The data was obtained from The World Data website https://theworlddata.com/world-population-by-country/ which contains information on the Men's FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying teams and their 2025 population, and from the WorldData.info website https://www.worlddata.info/capital-cities.php which contains information on the capital cities of all countries.
Format
A data frame with 5 rows and 3 variables. Each row represents a country men's soccer team that qualified for the FIFA World Cup 2026.
- country
name of the country
- capital
name of the country's capital city
- population
population size in millions based on the United Nations Population Division estimates for 2025
Source
(2026). https://theworlddata.com/world-population-by-country/.