4 countries with biggest populations that have never qualified for the World Cup
asian qualifiers for the 48-team fifa world cup 2026 has started
for the first time in fifa wc history, there will be 9 spots for asian countries
but before that, let's find out the biggest countries in terms of population to never play the fifa world cup
1. india
with over 1 billion population, india never played the football wc
2. Indonesia, with a population of over 27 crores, made its sole World Cup appearance in 1938 as the Dutch East Indies.
3. pakistan has a population of 23 crores but never played wc football
4. bangladesh never played fifa wc with 17 crores of population
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