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A national sport is a sport or game that is considered to be a culturally intrinsic part of a country or nation. In American English the term national pastime is often used.

Although there are normally no official parameters towards defining what is a national sport, there are some general characteristics that most national sports share:

  • The rules and objectives of the sport or game are known in fairly great detail in the country or nation.
  • The game or sport is widely played or watched in the country or nation.
  • The game or sport has a long history of popularity or extreme current popularity in the country or nation.

In some countries, sport or game can become the official national pastime by mandate of the government, such as with Canada and lacrosse in 1859. [1]

In other countries, where the sport or game has such a long history, such as with baseball in the United States or sumo wrestling in Japan, the sport or game is often considered a de facto "official" national pastime.

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[edit] List of current countries' national sports

[edit] Countries By National Sport

Countries grouped by their national/most popular sport.

[edit] Football (soccer)

Country / Territory Population
Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg People's Republic of China 1,313,844,000
Image:Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg Indonesia 222,781,000
Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 187,104,851
Image:Flag of Russia (bordered).svg Russia 142,400,000
Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 131,530,000
Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 107,029,000
Image:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 84,238,000
Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 82,689,000
Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 77,431,000
Image:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 74,033,000
Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 73,193,000
Image:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 69,515,000
Image:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 64,233,000
Image:Flag of France.svg France 60,496,000
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 58,093,000
Image:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 57,549,000
Image:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 50,519,000
Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg England 50,431,700
Image:Flag of South Korea (bordered).svg South Korea 47,817,000
Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 47,432,000
Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 46,481,000
Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 43,064,000
Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 41,600,000
Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 38,747,000
Image:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Poland 38,530,000
Image:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 38,329,000
Image:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 36,233,000
Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 34,256,000
Image:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 32,854,000
Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 31,478,000
Image:Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan 29,863,000
Image:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 28,816,000
Image:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 28,807,000
Image:Flag of Peru.svg Peru 27,968,000
Image:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal 27,133,000
Image:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 26,593,000
Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 25,347,000
Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 24,573,000
Image:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 22,488,000
Image:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 22,113,000
Romania Romania 21,711,000
Image:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 20,975,000
Image:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 19,792,000
Syria Syria 19,043,000
Image:Flag of Madagascar (bordered).svg Madagascar 18,606,000
Image:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire(Ivory Coast) 18,154,000
Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 16,337,000
Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 16,322,000
Image:Flag of Chile (bordered).svg Chile 16,295,000
Image:Flag of Angola.svg Angola 15,941,000
Image:Flag of Niger.svg Niger 13,957,000
Image:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 13,518,000
Image:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 13,228,000
Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 13,228,000
Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 13,010,000
Image:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 12,884,000
Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 12,599,000
Image:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 11,668,000
Image:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 11,658,000
Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 11,120,000
Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 10,569,592
Image:Flag of the Czech Republic (bordered).svg Czech Republic 10,220,000
Image:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 10,102,000
Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 10,098,000
Image:Flag of Serbia (state) (bordered).svg Serbia 9,778,991
Image:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 9,755,000
Image:Flag of Chad.svg Chad 9,749,000
Image:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 9,402,000
Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 9,182,000
Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 9,041,000
Image:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda 9,038,000
Image:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti 8,528,000
Image:Flag of Benin.svg Benin 8,439,000
Image:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 8,411,000
Image:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia 8,228,000
Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 8,189,000
Image:Flag of Bulgaria (bordered).svg Bulgaria 7,726,000
Image:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 7,548,000
Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 7,252,000
Image:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras 7,205,000
Image:Flag of Israel (bordered).svg Israel 7,026,000
Image:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 6,881,000
Image:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 6,507,000
Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 6,158,000
Image:Flag of Togo.svg Togo 6,145,000
Image:Flag of Libya.svg Libya 5,853,000
Image:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 5,703,000
Image:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone 5,525,000
Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 5,431,000
Image:Flag of Libya.svg Slovakia 5,401,000
Image:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 5,264,000
Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 5,094,800
Image:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan 4,833,000
Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 4,620,000
Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 4,551,000
Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 4,496,000
Image:Flag of Georgia (bordered).svg Georgia 4,474,000
Image:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea 4,401,000
Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg Costa Rica 4,327,000
Image:Flag of Singapore (bordered).svg Singapore 4,326,000
Image:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 4,148,000
Image:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic 4,038,000
Image:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo 3,999,000
Image:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,907,000
Image:Palestinian flag.svg Palestinian territories 3,702,000
Image:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 3,577,000
Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 3,463,000
Image:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia 3,283,000
Image:Flag of Albania.svg Albania 3,130,000
Image:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania 3,069,000
Image:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 3,016,000
Image:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 2,687,000
Image:Flag of Oman (bordered).svg Oman 2,567,000
Image:Flag of Macedonia.svg Republic of Macedonia 2,034,000
Image:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 2,031,000
Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 1,967,000
Image:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho 1,795,000
Image:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 1,765,000
Image:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau 1,586,000
Image:Flag of The Gambia.svg The Gambia 1,517,000
Image:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon 1,384,000
Image:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 1,330,000
Image:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 1,305,000
Image:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 1,245,000
Image:Flag of Swaziland.svg Swaziland 1,032,000
Image:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 698,585
Image:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 630,000
Image:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 305,309
Image:Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg Sao Tome and Principe 157,000

[edit] Cricket

Country / Territory Population
Image:Flag of India.svg India 1,103,371,000
Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 158,130,500
Image:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 147,365,000
Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 20,743,000
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 20,626,900
Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 2,651,000
Image:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana 751,000
Image:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados 279,000
Image:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia 161,000

[edit] Baseball

Country / Territory Population
Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States of America 300,322,784
Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Japan 128,085,000
Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 26,749,000
Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China (Taiwan) 22,894,384
Image:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 11,269,000
Image:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 8,895,000
Image:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 5,487,000
Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 3,912,054
Image:Flag of Panama (bordered).svg Panama 3,232,000

[edit] Basketball

Country / Territory Population
Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 83,054,000
Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 3,431,000
Image:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 2,307,000

[edit] Australian rules football

Country / Territory Population
Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 20,626,900
Image:Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru 25,000

[edit] Ice Hockey

Country / Territory Population
Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada 32,668,000
Image:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Finland 5,266,000

[edit] Kick Boxing

Country / Territory Population
Image:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 14,071,000
Image:Flag of Laos.svg Laos 5,924,000

[edit] Horse Racing

Country / Territory Population
Image:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 7,041,000

[edit] Rugby Union

Country / Territory Population
Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 4,028,000
Image:Flag of Wales (bordered).svg Wales 2,958,600
Image:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 905,000
Image:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa 185,000
Image:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga 102,000

[edit] Rugby League

Country / Territory Population
Image:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 5,887,000

[edit] Gaelic Football

Country / Territory Population
Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland 4,234,925
Image:Flag of Northern Ireland (bordered).svg Northern Ireland 1,710,300

[edit] Wrestling

Country / Territory Population
Image:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 2,646,000

[edit] Archery

Country / Territory Population
Image:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 2,232,291
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