Countries and GrandMasters in Chess

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

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