China is the most populous country followed by India and USA. Unlike India, China has now become a sporting powerhouse across many sports including the Olympic Sports. China comes in top 3 in most of the recent Olympics and as of 2018 stands 7th over all with 608 medals. In 2008 Beijing Olympics China topped the medal table for the first time ever. USA stands number one in the total number of Olympic medals at 2,827 medals till 2018,  followed by Russia / Soviet Union. Click here, for a complete medal list

1. Popular Sports in China (1,415.05 million people)

1. 1. Table tennis (ping-pong)

Table Tennis is the Chinese National Sport and the most famous sport in China. At International Level Competitions, Chinese win more than 60% of the medals and their Women win more than 95% of the medals. Virtually there is no competition as such for Chinese Players. There are multiple reasons behind this utter dominance of Chinese Table Tennis players, which include Government Support, Volume of Chinese Players (300 million), Quality of Coaching, Social Recognition, Financial Benefits, Employment Preferences, etc

1. badminton
2. Basketball
3. soccer
4. running
5. Square Dancing
6. Swimming
7. Yoga
8. Tai Chi

2. Popular Sports in India (1,354.05 million people)

1. Cricket
2. Football
3. Kabaddi
4. Badminton
5. Field Hockey
6. Tennis
7. Wrestling
8. Boxing
9. Shooting
10. Basketball
11. WeightLifting
12. Chess
13. Squash
14. Table Tennis
15. Golf
16. Archery
17. Volleyball

3. Popular Sports in United States (326.77 million people)

1. American Football
2. Baseball
3. Basketball
4. Ice Hockey
5. Soccer
6. Boxing
7. Auto Racing
8. Golf
9. Tennis
10. Mixed Martial Arts
11. Volleyball
12. Swimming
13. Track and Field
14. Skiing
15. Lacrosse
16. SnowBoarding
17. Wrestling
18. Rugby
19. Surfing
20. Bowling
21. Gymnastic
22. Fishing
23. Horse Racing
24. Cycling
25. Ultimate Frisbee
26. Skateboarding
27. Water polo
28. Kickball
29. X Games
30. Motocross
31. Cheerleading
32. Hunting
33. Cricket
34. Ice Skating
35. Kayaking
36. Body Building
37. Target Shooting
38. Roller Skating

4. Popular Sports in Indonesia (266.79 million people)

1. Badminton
2. Football or Soccer
3. Basketball
4. Pencak Silat
5. Cycling
6. Boxing
7. Sepak takraw
8. Rugby
9. Polo
10. Surfing
11. Volleyball

5. Popular Sports in Brazil (210.87 million people)

1. Football or Soccer
2. Volleyball
3. Swimming
4. Athletics
5. Futsal and Beach Soccer
6. Judo
7. Capoeira
8. Surfing
9. Skateboarding
10. Basketball
11. Table Tennis
12. Handball
13. Mixed Martial Arts
14. Tennis
15. Auto Racing

6. Popular Sports in Pakistan(200.81 million people)

1. Cricket
2. Field Hockey
3. Squash
4. Football
5. Snooker
6. Table Tennis
7. Badminton
8. Tennis
9. Boxing
10. Volleyball

7. Popular Sports in Nigeria(195.88 million people)

1. Football or Soccer
2. Dambe Boxing
3. Athletics
4. judo
5. wrestling
6. boxing
7. weightlifting
8. tennis
9. Table Tennis

8. Popular Sports in Bangladesh(166.37 million people)

1. Cricket
2. Football or Soccer
3. Field Hockey
4. Tennis
5. Badminton
6. Volleyball
7. Handball
8. Chess
9. Carom
10. Wrestling
11. Weightlifting
12. Squash
13. Billiards
14. Snooker

9. Popular Sports in Russia(143.96 million people)

1. Football or Soccer
2. Ice Hockey
3. Tennis
4. Rugby
5. Gymnastics
6. Bandy
7. Biathlon
8. Skating
9. Basketball
10. Swimming
11. Athletics
12. Boxing
13. Juso
14. Martial Arts
15. weightlifting
16. Fencing
17. Chess
18. MotorSports
19. Handball
20. Volleyball

10.Popular Sports in Mexico(130.76 million people)

1. Football or Soccer
2. Baseball
3. Boxing
4. Lucha Libre or Wrestling
5. Taekwondo
6. Bullfighting
7. Charrería
8. American football
9. Rugby
10. Polo
11. Racquetball
12. Tennis
13. Auto Racing
14. Golf

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