Chess federations of the world

Algeria 8,395 players Angola 2,488 players Botswana 3,385 players Burkina Faso 151 players Burundi 122 players Cameroon 330 players Cape Verde 303 players Central African Republic 113 players Chad 96 players Comoros Islands 53 players Cote d’Ivoire 866 players Democratic Republic of the Congo 173 players Djibouti 251 players Egypt 23,411 players Equatorial Guinea 111 players Eritrea 173 players Eswatini 474 players Ethiopia 1,420 players Gabon 336 players Gambia 156 players Ghana 483 players Guinea 40 players Kenya 13,092 players Lesotho 674 players Liberia 375 players Libya 2,675 players Madagascar 1,655 players Malawi 1,722 players Mali 171 players Mauritania 1,331 players Mauritius 273 players Morocco 8,093 players Mozambique 1,174 players Namibia 2,662 players Niger 77 players Nigeria 11,035 players Sao Tome and Principe 206 players Senegal 341 players Seychelles 91 players Sierra Leone 108 players Somalia 185 players South Africa 16,682 players South Sudan 691 players Sudan 1,946 players Tanzania 430 players Togo 732 players Tunisia 7,837 players Uganda 10,169 players Zambia 3,744 players Zimbabwe 3,848 players

Antigua and Barbuda 86 players Argentina 18,704 players Aruba 228 players Bahamas 294 players Barbados 838 players Belize 29 players Bermuda 269 players Bolivia 7,587 players Brazil 43,034 players British Virgin Islands 27 players Canada 9,471 players Cayman Islands 251 players Chile 9,279 players Colombia 19,143 players Costa Rica 8,325 players Cuba 3,788 players Curacao 335 players Dominica 50 players Dominican Republic 4,360 players Ecuador 7,864 players El Salvador 1,525 players Grenada 52 players Guatemala 1,096 players Guyana 413 players Haiti 444 players Honduras 1,823 players Jamaica 2,208 players Mexico 23,342 players Nicaragua 1,517 players Panama 4,409 players Paraguay 3,147 players Peru 20,128 players Puerto Rico 2,189 players Saint Kitts and Nevis 36 players Saint Lucia 179 players Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50 players Suriname 734 players Trinidad & Tobago 1,969 players United States 34,065 players Uruguay 4,287 players US Virgin Islands 145 players Venezuela 14,635 players

Afghanistan 556 players Bahrain 1,068 players Bangladesh 15,445 players Bhutan 160 players Brunei Darussalam 619 players Cambodia 36 players China 12,142 players Chinese Taipei 746 players Hong Kong 2,443 players India 209,692 players Indonesia 4,825 players Iran 88,023 players Iraq 5,410 players Japan 1,002 players Jordan 3,844 players Kazakhstan 26,967 players Kuwait 1,229 players Kyrgyzstan 6,223 players Laos 327 players Lebanon 3,499 players Macau, China 100 players Malaysia 22,060 players Maldives 768 players Mongolia 3,836 players Myanmar 3,015 players Nepal 8,452 players Oman 3,760 players Pakistan 7,601 players Palestine 3,094 players Philippines 23,261 players Qatar 288 players Saudi Arabia 5,604 players Singapore 9,938 players South Korea 4,600 players Sri Lanka 31,149 players Syria 2,506 players Tajikistan 827 players Thailand 3,638 players Timor-Leste 736 players Turkmenistan 2,340 players United Arab Emirates 3,980 players Uzbekistan 6,259 players Vietnam 12,529 players Yemen 880 players

Albania 1,490 players Andorra 217 players Armenia 3,378 players Austria 12,211 players Azerbaijan 10,481 players Belarus 3,768 players Belgium 12,921 players Bosnia & Herzegovina 4,964 players Bulgaria 8,442 players Croatia 14,723 players Cyprus 1,492 players Czech Republic 20,238 players Denmark 8,986 players England 20,367 players Estonia 3,878 players Faroe Islands 663 players Finland 2,555 players France 136,464 players Georgia 5,602 players Germany 59,985 players Greece 33,064 players Guernsey 64 players Hungary 14,062 players Ireland 5,024 players Israel 3,941 players Israel 10,183 players Italy 46,421 players Jersey 249 players Kosovo * 1,091 players Latvia 6,141 players Liechtenstein 78 players Lithuania 8,124 players Luxembourg 1,142 players Malta 736 players Moldova 2,181 players Monaco 409 players Montenegro 1,764 players Netherlands 13,225 players North Macedonia 2,400 players Norway 10,947 players Poland 60,447 players Portugal 9,243 players Romania 16,592 players San Marino 65 players Scotland 2,083 players Serbia 16,264 players Slovakia 11,786 players Slovenia 8,961 players Spain 97,871 players Sweden 10,844 players Switzerland 10,176 players Turkey 55,649 players Ukraine 24,504 players Wales 1,149 players

Australia 11,283 players Fiji 560 players Guam 783 players Kiribati 37 players Marshall Islands 9 players Nauru 130 players New Zealand 3,637 players Palau 310 players Papua New Guinea 35 players Solomon Islands 122 players Tonga 16 players Vanuatu 345 players

FIDE/UNHCR Refugee Team 16,149 players Greenland 12 players Iceland Isle of Man 46 players New Caledonia 126 players North Korea Russia 142,990 players RWA 198 players