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GitHub Developers, 2023

Figures for 2023, 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, 2023 covers 217 countries. United States is highest, at 21,077,020; Cook Islands is lowest, at 141. The middle country reads 44,967. Against 2022, 216 values changed (215 up, 1 down), 1 country joined.

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GitHub Developers · Data for 2023

HighestUnited States

21,077,020

LowestCook Islands

141

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, 2023, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 217 countries · select a heading to sort

GitHub Developers, 2023: every country, as published by GitHub.
United StatesUSANorthern America21,077,0202023Q4
IndiaINDSouthern Asia14,211,6762023Q4
ChinaCHNEastern Asia9,274,5872023Q4
BrazilBRASouth America4,532,9352023Q4
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe3,595,9782023Q4
RussiaRUSEastern Europe3,209,5992023Q4
GermanyDEUWestern Europe3,134,5382023Q4
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia3,119,2772023Q4
JapanJPNEastern Asia3,053,0192023Q4
CanadaCANNorthern America2,597,2092023Q4
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,501,7002023Q4
South KoreaKOREastern Asia1,983,2472023Q4
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1,827,5972023Q4
MexicoMEXCentral America1,672,3972023Q4
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia1,617,1402023Q4
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,612,7132023Q4
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1,581,7582023Q4
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1,498,5912023Q4
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia1,451,7132023Q4
PolandPOLEastern Europe1,283,0282023Q4
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1,260,5762023Q4
UkraineUKREastern Europe1,244,0622023Q4
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1,192,5112023Q4
ItalyITASouthern Europe1,176,7732023Q4
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,106,3112023Q4

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States21,077,020
  2. India14,211,676
  3. China9,274,587
  4. Brazil4,532,935
  5. United Kingdom3,595,978

Lowest

  1. Cook Islands141
  2. Vatican City146
  3. Marshall Islands187
  4. Kiribati194
  5. Saint Martin226

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 44,967. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 216values changed, of 216 in both
  • 215 · 1rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • United States17,416,689 → 21,077,020+3,660,331
  • India10,567,593 → 14,211,676+3,644,083
  • Brazil3,501,226 → 4,532,935+1,031,709
  • Indonesia2,379,999 → 3,119,277+739,278
  • Japan2,324,953 → 3,053,019+728,066

Fell most

+ Vatican City

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 217 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

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GitHub (2023). GitHub Developers, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/github-developers/2023

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