Revive .. well, according to google India is most populated, but it might be wrong, I imagine America to be more populous, because on many occasions it has been wrong before. Thanks
(Most Popular) Countries by Number of Chess.com Accounts
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Nov 28, 2024
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little_ernie wrote:
Much more interesting would be the accounts as a percentage of the countries population.
too bad no one here is good at math
2Old2bite wrote:
Where is Norway? Did I miss it?
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Jan 2, 2025
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#26
F1-24 wrote:
Wow, over 12k North Korean players! 😂
Dear the 12048 North Koreans, as a South Korean this feels like the worst joke ever. Very not funny. 😡
May 6, 2025
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#27
That's interesting, I wouldn't have thought that the United Kingdom would be in 4th place.
May 6, 2025
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#28
This is a cool list. Now it has to be broken down with time zone information to creating likelihood of encountering a player.
May 6, 2025
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#29
SJHQ wrote:
Many thanks to oquo, little_ernie and others for this interesting information. It would be much more interesting if chess.com could provide the actual figures for India and the USA.
Also it would be interesting if the "Passport" section under "Awards" showed the number of games played against opponents from each country.
That would be a good feature. It would be interesting to see how many games I played against opponents from each country.
May 6, 2025
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#30
Yes_Im_6ft_8in_Tall wrote:
That would be a good feature. It would be interesting to see how many games I played against opponents from each country.
That's a feature of Insights, for diamond members.
It's per game pool and the caveat is that it's based on self reported flags.
These stats are all skewed because flags are chosen, not assigned...many people choose flags by heritage instead of location, serial cheaters have lots of accounts and tend to choose flags that are not their own, etc.
May 6, 2025
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#32
Martin_Stahl wrote:
Yes_Im_6ft_8in_Tall wrote:
That would be a good feature. It would be interesting to see how many games I played against opponents from each country.
That's a feature of Insights, for diamond members.
It's per game pool and the caveat is that it's based on self reported flags.
I didn't know that. Cool! Thanks for letting me know.
F1-24 wrote:
Wow, over 12k North Korean players! 😂
lol
May 29, 2025
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#34
little_ernie wrote:
Impossible to format as this font is not mono-spaced.
__________________chess.com___population___members per
__country_________members____(year 2023)__100,000 pop.
_Montenegro_______14719_______626,485____ 2,349
_Iceland______________7666_______375,318____ 2,043
_Portugal__________132666____10,247,605____ 1,295
_Norway____________64464_____5,474,360____ 1,178
_Armenia___________27723_____2,777,970______ 998
_Georgia_______ ____36172_____3,728,282______ 970
_Ireland_____________48517_____5,056,935______ 959
_Albania____________26858_____2,832,439______ 948
_Croatia_____________36840_____4,008,617______ 919
_Sweden____________96852____10,612,086______ 913
_Slovenia___________19324_____2,119,675______ 912
_Ukraine___________325481____36,744,634______ 886
_Estonia____________11308_____1,322,765______ 855
_Lithuania__________23028_____2,718,352______ 847
_Israel______________76987_____9,174,520______ 839
_Netherlands______146447____17,618,299______ 831
_Denmark___________48813_____5,910,913______ 826
_Canada___________319953____38,781,291______ 825
_Finland_____________45359_____5,545,475______ 818
_Latvia______________14710_____1,830,211______ 804
_Serbia______________56324_____7,149,077______ 788
_Australia__________194116____26,439,111______ 734
_New_Zealand______37934_____5,228,100______ 726
_Singapore__________43511_____6,014,723______ 723
_Switzerland________63058_____8,796,669______ 717
_Cyprus______________8467_____1,260,138______ 672
_United_Kingdom__453172____67,736,802______ 669
_Mongolia___________22559_____3,447,157______ 654
_Belgium____________72898____11,686,140______ 624
_North_Macedonia__12882_____2,085,679______ 618
_Poland____________249393____41,026,067______ 608
_France____________380957____64,756,584______ 588
_Bulgaria____________39289_____6,687,717______ 587
_Czech_Republic____60797____10,495,295______ 579
_Austria_____________50660_____8,958,960______ 565
_Bosnia_&Herzegovina_18127__3,210,847______ 565
_Malaysia___________191632____34,308,525______ 559
_Greece______________57671____10,341,277______ 558
_Spain______________262064____47,519,628______ 551
_Kuwait______________23426_____4,310,108______ 544
_Italy________________289366____58,870,762______ 492
_United_ArabEmirates_46307_____9,516,871______ 487
_Kosovo_______________8972_____1,873,000______ 479
_Hungary_____________47864____10,156,239______ 471
_Germany___________385318____83,294,633______ 463
_Palestine_____________24664_____5,371,230______ 459
_Uruguay_____________15266_____3,423,108______ 446
_Lebanon_____________23291_____5,353,930______ 435
_Romania_____________86523____19,892,812______ 435
_Slovakia____________25077_____5,795,199______ 433
_Kazakhstan_________83348____19,606,633______ 425
_Philippines________453618___117,337,368______ 387
_Qatar________________9630_____2,716,391______ 355
_Chile_______________69241____19,629,590______ 353
_Moldova_____________12062___3,435,931______ 351
_Belarus_____________33268_____9,498,238______ 350
_Turkiye____________300429____85,816,199______ 350
_Morocco__________126946____37,840,044______ 335
_Tunisia_____________41641____12,458,223______ 334
_Azerbaijan__________31792____10,412,651______ 305
_Argentina__________134909____45,773,884______ 295
_Kyrgyzstan__________19768_____6,735,347______ 293
_Hong_Kong,_China____21406___7,491,609_____ 286
_Puerto_Rico__________9006_____3,260,314______ 276
_Vietnam___________256650___98,858,950______ 260
_Costa_Rica__________12840____5,212,173______ 246
_Russia_____________348427__144,444,359_____ 241
_Jordan______________27345___11,337,052______ 241
_Saudi_Arabia_______86546____36,947,025______ 234
_Jamaica______________6531_____2,825,544______ 231
_Peru________________76141____34,352,719______ 222
_Oman_________________9961____4,644,384______ 214
_Nepal_______________64865____30,896,590______ 210
_Colombia__________109038____52,085,168______ 209
_Egypt______________222167___112,716,598______ 197
_South_Korea________100183___51,784,059_____ 193
_Scotland___________10507_____5,448,000______ 193
_Brazil_____________413060___216,422,446______ 191
_Bolivia_____________22668____12,388,571______ 183
_Libya_______________12020_____6,888,388______ 174
_Mexico___________210828___128,455,567______ 164
_Dominican_Republic__17628__11,332,972_____ 156
_Panama______________6623____4,468,087______ 148
_Indonesia_________411039__277,534,122______ 148
_United_S.ofAmerica_500000__339,996,563_____ 147
_Uzbekistan__________51213____35,163,944_____ 146
_Catalonia___________10649_____7,566,000______ 141
_Paraguay____________9470_____6,861,524______ 138
_Iraq________________60654____45,504,560______ 133
_Ecuador____________23880____18,190,484______ 131
_South_Africa_______77977___60,414,495______ 129
_Algeria_____________57789____45,606,480______ 127
_Iran_______________110409____89,172,767______ 124
_Syria_______________24191____23,227,014______ 104
_Sri_Lanka___________21888____21,893,579______ 100
_Cuba________________10360____11,194,449______ 93
_Venezuela___________25061___28,838,499_______ 87
_Honduras_____________7311____10,593,798______ 69
_Taiwan______________15440____23,923,276_______ 65
_Thailand____________46284____71,801,279_______ 64
_Guatemala___________11072____18,092,026_______ 61
_Pakistan___________141944___240,485,658_______ 59
_Zimbabwe_____________7848____16,320,000_______ 48
_Cambodia_____________7986____16,944,826_______ 47
_North_Korea_________12048____26,160,821_______ 46
_Bangladesh__________63395___172,954,319_______ 37
_Myanmar___________19411____54,577,997_______ 36
_India______________500000_1,428,627,663_______ 35
_Kenya_______________18836____55,100,586_______ 34
_Japan_______________37139___123,294,513_______ 30
_Zambia_______________6103____20,569,737_______ 30
_Afghanistan_________11054____42,239,854_______ 26
_Yemen________________8355____34,449,825_______ 24
_England_____________11762____55,980,000_______ 21
_Nigeria_____________37321___223,804,632_______ 17
_Sudan________________7597____46,870,000_______ 16
_Ethiopia_____________9183___126,527,060________ 7
_China_______________17893_1,425,671,352________ 1
_El_Salvador__________6026_____6,364,943_______< 1
_Bahrain______________5975_____1,472,000_______< 1
What about countries such as Vatican city? shouldn't that top the charts?
Hello, thank you so much for this analysis. Very interesting. I am a little confused as to why these numbers are so low. I thought that chess.com had over 150 million accounts?
23 days ago
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#36
habeebeleb wrote:
Hello, thank you so much for this analysis. Very interesting. I am a little confused as to why these numbers are so low. I thought that chess.com had over 150 million accounts?
The pages have a limit to how many can get returned so the numbers in the first post are limited by that. That was mentioned in that first post: Be advised that chess.com only counts up to half a million, which India and the United States surpass
Many thanks to oquo, little_ernie and others for this interesting information. It would be much more interesting if chess.com could provide the actual figures for India and the USA.
Also it would be interesting if the "Passport" section under "Awards" showed the number of games played against opponents from each country.