The fact that people use population as a reasoning to have good players for a video game is demonstrating how stupid the average human is
If you took 10 rats and asked how many of them speak chinese, it would be 0.
Take 1 trillion rats and it would still be 0
Lithuania has some of the smallest populations in europe but has a some of the highest amounts of players presenting the country in tier 1
India has the highest population in the world and has 0 players in tier 1
Lithuania has a very high esports culture while india doesnt! Connect the dots for yourself.