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DEFINITION:
Total matches played in World Cup history, 1930-2006. NOTE: Serbia & Montenegro includes historic Yugoslavia's totals. Germany includes West Germany totals. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 12.31 | 2006 | |
| 2 | Sweden | 5.07 | 2006 | |
| 3 | Paraguay | 3.66 | 2006 | |
| 4 | Austria | 3.51 | 2006 | |
| 5 | Switzerland | 3.47 | 2006 | |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 3.38 | 2006 | |
| 7 | Hungary | 3.18 | 2006 | |
| 8 | Belgium | 3.13 | 2006 | |
| 9 | Ireland | 3.05 | 2006 | |
| 10 | Czech Republic | 2.92 | 2006 | |
| 11 | Croatia | 2.7 | 2006 | |
| 12 | Denmark | 2.39 | 2006 | |
| 13 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.3 | 2006 | |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 2.28 | 2006 | |
| 15 | Netherlands | 2.2 | 2006 | |
| 16 | Portugal | 1.8 | 2006 | |
| 17 | Norway | 1.72 | 2006 | |
| 18 | Argentina | 1.67 | 2006 | |
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 1.6 | 2006 | ||
| 19 | Chile | 1.51 | 2006 | |
| 20 | Slovenia | 1.49 | 2006 | |
| 21 | Italy | 1.31 | 2006 | |
| 22 | Kuwait | 1.24 | 2006 | |
| 23 | Tunisia | 1.18 | 2006 | |
| 24 | Jamaica | 1.13 | 2006 | |
| 25 | Germany | 1.12 | 2006 | |
| 26 | Spain | 1.11 | 2006 | |
| 27 | El Salvador | 0.984 | 2006 | |
| 28 | Romania | 0.973 | 2006 | |
| 29 | Cameroon | 0.913 | 2006 | |
| 30 | Poland | 0.813 | 2006 | |
| 31 | France | 0.802 | 2006 | |
| 32 | New Zealand | 0.717 | 2006 | |
| 33 | Bolivia | 0.63 | 2006 | |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 0.615 | 2006 | |
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 0.58 | 2006 | ||
| 35 | Peru | 0.535 | 2006 | |
| 36 | Togo | 0.528 | 2006 | |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 0.512 | 2006 | |
| 38 | Ecuador | 0.499 | 2006 | |
| 39 | South Korea | 0.496 | 2006 | |
| 40 | Brazil | 0.489 | 2006 | |
| 41 | Senegal | 0.432 | 2006 | |
| 42 | Morocco | 0.428 | 2006 | |
| 43 | Honduras | 0.426 | 2006 | |
| 44 | Israel | 0.425 | 2006 | |
| 45 | Mexico | 0.401 | 2006 | |
| 46 | Australia | 0.338 | 2006 | |
| 47 | Haiti | 0.32 | 2006 | |
| 48 | Colombia | 0.297 | 2006 | |
| 49 | Greece | 0.269 | 2006 | |
| 50 | Cuba | 0.265 | 2006 | |
| 51 | Russia | 0.26 | 2006 | |
| 52 | Ghana | 0.182 | 2006 | |
| 53 | Angola | 0.175 | 2006 | |
| 54 | Algeria | 0.174 | 2006 | |
| 55 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.17 | 2006 | |
| 56 | North Korea | 0.167 | 2006 | |
| 57 | Turkey | 0.146 | 2006 | |
| 58 | Iran | 0.127 | 2006 | |
| 59 | South Africa | 0.126 | 2006 | |
| 60 | Iraq | 0.107 | 2006 | |
| 61 | Ukraine | 0.107 | 2006 | |
| 62 | Canada | 0.0921 | 2006 | |
| 63 | United States | 0.0838 | 2006 | |
| 64 | Japan | 0.0783 | 2006 | |
| 65 | Nigeria | 0.0768 | 2006 | |
| 66 | Egypt | 0.0548 | 2006 | |
| 67 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.054 | 2006 | |
| 68 | China | 0.00229 | 2006 |