Friday, January 27, 2012

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding: (Almost) official AFC 4th round

Update: 3 February 2012

See the updated seeding list.

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Update: 30 January 2012

On the morning of 27 January, the release date for the March 2012 ranking was 14 March. Later that day, FIFA brought the date forward by one week, thus the ranking will be published on 7 March, two days before the draw and what is written below is no longer true (i.e. the games on 29 February will now affect the seeding).

I did write on Friday to FIFA, AFC and all the involved FAs, but I can't claim the change of release date is because of me.

Original article follows:
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The AFC have announced yesterday the draw for the fourth round will take place on March 9.

Last August, AFC's Competition Committee decided to use the latest FIFA rankings to seed the teams for the fourth round draw.

Looking at the FIFA ranking schedule, this means the February ranking will be used, thus the 29 February games (last match day of the third round will not affect the seeding).

It would be better (in my very humble opinion) to postpone the draw for March 16 (two days after the released of the March ranking).

Already qualified: Jordan, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Japan, Australia and Iran.

Only one match left before the February ranking is released: a friendly involving the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan, on January 29th. However, Uzbekistan are safe between Iran and Iraq (that's a difficult place to be in, isn't it?).

Here's the table, with Uzbekistan's friendly counted as a defeat. With a win, Uzbekistan would have 469 points, not enough to overtake Iran.


1 Australia 832
2 Japan 762
3 Korea Republic 714
4 Iran 606
5 Uzbekistan 455
6 Iraq 439
7 Jordan 431
8 Saudi Arabia 407
9 Kuwait 399
10 Oman 377
11 Qatar 372
12 Bahrain 366
13 Lebanon 299
14 Thailand 235

4 years ago, the 4 lowest seeded teams of the 10 qualified for the 4th round were placed in a single pot.

Pot 1: Australia, Japan
Pot 2: Korea Republic, Iran
Pot 3: Uzbekistan, Iraq
Pot 4: Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar.

If Korea Republic don't qualify, Uzbekistan will climb to Pot 2, while Jordan will climb to Pot 3.

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

Team GB - what do you make of it?

As far as I understand, most of the Welsh and Scottish football fans are against the idea of "Team GB", a Great Britain football team that will participate as hosts at the 2012 London Olympics.

The Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish football associations are reluctant to participate, because they fear they will lose their independent status within FIFA and their IFAB spots.

However, it seems the English FA have approached players from the other home nations despite the opposition of the FAs.

More in this Telegraph article.

I've been asked by a Welsh reader to write an article about this to see "how this is received by a global audience". :)

There's nothing in the FIFA statutes to stop the English FA from selecting Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish players for the Olympics.

So, two questions:

1. Should the English FA be allowed to select players outside of England, even though the Welsh, Scottish are Northern Irish football associations are against it?
2. Is this story making headlines (or at least the back page) in your country and what are your national media saying about it?

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

Something happening in the Gulf of Guinea

In Africa, all eyes are on Equatorial Guinea's achievement (and rightly so). The Equatoguineans (or well, the football players mainly born outside of the country) managed to qualify for the quarterfinals, eliminating Senegal in the process and will climb at least 33 places, from their current ranking of 151st.

However, another nation from the Gulf of Guinea is also making waves. Sao Tome and Principe (population: 163,000), have eliminated Lesotho (population: 2,067,000) in the first round of the 2013 Africa Cup of nations qualifiers after winning 1 - 0 in Sao Tome and getting a goalless draw in Maseru.

They will climb 28 places to 168th, their best ever ranking. Their previous record was 179th in August 2000. Just a quick reminder, Sao Tome have played no games between 16 November 2003 and 11 November 2011.

The Santomeans will now face Sierra Leone in the next round: 29 February at home and 15 June in Freetown.

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

2013 UEFA Under-21 play-off seeding

The coefficients for the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship playoff draw will take into account results from:

2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (qualifiers and final tournament) - 20% of total weighting
2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (qualifiers and final tournament) - 40% of total weighting
2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (qualifiers) - 40% of total weighting

More info about the Under-21 coefficient on UEFA.com (PDF file).

As mentioned before, I think there's a mistake in the regulations regarding the qualification points for teams that have hosted one of the last two final tournaments.

For Sweden (hosts of the 2009 final tournament) I used the 2011 qualification results (as in the regulations), while for Denmark (hosts of the 2011 final tournament) I used the 2009 qualification results, since I couldn't use the 2011 qualification results as in the regulation.

For the play-off draw, the seven group winners with the best coefficients will be seeded. Israel as hosts are already qualified. Their coefficient is 30302, good enough for 6th in the ranking.

Current standings available on UEFA.com.

Rank - Team - Points

1 Spain              36715
 2 Italy              31383
 3 Germany            31183
 4 England            30925
 5 Switzerland        30434
 6 Czech Republic     30125
 7 France             29392
 8 Russia             29222
 9 Netherlands        29074
10 Sweden             28861
11 Turkey             27342
12 Serbia             26819
13 Belarus            26678
14 Wales              25871
15 Scotland           25684
16 Romania            25585
17 Greece             25431
18 Denmark            24809
19 Croatia            24771
20 Austria            24552
21 Belgium            24426
22 Portugal           24326
23 Slovakia           24189
24 Ukraine            23279
25 Montenegro         23039
26 Finland            22306
27 Iceland            22158
28 Armenia            21631
29 Slovenia           20378
30 Poland             20201
31 Norway             19989
32 Moldova            19671
33 Hungary            19388
34 Bosnia-Herzegovina 18856
35 Georgia            18561
36 Ireland            18471
37 Northern Ireland   18364
38 Latvia             17646
39 Bulgaria           17538
40 Cyprus             16561
41 Albania            16046
42 Macedonia          15513
43 Estonia            15410
44 Faroe Islands      15085
45 Kazakhstan         14563
46 Lithuania          13370
47 Azerbaijan         12401
48 Malta              12043
49 Luxembourg         10963
50 Andorra             9356
51 Liechtenstein       8563
52 San Marino          7790

Using Wikipedia to determine the best second-placed teams, this is how the pots would look now:

Pot 1

Spain          36715
Italy          31383
Germany        31183
England        30925
Czech Republic 30125
France         29392
Russia         29222

Pot 2

Switzerland *  30434
Netherlands    29074
Turkey *       27342
Serbia         26819
Slovakia *     24189
Montenegro *   23039
Slovenia       20378

* - second placed teams

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

January 2012: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Solomon Islands 180 121 59
Syria 117 64 53
New Zealand 118 67 51
Mauritania 204 157 47
New Caledonia 166 120 46
Vanuatu 174 130 44
Fiji 161 118 43
Tahiti 184 145 39
Papua New Guinea 193 161 32
Poland 68 38 30

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Puerto Rico 108 169 -61
Algeria 32 90 -58
Sierra Leone 60 117 -57
Cape Verde Islands 58 105 -47
Antigua and Barbuda 84 127 -43
Samoa 150 192 -42
St. Kitts and Nevis 114 152 -38
Bermuda 106 143 -37
Armenia 45 81 -36
Luxembourg 127 163 -36

Top 50 nations only (in the top 50 in at least one of the rankings)

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Poland 68 38 30
Ukraine 54 28 26
Ecuador 42 25 17
Romania 55 39 16
Costa Rica 62 47 15
Iran 44 30 14
Czech Republic 31 21 10
Mexico 21 12 9
Colombia 35 27 8
Scotland 48 40 8


Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference


Algeria 32 90 -58
Armenia 45 81 -36
Slovakia 39 70 -31
Slovenia 25 51 -26
Bosnia-Herzegovina 19 41 -22
Switzerland 16 29 -13
Greece 14 24 -10
Hungary 37 46 -9
Senegal 43 52 -9
Norway 24 32 -8


Matches I would have liked to see before the next ranking:

Poland - Algeria
Ukraine - Slovenia
Ecuador - Slovakia
Romania - Armenia
Costa Rica - Estonia
Iran - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Czech Republic - Hungary
Mexico - Switzerland
Colombia - Israel
Scotland - Sierra Leone

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Possible error in the UEFA Under-21 regulations

In Annex I of the UEFA European Under-21 regulations, article 3 b) says:


In the case of an association that hosted a UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament during one of the last two full cycles and therefore has no points from the respective qualifying competition, the points earned in the qualifying competition of the 2009-11 UEFA European Under-21 Championship are used.

In my opinion, this is wrong.

Denmark hosted the 2009-11 final tournament, thus it can't use the points from 2009-11 qualifiers. Maybe it should use the points from the 2011-13 qualifiers.

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

FIFA Ranking: February 2012 probable ranking

Next update: 3 February 2012. 

FIFA will publish the ranking on 15 February.

Probable results computed using the Elo Ratings. See the list of results used for this ranking.

Lots of movement in the top 10:

- Germany will overtake the Netherlands for 2nd in the ranking.
- Portugal will overtake Brazil
- Italy will overtake Croatia
- Denmark will overtake Argentina

Australia will overtake Japan at the top of AFC.

El Salvador will overtake Honduras and Costa Rica, climbing to 5th in CONCACAF.

Turks and Caicos Islands will join the group of teams with 0 points.

Côte d'Ivoire could enter the top 10 if they win all their matches and meet Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia in the knock-out stages.

Probable February 2012 rank - Team - Probable February 2012 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points


1 Spain 1566 0 2
2 Germany 1369 1 24
3 Netherlands 1359 -1 -6
4 Uruguay 1317 0 8
5 England 1179 0 6
6 Portugal 1155 1 55
7 Brazil 1152 -1 9
8 Italy 1115 1 33
9 Croatia 1101 -1 10
10 Denmark 1090 1 58
11 Argentina 1081 -1 14
12 Côte d'Ivoire 1038 6 149
13 Chile 996 -1 23
14 Russia 989 -1 18
15 Greece 979 -1 15
16 Ghana 973 10 194
17 Switzerland 950 -1 52
18 France 930 -3 15
19 Sweden 924 -2 33
20 Bosnia-Herzegovina 920 -1 51
21 Republic of Ireland 893 2 29
22 Mexico 882 -1 16
23 Australia 832 -2 -34
24 Norway 793 0 5
25 Serbia 791 2 16
25 Turkey 791 4 22
27 Paraguay 781 0 6
27 Slovenia 781 -2 1
29 Czech Republic 775 2 26
30 Japan 762 -11 -107
31 Senegal 761 12 136
32 Colombia 746 3 37
33 Peru 743 1 31
34 USA 735 -1 14
35 Korea Republic 714 -5 -38
36 Israel 708 1 43
37 Algeria 684 -5 -50
38 Hungary 678 -1 13
39 Slovakia 675 0 27
40 Belgium 663 0 16
41 Ecuador 644 1 10
42 Armenia 639 3 27
43 Wales 635 6 44
44 Venezuela 615 -3 -27
45 Morocco 608 16 85
46 Iran 606 -2 -17
47 Panama 604 0 4
48 Scotland 602 0 3
49 Jamaica 589 3 16
50 Montenegro 585 0 0
51 Romania 583 4 21
52 El Salvador 576 12 70
52 Estonia 576 0 3
54 Nigeria 573 -9 -39
55 South Africa 559 1 8
56 Honduras 549 -5 -30
56 Ukraine 549 -2 -19
58 Egypt 545 -22 -153
59 Tunisia 542 0 1
60 Costa Rica 539 2 17
61 Sierra Leone 533 -1 0
62 Burkina Faso 528 4 29
63 Guinea 510 16 74
64 Cameroon 502 -8 -49
65 Belarus 494 0 -7
66 Libya 489 -3 -25
66 Mali 489 3 13
68 Gabon 487 23 100
69 Cape Verde Islands 477 -11 -72
70 Poland 470 -2 -24
71 Austria 469 0 10
71 Canada 469 3 14
71 Haiti 469 9 36
71 Uzbekistan 469 -4 -26
75 Latvia 463 -5 -3
76 China PR 456 -2 1
77 Iraq 453 -4 -4
78 Albania 452 -1 2
79 Georgia 436 -3 -15
80 Jordan 431 1 5
81 Trinidad and Tobago 430 -3 -18
82 Guatemala 422 7 22
83 Finland 416 2 11
84 Northern Ireland 412 3 9
85 Uganda 411 -3 0
86 Bulgaria 408 -3 -2
87 Saudi Arabia 407 0 4
88 Antigua and Barbuda 405 -4 -2
89 Angola 404 -4 -1
90 Kuwait 399 5 27
91 Guyana 388 1 2
92 Zambia 386 -21 -73
93 Lithuania 383 0 1
94 Togo 380 6 30
95 Oman 377 -5 -16
96 Qatar 372 1 8
97 Bahrain 366 -2 -6
98 Malawi 362 1 3
99 Zimbabwe 348 3 7
100 Vietnam 347 1 3
101 FYR Macedonia 345 2 10
102 Mozambique 332 3 13
103 Iceland 330 1 5
104 Botswana 328 -10 -45
105 Bermuda 321 1 7
106 Korea DPR 314 1 2
107 Bolivia 309 2 0
108 Rwanda 308 2 4
109 Azerbaijan 306 2 6
110 Niger 302 -12 -59
111 Puerto Rico 301 -3 -9
112 Gambia 292 6 21
113 Cuba 290 0 0
114 St. Kitts and Nevis 287 0 2
115 Faroe Islands 285 -1 0
116 Congo DR 281 0 5
117 Lebanon 272 -5 -21
118 Namibia 271 4 12
118 New Zealand 271 0 0
120 Syria 270 -3 -5
121 Kenya 267 0 7
122 Liechtenstein 263 8 17
123 Liberia 258 0 0
124 Suriname 254 1 0
125 Cyprus 252 1 -1
126 Central African Republic 251 2 0
127 Sudan 250 -7 -15
128 Dominican Republic 247 1 0
129 Congo 245 2 0
129 Thailand 245 -5 -12
131 Grenada 240 1 -1
131 Luxembourg 240 -4 -12
133 Belize 238 0 8
134 Benin 237 2 9
135 Ethiopia 230 -2 0
136 Kazakhstan 225 3 5
137 Tanzania 224 0 -1
138 Tajikistan 218 2 0
139 United Arab Emirates 212 -1 -11
140 Chad 207 2 19
141 Moldova 205 -6 -24
142 Burundi 199 -1 0
143 Nicaragua 189 2 24
144 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 172 0 1
145 Indonesia 161 -2 -22
146 Yemen 159 3 6
147 Singapore 155 0 -6
148 Turkmenistan 154 -2 -10
149 Malaysia 153 -1 -4
150 Lesotho 152 3 8
151 Samoa 149 -1 0
152 Nepal 144 1 0
153 Curacao 142 -1 -4
154 Bahamas 141 1 0
154 India 141 4 3
156 Philippines 139 1 0
157 Bangladesh 138 1 0
158 Madagascar 135 2 0
159 Fiji 133 2 0
159 Malta 133 -3 -7
161 Palestine 128 1 7
162 Hong Kong 126 6 17
162 New Caledonia 126 4 10
164 Equatorial Guinea 123 -13 -24
165 Aruba 120 -1 0
166 Chinese Taipei 116 1 6
166 Guinea-Bissau 116 -4 -5
168 Barbados 107 -3 -12
169 Mongolia 106 0 0
170 Laos 105 4 9
171 Cambodia 104 -1 3
172 Vanuatu 103 2 7
173 Myanmar 99 -1 0
174 Maldives 98 -1 0
175 Dominica 95 -4 -5
176 Sao Tome e Principe 91 20 64
177 Tonga 88 -1 0
178 Afghanistan 85 -1 0
179 Swaziland 83 1 8
180 US Virgin Islands 82 -2 0
181 Pakistan 76 -2 0
182 Solomon Islands 75 -2 0
182 Sri Lanka 75 -2 0
184 Tahiti 73 0 0
185 Cayman Islands 72 -2 -2
186 St. Lucia 65 -1 0
187 American Samoa 61 -1 0
188 Comoros 55 -1 0
189 Seychelles 53 -1 0
190 Eritrea 45 -1 0
191 Somalia 43 -1 0
192 Kyrgyzstan 42 -1 0
193 Guam 36 -1 0
194 Papua New Guinea 34 -1 0
195 Mauritius 32 -1 0
196 Macau 29 1 3
197 Cook Islands 28 -2 0
198 British Virgin Islands 23 0 0
198 Djibouti 23 0 0
200 Anguilla 9 1 0
201 Bhutan 6 1 0
201 Brunei Darussalam 6 1 0
203 Mauritania 4 1 0
204 Timor-Leste 2 1 0
205 Andorra 0 1 0
205 Montserrat 0 1 0
205 San Marino 0 1 0
205 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 -5 -13

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

FIFA Ranking: February 2012 probable results

Here are the probable results used for the February 2012 probable ranking. They are generated using the Elo Ratings.

Before posting comments like: "Hey my team actually beat the other team! It's a mistake!" please read the previous paragraph again and look when these results were posted (Yes, before the matches actually took place!) ;)

1 - First team wins
X - Draw
2 - Second team wins

21/Jan USA - Venezuela 1 (Friendly)
21/Jan Equatorial Guinea - Libya 2 (Continental Final)
21/Jan Senegal - Zambia 1 (Continental Final)
22/Jan Lesotho - Sao Tome e Principe 1 (Continental Qualifier)
22/Jan Lebanon - Iraq 2 (Friendly)
22/Jan Trinidad and Tobago - Finland X (Friendly)
22/Jan Côte d'Ivoire - Sudan 1 (Continental Final)
22/Jan Burkina Faso - Angola X (Continental Final)
23/Jan Gabon - Niger 1 (Continental Final)
23/Jan Morocco - Tunisia X (Continental Final)
24/Jan Ghana - Botswana 1 (Continental Final)
24/Jan Mali - Guinea X (Continental Final)
25/Jan Panama - USA X (Friendly)
25/Jan Mexico - Venezuela 1 (Friendly)
25/Jan Libya - Zambia X (Continental Final)
25/Jan Equatorial Guinea - Senegal 2 (Continental Final)
26/Jan Sudan - Angola 2 (Continental Final)
26/Jan Côte d'Ivoire - Burkina Faso 1 (Continental Final)
27/Jan Romania - Turkmenistan 1 (Friendly)
27/Jan Niger - Tunisia 2 (Continental Final)
27/Jan Gabon - Morocco X (Continental Final)
28/Jan Botswana - Guinea 2 (Continental Final)
28/Jan Ghana - Mali 1 (Continental Final)
29/Jan United Arab Emirates - Uzbekistan 2 (Friendly)
29/Jan Equatorial Guinea - Zambia 2 (Continental Final)
29/Jan Libya - Senegal 2 (Continental Final)
30/Jan Côte d'Ivoire - Angola 1 (Continental Final)
30/Jan Sudan - Burkina Faso 2 (Continental Final)
31/Jan Gabon - Tunisia X (Continental Final)
31/Jan Niger - Morocco 2 (Continental Final)
01/Feb Ghana - Guinea 1 (Continental Final)
01/Feb Botswana - Mali 2 (Continental Final)
04/Feb Senegal - Burkina Faso 1 (Continental Final)
04/Feb Côte d'Ivoire - Zambia 1 (Continental Final)
05/Feb Ghana - Tunisia 1 (Continental Final)
05/Feb Gabon - Guinea X Gabon PSO (Continental Final)
08/Feb Senegal - Ghana 2 (Continental Final)
08/Feb Gabon - Côte d'Ivoire 2 (Continental Final)
11/Feb Senegal - Gabon 1 (Continental Final)
12/Feb Ghana - Côte d'Ivoire X Côte d'Ivoire PSO (Continental Final)

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

FIFA Ranking: February 2012 preview

Next update: 3 February 2012. 

FIFA will publish the ranking on 15 February.

Lots of movement in the top 10:

- Germany will overtake the Netherlands for 2nd in the ranking.
- Portugal will overtake Brazil
- Italy will overtake Croatia
- Denmark will overtake Argentina

Australia will overtake Japan at the top of AFC.

El Salvador will overtake Honduras and Costa Rica, climbing to 5th in CONCACAF.

Turks and Caicos Islands will join the group of teams with 0 points.

Côte d'Ivoire could enter the top 10 if they win all their matches and meet Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia in the knock-out stages.

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-153 - Egypt
-107 - Japan
-72 - Cape Verde Islands
-50 - Algeria
-49 - Cameroon
-39 - Nigeria
-38 - Korea Republic
-34 - Australia
-30 - Honduras
-26 - Uzbekistan

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

70 - El Salvador
64 - Sao Tome e Principe
58 - Denmark
55 - Portugal
52 - Switzerland
51 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
44 - Wales
43 - Israel
37 - Colombia
36 - Haiti

January 2012 rank - Country - January 2012 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1 Spain 1564 1566 1566
2 Netherlands 1365 1359 1359
3 Germany 1345 1369 1369
4 Uruguay 1309 1317 1317
5 England 1173 1179 1179
6 Brazil 1143 1152 1152
7 Portugal 1100 1155 1155
8 Croatia 1091 1101 1101
9 Italy 1082 1115 1115
10 Argentina 1067 1081 1081
11 Denmark 1032 1090 1090
12 Chile 973 996 996
13 Russia 971 989 989
14 Greece 964 979 979
15 France 915 930 930
16 Switzerland 898 950 950
17 Sweden 891 924 924
18 Côte d'Ivoire 889 732 1104
19 Bosnia-Herzegovina 869 920 920
19 Japan 869 762 762
21 Australia 866 832 832
21 Mexico 866 858 882
23 Republic of Ireland 864 893 893
24 Norway 788 793 793
25 Slovenia 780 781 781
26 Ghana 779 647 1036
27 Paraguay 775 781 781
27 Serbia 775 791 791
29 Turkey 769 791 791
30 Korea Republic 752 714 714
31 Czech Republic 749 775 775
32 Algeria 734 684 684
33 USA 721 700 750
34 Peru 712 743 743
35 Colombia 709 746 746
36 Egypt 698 545 545
37 Hungary 665 678 678
37 Israel 665 708 708
39 Slovakia 648 675 675
40 Belgium 647 663 663
41 Venezuela 642 615 660
42 Ecuador 634 644 644
43 Senegal 625 490 912
44 Iran 623 606 606
45 Armenia 612 639 639
45 Nigeria 612 573 573
47 Panama 600 594 624
48 Scotland 599 602 602
49 Wales 591 635 635
50 Montenegro 585 585 585
51 Honduras 579 549 549
52 Estonia 573 576 576
52 Jamaica 573 589 589
54 Ukraine 568 549 549
55 Romania 562 572 583
56 Cameroon 551 502 502
56 South Africa 551 559 559
58 Cape Verde Islands 549 477 477
59 Tunisia 541 452 838
60 Sierra Leone 533 533 533
61 Morocco 523 464 928
62 Costa Rica 522 539 539
63 Libya 514 409 916
64 El Salvador 506 576 576
65 Belarus 501 494 494
66 Burkina Faso 499 462 927
67 Uzbekistan 495 455 469
68 Poland 494 470 470
69 Mali 476 363 899
70 Latvia 466 463 463
71 Austria 459 469 469
71 Zambia 459 343 749
73 Iraq 457 439 453
74 Canada 455 469 469
74 China PR 455 456 456
76 Georgia 451 436 436
77 Albania 450 452 452
78 Trinidad and Tobago 448 417 457
79 Guinea 436 401 875
80 Haiti 433 469 469
81 Jordan 426 431 431
82 Uganda 411 411 411
83 Bulgaria 410 408 408
84 Antigua and Barbuda 407 405 405
85 Angola 405 335 715
85 Finland 405 405 439
87 Northern Ireland 403 412 412
87 Saudi Arabia 403 407 407
89 Guatemala 400 422 422
90 Oman 393 377 377
91 Gabon 387 348 830
92 Guyana 386 388 388
93 Lithuania 382 383 383
94 Botswana 373 328 708
95 Bahrain 372 366 366
95 Kuwait 372 399 399
97 Qatar 364 372 372
98 Niger 361 302 767
99 Malawi 359 362 362
100 Togo 350 380 380
101 Vietnam 344 347 347
102 Zimbabwe 341 348 348
103 FYR Macedonia 335 345 345
104 Iceland 325 330 330
105 Mozambique 319 332 332
106 Bermuda 314 321 321
107 Korea DPR 312 314 314
108 Puerto Rico 310 301 301
109 Bolivia 309 309 309
110 Rwanda 304 308 308
111 Azerbaijan 300 306 306
112 Lebanon 293 272 299
113 Cuba 290 290 290
114 Faroe Islands 285 285 285
114 St. Kitts and Nevis 285 287 287
116 Congo DR 276 281 281
117 Syria 275 270 270
118 Gambia 271 292 292
118 New Zealand 271 271 271
120 Sudan 265 250 519
121 Kenya 260 267 267
122 Namibia 259 271 271
123 Liberia 258 258 258
124 Thailand 257 245 245
125 Suriname 254 254 254
126 Cyprus 253 252 252
127 Luxembourg 252 240 240
128 Central African Republic 251 251 251
129 Dominican Republic 247 247 247
130 Liechtenstein 246 263 263
131 Congo 245 245 245
132 Grenada 241 240 240
133 Belize 230 238 238
133 Ethiopia 230 230 230
135 Moldova 229 205 205
136 Benin 228 237 237
137 Tanzania 225 224 224
138 United Arab Emirates 223 212 243
139 Kazakhstan 220 225 225
140 Tajikistan 218 218 218
141 Burundi 199 199 199
142 Chad 188 207 207
143 Indonesia 183 161 161
144 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 171 172 172
145 Nicaragua 165 189 189
146 Turkmenistan 164 154 221
147 Singapore 161 155 155
148 Malaysia 157 153 153
149 Yemen 153 159 159
150 Samoa 149 149 149
151 Equatorial Guinea 147 123 620
152 Curacao 146 142 142
153 Lesotho 144 120 152
153 Nepal 144 144 144
155 Bahamas 141 141 141
156 Malta 140 133 133
157 Philippines 139 139 139
158 Bangladesh 138 138 138
158 India 138 141 141
160 Madagascar 135 135 135
161 Fiji 133 133 133
162 Guinea-Bissau 121 116 116
162 Palestine 121 128 128
164 Aruba 120 120 120
165 Barbados 119 107 107
166 New Caledonia 116 126 126
167 Chinese Taipei 110 116 116
168 Hong Kong 109 126 126
169 Mongolia 106 106 106
170 Cambodia 101 104 104
171 Dominica 100 95 95
172 Myanmar 99 99 99
173 Maldives 98 98 98
174 Laos 96 105 105
174 Vanuatu 96 103 103
176 Tonga 88 88 88
177 Afghanistan 85 85 85
178 US Virgin Islands 82 82 82
179 Pakistan 76 76 76
180 Solomon Islands 75 75 75
180 Sri Lanka 75 75 75
180 Swaziland 75 83 83
183 Cayman Islands 74 72 72
184 Tahiti 73 73 73
185 St. Lucia 65 65 65
186 American Samoa 61 61 61
187 Comoros 55 55 55
188 Seychelles 53 53 53
189 Eritrea 45 45 45
190 Somalia 43 43 43
191 Kyrgyzstan 42 42 42
192 Guam 36 36 36
193 Papua New Guinea 34 34 34
194 Mauritius 32 32 32
195 Cook Islands 28 28 28
196 Sao Tome e Principe 27 91 156
197 Macau 26 29 29
198 British Virgin Islands 23 23 23
198 Djibouti 23 23 23
200 Turks and Caicos Islands 13 0 0
201 Anguilla 9 9 9
202 Bhutan 6 6 6
202 Brunei Darussalam 6 6 6
204 Mauritania 4 4 4
205 Timor-Leste 2 2 2
206 Andorra 0 0 0
206 Montserrat 0 0 0
206 San Marino 0 0 0

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.