Below in this Article, Popular Sports in top 20 Populous Countries. Ever wondered what are the most popular sports globally and in each country, here you go.

Popular Sports across the Globe (7,550 million people)

1. Football or Soccer – 4,000 million Fans
2. Cricket – 2,500 million Fans
3. Field Hockey – 2,000 million Fans
4. Tennis – 1,000 million Fans
5. Volleyball – 900 Million Fans
6. Table Tennis – 875 Million Fans
7. Basketball – 825 Million Fans
8. Baseball – 500 Million Fans
9. Rugby – 475 Million Fans
10. Golf – 450 Million Fans

Popular sports in top 10 populous countries


11. Popular Sports in Japan (127.19 million people)

1. Baseball
2. Sumo
3. Soccer
4. Football
5. Tennis
6. Volleyball
7. Golf
8. Auto Racing
9. Boxing
10. Basket Ball
11. Rugby
12. Skating
13. Karate
14. Puroresu
15. Judo
16. Motor Racing
17. Kendo
18. Swimming
19. Speed skating
20. Sky Jumping
21. Figure Skating
22. Gymnastics
23. Athletics

12. Popular Sports in Ethiopia (107.53 million people)

1. Football
2. Volleyball
3. Basket Ball
4. Tennis
5. Athletics
6. Swimming
7. Cycling
8. Boxing
9. Track and field

13.Popular Sports in Philippines (106.51 million people)

1. Basket Ball
2. Football
3. Badminton
4. Boxing
5. Volleyball
6. Billiards
7. Tennis
8. Bowling
9. Taekwondo
10. Cricket
11. Athletics
12. Cockfighting
13. Horse racing
14. Motor Racing
15. Rugby
16. Sailing
17. Wind surfing
18. Diving
19. Cue Sports

14. Popular Sports in Egypt (99.38 million people)

1. Football or Soccer
2. Basket Ball
3. Golf
4. Field Hockey
5. Tennis
6. Swimming
7. Squash
8. Fishing
9. Boxing
10. Weightlifiting
11. Wrestling

15. Popular Sports in Vietnam (96.49 million people)

1. Football or Soccer
2. Australian rules football
3. Cricket
4. Karate
5. Badminton
6. Rugby
7. Tennis
8. Chess
9. Table tennis
10. Volleyball
11. Athletics

16. Popular Sports in DR Congo (84.00 million people)

1. Football or Soccer
2. Basket Ball
3. Rugby
4. Cycling
5. Cricket
6. Wrestling
7. Athletics

17. Popular Sports in Germany (82.29 million people)

1. Football or Soccer
2. Basket Ball
3. Ice hockey
4. Handball
5. Golf
6. Motor sport
7. Tennis
8. Cycling
9. Rugby
10. Boxing
11. Skiing
12. Sailing
13. Swimming
14. Field Hockey

18. Popular Sports in Iran (82.01 million people)

1. Football
2. Wrestling
3. Weightlifiting
4. Polo
5. Chess
6. Skiing
7. Futsal
8. Martial arts
9. Volleyball
10. Tennis
11. Kabaddi

19. Popular Sports in Turkey (81.92 million people)
20. Popular Sports in Thailand (69.18 million people)
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