FIDE's Ranking by country

[Javier]

Armenia, with only 66 titled players (compare to Russia's staggering 1885!) has won the last 2 olympiads.

England is slowly -but surely- sinking in the rankings. The Golden age of English Chess is definitely over.

 

1	Russia	2724	190	454	1885
2	Ukraine	2692	70	182	402
3	China	2652	24	14	90
4	Israel	2640	34	42	137
5	Azerbaijan	2640	17	12	57
6	United States of America	2633	65	109	509
7	Armenia	2631	26	22	66
8	Hungary	2627	41	106	377
9	France	2627	36	86	294
10	India	2623	18	60	164
11	Germany	2622	73	202	1077
12	Bulgaria	2621	29	51	116
13	Netherlands	2614	22	68	258
14	Georgia	2606	24	32	97
15	Poland	2603	27	89	285
16	Spain	2589	33	88	384
17	England	2584	36	56	219
18	Romania	2584	19	76	257
19	Serbia	2582	49	97	497
20	Cuba	2578	17	34	212
21	Czech Republic	2570	24	64	216
22	Belarus	2570	14	25	81
23	Croatia	2568	29	57	218
24	Sweden	2559	16	36	115
25	Greece	2546	11	22	88
26	Uzbekistan	2545	10	9	35
27	Brazil	2543	7	27	115
28	Slovenia	2540	10	23	95
29	Argentina	2537	17	61	201
30	Slovakia	2533	10	21	77
31	Kazakhstan	2529	13	28	95
32	Norway	2526	10	21	83
33	Philippines	2521	9	24	52
34	Bosnia & Herzegovina	2514	7	19	77
35	Vietnam	2513	6	5	68
36	Denmark	2505	8	34	87
37	Switzerland	2505	7	32	113
38	Lithuania	2497	7	15	44
39	Italy	2495	6	33	159
40	Moldova	2488	6	21	64
41	Austria	2482	6	38	168
42	Peru	2474	3	8	47
43	Iceland	2473	11	11	47
44	Myanmar	2473	1	4	32
45	Turkey	2471	2	13	52
46	Belgium	2470	4	15	65
47	Canada	2469	6	27	117
48	Latvia	2467	8	9	46
49	Estonia	2464	4	13	37
50	Montenegro	2462	6	10	54
51	Iran	2461	5	8	51
52	Former YUG Rep of Macedonia	2459	8	11	45
53	Mexico	2457	5	26	118
54	Egypt	2450	3	22	39
55	Indonesia	2449	6	12	48
56	Finland	2445	5	19	84
57	Chile	2444	3	9	40
58	Colombia	2435	2	24	76
59	Scotland	2433	6	8	33
60	Australia	2431	3	17	76
61	Portugal	2423	3	11	34
62	Bangladesh	2415	5	1	25
63	Turkmenistan	2409	3	6	37
64	Singapore	2400	3	10	47
65	Ecuador	2392	1	8	34
66	Ireland	2390	1	6	21
67	Mongolia	2378	2	4	27
68	Venezuela	2377	1	10	30
69	Morocco	2362	0	3	19
70	Albania	2348	1	5	15
71	New Zealand	2343	1	6	28
72	Paraguay	2342	2	2	17
73	Kyrgyzstan	2340	1	4	11
74	Tajikistan	2332	1	3	5
75	Uruguay	2322	1	3	14
76	Dominican Republic	2319	1	6	17
77	Iraq	2318	0	4	29
78	Costa Rica	2314	1	7	15
79	Faroe Islands	2305	0	3	6
80	Luxembourg	2302	1	2	13
81	Malaysia	2302	0	3	17
82	Wales	2300	0	3	16
83	United Arab Emirates	2296	1	5	30
84	Algeria	2290	1	10	26
85	Syria	2285	0	3	17
86	Bolivia	2282	1	1	16
87	South Africa	2278	0	6	29
88	Tunisia	2266	2	3	14
89	Jordan	2265	0	1	12
90	Yemen	2256	0	3	8
91	Nicaragua	2240	0	2	13
92	Lebanon	2238	0	1	11
93	Pakistan	2236	0	2	3
94	El Salvador	2234	0	3	18
95	Japan	2223	0	1	6
96	Thailand	2207	0	0	6
97	Palestine	2205	1	1	4
98	Puerto Rico	2194	0	2	8
99	Qatar	2193	2	3	10
100	Zambia	2192	0	3	6
101	Zimbabwe	2189	0	3	6
102	Guatemala	2179	0	1	12
103	Monaco	2178	1	0	7
104	Nigeria	2169	0	4	10
105	Sri Lanka	2165	0	0	9
106	Andorra	2163	1	1	5
107	Uganda	2160	0	0	2
108	Jamaica	2158	0	0	4
109	Panama	2157	0	1	6
110	Angola	2150	0	6	8
111	Sudan	2138	0	0	3
112	Barbados	2131	0	1	6
113	Ethiopia	2130	0	0	2
114	Hong Kong	2127	0	0	9
115	Trinidad & Tobago	2122	0	0	6
116	Malta	2119	0	0	6
117	Mozambique	2097	0	0	1
118	Jersey	2096	0	0	3
119	Libya	2094	0	0	6
120	Namibia	2089	0	0	3
121	Nepal	2088	0	0	1
122	San Marino	2082	0	0	5
123	Malawi	2078	0	0	0
124	Cyprus	2073	0	0	5
125	Brunei Darussalam	2072	0	0	1
126	Surinam	2067	0	0	4
127	Liechtenstein	2067	0	0	2
128	Papua New Guinea	2057	0	0	2
129	Kuwait	2049	0	0	0
130	Afghanistan	2046	0	0	4
131	Botswana	2045	0	0	8
132	Mauritius	2041	0	0	0
133	Gabon	2033	0	0	1
134	FIDE	2031	0	0	2
135	Honduras	2026	0	1	11
136	Netherlands Antilles	2017	0	0	1
137	Bahrain	2009	0	0	5
138	South Korea	2006	1	0	3
139	Guernsey	1971	0	0	4
140	Aruba	1960	0	0	1
141	Bermuda	1951	0	0	2
142	Kenya	1946	0	0	3
143	Macau	1940	0	0	4
144	British Virgin Islands	1931	0	0	1
145	Madagascar	1917	0	0	0
146	Chinese Taipei	1911	0	0	0
147	Seychelles	1902	0	0	1
148	Fiji	1879	0	0	4
149	Maldives	1842	0	0	0
150	Rwanda	1832	0	0	1
151	Ghana	1818	0	0	0
152	Sao Tome and Principe	1774	0	0	0
153	Bahamas	1721	0	0	0