# | Country | Population 2017 | World Share | Visit Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 1,409,517,397 | 18.70% | Yes |
2 | India | 1,339,180,127 | 17.70% | Yes |
3 | U.S. | 324,459,463 | 4.30% | Yes |
4 | Indonesia | 263,991,379 | 3.50% | |
5 | Brazil | 209,288,278 | 2.80% | Yes |
6 | Pakistan | 197,015,955 | 2.60% | LGBTQ NO GO |
7 | Nigeria | 190,886,311 | 2.50% | TARGET LGBTQ NO GO |
8 | Bangladesh | 164,669,751 | 2.20% | LGBTQ NO GO |
9 | Russia | 143,989,754 | 1.90% | LGBTQ NO GO |
10 | Mexico | 129,163,276 | 1.70% | Yes |
11 | Japan | 127,484,450 | 1.70% | Yes |
12 | Ethiopia | 104,957,438 | 1.40% | |
13 | Philippines | 104,918,090 | 1.40% | |
14 | Egypt | 97,553,151 | 1.30% | Yes |
15 | Viet Nam | 95,540,800 | 1.30% | |
16 | Germany | 82,114,224 | 1.10% | Yes |
17 | DR Congo | 81,339,988 | 1.10% | |
18 | Iran | 81,162,788 | 1.10% | LGBTQ NO GO |
19 | Turkey | 80,745,020 | 1.10% | Yes |
20 | Thailand | 69,037,513 | 0.90% | Yes |
21 | U.K. | 66,181,585 | 0.90% | Yes |
22 | France | 64,979,548 | 0.90% | Yes |
23 | Italy | 59,359,900 | 0.80% | Yes |
24 | Tanzania | 57,310,019 | 0.80% | MAYBE LGBTQ NO GO |
25 | South Africa | 56,717,156 | 0.80% | Yes |
26 | Myanmar | 53,370,609 | 0.70% | LGBTQ NO GO |
27 | South Korea | 50,982,212 | 0.70% | |
28 | Kenya | 49,699,862 | 0.70% | MAYBE LGBTQ NO GO |
29 | Colombia | 49,065,615 | 0.60% | Yes |
30 | Spain | 46,354,321 | 0.60% | Yes |
31 | Argentina | 44,271,041 | 0.60% | Yes LGBTQ PRO |
32 | Ukraine | 44,222,947 | 0.60% | |
33 | Uganda | 42,862,958 | 0.60% | LGBTQ NO GO |
34 | Algeria | 41,318,142 | 0.50% | LGBTQ NO GO |
35 | Sudan | 40,533,330 | 0.50% | LGBTQ NO GO |
36 | Iraq | 38,274,618 | 0.50% | LGBTQ NO GO |
37 | Poland | 38,170,712 | 0.50% | Yes |
38 | Canada | 36,624,199 | 0.50% | Yes |
39 | Morocco | 35,739,580 | 0.50% | Yes |
40 | Afghanistan | 35,530,081 | 0.50% | LGBTQ NO GO |
41 | Saudi Arabia | 32,938,213 | 0.40% | LGBTQ NO GO |
42 | Peru | 32,165,485 | 0.40% | TARGET |
43 | Venezuela | 31,977,065 | 0.40% | |
44 | Uzbekistan | 31,910,641 | 0.40% | LGBTQ NO GO |
45 | Malaysia | 31,624,264 | 0.40% | |
46 | Angola | 29,784,193 | 0.40% | |
47 | Mozambique | 29,668,834 | 0.40% | |
48 | Nepal | 29,304,998 | 0.40% | |
49 | Ghana | 28,833,629 | 0.40% | TARGET LGBTQ NO GO |
50 | Yemen | 28,250,420 | 0.40% | |
51 | Madagascar | 25,570,895 | 0.30% | |
52 | North Korea | 25,490,965 | 0.30% | |
53 | Australia | 24,450,561 | 0.30% | Yes |
54 | Côte d’Ivoire | 24,294,750 | 0.30% | LGBTQ NO GO |
55 | Cameroon | 24,053,727 | 0.30% | LGBTQ NO GO |
56 | Niger | 21,477,348 | 0.30% | |
57 | Sri Lanka | 20,876,917 | 0.30% | LGBTQ NO GO |
58 | Romania | 19,679,306 | 0.30% | |
59 | Burkina Faso | 19,193,382 | 0.30% | |
60 | Malawi | 18,622,104 | 0.20% | |
61 | Mali | 18,541,980 | 0.20% | |
62 | Syria | 18,269,868 | 0.20% | |
63 | Kazakhstan | 18,204,499 | 0.20% | |
64 | Chile | 18,054,726 | 0.20% | TARGET LGBTQ PRO |
65 | Zambia | 17,094,130 | 0.20% | LGBTQ NO GO |
66 | Netherlands | 17,035,938 | 0.20% | Yes |
67 | Guatemala | 16,913,503 | 0.20% | LGBTQ NO GO |
68 | Ecuador | 16,624,858 | 0.20% | LGBTQ PRO |
69 | Zimbabwe | 16,529,904 | 0.20% | Yes |
70 | Cambodia | 16,005,373 | 0.20% | |
71 | Senegal | 15,850,567 | 0.20% | LGBTQ NO GO |
72 | Chad | 14,899,994 | 0.20% | LGBTQ NO GO |
73 | Somalia | 14,742,523 | 0.20% | |
74 | Guinea | 12,717,176 | 0.20% | |
75 | South Sudan | 12,575,714 | 0.20% | LGBTQ NO GO |
76 | Rwanda | 12,208,407 | 0.20% | LGBTQ NO GO |
77 | Tunisia | 11,532,127 | 0.20% | LGBTQ NO GO |
78 | Cuba | 11,484,636 | 0.20% | |
79 | Belgium | 11,429,336 | 0.20% | Yes |
80 | Benin | 11,175,692 | 0.10% | |
81 | Greece | 11,159,773 | 0.10% | Yes |
82 | Bolivia | 11,051,600 | 0.10% | LGBTQ PRO |
83 | Haiti | 10,981,229 | 0.10% | |
84 | Burundi | 10,864,245 | 0.10% | LGBTQ NO GO |
85 | Dominican Republic | 10,766,998 | 0.10% | Yes |
86 | Czech Republic | 10,618,303 | 0.10% | Yes |
87 | Portugal | 10,329,506 | 0.10% | Yes |
88 | Sweden | 9,910,701 | 0.10% | |
89 | Azerbaijan | 9,827,589 | 0.10% | |
90 | Hungary | 9,721,559 | 0.10% | Yes |
91 | Jordan | 9,702,353 | 0.10% | LGBTQ NO GO |
92 | Belarus | 9,468,338 | 0.10% | |
93 | United Arab Emirates | 9,400,145 | 0.10% | LGBTQ NO GO |
94 | Honduras | 9,265,067 | 0.10% | LGBTQ NO GO |
95 | Tajikistan | 8,921,343 | 0.10% | |
96 | Serbia | 8,790,574 | 0.10% | |
97 | Austria | 8,735,453 | 0.10% | Yes |
98 | Switzerland | 8,476,005 | 0.10% | Yes |
99 | Israel | 8,321,570 | 0.10% | TARGET LGBTQ PRO |
100 | Papua New Guinea | 8,251,162 | 0.10% | LGBTQ NO GO |
101 | Togo | 7,797,694 | 0.10% | LGBTQ NO GO |
102 | Sierra Leone | 7,557,212 | 0.10% | |
103 | Bulgaria | 7,084,571 | 0.10% | |
104 | Laos | 6,858,160 | 0.10% | |
105 | Paraguay | 6,811,297 | 0.10% | |
106 | El Salvador | 6,377,853 | 0.10% | |
107 | Libya | 6,374,616 | 0.10% | |
108 | Nicaragua | 6,217,581 | 0.10% | |
109 | Lebanon | 6,082,357 | 0.10% | |
110 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,045,117 | 0.10% | LGBTQ NO GO |
111 | Turkmenistan | 5,758,075 | 0.10% | LGBTQ NO GO |
112 | Denmark | 5,733,551 | 0.10% | Yes LGBTQ PRO |
113 | Singapore | 5,708,844 | 0.10% | Yes LGBTQ NO GO |
114 | Finland | 5,523,231 | 0.10% | LGBTQ PRO |
115 | Slovakia | 5,447,662 | 0.10% | |
116 | Norway | 5,305,383 | 0.10% | LGBTQ PRO |
117 | Congo | 5,260,750 | 0.10% | LGBTQ NO GO |
118 | Eritrea | 5,068,831 | 0.10% | |
119 | State of Palestine | 4,920,724 | 0.10% | |
120 | Costa Rica | 4,905,769 | 0.10% | Yes |
121 | Ireland | 4,761,657 | 0.10% | Yes |
122 | Liberia | 4,731,906 | 0.10% | LGBTQ NO GO |
123 | New Zealand | 4,705,818 | 0.10% | Yes |
124 | Central African Republic | 4,659,080 | 0.10% | LGBTQ NO GO |
125 | Oman | 4,636,262 | 0.10% | |
126 | Mauritania | 4,420,184 | 0.10% | LGBTQ NO GO |
127 | Croatia | 4,189,353 | 0.10% | TARGET LGBTQ PRO |
128 | Kuwait | 4,136,528 | 0.10% | LGBTQ NO GO |
129 | Panama | 4,098,587 | 0.10% | Yes |
130 | Moldova | 4,051,212 | 0.10% | |
131 | Georgia | 3,912,061 | 0.10% | |
132 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 3,507,017 | 0% | |
133 | Uruguay | 3,456,750 | 0% | Yes LGBTQ PRO |
134 | Mongolia | 3,075,647 | 0% | |
135 | Armenia | 2,930,450 | 0% | |
136 | Albania | 2,930,187 | 0% | |
137 | Jamaica | 2,890,299 | 0% | LGBTQ NO GO |
138 | Lithuania | 2,890,297 | 0% | |
139 | Qatar | 2,639,211 | 0% | Yes LGBTQ NO GO |
140 | Namibia | 2,533,794 | 0% | |
141 | Botswana | 2,291,661 | 0% | Yes |
142 | Lesotho | 2,233,339 | 0% | |
143 | Gambia | 2,100,568 | 0% | LGBTQ NO GO |
144 | TFYR Macedonia | 2,083,160 | 0% | |
145 | Slovenia | 2,079,976 | 0% | |
146 | Gabon | 2,025,137 | 0% | |
147 | Latvia | 1,949,670 | 0% | |
148 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,861,283 | 0% | |
149 | Bahrain | 1,492,584 | 0% | LGBTQ NO GO |
150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,369,125 | 0% | |
151 | Swaziland | 1,367,254 | 0% | |
152 | Estonia | 1,309,632 | 0% | |
153 | Timor-Leste | 1,296,311 | 0% | |
154 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,267,689 | 0% | |
155 | Mauritius | 1,265,138 | 0% | Yes |
156 | Cyprus | 1,179,551 | 0% | |
157 | Djibouti | 956,985 | 0% | |
158 | Fiji | 905,502 | 0% | TARGET |
159 | Comoros | 813,912 | 0% | |
160 | Bhutan | 807,610 | 0% | |
161 | Guyana | 777,859 | 0% | |
162 | Montenegro | 628,960 | 0% | |
163 | Solomon Islands | 611,343 | 0% | |
164 | Luxembourg | 583,455 | 0% | |
165 | Suriname | 563,402 | 0% | |
166 | Cabo Verde | 546,388 | 0% | |
167 | Maldives | 436,330 | 0% | LGBTQ NO GO |
168 | Malta | 430,835 | 0% | LGBTQ PRO |
169 | Brunei | 428,697 | 0% | |
170 | Bahamas | 395,361 | 0% | Yes |
171 | Belize | 374,681 | 0% | Yes LGBTQ NO GO |
172 | Iceland | 335,025 | 0% | TARGET LGBTQ PRO |
173 | Barbados | 285,719 | 0% | LGBTQ NO GO |
174 | Vanuatu | 276,244 | 0% | |
175 | Sao Tome & Principe | 204,327 | 0% | |
176 | Samoa | 196,440 | 0% | |
177 | Saint Lucia | 178,844 | 0% | LGBTQ NO GO |
178 | Kiribati | 116,398 | 0% | |
179 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 109,897 | 0% | LGBTQ NO GO |
180 | Tonga | 108,020 | 0% | |
181 | Grenada | 107,825 | 0% | |
182 | Micronesia | 105,544 | 0% | |
183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 102,012 | 0% | LGBTQ NO GO |
184 | Seychelles | 94,737 | 0% | |
185 | Andorra | 76,965 | 0% | |
186 | Dominica | 73,925 | 0% | LGBTQ NO GO |
187 | Saint Kitts & Nevis | 55,345 | 0% | LGBTQ NO GO |
188 | Marshall Islands | 53,127 | 0% | |
189 | Monaco | 38,695 | 0% | |
190 | Liechtenstein | 37,922 | 0% | |
191 | San Marino | 33,400 | 0% | |
192 | Palau | 21,729 | 0% | |
193 | Nauru | 11,359 | 0% | |
194 | Tuvalu | 11,192 | 0% | |
195 | Holy See | 792 | 0% | Yes |
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