India, China, Bangladesh,
Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Egypt); of all the
illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low
literacy rates are concentrated in three regions, South and West
Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Arab states, 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.)

This page was last updated on 18 December 2008

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@2105 Manpower available for military service

Afghanistan
males age 16-49: 7,431,147
females age 16-49: 7,004,819 (2008 est.)

Albania
males age 16-49: 944,592
females age 16-49: 908,527 (2008 est.)

Algeria
males age 16-49: 9,736,757
females age 16-49: 9,590,978 (2008 est.)

Andorra
males age 16-49: 18,685 (2008 est.)

Angola
males age 16-49: 2,856,492
females age 16-49: 2,755,864 (2008 est.)

Anguilla
males age 16-49: 3,538 (2008 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda
males age 16-49: 19,560
females age 16-49: 18,977 (2008 est.)

Argentina
males age 16-49: 10,029,488
females age 16-49: 9,889,002 (2008 est.)

Armenia
males age 16-49: 809,576
females age 16-49: 870,864 (2008 est.)

Aruba
males age 16-49: 24,585
females age 16-49: 25,742 (2008 est.)

Australia
males age 16-49: 4,999,988
females age 16-49: 4,870,043 (2008 est.)

Austria
males age 16-49: 1,986,411
females age 16-49: 1,944,834 (2008 est.)

Azerbaijan
males age 16-49: 2,278,888
females age 16-49: 2,291,770 (2008 est.)

Bahamas, The
males age 16-49: 80,200 (2008 est.)

Bahrain
males age 16-49: 210,938
females age 16-49: 170,471 (2008 est.)

Bangladesh
males age 16-49: 41,199,340 (2008 est.)

Barbados
males age 16-49: 75,265
females age 16-49: 75,389 (2008 est.)

Belarus
males age 16-49: 2,491,643
females age 16-49: 2,528,779 (2008 est.)

Belgium
males age 16-49: 2,407,128
females age 16-49: 2,340,039 (2008 est.)

Belize
males age 16-49: 74,605
females age 16-49: 7