List of top countries with highest number of Chess Grandmasters and International masters (source: FIDE)
| Country with highest
number of grandmasters: Russia |
Top 5 countries with highest numbers of grandmasters(GM) and international masters (IM): Russia, United States of America, China, India and Ukraine
|
| Rank | Country | Grand Masters | International Masters |
| 1 | Russia | 256 | 549 |
| 2 | United States of
America | 101 | 166 |
| 3 | China | 48 | 39 |
| 4 | India | 64 | 114 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 93 | 209 |
| 6 | Armenia | 44 | 29 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 26 | 32 |
| 8 | Hungary | 58 | 120 |
| 9 | France | 50 | 118 |
| 10 | Poland | 45 | 109 |
| 11 | Germany | 96 | 273 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 36 | 104 |
| 13 | England | 36 | 68 |
| 14 | Spain | 56 | 137 |
| 15 | Israel | 43 | 64 |
| 16 | Czech Republic | 36 | 83 |
| 17 | Georgia | 32 | 40 |
| 18 | Norway | 16 | 36 |
| 19 | Croatia | 32 | 65 |
| 20 | Serbia | 58 | 126 |
| 21 | Argentina | 23 | 78 |
| 22 | Romania | 22 | 84 |
| 23 | Greece | 14 | 31 |
| 24 | Belarus | 18 | 29 |
| 25 | Turkey | 12 | 26 |
| 26 | Sweden | 22 | 43 |
| 27 | Cuba | 27 | 56 |
| 28 | Iran | 14 | 23 |
| 29 | Denmark | 13 | 45 |
| 30 | Brazil | 14 | 32 |
| 31 | Peru | 8 | 16 |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 17 | 14 |
| 33 | Italy | 16 | 46 |
| 34 | Canada | 14 | 38 |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 34 | 57 |
| 36 | Switzerland | 11 | 39 |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 15 | 45 |
| 38 | Slovenia | 12 | 25 |
| 39 | Austria | 9 | 58 |
| 40 | Vietnam | 11 | 16 |
| 41 | Latvia | 12 | 10 |
| 42 | Australia | 10 | 26 |
| 43 | Bosnia &
Herzegovina | 8 | 25 |
| 44 | Iceland | 14 | 14 |
| 45 | Belgium | 9 | 27 |
| 46 | Slovakia | 13 | 29 |
| 47 | Lithuania | 9 | 19 |
| 48 | Egypt | 6 | 28 |
| 49 | Colombia | 9 | 38 |
| 50 | Former YUG Rep of
Macedonia | 10 | 11 |
| 51 | Philippines | 13 | 30 |
| 52 | Chile | 6 | 13 |
| 53 | Moldova | 7 | 25 |
| 54 | Mongolia | 4 | 12 |
| 55 | Finland | 5 | 23 |
| 56 | Montenegro | 6 | 16 |
| 57 | Estonia | 6 | 15 |
| 58 | Indonesia | 6 | 23 |
| 59 | Mexico | 4 | 29 |
| 60 | Portugal | 4 | 15 |
| 61 | Venezuela | 2 | 23 |
| 62 | Paraguay | 4 | 4 |
| 63 | Scotland | 7 | 9 |
| 64 | Turkmenistan | 5 | 8 |
| 65 | Ireland | 1 | 8 |
| 66 | Algeria | 3 | 13 |
| 67 | Uruguay | 2 | 6 |
| 68 | Singapore | 3 | 14 |
| 69 | Bangladesh | 5 | 4 |
| 70 | Morocco | 1 | 8 |
| 71 | Albania | 1 | 7 |
| 72 | Malaysia | 0 | 8 |
| 73 | Myanmar | 1 | 5 |
| 74 | Costa Rica | 1 | 8 |
| 75 | Zambia | 1 | 8 |
| 76 | South Africa | 1 | 9 |
| 77 | Ecuador | 1 | 14 |
| 78 | Faroe Islands | 1 | 2 |
| 79 | Luxembourg | 0 | 4 |
| 80 | New Zealand | 1 | 6 |
| 81 | Tunisia | 2 | 8 |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 7 |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 6 |
| 84 | Monaco | 4 | 3 |
| 85 | Iraq | 0 | 7 |
| 86 | United Arab Emirates | 2 | 7 |
| 87 | Kosovo | 0 | 2 |
| 88 | Nigeria | 0 | 7 |
| 89 | Wales | 1 | 5 |
| 90 | South Korea | 1 | 3 |
| 91 | Japan | 0 | 3 |
| 92 | Tajikistan | 1 | 4 |
| 93 | Bolivia | 1 | 2 |
| 94 | Angola | 0 | 10 |
| 95 | Panama | 0 | 2 |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 0 | 3 |
| 97 | Andorra | 2 | 2 |
| 98 | Uganda | 0 | 2 |
| 99 | Jordan | 0 | 3 |
| 100 | Lebanon | 0 | 3 |
| 101 | Syria | 0 | 5 |
| 102 | El Salvador | 0 | 4 |
| 103 | Guatemala | 0 | 2 |
| 104 | Trinidad & Tobago | 0 | 1 |
| 105 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 5 |
| 106 | Libya | 0 | 0 |
| 107 | Honduras | 0 | 1 |
| 108 | Madagascar | 0 | 2 |
| 109 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 3 |
| 110 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 |
| 111 | Sudan | 0 | 1 |
| 112 | Jamaica | 0 | 2 |
| 113 | Cyprus | 0 | 0 |
| 114 | Botswana | 0 | 1 |
| 115 | Thailand | 0 | 0 |
| 116 | Yemen | 0 | 5 |
| 117 | Barbados | 0 | 4 |
| 118 | Malta | 0 | 1 |
| 119 | Pakistan | 0 | 2 |
| 120 | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | Nepal | 0 | 0 |
| 122 | Kenya | 0 | 0 |
| 123 | Netherlands Antilles | 0 | 0 |
| 124 | Malawi | 0 | 0 |
| 125 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 |
| 126 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 |
| 127 | Palestine | 0 | 1 |
| 128 | Suriname | 0 | 0 |
| 129 | Namibia | 0 | 0 |
| 130 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 |
| 131 | Mozambique | 0 | 0 |
| 132 | Aruba | 0 | 1 |
| 133 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 |
| 134 | Mauritania | 0 | 0 |
| 135 | South Sudan | 0 | 0 |
| 136 | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 |
| 137 | Ghana | 0 | 1 |
| 138 | Liberia | 0 | 0 |
| 139 | Burundi | 0 | 0 |
| 140 | Jersey | 0 | 0 |
| 141 | Haiti | 0 | 0 |
| 142 | Mali | 0 | 0 |
| 143 | Guernsey | 0 | 0 |
| 144 | Kuwait | 0 | 0 |
| 145 | Gambia | 0 | 0 |
| 146 | Guam | 0 | 0 |
| 147 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 0 |
| 148 | Bahrain | 0 | 0 |
| 149 | Bermuda | 0 | 0 |
| 150 | Eritrea | 0 | 0 |
| 151 | Oman | 0 | 0 |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 0 |
| 153 | Guyana | 0 | 0 |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 0 |
| 155 | Rwanda | 0 | 0 |
| 156 | Senegal | 0 | 0 |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 0 |
| 158 | Bahamas | 0 | 0 |
| 159 | Qatar | 3 | 1 |
| 160 | Seychelles | 0 | 0 |
| 161 | Gabon | 0 | 0 |
| 162 | Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 |
| 163 | Togo | 0 | 0 |
| 164 | Nauru | 0 | 0 |
| 165 | Djibouti | 0 | 0 |
| 166 | Tanzania | 0 | 0 |
| 167 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 | 0 |
| 168 | San Marino | 0 | 0 |
| 169 | Palau | 0 | 0 |
| 170 | Cameroon | 0 | 1 |
| 171 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 |
| 172 | Lesotho | 0 | 0 |
| 173 | Cape Verde | 0 | 0 |
| 174 | Democratic Republic
of Congo | 0 | 0 |
| 175 | Timor-Leste | 0 | 0 |
| 176 | Eswatini | 0 | 0 |
| 177 | Somalia | 0 | 0 |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 0 |
| 179 | Mauritius | 0 | 0 |
| 180 | Maldives | 0 | 0 |
| 181 | Fiji | 0 | 0 |
| 182 | US Virgin Islands | 0 | 0 |
| 183 | Macau | 0 | 0 |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 0 |