Scotland’s Place in the Footballing World

 Steven Kellow    Football  

World Football ELO Ratings vs. Population

This table shows the difference between World Football ELO Ratings Rankings and population ranking.  The table is sorted by the difference from the largest to the smallest and then by World Football ELO Ratings rank.  All World Football ELO Ratings data is courtesy of their website and Advanced Satellite Consulting and accurate as of the 14th of March 2014.

Rank Country ELO Rank Pop Rank Change
1 Uruguay 9 136 127
2 Montenegro 60 168 108
3 Croatia 23 129 106
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 131 106
5 Slovenia 50 147 97
6 Panama 39 135 96
7 Iceland 84 178 94
8 Cape Verde 82 173 91
9 Costa Rica 32 121 89
10 Denmark 28 113 85
11 Switzerland 16 98 82
12 Republic of Ireland 42 123 81
13 Scotland 39 117 78
14 Serbia 25 102 77
15 Portugal 7 83 76
16 Wales 63 138 75
17 Trinidad and Tobago 83 156 73
18 New Caledonia 110 182 72
19 Sweden 19 89 70
20 Finland 45 114 69
21 Armenia 70 139 69
22 Oman 64 130 66
23 Gabon 89 154 65
24 Kuwait 73 137 64
25 Jamaica 79 143 64
26 Norway 57 119 62
27 Bahrain 98 160 62
28 Slovakia 54 115 61
29 F.Y.R. Macedonia 85 146 61
30 Qatar 87 148 61
31 Estonia 96 157 61
32 Paraguay 43 103 60
33 Netherlands 5 63 58
34 Belgium 18 76 58
35 Greece 21 79 58
36 Albania 86 142 56
37 Chile 10 65 55
38 New Zealand 69 124 55
39 Czech Republic 27 81 54
40 Ecuador 14 66 52
41 Antigua and Barbuda 143 195 52
42 Honduras 44 93 49
43 United Arab Emirates 46 95 49
44 Bulgaria 51 100 49
45 Latvia 101 150 49
46 Austria 47 94 47
47 Jordan 61 105 44
48 Tahiti 142 185 43
49 Israel 55 97 42
50 Cyprus 122 163 41
51 Hungary 48 88 40
52 Lithuania 100 140 40
53 Bermuda 158 198 40
54 Northern Ireland 113 152 39
55 Faroe Islands 163 202 39
56 Fiji 126 164 38
57 Libya 71 108 37
58 Liechtenstein 166 203 37
59 Bolivia 53 87 34
60 Georgia 91 125 34
61 St Kitts and Nevis 167 201 34
62 Guyana 132 165 33
63 Vanuatu 149 181 32
64 Cote D’Ivoire 22 53 31
65 Grenada 162 191 29
66 Argentina 4 32 28
67 Spain 2 28 26
68 El Salvador 80 106 26
69 Moldova 107 133 26
70 Gambia 125 151 26
71 Malta 148 174 26
72 Equatorial Guinea 130 155 25
73 Belarus 68 91 23
74 Botswana 127 149 22
75 Romania 38 59 21
76 Colombia 8 27 19
77 Togo 90 109 19
78 Surinam 153 172 19
79 England 6 24 18
80 Australia 33 51 18
81 Solomon Islands 152 170 18
82 St Vincent and the Grenadines 171 189 18
83 Lebanon 104 120 16
84 Germany 3 16 13
85 Ukraine 17 29 12
86 Ghana 37 49 12
87 Italy 11 22 11
88 Luxembourg 160 171 11
89 Congo 116 126 10
90 Dominica 187 197 10
91 France 12 21 9
92 Senegal 62 71 9
93 Namibia 136 144 8
94 Barbados 172 180 8
95 Belize 170 177 7
96 Cayman Islands 193 200 7
97 Seychelles 188 194 6
98 Peru 35 40 5
99 Andorra 191 196 5
100 Brazil 1 5 4
101 Venezuela 41 44 3
102 Guinea 75 78 3
103 Mali 67 68 1
104 Sao Tome e Principe 183 184 1
105 St Lucia 185 186 1
106 Liberia 128 128 0
107 Maldives 179 179 0
108 Cameroon 58 57 -1
109 Tunisia 78 77 -1
110 Guinea-Bissau 154 153 -1
111 Curacao 189 188 -1
112 San Marino 205 204 -1
113 Cook Islands 209 207 -2
114 Aruba 196 193 -3
115 Turkmenistan 123 118 -5
116 Lesotho 150 145 -5
117 Russia 15 9 -6
118 Mexico 19 11 -8
119 Uzbekistan 49 41 -8
120 Central African Republic 131 122 -9
121 USA 13 3 -10
122 South Korea 36 26 -10
123 Sierra Leone 120 110 -10
124 Palestine 138 127 -11
125 Azerbaijan 102 90 -12
126 British Virgin Islands 218 206 -12
127 Burkina Faso 73 60 -13
128 Montserrat 222 209 -13
129 Japan 24 10 -14
130 Iran 31 17 -14
131 Turks and Caicos 219 205 -14
132 Egypt 30 15 -15
133 Tonga 207 192 -15
134 Turkey 34 18 -16
135 Swaziland 175 159 -16
136 North Korea 65 48 -17
137 Zambia 87 70 -17
138 Anguilla 225 208 -17
139 Poland 52 34 -18
140 Haiti 102 84 -18
141 Bahamas 194 176 -18
142 Nigeria 29 7 -22
143 Algeria 56 33 -23
144 Mauritania 159 134 -25
145 Samoa 208 183 -25
146 Guatemala 93 67 -26
147 Mauritius 184 158 -26
148 US Virgin Islands 216 190 -26
149 Iraq 65 38 -27
150 Benin 112 85 -27
151 Guam 214 187 -27
152 Singapore 146 116 -30
153 Comoros 198 167 -31
154 Cuba 108 75 -33
155 American Samoa 232 199 -33
156 South Africa 59 25 -34
157 Saudi Arabia 77 43 -34
158 Morocco 76 39 -37
159 Zimbabwe 111 72 -39
160 Syria 94 54 -40
161 Angola 99 56 -43
162 Uganda 80 36 -44
163 Tajikistan 141 96 -45
164 Brunei Darussalam 221 175 -46
165 Burundi 133 86 -47
166 Dominican Republic 140 92 -48
167 Puerto Rico 180 132 -48
168 Djibouti 213 162 -51
169 Canada 92 37 -55
170 Rwanda 136 80 -56
171 Macau 226 169 -57
172 Kyrgyzstan 172 112 -60
173 Kenya 94 31 -63
174 Kazakhstan 124 61 -63
175 Hong Kong 164 101 -63
176 Nicaragua 174 111 -63
177 Timor-Leste 224 161 -63
178 Malawi 128 64 -64
179 Bhutan 231 166 -65
180 Eritrea 176 107 -69
181 Papua New Guinea 169 99 -70
182 China 72 1 -71
183 Mozambique 121 50 -71
184 Chad 144 73 -71
185 Mongolia 212 141 -71
186 Niger 134 62 -72
187 Congo DR 96 19 -77
188 Sudan 115 35 -80
189 South Sudan 157 74 -83
190 Tanzania 116 30 -86
191 Ethiopia 109 14 -95
192 Laos 200 104 -96
193 Madagascar 165 55 -110
194 Thailand 135 20 -115
195 Malaysia 161 42 -119
196 Yemen 168 47 -121
197 Somalia 203 82 -121
198 Vietnam 145 13 -132
199 Afghanistan 181 46 -135
200 Philippines 156 12 -144
201 Indonesia 150 4 -146
202 Sri Lanka 206 58 -148
203 Nepal 195 45 -150
204 Cambodia 220 69 -151
205 Chinese Taipei 204 52 -152
206 Myanmar 186 23 -163
207 India 177 2 -175
208 Bangladesh 190 8 -182
209 Pakistan 192 6 -186

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