Equal width columns in long bootstrap table - css

Question

In the above table to achieve equal width columns I have used <td class="col-md-1"></td>. But only the first few columns are equal width as shown in the image. As this is a long table I would like to scroll horizontally so that the table can maintain the required column width. but this table wouldn't grow. I even tried table{ width:auto !important }
.table {
width: 100%;
max-width: 100%;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
The above styles get applied for my table from bootstrap
Classes I have used in the table element - <table class="table table-bordered"></table>
Framework: Bootstrap 3

Answer 1

You will want to use this markup:
<div class="table-responsive">
<table class="table">
...
</table>
</div>
Source: Responsive Table Bootstrap

Answer 2

Try to use <th> instead.
Example of table in bootstramp.
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta.2/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<table summary="This table shows how to create responsive tables using Bootstrap's default functionality" class="table table-bordered table-hover">
<caption class="text-center">An example of a responsive table based on Bootstrap:</caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Country</th>
<th>Languages</th>
<th>Population</th>
<th>Median Age</th>
<th>Area (Km²)</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Argentina</td>
<td>Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French</td>
<td>41,803,125</td>
<td>31.3</td>
<td>2,780,387</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>English 79%, native and other languages</td>
<td>23,630,169</td>
<td>37.3</td>
<td>7,739,983</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Greece</td>
<td>Greek 99% (official), English, French</td>
<td>11,128,404</td>
<td>43.2</td>
<td>131,956</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Luxembourg</td>
<td>Luxermbourgish (national) French, German (both administrative)</td>
<td>536,761</td>
<td>39.1</td>
<td>2,586</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Russia</td>
<td>Russian, others</td>
<td>142,467,651</td>
<td>38.4</td>
<td>17,076,310</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sweden</td>
<td>Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities</td>
<td>9,631,261</td>
<td>41.1</td>
<td>449,954</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<td colspan="5" class="text-center">Data retrieved from infoplease and worldometers.</td>
</tr>
</tfoot>
</table>