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].
