The Curacao national team has already entered the records of the upcoming World Cup as the team whose country has the smallest population – 185,487.
The second smallest participating country is Cape Verde with a population of 527,326.
Qatar is third (3,115,889).
We will remind that 42 national teams have already made it to the 2026 World Cup.
Teams that qualified for the 2026 World Cup with the smallest population:
- 185,487 – Curacao
- 527,326 – Cape Verde
- 3,115,889 – Qatar
- 3,384,688 – Uruguay
- 3,848,160 – Croatia
- 4,571,189 – Panama
- 5,251,899 – New Zealand
- 5,546,900 – Scotland
- 5,623,071 – Norway
- 7,013,078 – Paraguay
Source: sport.ua