From: "Ivan "Maximus" Lendl" on
http://home.netvigator.com/~andrewshe/wcstatistics.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population

These countries have at least 5 million people and yet have never
played in the World Cup. Asia and Africa are clearly the worst. Europe
has only old country (Finland) with 5 million population which has not
made the world up yet. Venezuela is the only S. American country to
never play in the World Cup.

Asia (AFC) = 22 countries
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INDIA (2nd)
PAKISTAN (6th)
BANGLADESH (7th)
PHILLIPINES (12th)
VIETNAM (13th)
THAILAND (21st)
BURMA (24th)
NEPAL (40th)
MALAYSIA (43rd)
AFGHANISTAN (44th)
UZBEKISTAN (45th)
YEMEN (49th)
TAIWAN (50th)
SYRIA (53rd)
SRI LANKA (56th)
CAMBODIA (66th)
HONG KONG (98th)
TAJIKISTAN (99th)
LAOS (104th)
JORDAN (105th)
KYRGYZSTAN (110th)
TURKMENISTAN (113th)

Africa (CAF) = 22 countries
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ETHIOPIA (15th)
TANZANIA (30th)
KENYA (32nd)
SUDAN (33rd)
UGANDA (37th)
MOZAMBIQUE (51st)
MADAGASGCAR (57th)
BURKINA FASO (63rd)
NIGER (64th)
MALAWI (65th)
MALI (69th)
ZAMBIA (70th)
ZIMBABWE (72nd)
CHAD (73rd)
GUINEA (81st)
RWANDA (84th)
SOMALIA (89th)
BENIN (90th)
BURUNDI (93rd)
LIBYA (102nd)
SIERRA LEONE (108th)
ERITREA (114th)

Europe (UEFA)
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KAZAKHSTAN (62nd) ---- Asian country
BELARUS (87th)
AZERBAIJAN (91th) --- Asian country
FINLAND (112th)

North America (CONCACAF)
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GUATEMALA (68th)
DOMINICA (80th)
NICARAGUA (107th)

South America (CONMEBOL)
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VENEZUELA (42nd)

OCEANIA (OFC)
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA (100th)