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Data for 2023

GitHub Repositories, 2023

Figures for 2023, as GitHub published them · stored as published, never rewritten

GitHub Repositories, 2023 covers 215 countries. United States is highest, at 58,781,091; Kiribati is lowest, at 143. The middle country reads 77,855. Against 2022, 212 values changed (204 up, 8 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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GitHub Repositories · Data for 2023

HighestUnited States

58,781,091

LowestKiribati

143

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

Showing 25 of 215 countries · select a heading to sort

GitHub Repositories, 2023: every country, as published by GitHub.
United StatesUSANorthern America58,781,0912023Q4
IndiaINDSouthern Asia36,918,4322023Q4
ChinaCHNEastern Asia18,698,2452023Q4
BrazilBRASouth America11,946,8512023Q4
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia9,113,1462023Q4
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe8,321,2412023Q4
JapanJPNEastern Asia7,859,4422023Q4
RussiaRUSEastern Europe7,699,6522023Q4
GermanyDEUWestern Europe7,301,7652023Q4
CanadaCANNorthern America7,158,0712023Q4
FranceFRAWestern Europe6,105,0662023Q4
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia5,987,3222023Q4
South KoreaKOREastern Asia5,854,0922023Q4
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia4,222,7532023Q4
SpainESPSouthern Europe4,213,2872023Q4
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia4,014,2392023Q4
UkraineUKREastern Europe3,550,4822023Q4
PolandPOLEastern Europe3,407,5452023Q4
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand3,329,8082023Q4
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia3,184,2182023Q4
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe3,067,9012023Q4
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia3,047,6512023Q4
MexicoMEXCentral America3,022,8602023Q4
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia2,859,2702023Q4
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa2,604,1562023Q4

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States58,781,091
  2. India36,918,432
  3. China18,698,245
  4. Brazil11,946,851
  5. Hong Kong9,113,146

Lowest

  1. Kiribati143
  2. Tonga173
  3. American Samoa181
  4. Vatican City189
  5. Palau206

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 77,855. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −1countries joined / left
  • 212values changed, of 213 in both
  • 204 · 8rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

  • India27,457,938 → 36,918,432+9,460,494
  • United States50,597,871 → 58,781,091+8,183,220
  • Brazil9,205,113 → 11,946,851+2,741,738
  • Japan6,000,052 → 7,859,442+1,859,390
  • Russia6,214,574 → 7,699,652+1,485,078

Fell most

+ Kiribati+ Vatican City− Montserrat

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 215 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 (2023). GitHub Repositories, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/github-repositories/2023

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07Questions

GitHub Repositories, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest gitHub repositories in GitHub Repositories, 2023?

United States, at 58,781,091, of the 215 countries in the file.

What year does GitHub Repositories, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does GitHub Repositories, 2023 cover?

215.

Where can I download GitHub Repositories, 2023?

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

Is GitHub Repositories, 2023 the newest?

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

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