ALUMNI COUNTRY REPORT

Alumni Country Report

Country

Population
(July 2016 est.)

Government Type

GDP per capita (ppp)
(2015 est.)

Real Growth rate

Unemployment rate

Religions

Corruption Perception Rank(Transparency International 2015)

Obesity(2014 est.)(adult prevalence rate)

Winter Olympic Game Result (All Time)

Summer Olympic Game Result (All Time)

Hosting International Event(6 Continental Games, Universiade, World Cup, World Championsship in Athletics)

Bangladesh

156,186,882 Parliamentary republic $3,600 6.4%(2015 est.) 4.9%(2015 est.) Muslim 89.1%, Hindu 10%, other 0.9% (2013 est.) 139 3.3% G:0 S:0 B:0 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Belarus

9,570,376 Presidential republic $17,500 (2016 est.) -3% (2016 est.) 0.7% (2014 est.) Orthodox 48.3%, Catholic 7.1%, other 3.5%, non-believers 41.1% (2011 est.) 79 25.20% G:12 S:26 B:39 G: 6 S:4 B: 5 -

Bhutan

750,125 Constitutional monarchy $8,200 7.7%(2015 est.) 2.6%(2014 est.) Lamaistic Buddhist 75.3%, Indian- and Nepalese-influenced Hinduism 22.1%, other 2.6% (2005 est.) 27 5.9% G:0 S:0 B:0 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Botswana

2,209,208 Parliamentary republic $16,400 -0.3%(2015 est.) 20%(2013 est.) Christian 79.1%, Badimo 4.1%, other 1.4%, none 15.2%, unspecified 0.3%(2011 est.) 28 19.5% G:0 S:1 B:0 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Brazil

205,823,665 Federal presidential republic $14,800 (2016 est.) -3.5% (2016 est.) 11.8% (2016 est.) Roman Catholic 64.6%, other Catholic 0.4%, Protestant 22.2%, other Christian 0.7%, Spiritist 2.2%, other 1.4%, none 8%, unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.) 79 20.10% G:30 S:36 B:62 G: 0 S: 0 B: 0 1963 Pan American Games 2007 Pan American Games 2014 World Cup

Cambodia

15,957,223 Parliamentary constitutional monarchy $3,500 6.9%(2015 est.) 6.9%(2013 est.) Buddhist (official) 96.9%, Muslim 1.9%, Christian 0.4%, other 0.8% (2008 est.) 150 2.9% G:0 S:0 B:0 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

China

1,373,541,278 Communist state $14,100 6.9%(2015 est.) 4%(2015 est.) Buddhist 18.2%, Christian 5.1%, Muslim 1.8%, folk religion 21.9%, Hindu < 0.1%, Jewish < 0.1%, other 0.7%, unaffiliated 52.2% 83 7.3% G:204 S:145 B:128 G:14 S:26 B:24 1990
Asian Games
2010
Asian Games
2001
Universiade
2011
Universiade
2015 World
Championship
inAthletics

Colombia

47,220,856 Presidential republic $13,800 3.1%(2015 est.) 8.9%(2015 est.) Roman Catholic 90%, other 10% 83 20.7% G:2 S:6 B:12 G:0 S:0 B:0 1971
Pan American
Games

Costa Rica

4,872,543 Presidential republic $15,500 3.7%(2015 est.) 9.4%(2015 est.) Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witness 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2% 40 24% G:1 S:1 B:2 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Ecuador

16,080,778 Presidential republic $11,300 0%(2015 est.) 4.3%(2015 est.) Roman Catholic 74%, Evangelical 10.4%, Jehovah's Witness 1.2%, other 6.4%, atheist 7.9%, agnostic 0.1% 107 18% G:1 S:1 B:0 G:0 S:0 B: -0

Egypt

94,666,993 Presidential republic $11,800 4.2%(2015 est.) 12.8%(2015 est.) Muslim 90%, Christian 10% (2012 est.) 88 27.7% G:7 S:11 B:11 G:0 S:0 B:0 1991
African
Games

Fiji Islands

915,303 Parliamentary republic $9,000 4.3%(2015 est.) 8.8%(2015 est.) Protestant 45%, Hindu 27.9%, other Christian 10.4%, Roman Catholic 9.1%, Muslim 6.3%, Sikh 0.3%, other 0.3%, none 0.8% (2007 est.) - 35.9% G:0 S:0 B:0 G:0 S:0 B:0 1963
Pacific Games
1979
Pacific Games
2003
Pacific Games

Ghana

26,908,262 Presidential republic $4,300 3.9%(2015 est.) 5.2%(2013 est.) Christian 71.2%(Pentecostal/Charismatic 28.3%, Protestant 18.4%, Catholic 13.1%, other 11.4%), Muslim 17.6%, traditional 5.2%, other 0.8%, none 5.2% 56 10.9% G:0 S:1 B:3 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Guatemala

15,189,958 Presidential republic $7,700 4.1%(2015 est.) 2.9%(2014 est.) Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs 123 16.4% G:0 S:1 B:0 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

India

1,266,883,598 federal parliamentary republic $6,300 3% (2016 est.) 8.6% (2016 est.) Christian 31.4%, Muslim 23.2%, Hindu 15%, Buddhist 7.1%, folk religions 5.9%, Jewish 0.2%, other 0.8%, unaffiliated 16.4% (2010 est.) 76 - G:9 S:7 B:12 G: 0 S: 0 B: 0 1952 Asian Games
1982 Asian Games

Indonesia

258,316,051 Presidential republic $11,100 4.8%(2015 est.) 6.2%(2015 est.) Muslim 87.2%, Christian 7%, Roman Catholic 2.9%, Hindu 1.7%, other 0.9% (includes Buddhist and Confucian), unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.) 88 6.8%(2014) G:7 S:14 B:14 G:0 S:0 B:0 1962
Asian Games
2018
Asian Games

Iran

82,801,633 Theocratic republic $17,300 0%(2015 est.) 10.5%(2015 est.) Muslim (official) 99.4% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian) 0.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2011 est.) 130 24.9%(2014) G:16 S:22 B:28 G:0 S:0 B:0 1974
Asian Games

Jordan

8,185,384 Parliamentary constitutional monarchy $11,100 (2016 est.) 2.8% (2016 est.) 15.8% (2016 est.) Muslim 97.2%, Christian 2.2% , Buddhist 0.4%, Hindu 0.1%, Jewish <0.1, folk religionist <0.1, unaffiliated <0.1, other <0.1 (2010 est.) 57 28.10% G:1 S:1 B:2 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Kazakhstan

18,360,353 Presidential republic $24,300 1.2%(2015 est.) 5%(2015 est.) Muslim 70.2%, Christian 26.2% (mainly Russian Orthodox), other 0.2%, atheist 2.8%, unspecified 0.5%(2009 est.) 83 7.3%(2014) G:16 S:22 B:15 G:1 S:0 B:0 -

Korea, South

50,924,172 Presidential republic $36,500 2.6%(2015 est.) 3.6%(2015 est.) Christian 31.6% (Protestant 24.0%, Catholic 7.6%), Buddhist 24.2%, other or unknown 0.9%, none 43.3% (2010 est.) 37 6.3%(2014) G:95 S:88 B:86 G:26 S:17 B:10 1986
Asian Games
2002
World Cup
2002
Asian Games
2003
Universiade
2012
World Championship
inAthletics
2014
Asian Games
2015
Universiade

Lesotho

1,953,070 Parliamentary constitutional monarchy $3,000 2.8%(2015 est.) 28.1%(2014 est.) Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20% 61 11.9%(2014) G:0 S:0 B:0 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Malaysia

30,949,962 Federal constitutional monarchy $26,300 5%(2015 est.) 3.2%(2015 est.) Muslim (official) 61.3%, Buddhist 19.8%, Christian 9.2%,Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 1.3%, other 0.4%, none 0.8%, unspecified 1% (2010 est.) 54 12.9%(2014) G:0 S:3 B:6 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Maldives

392,960 Presidential republic $15,300 (2016 est.) 3% (2016 est.) 25.4% (2010 est.) Sunni Muslim (official) 95 7.00% G:0 S:0 B:0 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Mexico

123,166,749 Federal presidential republic $17,500 2.5%(2015 est.) 4.4%(2015 est.) Roman Catholic 82.7%, Pentecostal 1.6%, Jehovah's Witness 1.4%, other Evangelical Churches 5%, other 1.9%, none 4.7%, unspecified 2.7% (2010 est.) 95 27.6%(2014) G:14 S:23 B:29 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Mongolia

3,031,330 Semi-presidential republic $12,100 2.3%(2015 est.) 8.3%(2015 est.) Buddhist 53%, Muslim 3%, Christian 2.2%, Shamanist 2.9%, other 0.4%, none 38.6% (2010 est.) 72 15.7%(2014) G:2 S:9 B:15 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Myanmar

56,890,418 Parliamentary republic $6,000 (2016 est.) 8.1% (2016 est.) 4.8% (2016 est.) Buddhist 87.9%, Christian 6.2%, Muslim 4.3%, Animist 0.8%, Hindu 0.5%, other 0.2%, none 0.1% 136 2.90% G:0 S:0 B:0 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Nepal

29,033,914 federal parliamentary republic $2,500 2.7% (2015 est.) 46% (2008 est.) Hindu 81.3%, Buddhist 9%, Muslim 4.4%, Kirant 3.1%, Christian 1.4%, other 0.5%, unspecifed 0.2% (2011 est.) 130 2.9% (2014) G:0 S:0 B:1 G: 0 S: 0 B: 0 -

Oman

3,355,262 Absolute monarchy $43,700 (2016 est.) 1.8% (2016 est.) 15% (2004 est.) Muslim 85.9%, Christian 6.5%, Hindu 5.5%, Buddhist 0.8%, Jewish <0.1%, other 1%, unaffiliated 0.2% (2010 est.) 64 26.50% G:0 S:0 B:0 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Pakistan

201,995,540 Federal parliamentary republic $5,000 4.2%(2015 est.) 6.4%(2015 est.) Muslim (official) 96.4% (Sunni 85-90%, Shia 10-15%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 3.6% (2010 est.) 117 9.2%(2014) G:3 S:3 B:4 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Palestine (West Bank)

2,697,687 (represents Palestinian population only) (July 2016 est.) Semi-presidential system $4,300(2014 est.) 5.3% (2014 est.) 17.7% (2014 est.) Muslim 80-85% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 12-14%, Christian 1-2.5% (mainly Greek Orthodox), other - - G: 0 S: 0 B: 0 G: 0 S: 0 B: 0 -

Philippine

102,624,209 Presidential republic $7,700 (2016 est.) 6.4% (2016 est.) 6.6% (2016 est.) Catholic 82.9% (Roman Catholic 80.9%, Aglipayan 2%), Muslim 5%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1% (2000 census) 101 4.70% G: 0 S: 3 B: 9 G: 0 S: 0 B: 0 1954 Asian Games

Singapore

5,781,728 Parliamentary republic $87,100 (2016 est.) 2% (2016 est.) 2.1% (2016 est.) Buddhist 33.9%, Muslim 14.3%, Taoist 11.3%, Catholic 7.1%, Hindu 5.2%, other Christian 11%, other 0.7%, none 16.4% (2010 est.) 7 6.80% G: 1 S: 2 B: 2 G: 0 S: 0 B: 0 2010 Youth Olympic Games

Sri Lanka

22.235 million Presidential republic $10,600 5.2%(2015 est.) 4.7%(2015 est.) Buddhist (official) 70.2%, Hindu 12.6%, Muslim 9.7%, Roman Catholic 6.1%, other Christian 1.3%, other 0.05% (2012 est.) 83 6.8%(2014) G:0 S:2 B:0 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Sudan

36,729,501 Presidential republic $4,500 (2016 est.) 3.1% (2016 est.) 20% (2009 est.) Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority 170 6.60% G:0 S:1 B:0 G:0 S:0 B:0 1957 Africa Cup of Nations 1970 Africa Cup of Nations

Tanzania

52,482,726 Presidential republic $3,100 (2016 est.) 7.2% (2016 est.) - mainland - African 99%, other 1% 116 5.90% G:0 S:2 B:0 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Thailand

15,957,223 Constitutional monarchy $16,100 2.8%(2015 est.) 0.9%(2015 est.) Buddhist (official) 93.6%, Muslim 4.9%, Christian 1.2%, other 0.2%, none 0.1% (2010 est.) 76 9.2%(2014) G:8 S:6 B:11 G:0 S:0 B:0 1966
Asian Games
1970
Asian Games
1978
Asian Games
1998
Asian Games
2007
Universiade

Togo

7,756,937 Presidential republic $1,500 5.4%(2015 est.) - Christian 29%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 51% 107 6.4%(2014) G:0 S:0 B:1 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Tunisia

11,134,588 Parliamentary republic $11,400 0.8%(2015 est.) 5.2%(2015 est.) Muslim (official; Sunni)99.1%,other (includes Christian,Jewish, Shia Muslim,and Baha'i) 1% 76 27.1%(2014) G:4 S:3 B:5 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Ukraine

44,209,733 Semi-presidential republic $8200 (2016 est.) 2.3% (2016 est.) 10% (2016 est.) Christian; the vast majority - up to two-thirds 131 21.70% G:36 S:30 B:59 G: 2 S: 1 B: 4 -

Uzbekistan

29,473,614 Presidential republic $6,100 8%(2015 est.) 5%(2015 est.) Muslim 88% (mostly Sunni), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3% 153 14.3%(2014) G:5 S:6 B:11 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Vietnam

95,261,021 Communist state $6,000 6.7%(2015 est.) 3.5%(2015 est.) Buddhist 7.9%, Catholic 6.6%, Hoa Hao 1.7%, Cao Dai 0.9%, Protestant 0.9%, Muslim 0.1%, none 81.8% (2009 est.) 112 3.5%(2014) G:0 S:2 B:0 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Zambia

15,510,711 Presidential republic $3,900 (2016 est.) 3% (2016 est.) 15% (2008 est.) Protestant 75.3%, Roman Catholic 20.2%, other 2.7% 87 7.20% G:0 S:1 B:1 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Zimbabwe

14,546,961 Semi-presidential republic $1,700 (2016 est.) -0.3% (2016 est.) 95% (2009 est.) Protestant 82.7% (includes Apostolic 41.8%, Pentecostal 25.2%, other 15.7%), Roman Catholic 6.7%, other Christian 4.6%, traditional religion 0.6%, Muslim 0.4%, other 0.1%, none 4.9% (2015 est.) 154 8.4% (2014) G:0 S:2 B:0 G:0 S:0 B:0 -

Sources

  • Comité International des Jeux Méditerranéens
  • Corruption Perceptions Index 2015, Transparency International
  • International University Sports Federation (FISU)
  • International Olympic Committee (IOC)
  • Olympic Council of Asia
  • Pacific Games Council
  • The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)