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How Fit is the World Today?

Below is a list of the countries of the world in rows of alphabetical order along with:

  • The latest population statistics (2021), according to the United Nations Population Division.

  • The latest data by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the prevalence of insufficient physical activity (2016) among adults aged 18+ around the world (age-standardised estimate) (%).

The List

  • Afghanistan

    • Population: 38,928,346

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Albania

    • Population: 2,877,797

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Algeria

    • Population: 43,851,044

    • Insufficiently Active:
      33.58%

  • Andorra

    • Population: 77,265

    • Insufficiently Active:
      38.4%

  • Angola

    • Population: 32,866,272

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Antigua and Barbuda

    • Population: 97,929

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Argentina

    • Population: 45,195,774

    • Insufficiently Active:
      41.58%

  • Armenia

    • Population: 2,963,243

    • Insufficiently Active:
      22.64%

  • Australia

    • Population: 25,499,884

    • Insufficiently Active:
      30.37%

  • Austria

    • Population: 9,006,398

    • Insufficiently Active: 30.09%

  • Azerbaijan

    • Population: 10,139,177

    • Insufficiently Active: No data

  • Bahamas

    • Population: 393,244

    • Insufficiently Active: 43.26%

  • Bahrain

    • Population: 1,701,575

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Bangladesh

    • Population: 164,689,383

    • Insufficiently Active:
      27.76%

  • Barbados

    • Population: 287,375

    • Insufficiently Active:
      42.9%

  • Belarus

    • Population: 9,449,323

    • Insufficiently Active:
      14.08%

  • Belgium 

    • Population: 11,589,623

    • Insufficiently Active:
      35.75%

  • Belize

    • Population: 397,628

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Benin

    • Population: 12,123,200

    • Insufficiently Active:
      15.89%

  • Bhutan

    • Population: 771,608

    • Insufficiently Active:
      22.98%

  • Bolivia 

    • Population: 11,673,021

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

    • Population: 3,280,819

    • Insufficiently Active:
      25.45%

  • Botswana

    • Population: 2,351,627

    • Insufficiently Active:
      21.74%

  • Brazil

    • Population: 212,559,417

    • Insufficiently Active:
      47.02%

  • Brunei 

    • Population: 437,479

    • Insufficiently Active:
      27.34%

  • Bulgaria 

    • Population: 6,948,445

    • Insufficiently Active:
      38.63%

  • Burkina Faso 

    • Population: 20,903,273

    • Insufficiently Active:
      20.3%

  • Burundi

    • Population: 11,890,784

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Côte d'Ivoire

    • Population: 26,378,274

    • Insufficiently Active:
      33.1%

  • Cabo Verde 

    • Population: 555,987

    • Insufficiently Active:
      19.68%

  • Cambodia

    • Population: 16,718,965

    • Insufficiently Active:
      10.51%

  • Cameroon

    • Population: 26,545,863

    • Insufficiently Active:
      28.51%

  • Canada

    • Population: 37,742,154

    • Insufficiently Active:
      28.6%

  • Central African Republic

    • Population: 4,829,767

    • Insufficiently Active:
      14.31%

  • Chad

    • Population: 16,425,864

    • Insufficiently Active:
      23.3%

  • Chile

    • Population: 19,116,201

    • Insufficiently Active:
      26.58%

  • China

    • Population: 1,439,323,776

    • Insufficiently Active:
      14.11%

  • Colombia

    • Population: 50,882,891

    • Insufficiently Active:
      44.01%

  • Comoros

    • Population: 869,601

    • Insufficiently Active:
      14.32%

  • Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)      

    • Population: 5,518,087

    • Insufficiently Active:
      28.03%

  • Costa Rica

    • Population: 5,094,118

    • Insufficiently Active:
      46.06%

  • Croatia

    • Population: 4,105,267

    • Insufficiently Active:
      31.09%

  • Cuba 

    • Population: 11,326,616

    • Insufficiently Active:
      36.88%

  • Cyprus

    • Population: 1,207,359

    • Insufficiently Active:
      44.35%

  • Czechia

    • Population: 10,708,981

    • Insufficiently Active:
      31.08%

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo

    • Population: 89,561,403

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Denmark

    • Population: 5,792,202

    • Insufficiently Active:
      28.5%

  • Djibouti

    • Population: 988,000

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Dominica

    • Population: 71,986

    • Insufficiently Active:
      21.65%

  • Dominican Republic 

    • Population: 10,847,910

    • Insufficiently Active:
      38.97%

  • Ecuador

    • Population: 17,643,054

    • Insufficiently Active:
      27.18%

  • Egypt 

    • Population: 102,334,404

    • Insufficiently Active:
      31.02%

  • El Salvador 

    • Population: 6,486,205

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Equatorial Guinea

    • Population: 1,402,985

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Eritrea 

    • Population: 3,546,421

    • Insufficiently Active:
      22.37%

  • Estonia

    • Population: 1,326,535

    • Insufficiently Active:
      31.99%

  • Eswatini

    • Population: 1,160,164

    • Insufficiently Active:
      28%

  • Ethiopia

    • Population: 114,963,588

    • Insufficiently Active:
      14.86%

  • Fiji

    • Population: 896,445

    • Insufficiently Active:
      17.41%

  • Finland

    • Population: 5,540,720

    • Insufficiently Active:
      16.56%

  • France

    • Population: 65,273,511

    • Insufficiently Active:
      29.32%

  • Gabon

    • Population: 2,225,734

    • Insufficiently Active:
      25.33%

  • Gambia

    • Population: 2,416,668

    • Insufficiently Active:
      21.07%

  • Georgia

    • Population: 3,989,167

    • Insufficiently Active:
      17.96%

  • Germany

    • Population: 83,783,942

    • Insufficiently Active:
      42.21%

  • Ghana

    • Population: 31,072,940

    • Insufficiently Active:
      21.8%

  • Greece

    • Population: 10,423,054

    • Insufficiently Active:
      37.66%

  • Grenada

    • Population: 112,523

    • Insufficiently Active:
      28.7%

  • Guatemala

    • Population: 17,915,568

    • Insufficiently Active:
      37.12%

  • Guinea

    • Population: 13,132,795

    • Insufficiently Active:
      14.5%

  • Guinea-Bissau

    • Population: 1,968,001

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Guyana

    • Population: 786,552

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Haiti

    • Population: 11,402,528

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Holy See     

    • Population: 801

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No Data

  • Honduras 

    • Population: 9,904,607

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Hungary 

    • Population: 9,660,351

    • Insufficiently Active:
      38.54%

  • Iceland

    • Population: 341,243

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • India

    • Population: 1,380,004,385

    • Insufficiently Active:
      34.03%

  • Indonesia

    • Population: 273,523,615

    • Insufficiently Active:
      22.57%

  • Iran

    • Population: 83,992,949

    • Insufficiently Active:
      33.22%

  • Iraq

    • Population: 40,222,493

    • Insufficiently Active:
      52.03%

  • Ireland

    • Population: 4,937,786

    • Insufficiently Active:
      32.73%

  • Israel

    • Population: 8,655,535

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Italy

    • Population: 60,461,826

    • Insufficiently Active:
      41.39%

  • Jamaica

    • Population: 2,961,167

    • Insufficiently Active:
      32.56%

  • Japan

    • Population: 126,476,461

    • Insufficiently Active:
      35.56%

  • Jordan

    • Population: 10,203,134

    • Insufficiently Active:
      11.87%

  • Kazakhstan

    • Population: 18,776,707

    • Insufficiently Active:
      27.5%

  • Kenya 

    • Population: 53,771,296

    • Insufficiently Active:
      15.44%

  • Kiribati 

    • Population: 119,449

    • Insufficiently Active:
      40.36%

  • Kuwait 

    • Population: 4,270,571

    • Insufficiently Active:
      66.96%

  • Kyrgyzstan

    • Population: 6,524,195

    • Insufficiently Active:
      13.88%

  • Laos

    • Population: 7,275,560

    • Insufficiently Active:
      16.27%

  • Latvia

    • Population: 1,886,198

    • Insufficiently Active:
      29.54%

  • Lebanon

    • Population: 6,825,445

    • Insufficiently Active:
      36.41%

  • Lesotho

    • Population: 2,142,249

    • Insufficiently Active:
      6.25%

  • Liberia 

    • Population: 5,057,681

    • Insufficiently Active:
      25.12%

  • Libya

    • Population: 6,871,292

    • Insufficiently Active:
      36.4%

  • Liechtenstein

    • Population: 38,128

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No Data

  • Lithuania

    • Population: 2,722,289

    • Insufficiently Active:
      26.53%

  • Luxembourg

    • Population: 625,978

    • Insufficiently Active:
      28.43%

  • Madagascar

    • Population: 27,691,018

    • Insufficiently Active:
      17.17%

  • Malawi

    • Population: 19,129,952

    • Insufficiently Active:
      15.61%

  • Malaysia

    • Population: 32,365,999

    • Insufficiently Active:
      38.75%

  • Maldives

    • Population: 540,544

    • Insufficiently Active:
      30.33%

  • Mali

    • Population: 20,250,833

    • Insufficiently Active:
      40.42%

  • Malta

    • Population: 441,543

    • Insufficiently Active:
      41.75%

  • Marshall Islands

    • Population: 59,190

    • Insufficiently Active:
      43.52%

  • Mauritania

    • Population: 4,649,658

    • Insufficiently Active:
      41.31%

  • Mauritius

    • Population: 1,271,768

    • Insufficiently Active:
      29.77%

  • Mexico

    • Population: 128,932,753

    • Insufficiently Active:
      28.89%

  • Micronesia

    • Population: 548,914

    • Insufficiently Active:
      36.65%

  • Moldova

    • Population: 4,033,963

    • Insufficiently Active:
      11.48%

  • Monaco

    • Population: 39,242

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Mongolia

    • Population: 3,278,290

    • Insufficiently Active:
      18.6%

  • Montenegro

    • Population: 628,066

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Morocco

    • Population: 36,910,560

    • Insufficiently Active:
      26.2%

  • Mozambique

    • Population: 31,255,435

    • Insufficiently Active:
      5.56%

  • Myanmar

    • Population: 54,409,800

    • Insufficiently Active:
      10.73%

  • Namibia

    • Population: 2,540,905

    • Insufficiently Active:
      33.36%

  • Nauru 

    • Population: 10,824

    • Insufficiently Active:
      42.15%

  • Nepal

    • Population: 29,136,808

    • Insufficiently Active:
      13.4%

  • Netherlands

    • Population: 17,134,872

    • Insufficiently Active:
      27.18%

  • New Zealand

    • Population: 4,822,233

    • Insufficiently Active:
      42.38%

  • Nicaragua

    • Population: 6,624,554

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Niger

    • Population: 24,206,644

    • Insufficiently Active:
      22.38%

  • Nigeria

    • Population: 206,139,589

    • Insufficiently Active:
      27.1%

  • North Korea

    • Population: 25,778,816

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • North Macedonia

    • Population: 2,083,374

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Norway

    • Population: 5,421,241

    • Insufficiently Active:
      31.7%

  • Oman

    • Population: 5,106,626

    • Insufficiently Active:
      32.7%

  • Pakistan

    • Population: 220,892,340

    • Insufficiently Active:
      33.65%

  • Palau

    • Population: 18,094

    • Insufficiently Active:
      40.9%

  • Palestine State

    • Population: 5,101,414

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Panama

    • Population: 4,314,767

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Papua New Guinea

    • Population: 8,947,024

    • Insufficiently Active:
      14.8%

  • Paraguay

    • Population: 7,132,538

    • Insufficiently Active:
      37.42%

  • Peru 

    • Population: 32,971,854

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Philippines 

    • Population: 109,581,078

    • Insufficiently Active:
      39.46%

  • Poland 

    • Population: 37,846,611

    • Insufficiently Active:
      32.46%

  • Portugal 

    • Population: 10,196,709

    • Insufficiently Active:
      43.4%

  • Qatar

    • Population: 2,881,053

    • Insufficiently Active:
      36.83%

  • Romania

    • Population: 19,237,691

    • Insufficiently Active:
      35.35%

  • Russia

    • Population: 145,934,462

    • Insufficiently Active:
      17.12%

  • Rwanda

    • Population: 12,952,218

    • Insufficiently Active:
      14.56%

  • Saint Kitts and Nevis

    • Population: 53,199

    • Insufficiently Active:
      32.25%

  • Saint Lucia

    • Population: 183,627

    • Insufficiently Active:
      39.76%

  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

    • Population: 110,940

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Samoa

    • Population: 198,414

    • Insufficiently Active:
      12.58%

  • San Marino

    • Population: 33,931

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Saudi Arabia

    • Population: 34,813,871

    • Insufficiently Active:
      53.14%

  • Senegal

    • Population: 16,743,927

    • Insufficiently Active:
      23.09%

  • Serbia

    • Population: 8,737,371

    • Insufficiently Active:
      39.46%

  • Seychelles

    • Population: 98,347

    • Insufficiently Active:
      18.84%

  • Sierra Leone

    • Population: 7,976,983

    • Insufficiently Active:
      14.29%

  • Singapore

    • Population: 5,850,342

    • Insufficiently Active:
      36.5%

  • Slovakia

    • Population: 5,459,642

    • Insufficiently Active:
      34.9%

  • Slovenia

    • Population: 2,078,938

    • Insufficiently Active:
      32.22%

  • Solomon Islands

    • Population: 686,884

    • Insufficiently Active:
      18.2%

  • Somalia

    • Population: 15,893,222

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • South Africa

    • Population: 59,308,690

    • Insufficiently Active:
      38.17%

  • South Korea

    • Population: 51,269,185

    • Insufficiently Active:
      35.35%

  • South Sudan

    • Population: 11,193,725

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Spain

    • Population: 46,754,778

    • Insufficiently Active:
      26.81%

  • Sri Lanka

    • Population: 21,413,249

    • Insufficiently Active:
      28.95%

  • Sudan

    • Population: 43,849,260

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Suriname

    • Population: 586,632

    • Insufficiently Active:
      44.43%

  • Sweden

    • Population: 10,099,265

    • Insufficiently Active:
      23.13%

  • Switzerland

    • Population: 8,654,622

    • Insufficiently Active:
      23.75

  • Syria

    • Population: 17,500,658

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Tajikistan

    • Population: 9,537,645

    • Insufficiently Active:
      29.32%

  • Tanzania

    • Population: 59,734,218

    • Insufficiently Active:
      6.49%

  • Thailand

    • Population: 69,799,978

    • Insufficiently Active:
      24.58%

  • Timor-Leste

    • Population: 1,318,445

    • Insufficiently Active:
      17.79%

  • Togo

    • Population: 8,278,724

    • Insufficiently Active:
      9.8%

  • Tonga

    • Population: 105,695

    • Insufficiently Active:
      17.39%

  • Trinidad and Tobago

    • Population: 1,399,488

    • Insufficiently Active:
      38.18%

  • Tunisia

    • Population: 11,818,619

    • Insufficiently Active:
      30.36%

  • Turkey

    • Population: 84,339,067

    • Insufficiently Active:
      30.56%

  • Turkmenistan

    • Population: 6,031,200

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Tuvalu

    • Population: 11,792

    • Insufficiently Active:
      27.35%

  • Uganda

    • Population: 45,741,007

    • Insufficiently Active:
      5.52%

  • Ukraine

    • Population: 43,733,762

    • Insufficiently Active:
      19.63%

  • United Arab Emirates

    • Population: 9,890,402

    • Insufficiently Active:
      41.35%

  • United Kingdom

    • Population: 67,886,011

    • Insufficiently Active:
      35.86%

  • United States of America

    • Population: 331,002,651

    • Insufficiently Active:
      40.01%

  • Uruguay

    • Population: 3,473,730

    • Insufficiently Active:
      22.42%

  • Uzbekistan

    • Population: 33,469,203

    • Insufficiently Active:
      19.06%

  • Vanuatu

    • Population: 307,145

    • Insufficiently Active:
      8%

  • Venezuela

    • Population: 28,435,940

    • Insufficiently Active:
      31.43%

  • Vietnam

    • Population: 97,338,579

    • Insufficiently Active:
      25.39%

  • Yemen 

    • Population: 29,825,964

    • Insufficiently Active:
      No data

  • Zambia

    • Population: 18,383,955

    • Insufficiently Active:
      22.06%

  • Zimbabwe

    • Population: 14,862,924

    • Insufficiently Active:
      26.84%

References

United Nations, n.d. Population Division |. [online] Un.org. Available at: <https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/> [Accessed 13 October 2021].

World Health Organization, n.d. GHO | By category | Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults - Data by country. [online] Apps.who.int. Available at: <https://apps.who.int/gho/data/view.main.2463> [Accessed 13 October 2021].

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