Number of World Cups, 1950-2014.

In bold text, nations having played at least one semifinal.

1) Brazil : 17
2) Italy, (West) Germany : 16
4) England, Argentina, Mexico : 14
7) Spain : 13
8) France : 12
9) Uruguay : 11
10) Soviet Union/Russia, Yugoslavia/Serbia : 10
12) Sweden, Belgium, South Korea : 9
15) Holland, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, Scotland, Chile, USA : 8
21) Hungary, Bulgaria, Paraguay, Cameroon : 7
25) Portugal, Austria, Poland : 6
28) Colombia, Nigeria, Japan : 5
31) Romania, Denmark, Croatia, Morocco, Australia, Tunisia, Iran, Algeria, Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia : 4
41) Northern Ireland, Greece, Peru, Honduras, South Africa, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Ghana : 3
49) Turkey, Norway, Slovenia, Bolivia, North Korea, El Salvador, New Zealand : 2
56) Wales, Israel, East Germany, Ireland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Bosnia, India*, Zaïre, Haïti, Kuwait, Iraq, Canada, UAE, Egypt, Jamaica, Senegal, China, Trinidad & Tobago, Angola, Togo : 1

*) India qualified but withdrew in 1950.