Countries With the Most Chess Grandmasters โ๏ธ
1. ๐ท๐บ Russia โ 184
2. ๐บ๐ธ United States โ 115
3. ๐ฉ๐ช Germany โ 103
4. ๐ฎ๐ณ India โ 97
5. ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine โ 85
6. ๐ช๐ธ Spain โ 60
7. ๐ซ๐ท France โ 60
8. ๐ท๐ธ Serbia โ 58
9. ๐จ๐ณ China โ 57
10. ๐ต๐ฑ Poland โ 56
11. ๐ญ๐บ Hungary โ 53
12. ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel โ 51
13. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England โ 44
14. ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands โ 43
15. ๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia โ 39
16. ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia โ 34
17. ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria โ 32
18. ๐ฌ๐ช Georgia โ 31
19. ๐ญ๐ท Croatia โ 31
20. ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan โ 29
21. ๐จ๐บ Cuba โ 26
22. ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina โ 26
23. ๐ธ๐ช Sweden โ 25
24. ๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan โ 24
25. ๐ท๐ด Romania โ 24
There are 1,904 living Grandmasters in the world, and Russia alone holds about 1 in 10 of them. Only 44 Grandmasters are women โ China leads the women's table with 8.
๐ Source: FIDE (November 2026).
Immigrants in Australia by country of origin:
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ England: 927,490
๐ฎ๐ณ India: 673,352
๐จ๐ณ China: 549,618
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand: 530,492
๐ต๐ญ Philippines: 293,892
๐ป๐ณ Vietnam: 257,997
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa: 189,207
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia: 165,616
๐ฎ๐น Italy: 163,326
๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka: 131,904
๐ Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census 2021.


