4-2    Illiterate population aged 15 and over by age and sex
Unit:person,%
Age  Population Aged 15 and Over  Illiterate Population Proportion of Illiterate Population to Population Aged 15 and Over
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total  1111488248 562534596 548953652 54190864 14178921 40011943 4.88 2.52 7.29
Age 15-19 99889114 51904830 47984284 311848 148583 163265 0.31 0.29 0.34
15 18024484 9524898 8499586 60587 30004 30583 0.34 0.32 0.36
16 18790521 9795181 8995340 58880 28344 30536 0.31 0.29 0.34
17 20775369 10760828 10014541 61520 29215 32305 0.30 0.27 0.32
18 20755274 10744556 10010718 63877 29848 34029 0.31 0.28 0.34
19 21543466 11079367 10464099 66984 31172 35812 0.31 0.28 0.34
Age 20-24 127412518 64008573 63403945 501232 211190 290042 0.39 0.33 0.46
20 28026954 14201091 13825863 91951 41224 50727 0.33 0.29 0.37
21 26556649 13357755 13198894 95035 41104 53931 0.36 0.31 0.41
22 24474192 12281148 12193044 97976 40771 57205 0.40 0.33 0.47
23 25695955 12876542 12819413 108402 44791 63611 0.42 0.35 0.50
24 22658768 11292037 11366731 107868 43300 64568 0.48 0.38 0.57
Age 25-29 101013852 50837038 50176814 609029 232510 376519 0.60 0.46 0.75
25 19933683 9969984 9963699 110460 42991 67469 0.55 0.43 0.68
26 19709177 9879292 9829885 112310 43090 69220 0.57 0.44 0.70
27 19480836 9801611 9679225 116979 44839 72140 0.60 0.46 0.75
28 22322147 11271599 11050548 136188 51543 84645 0.61 0.46 0.77
29 19568009 9914552 9653457 133092 50047 83045 0.68 0.50 0.86
Age 30-34 97138203 49521822 47616381 864305 307103 557202 0.89 0.62 1.17
30 18928369 9604727 9323642 151895 54835 97060 0.80 0.57 1.04
31 19866458 10141582 9724876 158593 58180 100413 0.80 0.57 1.03
32 19474874 9909833 9565041 174630 61953 112677 0.90 0.63 1.18
33 18179478 9289224 8890254 171503 60778 110725 0.94 0.65 1.25
34 20689024 10576456 10112568 207684 71357 136327 1.00 0.67 1.35
Age 35-39 118025959 60391104 57634855 1420308 464307 956001 1.20 0.77 1.66
35 21186516 10817432 10369084 228717 77681 151036 1.08 0.72 1.46
36 22906980 11690644 11216336 259243 86534 172709 1.13 0.74 1.54
37 23990208 12283353 11706855 287555 94206 193349 1.20 0.77 1.65
38 24730460 12662559 12067901 314679 100855 213824 1.27 0.80 1.77
39 25211795 12937116 12274679 330114 105031 225083 1.31 0.81 1.83
Age 40-44 124753964 63608678 61145286 2096962 605375 1491587 1.68 0.95 2.44
40 27397219 13993123 13404096 397990 120778 277212 1.45 0.86 2.07
41 24956297 12723691 12232606 395196 118471 276725 1.58 0.93 2.26
42 27032542 13782610 13249932 453192 130239 322953 1.68 0.94 2.44
43 21355748 10856214 10499534 396138 110608 285530 1.85 1.02 2.72
44 24012158 12253040 11759118 454446 125279 329167 1.89 1.02 2.80
Age 45-49 105594553 53776418 51818135 2293230 553855 1739375 2.17 1.03 3.36
45 23962574 12252515 11710059 466853 124771 342082 1.95 1.02 2.92
46 23355778 11867147 11488631 475524 121090 354434 2.04 1.02 3.09
47 26972157 13803796 13168361 543102 130889 412213 2.01 0.95 3.13
48 20075084 10224798 9850286 492330 108199 384131 2.45 1.06 3.90
49 11228960 5628162 5600798 315421 68906 246515 2.81 1.22 4.40
Age 50-54 78753171 40363234 38389937 3322398 799159 2523239 4.22 1.98 6.57
50 14097008 7205176 6891832 425027 101848 323179 3.02 1.41 4.69
51 12838832 6624865 6213967 461776 113131 348645 3.60 1.71 5.61
52 16617709 8570000 8047709 696862 174695 522167 4.19 2.04 6.49
53 18351980 9422827 8929153 859034 205217 653817 4.68 2.18 7.32
54 16847642 8540366 8307276 879699 204268 675431 5.22 2.39 8.13
Age 55-59 81312474 41082938 40229536 5663387 1341880 4321507 6.96 3.27 10.74
55 17610528 8973192 8637336 1005848 234939 770909 5.71 2.62 8.93
56 17738127 8981235 8756892 1121370 260214 861156 6.32 2.90 9.83
57 16093888 8099033 7994855 1145870 269384 876486 7.12 3.33 10.96
58 16167933 8153588 8014345 1262093 303877 958216 7.81 3.73 11.96
59 13701998 6875890 6826108 1128206 273466 854740 8.23 3.98 12.52
Age 60-64 58667282 29834426 28832856 6077050 1541052 4535998 10.36 5.17 15.73
60 13618204 6917026 6701178 1210686 309605 901081 8.89 4.48 13.45
61 13029125 6690003 6339122 1280635 335817 944818 9.83 5.02 14.90
62 11276853 5719180 5557673 1203148 306458 896690 10.67 5.36 16.13
63 10791633 5492805 5298828 1200908 302278 898630 11.13 5.50 16.96
64 9951467 5015412 4936055 1181673 286894 894779 11.87 5.72 18.13
Age 65-69 41113282 20748471 20364811 6336992 1618617 4718375 15.41 7.80 23.17
65 9073411 4564266 4509145 1183294 290161 893133 13.04 6.36 19.81
66 8640965 4391409 4249556 1234406 311444 922962 14.29 7.09 21.72
67 7942141 4003493 3938648 1242306 316540 925766 15.64 7.91 23.50
68 7740868 3904424 3836444 1281586 334090 947496 16.56 8.56 24.70
69 7715897 3884879 3831018 1395400 366382 1029018 18.08 9.43 26.86
Age 70-74 32972397 16403453 16568944 7707995 2092396 5615599 23.38 12.76 33.89
70 7389412 3724605 3664807 1462486 395656 1066830 19.79 10.62 29.11
71 6265718 3116177 3149541 1372360 372665 999695 21.90 11.96 31.74
72 6893225 3449237 3443988 1632889 450557 1182332 23.69 13.06 34.33
73 6343869 3149307 3194562 1604881 438040 1166841 25.30 13.91 36.53
74 6080173 2964127 3116046 1635379 435478 1199901 26.90 14.69 38.51
Age 75-79 23852133 11278859 12573274 7725134 2031068 5694066 32.39 18.01 45.29
75 5632477 2690547 2941930 1637552 431127 1206425 29.07 16.02 41.01
76 5175500 2454168 2721332 1603962 421158 1182804 30.99 17.16 43.46
77 5082383 2420196 2662187 1670542 442577 1227965 32.87 18.29 46.13
78 4254858 1983724 2271134 1480691 388259 1092432 34.80 19.57 48.10
79 3706915 1730224 1976691 1332387 347947 984440 35.94 20.11 49.80
Age 80-84 13373198 5917502 7455696 5505314 1404740 4100574 41.17 23.74 55.00
80 3737259 1716514 2020745 1422054 372384 1049670 38.05 21.69 51.94
81 2816693 1257795 1558898 1147065 295181 851884 40.72 23.47 54.65
82 2757918 1212683 1545235 1163258 297133 866125 42.18 24.50 56.05
83 2237138 964710 1272428 961266 240701 720565 42.97 24.95 56.63
84 1824190 765800 1058390 811671 199341 612330 44.49 26.03 57.85
Age 85+ 7616148 2857250 4758898 3755680 827086 2928594 49.31 28.95 61.54