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GitHub Developers, 2026

Figures for 2026, 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, 2026 covers 219 countries. United States is highest, at 32,410,529; Nauru is lowest, at 110. The middle country reads 84,670. Against 2025, 218 values changed (215 up, 3 down), 1 country joined.

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GitHub Developers · Data for 2026

HighestUnited States

32,410,529

LowestNauru

110

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, 2026, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 219 countries · select a heading to sort

GitHub Developers, 2026: every country, as published by GitHub.
United StatesUSANorthern America32,410,5292026Q1
IndiaINDSouthern Asia26,727,0042026Q1
ChinaCHNEastern Asia11,351,9392026Q1
BrazilBRASouth America8,317,9602026Q1
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe5,559,7672026Q1
JapanJPNEastern Asia5,433,9122026Q1
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia5,270,0322026Q1
GermanyDEUWestern Europe5,255,6252026Q1
RussiaRUSEastern Europe4,627,6682026Q1
FranceFRAWestern Europe4,034,0012026Q1
CanadaCANNorthern America3,991,3052026Q1
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia3,485,5512026Q1
South KoreaKOREastern Asia3,145,7302026Q1
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia2,972,7152026Q1
MexicoMEXCentral America2,865,1512026Q1
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2,815,5272026Q1
SpainESPSouthern Europe2,802,0852026Q1
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia2,544,0652026Q1
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia2,497,4962026Q1
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2,368,3572026Q1
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2,185,3182026Q1
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,170,5802026Q1
PolandPOLEastern Europe2,074,7282026Q1
ItalyITASouthern Europe1,989,6422026Q1
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1,890,2592026Q1

02In 2026

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States32,410,529
  2. India26,727,004
  3. China11,351,939
  4. Brazil8,317,960
  5. United Kingdom5,559,767

Lowest

  1. Nauru110
  2. Montserrat124
  3. Vatican City180
  4. Cook Islands307
  5. Marshall Islands340

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 84,670. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032025 → 2026

Since 2025

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 218values changed, of 218 in both
  • 215 · 3rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • India24,576,236 → 26,727,004+2,150,768
  • United States30,298,253 → 32,410,529+2,112,276
  • Brazil7,653,586 → 8,317,960+664,374
  • Japan4,973,908 → 5,433,912+460,004
  • Germany4,858,805 → 5,255,625+396,820

Fell most

+ Nauru

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 219 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

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GitHub (2026). GitHub Developers, 2026 [data set], describing 2026. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/github-developers/2026

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