Scotland’s Place in the Footballing World

 Steven Kellow    Football  

FIFA World Rankings vs. Population

The following is the table of FIFA nations ranked by the difference between their FIFA World Ranking position and their ranking in terms of population (which can be found here).  The list is sorted by the difference from largest to smallest, and then by FIFA World Ranking from highest to lowest.  All FIFA World Ranking data is courtesy of their latest rankings on the 13th of March 2014.

Rank Country FIFA Rank Pop. Rank Change
1 Cape Verde Islands 33 173 140
2 Uruguay 6 136 130
3 Iceland 52 178 126
4 Montenegro 46 168 122
5 Slovenia 31 147 116
6 Croatia 16 129 113
7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 21 131 110
8 Panama 29 135 106
9 Armenia 41 139 98
11 Switzerland 7 98 91
10 Denmark 22 113 91
12 Wales 49 138 89
13 Albania 54 142 88
14 Costa Rica 34 121 87
15 Scotland 37 117 80
16 Trinidad and Tobago 76 156 80
17 Portugal 4 83 79
18 Serbia 28 102 74
22 Belgium 10 76 66
19 Greece 13 79 66
20 Northern Ireland 86 152 66
21 Gabon 88 154 66
24 Slovakia 50 115 65
23 Estonia 92 157 65
26 F.Y.R. Macedonia 82 146 64
25 New Caledonia 118 182 64
27 Jamaica 80 143 63
28 Sweden 27 89 62
29 Norway 57 119 62
30 Grenada 132 191 59
31 Honduras 36 93 57
32 Finland 58 114 56
33 Republic of Ireland 68 123 55
34 Botswana 95 149 54
35 Bahrain 106 160 54
36 Netherlands 11 63 52
37 Liechtenstein 151 203 52
39 Czech Republic 30 81 51
38 Luxembourg 120 171 51
40 Antigua & Barbuda 144 195 51
42 Chile 15 65 50
41 Austria 44 94 50
43 St Vincent & the Grenadines 139 189 50
44 Oman 81 130 49
45 Qatar 101 148 47
46 Tahiti 138 185 47
48 Hungary 43 88 45
47 St Kitts and Nevis 156 201 45
49 Paraguay 59 103 44
50 Ecuador 23 66 43
51 Cyprus 122 163 41
52 Suriname 131 172 41
53 Malta 134 174 40
54 St Lucia 146 186 40
55 Faroe Islands 162 202 40
57 Jordan 66 105 39
56 Congo 87 126 39
58 Sierra Leone 72 110 38
59 Dominica 159 197 38
60 Libya 71 108 37
61 Latvia 113 150 37
62 Belize 140 177 37
63 Equatorial Guinea 119 155 36
64 Lithuania 105 140 35
65 UAE 61 95 34
66 New Zealand 90 124 34
67 Tunisia 44 77 33
68 Bulgaria 67 100 33
69 Israel 65 97 32
70 Liberia 97 128 31
71 Aruba 162 193 31
72 Argentina 3 32 29
73 Cote D’Ivoire 24 53 29
74 Bermuda 169 198 29
75 El Salvador 78 106 28
77 Spain 1 28 27
78 Romania 32 59 27
76 Kuwait 110 137 27
79 Georgia 99 125 26
81 Guinea 53 78 25
80 Moldova 108 133 25
82 Colombia 5 27 22
83 Maldives 157 179 22
84 Montserrat 188 209 21
86 Togo 89 109 20
85 Namibia 124 144 20
88 Barbados 161 180 19
87 Sao Tome e Principe 165 184 19
89 Seychelles 176 194 18
90 Bolivia 70 87 17
91 Central African Republic 107 122 15
92 Gambia 136 151 15
95 Germany 2 16 14
94 Italy 8 22 14
96 Ghana 35 49 14
93 Guam 173 187 14
97 England 12 24 12
99 Mali 56 68 12
98 Guyana 153 165 12
100 Ukraine 18 29 11
101 Curacao 178 188 10
102 British Virgin Islands 197 206 9
104 Algeria 25 33 8
103 Belarus 83 91 8
105 Cameroon 50 57 7
106 Venezuela 39 44 5
108 Haiti 79 84 5
109 Solomon Islands 165 170 5
107 Cayman Islands 195 200 5
110 France 17 21 4
111 Lebanon 116 120 4
113 Senegal 69 71 2
112 Lesotho 143 145 2
114 American Samoa 197 199 2
115 Cook Islands 205 207 2
116 Anguilla 206 208 2
117 Vanuatu 180 181 1
118 Samoa 182 183 1
119 Tonga 191 192 1
120 Peru 40 40 0
121 Azerbaijan 91 90 -1
122 Burkina Faso 62 60 -2
123 Turks and Caicos Islands 207 205 -2
124 Andorra 199 196 -3
125 San Marino 207 204 -3
127 Brazil 9 5 -4
128 Zambia 74 70 -4
126 US Virgin Islands 194 190 -4
130 Mexico 20 11 -9
131 Benin 94 85 -9
129 Bahamas 185 176 -9
132 Russia 19 9 -10
133 USA 14 3 -11
134 Egypt 26 15 -11
135 Australia 63 51 -12
136 Uzbekistan 55 41 -14
138 Comoros 183 167 -16
137 Brunei Darussalam 191 175 -16
139 Fiji 181 164 -17
141 Cuba 93 75 -18
142 Puerto Rico 150 132 -18
140 Mauritius 176 158 -18
143 Dominican Republic 111 92 -19
144 Turkey 38 18 -20
145 Swaziland 179 159 -20
146 Mauritania 155 134 -21
147 Turkmenistan 142 118 -24
149 Iran 42 17 -25
148 Tajikistan 121 96 -25
150 Zimbabwe 102 72 -30
151 Guinea-Bissau 183 153 -30
152 Timor-Leste 191 161 -30
153 Saudi Arabia 75 43 -32
155 Singapore 149 116 -33
154 Macau 202 169 -33
156 South Korea 60 26 -34
157 Kyrgyzstan 146 112 -34
159 Japan 48 10 -38
158 Morocco 77 39 -38
161 South Africa 64 25 -39
160 Poland 73 34 -39
164 Nigeria 47 7 -40
163 Angola 96 56 -40
162 Palestine 167 127 -40
165 Bhutan 207 166 -41
166 Niger 104 62 -42
167 Djibouti 204 162 -42
168 Burundi 129 86 -43
169 Hong Kong 145 101 -44
170 Mongolia 187 141 -46
171 Uganda 85 36 -49
172 Malawi 114 64 -50
173 Rwanda 134 80 -54
174 Nicaragua 168 111 -57
175 Guatemala 126 67 -59
177 Congo DR 84 19 -65
178 Iraq 103 38 -65
176 Mozambique 115 50 -65
179 Kazakhstan 127 61 -66
180 Laos 172 104 -68
181 Canada 112 37 -75
182 Kenya 109 31 -78
183 Afghanistan 127 46 -81
184 Syria 137 54 -83
185 North Korea 133 48 -85
186 Ethiopia 100 14 -86
187 Tanzania 117 30 -87
188 Sudan 122 35 -87
189 Eritrea 200 107 -93
190 Papua New Guinea 195 99 -96
191 China 98 1 -97
192 Chad 170 73 -97
193 Malaysia 141 42 -99
194 Vietnam 125 13 -112
196 Nepal 160 45 -115
195 Sri Lanka 173 58 -115
197 Philippines 130 12 -118
198 Chinese Taipei 171 52 -119
199 Cambodia 188 69 -119
200 Somalia 203 82 -121
201 South Sudan 201 74 -127
202 Thailand 148 20 -128
203 Madagascar 190 55 -135
204 Yemen 185 47 -138
206 India 152 2 -150
207 Indonesia 154 4 -150
205 Myanmar 173 23 -150
208 Pakistan 158 6 -152
209 Bangladesh 162 8 -154

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