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GitHub Developers, 2024

Figures for 2024, as GitHub published them · stored as published, never rewritten

GitHub Developers, 2024 covers 217 countries. United States is highest, at 24,759,357; Cook Islands is lowest, at 159. The middle country reads 54,914. Against 2023, 217 values changed (216 up, 1 down), the same countries are covered.

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GitHub Developers · Data for 2024

HighestUnited States

24,759,357

LowestCook Islands

159

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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by GitHub.
United StatesUSANorthern America24,759,3572024Q4
IndiaINDSouthern Asia18,062,7612024Q4
ChinaCHNEastern Asia10,167,8672024Q4
BrazilBRASouth America5,770,5952024Q4
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe4,258,0462024Q4
RussiaRUSEastern Europe3,819,5792024Q4
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia3,791,1262024Q4
GermanyDEUWestern Europe3,782,1962024Q4
JapanJPNEastern Asia3,759,8332024Q4
CanadaCANNorthern America3,064,9622024Q4
FranceFRAWestern Europe2,978,4962024Q4
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2,379,6482024Q4
South KoreaKOREastern Asia2,330,5022024Q4
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia2,068,8062024Q4
MexicoMEXCentral America2,009,8302024Q4
SpainESPSouthern Europe1,989,8672024Q4
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1,864,2192024Q4
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia1,860,1012024Q4
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1,785,1602024Q4
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1,586,5242024Q4
PolandPOLEastern Europe1,526,1192024Q4
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1,507,2472024Q4
ItalyITASouthern Europe1,430,9712024Q4
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,398,6362024Q4
UkraineUKREastern Europe1,378,1252024Q4

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States24,759,357
  2. India18,062,761
  3. China10,167,867
  4. Brazil5,770,595
  5. United Kingdom4,258,046

Lowest

  1. Cook Islands159
  2. Vatican City166
  3. Kiribati186
  4. Marshall Islands236
  5. Palau286

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 54,914. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 217values changed, of 217 in both
  • 216 · 1rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • India14,211,676 → 18,062,761+3,851,085
  • United States21,077,020 → 24,759,357+3,682,337
  • Brazil4,532,935 → 5,770,595+1,237,660
  • China9,274,587 → 10,167,867+893,280
  • Japan3,053,019 → 3,759,833+706,814

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

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

The site’s method

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 217 countries has every column.

05The 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 (2024). GitHub Developers, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/github-developers/2024

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07Questions

GitHub Developers, 2024: questions and answers

Which country has the highest gitHub developers in GitHub Developers, 2024?

United States, at 24,759,357, of the 217 countries in the file.

What year does GitHub Developers, 2024 describe?

2024.

How many countries does GitHub Developers, 2024 cover?

217.

Where can I download GitHub Developers, 2024?

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, 2024 the newest?

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

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