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GitHub Repositories, 2026

Figures for 2026, as GitHub published them · stored as published, never rewritten

How many public software projects on GitHub are based in each country, placed by where the people who run them are. GitHub publishes it quarterly in its Innovation Graph.

GitHub Repositories, 2026 covers 218 countries. United States is highest, at 77,284,974; Montserrat is lowest, at 142. The middle country reads 141,454. Against 2025, 218 values changed (203 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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GitHub Repositories · Data for 2026

HighestUnited States

77,284,974

LowestMontserrat

142

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

Showing 25 of 218 countries · select a heading to sort

GitHub Repositories, 2026: every country, as published by GitHub.
United StatesUSANorthern America77,284,9742026Q1
IndiaINDSouthern Asia69,251,7202026Q1
BrazilBRASouth America19,918,2502026Q1
ChinaCHNEastern Asia18,424,7022026Q1
JapanJPNEastern Asia11,846,7242026Q1
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11,018,7992026Q1
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia10,849,0152026Q1
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia10,517,8202026Q1
GermanyDEUWestern Europe10,506,6932026Q1
CanadaCANNorthern America9,871,5922026Q1
RussiaRUSEastern Europe9,538,4042026Q1
FranceFRAWestern Europe8,494,7682026Q1
South KoreaKOREastern Asia8,226,6452026Q1
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia7,263,4862026Q1
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia7,017,3232026Q1
SpainESPSouthern Europe6,144,2952026Q1
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia5,148,9982026Q1
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia4,843,2802026Q1
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe4,796,7522026Q1
MexicoMEXCentral America4,777,1922026Q1
PolandPOLEastern Europe4,757,5252026Q1
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa4,679,1962026Q1
UkraineUKREastern Europe4,633,0882026Q1
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia4,585,8642026Q1
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand4,581,5562026Q1

02In 2026

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United States77,284,974
  2. India69,251,720
  3. Brazil19,918,250
  4. China18,424,702
  5. Japan11,846,724

Lowest

  1. Montserrat142
  2. Marshall Islands219
  3. Cook Islands248
  4. Micronesia364
  5. Kiribati409

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 141,454. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032025 → 2026

Since 2025

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 218values changed, of 218 in both
  • 203 · 15rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • India64,065,567 → 69,251,720+5,186,153
  • United States74,046,444 → 77,284,974+3,238,530
  • Brazil18,948,497 → 19,918,250+969,753
  • Japan10,967,681 → 11,846,724+879,043
  • Indonesia9,890,284 → 10,517,820+627,536

Fell most

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 218 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 Repositories, 2026 [data set], describing 2026. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/github-repositories/2026

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