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GitHub Developers, 2020

Figures for 2020, as GitHub published them · stored as published, never rewritten

GitHub Developers, 2020 covers 212 countries. United States is highest, at 11,660,333; Palau is lowest, at 120. The middle country reads 19,251.

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GitHub Developers · Data for 2020

HighestUnited States

11,660,333

LowestPalau

120

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of GitHub Developers, 2020, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 212 countries · select a heading to sort

GitHub Developers, 2020: every country, as published by GitHub.
United StatesUSANorthern America11,660,3332020Q4
ChinaCHNEastern Asia6,968,8482020Q4
IndiaINDSouthern Asia5,653,9242020Q4
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1,956,1842020Q4
BrazilBRASouth America1,820,5222020Q4
RussiaRUSEastern Europe1,647,0552020Q4
GermanyDEUWestern Europe1,631,0222020Q4
JapanJPNEastern Asia1,429,1442020Q4
CanadaCANNorthern America1,384,2112020Q4
FranceFRAWestern Europe1,310,8732020Q4
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1,234,6572020Q4
South KoreaKOREastern Asia985,9502020Q4
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand823,2792020Q4
SpainESPSouthern Europe812,3072020Q4
MexicoMEXCentral America735,1642020Q4
UkraineUKREastern Europe693,4422020Q4
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe674,8832020Q4
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia670,9692020Q4
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia648,8352020Q4
PolandPOLEastern Europe645,8402020Q4
ItalyITASouthern Europe600,5182020Q4
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia566,0272020Q4
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia563,1892020Q4
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia512,2332020Q4
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia428,9152020Q4

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States11,660,333
  2. China6,968,848
  3. India5,653,924
  4. United Kingdom1,956,184
  5. Brazil1,820,522

Lowest

  1. Palau120
  2. Marshall Islands121
  3. Central African Republic126
  4. Guinea-Bissau134
  5. Micronesia138

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19,251. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 210 distinct values among 212

    Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 1,966. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 212 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC0 1.0. No conditions at all. Crediting the publisher is still the courteous thing to do.

Cite this edition

GitHub (2020). GitHub Developers, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/github-developers/2020

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06Questions

GitHub Developers, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest gitHub developers in GitHub Developers, 2020?

United States, at 11,660,333, of the 212 countries in the file.

What year does GitHub Developers, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does GitHub Developers, 2020 cover?

212.

Where can I download GitHub Developers, 2020?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is GitHub Developers, 2020 the newest?

No. The newest held here is GitHub Developers, 2026.

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