4-2b   Illiterate population aged 15 and over in towns 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	Sub-total	Male	Female	Sub-total	Male	Female
Total	221320852	112092607	109228245	8558885	2112017	6446868	3.87	1.88	5.90
Age 15-19	23239814	12075720	11164094	40185	20570	19615	0.17	0.17	0.18
15	4144468	2182294	1962174	8420	4397	4023	0.20	0.20	0.21
16	4685021	2420257	2264764	7530	3812	3718	0.16	0.16	0.16
17	5255798	2701472	2554326	7802	3988	3814	0.15	0.15	0.15
18	4805111	2496403	2308708	7978	4064	3914	0.17	0.16	0.17
19	4349416	2275294	2074122	8455	4309	4146	0.19	0.19	0.20
Age 20-24	23511008	11867847	11643161	62213	28996	33217	0.26	0.24	0.29
20	5175368	2668052	2507316	11582	5745	5837	0.22	0.22	0.23
21	4774870	2429265	2345605	11741	5665	6076	0.25	0.23	0.26
22	4451935	2241435	2210500	12061	5541	6520	0.27	0.25	0.29
23	4791766	2391510	2400256	13523	6227	7296	0.28	0.26	0.30
24	4317069	2137585	2179484	13306	5818	7488	0.31	0.27	0.34
Age 25-29	19729221	9801886	9927335	75488	31267	44221	0.38	0.32	0.45
25	3855715	1912714	1943001	13608	5855	7753	0.35	0.31	0.40
26	3817356	1891034	1926322	13725	5784	7941	0.36	0.31	0.41
27	3776795	1875253	1901542	14367	5930	8437	0.38	0.32	0.44
28	4376058	2176061	2199997	17058	6961	10097	0.39	0.32	0.46
29	3903297	1946824	1956473	16730	6737	9993	0.43	0.35	0.51
Age 30-34	20434530	10287442	10147088	111634	41728	69906	0.55	0.41	0.69
30	3843884	1925105	1918779	19076	7382	11694	0.50	0.38	0.61
31	4129474	2075548	2053926	20406	7870	12536	0.49	0.38	0.61
32	4104155	2064533	2039622	22603	8436	14167	0.55	0.41	0.69
33	3875326	1953462	1921864	22443	8275	14168	0.58	0.42	0.74
34	4481691	2268794	2212897	27106	9765	17341	0.60	0.43	0.78
Age 35-39	25279163	12867797	12411366	190874	64075	126799	0.76	0.50	1.02
35	4586727	2321907	2264820	30370	10750	19620	0.66	0.46	0.87
36	4944977	2504443	2440534	34473	11939	22534	0.70	0.48	0.92
37	5128265	2610485	2517780	38393	12979	25414	0.75	0.50	1.01
38	5286315	2699780	2586535	42435	13860	28575	0.80	0.51	1.10
39	5332879	2731182	2601697	45203	14547	30656	0.85	0.53	1.18
Age 40-44	25981016	13273294	12707722	287160	84998	202162	1.11	0.64	1.59
40	5789835	2962275	2827560	53532	16789	36743	0.92	0.57	1.30
41	5213140	2660844	2552296	54099	16838	37261	1.04	0.63	1.46
42	5633256	2884993	2748263	62447	18397	44050	1.11	0.64	1.60
43	4400613	2243824	2156789	53989	15365	38624	1.23	0.68	1.79
44	4944172	2521358	2422814	63093	17609	45484	1.28	0.70	1.88
Age 45-49	21216583	10837404	10379179	328583	77431	251152	1.55	0.71	2.42
45	4924868	2523949	2400919	64940	17263	47677	1.32	0.68	1.99
46	4731208	2411734	2319474	65833	16556	49277	1.39	0.69	2.12
47	5397990	2767803	2630187	78249	18380	59869	1.45	0.66	2.28
48	4007634	2048238	1959396	72906	15567	57339	1.82	0.76	2.93
49	2154883	1085680	1069203	46655	9665	36990	2.17	0.89	3.46
Age 50-54	14932942	7680252	7252690	520373	117425	402948	3.48	1.53	5.56
50	2681140	1379448	1301692	64137	14836	49301	2.39	1.08	3.79
51	2445945	1266630	1179315	71783	16632	55151	2.93	1.31	4.68
52	3170969	1644060	1526909	109587	25962	83625	3.46	1.58	5.48
53	3461399	1780408	1680991	135305	30150	105155	3.91	1.69	6.26
54	3173489	1609706	1563783	139561	29845	109716	4.40	1.85	7.02
Age 55-59	15019105	7596588	7422517	899707	196053	703654	5.99	2.58	9.48
55	3282882	1672426	1610456	160826	34300	126526	4.90	2.05	7.86
56	3286827	1667678	1619149	178601	38086	140515	5.43	2.28	8.68
57	2971778	1495741	1476037	181381	39329	142052	6.10	2.63	9.62
58	2979383	1505361	1474022	200232	44409	155823	6.72	2.95	10.57
59	2498235	1255382	1242853	178667	39929	138738	7.15	3.18	11.16
Age 60-64	10738730	5472165	5266565	950266	222506	727760	8.85	4.07	13.82
60	2505514	1276499	1229015	191560	44958	146602	7.65	3.52	11.93
61	2387222	1222667	1164555	201787	48540	153247	8.45	3.97	13.16
62	2060383	1045435	1014948	188033	44613	143420	9.13	4.27	14.13
63	1962717	1002374	960343	185350	43143	142207	9.44	4.30	14.81
64	1822894	925190	897704	183536	41252	142284	10.07	4.46	15.85
Age 65-69	7491688	3804294	3687394	997656	234900	762756	13.32	6.17	20.69
65	1666898	844272	822626	185453	41992	143461	11.13	4.97	17.44
66	1573015	803037	769978	193542	45223	148319	12.30	5.63	19.26
67	1440736	730759	709977	193987	45771	148216	13.46	6.26	20.88
68	1411979	717533	694446	202027	48239	153788	14.31	6.72	22.15
69	1399060	708693	690367	222647	53675	168972	15.91	7.57	24.48
Age 70-74	5900425	2962830	2937595	1256999	316060	940939	21.30	10.67	32.03
70	1349853	687584	662269	236627	58805	177822	17.53	8.55	26.85
71	1118331	561850	556481	222546	55953	166593	19.90	9.96	29.94
72	1233790	622537	611253	267561	68725	198836	21.69	11.04	32.53
73	1126947	564270	562677	263110	66645	196465	23.35	11.81	34.92
74	1071504	526589	544915	267155	65932	201223	24.93	12.52	36.93
Age 75-79	4165342	1995471	2169871	1273492	313168	960324	30.57	15.69	44.26
75	985160	474712	510448	270510	66488	204022	27.46	14.01	39.97
76	904036	432253	471783	264140	64389	199751	29.22	14.90	42.34
77	890642	430503	460139	275725	68212	207513	30.96	15.84	45.10
78	738723	349408	389315	244423	60509	183914	33.09	17.32	47.24
79	646781	308595	338186	218694	53570	165124	33.81	17.36	48.83
Age 80-84	2326232	1052564	1273668	916015	224016	691999	39.38	21.28	54.33
80	655298	308492	346806	236219	58823	177396	36.05	19.07	51.15
81	486067	221335	264732	190339	46937	143402	39.16	21.21	54.17
82	477955	214421	263534	193443	47236	146207	40.47	22.03	55.48
83	389793	172434	217359	160287	38800	121487	41.12	22.50	55.89
84	317119	135882	181237	135727	32220	103507	42.80	23.71	57.11
Age 85+	1355053	517053	838000	648240	138824	509416	47.84	26.85	60.79