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FIFA Rankings Per Capita

FIFA World Rankings Teams

A flaw with measuring the best international football team in the world is that each country is different in terms of population. Therefore, larger countries always have an advantage because they have a larger pool of potential players to pull from. The following list will somewhat factor out this problem by rating each team by their FIFA points per head of population. This table is not claimed to be a clear cut method, but at least it gives an indication as to the teams that are punching above their weight (or not).

There now follows a listing of the current FIFA world rankings per capata for May 2017

Rank Fifa Rank Country Points Population Per Head
186Faroe Islands431494690.0087125270371344
234Iceland8723019310.002888077077213
387Montenegro5606213830.00090121551442508
448Cape Verde Islands4184988970.0008378482933351
5118Andorra66792180.00083314398242824
675Equatorial Guinea2875512010.00052068120340856
7115Guam821651240.00049659649717788
825Northern Ireland82317103000.00048120212828159
983Cyprus3437884570.00043502689430115
1082Qatar3698853590.0004167800858183
1163Trinidad and Tobago43910658420.00041188093544822
12108Bahrain2325860000.00039590443686007
13111Barbados1102809460.00039153431620311
1426Wales111929030850.00038545202775668
15117San Marino12314480.00038158229458153
1669United Arab Emirates45314000000.00032357142857143
179Uruguay109734319320.00031964502793179
1856Slovenia61420092450.00030558742214115
1985Gabon39213840000.00028323699421965
2090Estonia33113250000.00024981132075472
2127Croatia101644947490.0002260415431429
2223Costa Rica90240752610.00022133551691536
2333Republic of Ireland82340622350.00020259783099698
2455Panama60733200000.0001828313253012
2521Bosnia and Herzegovina81544989760.00018115233333096
2698Armenia52729716500.00017734255380008
2745Jamaica45827801320.00016474037923379
2815Switzerland121275239340.00016108594254017
2924Slovakia84654394480.00015553048765242
3041Albania53336005230.00014803404949781
3159Congo39229584480.00013250190640498
322Belgium1281103790670.00012342149829074
3337Denmark65754506610.00012053583959817
348Portugal1259106058700.00011870784763532
3597Latvia26522598100.00011726649585585
3642Scotland58950620110.00011635691822874
37112Mauritius14712960000.00011342592592593
3843Paraguay73865064640.00011342566407806
39110FYR Macedonia22520505540.00010972644465837
4093Oman29031022299.3481171119218E-5
4110Austria76281997839.2929288494586E-5
42105Lithuania33135754399.2576044508101E-5
4370Israel55763521178.7687301729486E-5
445Chile1411161342198.745387675722E-5
4535Sweden76890165968.5176268294598E-5
4650Norway38746108208.3933009746639E-5
4768Bulgaria61473853678.313737150774E-5
4820Hungary80199813348.0249794265977E-5
49113New Zealand30141157717.3133320585621E-5
5084Honduras52473264967.1521229247924E-5
51116Gambia12017000007.0588235294118E-5
5246Tunisia701101750146.8894254101272E-5
5339Greece730106880586.830052756076E-5
5440Senegal805119871216.7155407874835E-5
5530Czech Republic679102354556.6338037732568E-5
5653Serbia671101502656.610664844711E-5
57101Libya36155510006.5033327328409E-5
5873Haiti53783000006.4698795180723E-5
5966Finland33552313726.403673835468E-5
6013Ecuador839135475106.1930199719358E-5
61109Georgia27446460035.8975424682248E-5
6272Burkina Faso765132280005.7831871787118E-5
6391Togo32055487025.7671145431851E-5
6481Bolivia46091191525.0443286831933E-5
6554Guinea47496902224.8915288008882E-5
6679Jordan31164590004.8149868400681E-5
6714Netherlands792164914614.8024853589382E-5
6874Benin39684390004.6924991112691E-5
6957Cameroon779173407024.4923210144549E-5
7062Mali504117168294.3015051256616E-5
7177Belarus428102930114.1581612999345E-5
721Argentina1603399218334.0153466901182E-5
7347Peru1044283026033.6887066535894E-5
74114Moldova14243204903.2866642441019E-5
7558Australia661202640823.2619291611631E-5
763Colombia1348435930353.09223709705E-5
7728Poland1183385368693.0697875325575E-5
7836Ghana682224095723.0433423717329E-5
7922Romania676223035523.030907363993E-5
806Spain1204403978422.980357218091E-5
8178Zambia334115020112.903840032843E-5
8296Rwanda285101860632.7979406763928E-5
8388Guatemala352127281112.7655321359155E-5
8499Zimbabwe304123988972.4518309975476E-5
8564Saudi Arabia646270197312.3908454158926E-5
8694Syria426194050002.1953104869879E-5
8711England1103504317002.1871164366857E-5
8865Uzbekistan586273071342.1459593672481E-5
8976Venezuela595277304692.1456542981657E-5
9017France1294608761362.1256276843852E-5
9112Italy1165581335092.0040077057795E-5
9261Morocco633332412591.9042600041112E-5
9332Algeria628333332161.8840066317033E-5
9471Uganda463258270001.7926975645642E-5
954Germany1464824222991.776218350813E-5
9692Mozambique323188630001.7123469225468E-5
9719Ukraine761467108161.6291729949654E-5
98102Angola189121270711.5584966889367E-5
9949Korea Republic700488468231.4330512344682E-5
10018Turkey863704139581.2256092747975E-5
10138Iran820686884331.1937963412268E-5
10244Egypt910788870071.1535486445822E-5
10351Congo DR712626000001.1373801916933E-5
10467South Africa539474320001.1363636363636E-5
105107Kenya428379538401.1276856307557E-5
106104Cuba124113828201.0893609843606E-5
10795Iraq278274996381.0109223983239E-5
10816Mexico10761074495251.0014004249902E-5
10989Canada312314139909.9318806684538E-6
1107Brazil16721880782278.889917916974E-6
11160Nigeria7261318597315.5058507589402E-6
11252Japan6851274636115.3740828039149E-6
113103Ethiopia265517000005.1257253384913E-6
114106Sudan155379600004.0832455216017E-6
11529Russia5611428935403.9259997337878E-6
116100Thailand245633600003.8667929292929E-6
11731USA8472984442152.8380513256054E-6
11880China PR42513218518883.2151862387778E-7

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I believe that for this to make any sense at all one has to look at not just population but also the significance of what the nation has won. That being said, Uruguay is so far ahead of all others it’s truly incredible.
By Richard on 30/03/2022
Haha. Even if China were #1 in the rankings they would _still_ be last on this list. I understand the idea this meant to convey, but the execution is naive.
On 30/03/2022
why only 118 countries???
By Eluwina on 17/09/2020
Where is India or even Pakistan or Bangladesh? I believe they would be even below China in the Points per Capita Ranking.
By The aggregated soccer world ra on 14/04/2020