Did you know From Second to First: Why India Could Overtake the USA in Developer Numbers by 2028

 

A recent report by GitHub shows the biggest communities of developers all over the world, with India on its way to be at the top by 2028. The report also shows that India had the second biggest community of software and code developers in the world in 2024. In 2022, China was surpassed by India in the list of countries with most developers and have been in that spot since. The country with the highest number of developers is the USA. But India stands out because it has seen rapid growth in the number of code developers since 2013.

GitHub estimates that India has more than 17 million developers right now. Another country which has seen rapid growth in its developers is Brazil partly because of the GitHub Education program. The United Kingdom has the fifth biggest community of developers, followed by Russia. The top biggest developer communities are the same as last year, except Pakistan which is now ranked 20th and Philippines which is now ranked 18th biggest developer communities. GitHub says that it is good to see many non-English speaking countries having some of the biggest developer communities. Generative AI tools are also helping developers in coding and other purposes. India also had the second highest GitHub Education users in 2024.