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Huang: Half of the world's software developers are based in China

Jensen Huang · Winning the AI Race Part 3: Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, James Litinsky, Chase Lochmiller · Jul 23, 2025 · at 1:00:53

Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, highlights developer demographics in China while explaining why American compute platforms must remain the global standard.

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“Half of the world's developers are in China.”

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The claim, plainly

Half of the world's software developers are located in China.

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Assessment

Across all major global developer demographic reports and official government estimates, China does not account for half (50%) of the world's software developers. SlashData estimates Greater China represents 10.8% to 12.3% of global developers, GitHub platform statistics estimate China's share at roughly 6.3%, and even official Chinese government figures (MIIT) report China's 9.4 million developers account for approximately 33% of the global total. Because every major methodology places China's share substantially below 50%, the claim is false.

SlashData 2023–2025 market studies place Greater China at 10.8% to 12.3% of the global developer population.
GitHub 2025–2026 data indicates China accounts for ~11.4 million of 180 million global accounts (~6.3%).
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) late 2024 report indicates China has 9.4 million developers, representing approximately 33% of the global total.

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[1] evansdata.com [2] evansdata.com [3] outsourceaccelerator.com [4] slashdata.co [5] slashdata.co [6] developernation.net [7] developernation.net [8] forbes.com

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