 18,772,031 | 18,265,186 |
| 169 | Russia | Moscow | 140,041,247 | 119,315,142 | 118,599,252 |
| 170 | Rwanda | Kigali | 10,473,282 | 6,064,030 | 4,269,077 |
| 171 | Saint Helena | Jamestown | 7,637 | 6,239 | 6,052 |
| 172 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 40,131 | 29,577 | 28,926 |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | Castries | 160,267 | 121,162 | 109,167 |
| 174 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre | 7,051 | 5,507 | 5,452 |
| 175 | Saint Vincent and Grenadines | Kingstown | 104,574 | 77,489 | 74,390 |
| 176 | Samoa | Apia | 219,998 | 137,279 | 136,867 |
| 177 | San Marino | San Marino | 30,324 | 25,230 | 24,220 |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | Sao Tome | 212,679 | 112,933 | 95,880 |
| 179 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 28,686,633 | 17,785,712 | 14,015,141 |
| 180 | Senegal | Dakar | 13,711,597 | 7,925,303 | 3,114,644 |
| 181 | Serbia | Belgrade (Beograd) | 7,379,339 | 6,242,921 | 6,018,176 |
| 182 | Seychelles | Victoria | 87,476 | 67,531 | 61,994 |
| 183 | Sierra Leone | Freetown | 6,440,053 | 3,574,229 | 1,254,555 |
| 184 | Singapore | Singapore | 4,657,542 | 3,986,856 | 3,687,842 |
| 185 | Slovakia | Bratislava | 5,463,046 | 4,599,885 | 4,581,485 |
| 186 | Slovenia | Ljubljana | 2,005,692 | 1,734,924 | 1,729,719 |
| 187 | Solomon Islands | Honiara | 595,613 | 360,346 | 317,104 |
| 188 | Somalia | Mogadishu | 9,832,017 | 5,407,609 | 2,044,076 |
| 189 | South Africa | Pretoria | 49,052,489 | 34,876,320 | 30,133,140 |
| 190 | Spain | Madrid | 40,525,002 | 34,648,877 | 33,921,250 |
| 191 | Sri Lanka | Colombo | 21,324,791 | 16,228,166 | 14,718,947 |
| 192 | Sudan | Khartoum | 41,087,825 | 24,365,080 | 14,887,064 |
| 193 | Suriname | Paramaribo | 481,267 | 350,844 | 314,356 |
| 194 | Swaziland | Mbabane | 1,123,913 | 681,091 | 555,770 |
| 195 | Sweden | Stockholm | 9,059,651 | 7,637,286 | 7,560,913 |
| 196 | Switzerland | Bern | 7,604,467 | 6,418,170 | 6,353,988 |
| 197 | Syria | Damascus | 20,178,485 | 12,934,409 | 10,295,789 |
| 198 | Taiwan | Taipei | 22,974,347 | 19,137,631 | 18,391,263 |
| 199 | Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 7,349,145 | 4,828,388 | 4,804,246 |
| 200 | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | 41,048,532 | 23,397,663 | 16,237,978 |
| 201 | Thailand | Bangkok | 65,905,410 | 52,197,085 | 48,334,500 |
| 202 | Timor-Leste | Dili | 1,131,612 | 738,943 | 433,020 |
| 203 | Togo | Lome | 6,019,877 | 3,521,628 | 2,144,671 |
| 204 | Tokelau | Tokelau | 1,416 | 821 | 788 |
| 205 | Tonga | Nuku'alofa | 120,898 | 81,243 | 80,350 |
| 206 | Trinidad and Tobago | Port-of-Spain | 1,229,953 | 988,882 | 975,038 |
| 207 | Tunisia | Tunis | 10,486,339 | 8,105,940 | 6,022,713 |
| 208 | Turkey | Ankara | 76,805,524 | 55,914,421 | 48,869,204 |
| 209 | Turkmenistan | Ashgabat (Ashkhabad) | 4,884,887 | 3,473,155 | 3,431,477 |
| 210 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Grand Turk (Cockburn Town) | 22,942 | 16,014 | 15,693 |
| 211 | Tuvalu | Funafuti | 12,373 | 8,760 | 8,410 |
| 212 | Uganda | Kampala | 32,369,558 | 16,184,779 | 10,811,432 |
| 213 | Ukraine | Kyiv (Kiev) | 45,700,395 | 39,393,740 | 39,157,378 |
| 214 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 4,798,491 | 3,819,599 | 2,975,467 |
| 215 | United Kingdom | London | 61,113,205 | 50,907,300 | 50,398,227 |
| 216 | United States | Washington, DC | 307,212,123 | 245,155,274 | 242,703,721 |
| 217 | Uruguay | Montevideo | 3,494,382 | 2,711,640 | 2,657,408 |
| 218 | Uzbekistan | Tashkent (Toshkent) | 27,606,007 | 19,848,719 | 19,709,778 |
| 219 | Vanuatu | Port-Vila | 218,519 | 151,434 | 112,061 |
| 220 | Venezuela | Caracas | 26,814,843 | 18,636,316 | 17,331,774 |
| 221 | Vietnam | Hanoi (Ha Noi) | 86,967,524 | 65,312,611 | 58,977,287 |
| 222 | Virgin Islands | Charlotte Amalie | 109,825 | 87,421 | 78,679 |
| 223 | Wallis and Futuna | Mata-Utu (on Ile Uvea) | 15,289 | 11,207 | 5,603 |
| 224 | West Bank | East Jerusalem | 2,461,267 | 1,543,214 | 1,425,930 |
| 225 | Western Sahara | El Aaiún (Laâyoune) | 405,210 | 223,271 | 198,711 |
| 226 | Yemen | Sanaa | 23,822,783 | 12,816,657 | 6,433,962 |
| 227 | Zambia | Lusaka | 11,862,740 | 6,512,644 | 5,249,191 |
| 228 | Zimbabwe | Harare | 11,392,629 | 6,391,265 | 5,796,877 |
| 6,789,668,621 | 4,945,596,156 | 4,043,567,506 |