Countries of the World

#	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

Country

Population 2017

World Share

Visit Status

China

1,409,517,397

18.70%

Yes

India

1,339,180,127

17.70%

Yes

U.S.

324,459,463

4.30%

Yes

Indonesia

263,991,379

3.50%

Brazil

209,288,278

2.80%

Yes

Pakistan

197,015,955

2.60%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Nigeria

190,886,311

2.50%

TARGET ^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Bangladesh

164,669,751

2.20%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Russia

143,989,754

1.90%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Mexico

129,163,276

1.70%

Yes

Japan

127,484,450

1.70%

Yes

Ethiopia

104,957,438

1.40%

Philippines

104,918,090

1.40%

Egypt

97,553,151

1.30%

Yes

Viet Nam

95,540,800

1.30%

Germany

82,114,224

1.10%

Yes

DR Congo

81,339,988

1.10%

Iran

81,162,788

1.10%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Turkey

80,745,020

1.10%

Yes

Thailand

69,037,513

0.90%

Yes

U.K.

66,181,585

0.90%

Yes

France

64,979,548

0.90%

Yes

Italy

59,359,900

0.80%

Yes

Tanzania

57,310,019

0.80%

MAYBE ^{LGBTQ NO GO}

South Africa

56,717,156

0.80%

Yes

Myanmar

53,370,609

0.70%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

South Korea

50,982,212

0.70%

Kenya

49,699,862

0.70%

MAYBE ^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Colombia

49,065,615

0.60%

Yes

Spain

46,354,321

0.60%

Yes

Argentina

44,271,041

0.60%

Yes ^{LGBTQ PRO}

Ukraine

44,222,947

0.60%

Uganda

42,862,958

0.60%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Algeria

41,318,142

0.50%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Sudan

40,533,330

0.50%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Iraq

38,274,618

0.50%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Poland

38,170,712

0.50%

Yes

Canada

36,624,199

0.50%

Yes

Morocco

35,739,580

0.50%

Yes

Afghanistan

35,530,081

0.50%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Saudi Arabia

32,938,213

0.40%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Peru

32,165,485

0.40%

TARGET

Venezuela

31,977,065

0.40%

Uzbekistan

31,910,641

0.40%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Malaysia

31,624,264

0.40%

Angola

29,784,193

0.40%

Mozambique

29,668,834

0.40%

Nepal

29,304,998

0.40%

Ghana

28,833,629

0.40%

TARGET ^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Yemen

28,250,420

0.40%

Madagascar

25,570,895

0.30%

North Korea

25,490,965

0.30%

Australia

24,450,561

0.30%

Yes

Côte d’Ivoire

24,294,750

0.30%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Cameroon

24,053,727

0.30%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Niger

21,477,348

0.30%

Sri Lanka

20,876,917

0.30%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Romania

19,679,306

0.30%

Burkina Faso

19,193,382

0.30%

Malawi

18,622,104

0.20%

Mali

18,541,980

0.20%

Syria

18,269,868

0.20%

Kazakhstan

18,204,499

0.20%

Chile

18,054,726

0.20%

TARGET ^{LGBTQ PRO}

Zambia

17,094,130

0.20%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Netherlands

17,035,938

0.20%

Yes

Guatemala

16,913,503

0.20%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Ecuador

16,624,858

0.20%

^{LGBTQ PRO}

Zimbabwe

16,529,904

0.20%

Yes

Cambodia

16,005,373

0.20%

Senegal

15,850,567

0.20%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Chad

14,899,994

0.20%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Somalia

14,742,523

0.20%

Guinea

12,717,176

0.20%

South Sudan

12,575,714

0.20%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Rwanda

12,208,407

0.20%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Tunisia

11,532,127

0.20%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Cuba

11,484,636

0.20%

Belgium

11,429,336

0.20%

Yes

Benin

11,175,692

0.10%

Greece

11,159,773

0.10%

Yes

Bolivia

11,051,600

0.10%

^{LGBTQ PRO}

Haiti

10,981,229

0.10%

Burundi

10,864,245

0.10%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Dominican Republic

10,766,998

0.10%

Yes

Czech Republic

10,618,303

0.10%

Yes

Portugal

10,329,506

0.10%

Yes

Sweden

9,910,701

0.10%

Azerbaijan

9,827,589

0.10%

Hungary

9,721,559

0.10%

Yes

Jordan

9,702,353

0.10%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Belarus

9,468,338

0.10%

United Arab Emirates

9,400,145

0.10%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Honduras

9,265,067

0.10%

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

Tajikistan

8,921,343

0.10%

Serbia

8,790,574

0.10%

Austria

8,735,453

0.10%

Yes

Switzerland

8,476,005

0.10%

Yes

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

133

Uruguay

3,456,750

Yes ^{LGBTQ PRO}

134

Mongolia

3,075,647

135

Armenia

2,930,450

136

Albania

2,930,187

137

Jamaica

2,890,299

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

138

Lithuania

2,890,297

139

Qatar

2,639,211

Yes ^{LGBTQ NO GO}

140

Namibia

2,533,794

141

Botswana

2,291,661

Yes

142

Lesotho

2,233,339

143

Gambia

2,100,568

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

144

TFYR Macedonia

2,083,160

145

Slovenia

2,079,976

146

Gabon

2,025,137

147

Latvia

1,949,670

148

Guinea-Bissau

1,861,283

149

Bahrain

1,492,584

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

150

Trinidad and Tobago

1,369,125

151

Swaziland

1,367,254

152

Estonia

1,309,632

153

Timor-Leste

1,296,311

154

Equatorial Guinea

1,267,689

155

Mauritius

1,265,138

Yes

156

Cyprus

1,179,551

157

Djibouti

956,985

158

Fiji

905,502

TARGET

159

Comoros

813,912

160

Bhutan

807,610

161

Guyana

777,859

162

Montenegro

628,960

163

Solomon Islands

611,343

164

Luxembourg

583,455

165

Suriname

563,402

166

Cabo Verde

546,388

167

Maldives

436,330

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

168

Malta

430,835

^{LGBTQ PRO}

169

Brunei

428,697

170

Bahamas

395,361

Yes

171

Belize

374,681

Yes ^{LGBTQ NO GO}

172

Iceland

335,025

TARGET ^{LGBTQ PRO}

173

Barbados

285,719

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

174

Vanuatu

276,244

175

Sao Tome & Principe

204,327

176

Samoa

196,440

177

Saint Lucia

178,844

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

178

Kiribati

116,398

179

St. Vincent & Grenadines

109,897

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

180

Tonga

108,020

181

Grenada

107,825

182

Micronesia

105,544

183

Antigua and Barbuda

102,012

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

184

Seychelles

94,737

185

Andorra

76,965

186

Dominica

73,925

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

187

Saint Kitts & Nevis

55,345

^{LGBTQ NO GO}

188

Marshall Islands

53,127

189

Monaco

38,695

190

Liechtenstein

37,922

191

San Marino

33,400

192

Palau

21,729

193

Nauru

11,359

194

Tuvalu

11,192

195

Holy See

792

Yes

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