Many nations around the world host mega sporting events such as the Olympics, Cricket World Cup, FIFA World Cup, Commonwealth Games and many others. Hosting these tournaments and many other smaller sporting events, means having the required number of stadiums.

Almost all the countries have stadiums, though the figure may range from a few hundreds to just one, or two stadiums per country. According to a World Stadiums data, the United States and Brazil have the largest number of stadiums in the world. According to the data, while there are 917 stadiums in the United States, Brazil follows closely with 889 stadiums.

The Asian nation of China comes at a distant third place. As compared to the astronomical number of stadiums in the United States and Brazil, China has just 238 stadiums. Occupying the fourth place, the United Kingdom has 180 stadiums, beating India, which comes at the fifth spot with 179 stadiums.

In countries such as Indonesia, France, Spain, Australia, Japan, Germany and South Korea, the number of stadiums range between 100 and 179. Russia, which is the largest country in the world, has 90 stadiums, while Canada, the second largest country has just 40 stadiums.

Among the African nations, South Africa has the most stadiums at 78, followed by Nigeria which has 43 stadiums. Some of the countries which have less than 10 stadiums include Ethiopia, Ghana, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Lebanon, Oman, Libya, Montenegro and others.

The table provides information on the number of stadiums per country.

Country No. of Stadiums United States 917 Brazil 889 China 238 United Kingdom 180 India 179 South Korea 172 Germany 171 Japan 149 Australia 119 Spain 113 France 111 Indonesia 105 Italy 93 Mexico 93 Russia 90 Argentina 82 South Africa 78 Iran 73 Poland 58 Turkey 51 Romania 49 Nigeria 43 Portugal 40 Canada 40 Sweden 38 Ukraine 38 Peru 38 Venezuela 38 Ireland 37 Taiwan 35 Pakistan 34 Malaysia 33 Colombia 33 Morocco 32 Thailand 32 Egypt 32 Algeria 31 Netherlands 30 Ecuador 30 Vietnam 26 Chile 26 Bulgaria 25 Norway 25 New Zealand 25 Greece 24 Bangladesh 23 North Korea 23 Belgium 23 Denmark 23 Hungary 23 Syria 23 Serbia 22 Uzbekistan 20 Czech Republic 20 UAE 19 Switzerland 18 Iraq 18 Saudi Arabia 17 Paraguay 17 Suriname 16 Uruguay 16 Cuba 15 Sri Lanka 14 Bolivia 14 Tanzania 13 Kazakhstan 13 Philippines 13 Austria 13 Qatar 13 Angola 12 Slovakia 12 French Guiana 12 Azerbaijan 11 Cameroon 10 Kenya 10 Togo 10 Tunisia 10 Guatemala 10 Puerto Rico 10 Croatia 10 Finland 10 Israel 10 Kuwait 10 Ethiopia 9 Ghana 9 Sudan 9 Zambia 9 DR Congo 8 Myanmar 8 Turkmenistan 8 Costa Rica 8 Lebanon 8 Yemen 8 Zimbabwe 7 Dominican Republic 7 El Salvador 7 Honduras 7 Belarus 7 Oman 7 Congo 6 Madagascar 6 Hong Kong 6 Tajikistan 6 Slovenia 6 Libya 5 Niger 5 Panamá 5 Trinidad & Tobago 5 Albania 5 B/Herzegovina 5 Bahrain 5 Papua New Guinea 5 Gabon 4 Malawi 4 Mali 4 Mozambique 4 Namibia 4 Senegal 4 Cyprus 4 Montenegro 4 Georgia 4 Jordan 4 Benin 3 Botswana 3 Burkina Faso 3 Chad 3 Equatorial Guinea 3 Ivory Coast 3 Rwanda 3 Sierra Leone 3 Somalia 3 Uganda 3 Afghanistan 3 Kyrgyzstan 3 Laos 3 Nepal 3 Singapore 3 Jamaica 3 St. Lucia 3 Macedonia 3 Palestine 3 Fiji 3 Guyana 3 Gambia 2 Guinea 2 Liberia 2 Réunion 2 South Sudan 2 Swaziland 2 Antigua & Barbuda 2 Guadeloupe 2 Estonia 2 Kosovo 2 Lithuania 2 Moldova 2 Armenia 2 French Polynesia 2 Burundi 1 C.A.R. 1 Djibouti 1 Eritrea 1 Guinea Bissau 1 Lesotho 1 Mauritania 1 Mauritius 1 Seychelles 1 Bhutan 1 Brunei 1 Cambodia 1 Macau 1 Maldives 1 Mongolia 1 Bahamas 1 Barbados 1 Curaçao 1 Dominica 1 Grenada 1 Haiti 1 Martinique 1 Nicaragua 1 St. Kitts & Nevis 1 St. Vincent 1 Iceland 1 Latvia 1 Malta 1 Monaco 1 North Cyprus 1 American Samoa 1 New Caledonia 1 Samoa 1 Solomon Islands 1 Tonga 1 Falkland Islands 1 South Georgia 1

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