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GitHub Developers, 2022

Figures for 2022, as GitHub published them · stored as published, never rewritten

How many developer accounts on GitHub, the world's largest code-hosting platform, are located in each country. GitHub publishes it quarterly in its Innovation Graph, one of the few open measures of how many people write software around the world.

GitHub Developers, 2022 covers 216 countries. United States is highest, at 17,416,689; Cook Islands is lowest, at 128. The middle country reads 34,097. Against 2021, 215 values changed (215 up, 0 down), 1 country joined.

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GitHub Developers · Data for 2022

HighestUnited States

17,416,689

LowestCook Islands

128

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of GitHub Developers, 2022, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 216 countries · select a heading to sort

GitHub Developers, 2022: every country, as published by GitHub.
United StatesUSANorthern America17,416,6892022Q4
IndiaINDSouthern Asia10,567,5932022Q4
ChinaCHNEastern Asia8,648,3522022Q4
BrazilBRASouth America3,501,2262022Q4
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2,946,4582022Q4
RussiaRUSEastern Europe2,653,7162022Q4
GermanyDEUWestern Europe2,538,2912022Q4
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia2,379,9992022Q4
JapanJPNEastern Asia2,324,9532022Q4
CanadaCANNorthern America2,137,4782022Q4
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,037,5202022Q4
South KoreaKOREastern Asia1,629,3542022Q4
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1,361,7572022Q4
MexicoMEXCentral America1,339,3492022Q4
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,285,9422022Q4
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1,243,5532022Q4
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia1,237,5542022Q4
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1,231,7612022Q4
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia1,110,9172022Q4
PolandPOLEastern Europe1,048,9142022Q4
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1,030,0702022Q4
UkraineUKREastern Europe1,029,5382022Q4
ItalyITASouthern Europe952,9242022Q4
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia844,0302022Q4
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia836,8402022Q4

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States17,416,689
  2. India10,567,593
  3. China8,648,352
  4. Brazil3,501,226
  5. United Kingdom2,946,458

Lowest

  1. Cook Islands128
  2. Kiribati148
  3. Marshall Islands162
  4. Saint Martin174
  5. Palau184

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 34,097. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 215values changed, of 215 in both
  • 215 · 0rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • United States14,190,290 → 17,416,689+3,226,399
  • India7,790,683 → 10,567,593+2,776,910
  • Brazil2,547,533 → 3,501,226+953,693
  • China7,813,172 → 8,648,352+835,180
  • Indonesia1,795,600 → 2,379,999+584,399

Fell most

  • None.
+ Saint Martin

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 215 distinct values among 216

    Values are stored exactly as published. 2 countries share 1,400. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 216 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

Licence: CC0 1.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

GitHub (2022). GitHub Developers, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/github-developers/2022

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