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].