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Sports Statistics > Chess > GrandMasters (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   Iceland: 3.033 per 100,000 population 
# 2   Andorra: 1.417 per 100,000 population 
# 3   Armenia: 0.57 per 100,000 population 
# 4   Israel: 0.526 per 100,000 population 
# 5   Serbia and Montenegro: 0.462 per 100,000 population 
# 6   Slovenia: 0.448 per 100,000 population 
# 7   Georgia: 0.406 per 100,000 population 
# 8   Croatia: 0.4 per 100,000 population 
# 9   Latvia: 0.393 per 100,000 population 
# 10   Macedonia, Republic of: 0.391 per 100,000 population 
# 11   Hungary: 0.36 per 100,000 population 
# 12   Bulgaria: 0.309 per 100,000 population 
# 13   Estonia: 0.3 per 100,000 population 
# 14   Luxembourg: 0.213 per 100,000 population 
# 15   Czech Republic: 0.186 per 100,000 population 
# 16   Azerbaijan: 0.177 per 100,000 population 
# 17   Norway: 0.174 per 100,000 population 
= 18   Lithuania: 0.167 per 100,000 population 
= 18   Sweden: 0.167 per 100,000 population 
# 20   Denmark: 0.166 per 100,000 population 
# 21   Slovakia: 0.129 per 100,000 population 
= 22   Netherlands: 0.116 per 100,000 population 
= 22   Qatar: 0.116 per 100,000 population 
= 24   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0.113 per 100,000 population 
= 24   Ukraine: 0.113 per 100,000 population 
# 26   Russia: 0.109 per 100,000 population 
# 27   Cuba: 0.106 per 100,000 population 
# 28   Finland: 0.096 per 100,000 population 
# 29   Greece: 0.094 per 100,000 population 
# 30   Switzerland: 0.093 per 100,000 population 
# 31   Moldova: 0.09 per 100,000 population 
# 32   Belarus: 0.078 per 100,000 population 
# 33   Germany: 0.074 per 100,000 population 
= 34   Kazakhstan: 0.072 per 100,000 population 
= 34   Mongolia: 0.072 per 100,000 population 
# 36   Romania: 0.063 per 100,000 population 
= 37   Austria: 0.061 per 100,000 population 
= 37   Turkmenistan: 0.061 per 100,000 population 
# 39   Spain: 0.059 per 100,000 population 
# 40   Poland: 0.052 per 100,000 population 
# 41   France: 0.048 per 100,000 population 
# 42   Singapore: 0.045 per 100,000 population 
# 43   United Arab Emirates: 0.039 per 100,000 population 
# 44   Uzbekistan: 0.034 per 100,000 population 
# 45   Argentina: 0.033 per 100,000 population 
= 46   Belgium: 0.029 per 100,000 population 
= 46   Uruguay: 0.029 per 100,000 population 
= 48   Portugal: 0.028 per 100,000 population 
= 48   Albania: 0.028 per 100,000 population 
= 50   Costa Rica: 0.025 per 100,000 population 
= 50   Ireland: 0.025 per 100,000 population 
= 52   United States: 0.02 per 100,000 population 
= 52   Tunisia: 0.02 per 100,000 population 
= 54   Chile: 0.019 per 100,000 population 
= 54   Kyrgyzstan: 0.019 per 100,000 population 
# 56   Canada: 0.018 per 100,000 population 
# 57   Paraguay: 0.016 per 100,000 population 
# 58   Tajikistan: 0.014 per 100,000 population 
# 59   Australia: 0.01 per 100,000 population 
# 60   Italy: 0.009 per 100,000 population 
= 61   Peru: 0.007 per 100,000 population 
= 61   Ecuador: 0.007 per 100,000 population 
= 61   Colombia: 0.007 per 100,000 population 
# 64   Vietnam: 0.005 per 100,000 population 
= 65   Turkey: 0.003 per 100,000 population 
= 65   Brazil: 0.003 per 100,000 population 
= 65   Iran: 0.003 per 100,000 population 
= 65   Indonesia: 0.003 per 100,000 population 
= 65   Mexico: 0.003 per 100,000 population 
= 65   Morocco: 0.003 per 100,000 population 
= 71   Bangladesh: 0.002 per 100,000 population 
= 71   Burma: 0.002 per 100,000 population 
= 73   China: 0.001 per 100,000 population 
= 73   Egypt: 0.001 per 100,000 population 
= 73   India: 0.001 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Suriname: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Rwanda: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Uganda: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Mauritius: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Aruba: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Pakistan: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Afghanistan: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Sudan: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Liechtenstein: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Namibia: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Algeria: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Angola: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Macau: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Bahrain: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Malaysia: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Barbados: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Nicaragua: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Botswana: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Papua New Guinea: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Bermuda: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   South Africa: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Bolivia: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Trinidad and Tobago: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Brunei: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   British Virgin Islands: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Sri Lanka: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Zambia: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Cyprus: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   El Salvador: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Libya: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Ethiopia: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Monaco: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Fiji: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Malta: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Faroe Islands: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Nepal: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Guernsey: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Netherlands Antilles: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Guatemala: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   New Zealand: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Hong Kong: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Panama: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Honduras: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Puerto Rico: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Iraq: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Seychelles: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Japan: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   San Marino: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Jersey: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Syria: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Jamaica: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Thailand: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Jordan: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Venezuela: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Kenya: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Virgin Islands: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Kuwait: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Yemen: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Lebanon: 0 per 100,000 population 
= 76   Zimbabwe: 0 per 100,000 population 
Total: 12.591 per 100,000 population  
Weighted average: 0.1 per 100,000 population  



DEFINITION: Number of GrandMaster chess champions, by country. A GrandMaster is the highest level of recognition in chess. Per capita figures expressed per 100,000 population.

SOURCE: World Chess Federation, 2006

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