119 countries... 6.6 million players Rugby is now played in more countries around the world than ever before, boosted by record funding through the IRB Development Programme (£8.23m), Regional Tournament Funding (£3.82m) and Strategic Investment Programme (£10.68m) Registered 2.36 million Non Registered 4.3 million Female players 1.5 million union (entry year) PLAYERS 3,104 ANDORRA (1991) Armenia (2004) Associate member 1,320 AUSTRIA (1992) Azerbaijan (2004) Associate member 15,616 BELGIUM (1988) 979 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA (1996) 1,815 BULGARIA (1992) 2,431 CROATIA (1992) 11,610 CZECH REPUBLIC (1988) 3,253 DENMARK (1988) 2,028,348 ENGLAND (1890) 2,701 FINLAND (2001) 359,022 FRANCE (1978) 6,708 GEORGIA (1992) 12,922 GERMANY (1988) 1,210 GREECE (2009) 3,053 HUNGARY (1991) 177,604 IRELAND (1886) 4,905 ISRAEL (1988) 77,858 ITALY (1987) 1,366 LATVIA (1991) 2,129 LITHUANIA (1992) 2,099 LUXEMBOURG (1991) 19,352 MALTA (2000) 3,263 MOLDOVA (1994) 991 MONACO (1998) 26,629 NETHERLANDS (1988) 2,280 NORWAY (1993) 14,389 POLAND (1988) 41,497 PORTUGAL (1988) 12,810 ROMANIA (1987) 28,542 RUSSIA (1990) 104,142 SCOTLAND (1886) 3,086 SERBIA (1988) 387 SLOVENIA (1996) 51,123 SPAIN (1988) 7,309 SWEDEN (1988) 4,365 SWITZERLAND (1988) 3,915 UKRAINE (1992) 66,114 WALES (1886) fira-aer 38 Member Unions Region Playing numbers 3,110,247 World playing population percentage 46.5% World population percentage 13.75% union (entry year) union (entry year) BAHAMAS (1994) BARBADOS (1995) BERMUDA (1992) PLAYERS 335 252 714 British Virgin Islands (2001) Associate member 129,131 CANADA (1987) 2,401 CAYMAN (1997) 442 GUYANA (1995) 1,267 JAMAICA (1996) 7,099 MEXICO (2006) St Lucia (1996) Associate member ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES (2001) 192 1,190 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (1992) 1,402,962 USA (1987) NACRA 11 Member Unions Region Playing numbers 1,545,985 World playing population percentage 23% World population percentage 8.99% union (entry year) ARGENTINA (1987) BRAZIL (1995) CHILE (1991) COLOMBIA (1999) PARAGUAY (1989) PERU (1999) URUGUAY (1989) VENEZUELA (1998) Consur 8 Member Unions Region Playing numbers World playing population percentage World population percentage PLAYERS 127,214 16,128 18,686 10,277 2,879 1,668 8,554 2,108 187,514 2.8% 6.99% BOTSWANA (1994) Burundi (2004) CAMEROON (1999) Ghana (2004) IVORY COAST (1988) KENYA (1990) MADAGASCAR (1998) Mali (2004) Mauritania (2003) MAURITIUS (2004) MOROCCO (1988) NAMIBIA (1990) NIGERIA (2001) Rwanda (2004) SENEGAL (1999) SOUTH AFRICA (1949) SWAZILAND (1998) Tanzania (2004) Togo (2004) TUNISIA (1988) UGANDA (1997) ZAMBIA (1995) ZIMBABWE (1987) PLAYERS 9,255 Associate member 6,150 Associate member 2,718 29,707 31,278 Associate member Associate member 779 4,899 9,317 800 Associate member 5,016 387,009 26,639 Associate member Associate member 21,923 26,410 12,210 33,128 car 16 Member Unions Region Playing numbers World playing population percentage World population percentage 607,238 9.08% 8.52% union (entry year) PLAYERS Brunei (2013) Associate member Cambodia (2004) Associate member 3,260 CHINA (1997) 6,395 CHINESE TAIPEI (1988) 1,088 GUAM (1998) 21,585 HONG KONG (1988) 23,927 INDIA (1999) 670 Indonesia (2008) Iran (2010) Associate member 119,598 JAPAN (1987) 4,070 KAZAKHSTAN (1997) 5,090 KOREA (1988) Kyrgystan (2004) Associate member Laos (2004) Associate member 75,400 MALAYSIA (1988) Mongolia (2004) Associate member 7,215 PAKISTAN (2004) 2,295 PHILIPPINES (2004) 12,430 SINGAPORE (1989) 58,480 SRI LANKA (1988) 12,450 THAILAND (1989) 6,316 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (2012) Uzbekistan (2004) Associate member arfu 16 Member Unions Region Playing numbers World playing population percentage World population percentage 360,269 5.4% 61.05% union (entry year) PLAYERS AMERICAN SAMOA (2005) AUSTRALIA (1949) COOK ISLANDS (1995) FIJI (1987) NEW ZEALAND (1949) NIUE ISLANDS (1999) PAPUA NEW GUINEA (1993) SAMOA (1988) SOLOMON ISLANDS (1999) TAHITI (1994) TONGA (1987) VANUATU (1999) 3,220 482,897 2,054 156,140 149,978 450 19,192 38,240 10,101 1,971 7,577 1,715 foru 12 Member Unions Region Playing numbers World playing population percentage World population percentage 873,535 13% 0.7%
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