Which countries are the best in the wold in A-national team football? Published July 22nd 2016. Tiny Iceland is 11th best in the world when you combine the current FIFA rankings for men´s and women´s football. Siggi Eyjolfsson (siggiraggi73@gmail.com)

1. Which countries are the best in the world in A-national team football? - Siggi Eyjolfsson
Who is Country: FIFA ranking: Population Population of
best? Men´s Women´s Total: ranking: country:
1 Germany 4 2 6 17 81.770.000
2 France 7 3 10 20 66.710.000
3 Brazil 9 8 17 5 206.176.447
4 England 13 4 17 25 54.786.300
5 Spain 8 14 22 30 46.438.422
6 USA 25 1 26 3 324.011.000
7 Colombia 3 24 27 28 48.773.080
8 Belgium 2 26 28 77 11.319.511
9 Italy 10 18 28 23 60.665.551
10 Switzerland 18 15 33 99 8.341.600
11 Iceland 22 16 38 175 334.300
12 Netherlands 26 13 39 65 17.021.420
13 Mexico 14 27 41 11 122.273.473
14 Sweden 40 6 46 89 9.894.888
15 Austria 21 25 46 95 8.725.931
16 Portugal 6 40 46 86 10.341.330
17 Wales 11 35 46 135 3.099.100
18 Poland 16 33 49 35 38.437.239
19 Ukraine 30 23 53 32 42.692.393
20 Costa Rica 27 29 56 119 4.890.379
21 Hungary 19 39 58 91 9.823.000
22 Norway 49 11 60 117 5.223.256
23 Romania 24 36 60 59 19.861.000
24 Russia 38 22 60 9 146.599.183
25 Republic of Ireland 31 31 62 120 4.757.976
26 Australia 59 5 64 52 24.124.695
27 Denmark 44 20 64 112 5.717.014
28 Japan 57 7 64 10 126.960.000
29 Czech Republic 33 32 65 85 10.558.524
30 Ecuador 17 50 67 67 16.554.853
31 Korea 48 19 67 26 50.801.405
32 Croatia 15 53 68 127 4.190.169
33 Slovakia 23 41 69 115 5.426.252
34 Scotland 50 21 71 116 5.373.000
35 Turkey 19 58 77 19 78.741.053
36 Ghana 36 46 82 46 27.670.174
37 Finland 65 28 83 114 5.491.817
38 Northern Ireland 28 61 89 148 1.851.600
39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 29 60 89 133 3.531.159
40 Serbia 47 43 90 103 7.076.372
41 China 81 12 93 1 1.377.563.160
42 Iran 39 55 94 18 79.392.000
43 Ivory Coast 35 62 97 55 22.671.331
44 Uzbekistan 56 42 98 41 31.576.400
45 Cameroon 53 47 100 54 22.709.892

2. 46 Trinidad & Tobago 58 45 103 152 1.349.667
47 Nigeria 70 37 107 7 186.988.000
48 Venezuela 46 63 109 44 31.028.700
49 Canada 100 10 110 38 36.155.487
50 New Zealand 93 17 110 123 4.701.211
Sources:
http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population
http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates
http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/women/index.html
List compiled July 22nd 2016 by Siggi Eyjolfsson (siggiraggi73@gmail.com)