One in Twenty-Five
On 14 June 2026, Curaçao became the smallest nation by population ever to play at a men’s FIFA World Cup, facing Germany in Houston. With a population of around 150,000, the island reportedly had about 6,000 fans at the match — roughly one in every 25 Curaçaoans. For context, if Germany had sent the same share of its population, around 3.4 million German fans would have descended on Houston.