Germany ranks as the country with the smallest population in the World Cup: Curaçao breaks the Icelandic record with 156,000 people, Cape Verde has 525,000 people

November 20th: There are currently only a few play-off spots left to be determined in the World Cup preliminaries. Curacao, with 156,000 people, has become the country with the smallest population to qualify for the World Cup after World War II. "Transfer Market" also counted the top ten countries with the smallest population to qualify for the World Cup after World War II.

Germany ranks as the country with the smallest population to qualify for the World Cup after World War II: (the same country can only be selected once)

1. Curacao, 2026 World Cup, 156,000 people

2. Iceland, 20 2018 World Cup, 352,000 people

3. Cape Verde, 2026 World Cup, 525,000 people

4. Trinidad and Tobago, 2006 World Cup, 1.3 million people

5 . Northern Ireland, 1958 World Cup, 1.4 million people

6. Paraguay, 1950 World Cup, 1.5 million people

7. Kuwait, 1982 World Cup, 1.7 million people

8. United Arab Emirates, 1990 World Cup, 1.9 million people

9. Slovenia, 2002 World Cup, 2 million people

10. Uruguay, 1950 World Cup, 2.2 million people