Tekrati is carrying a summary of a report on Global Developer Population and Demographics Report by Evans Data Corporation. Some interesting excerpts:

The projected global software developer population will exceed 17 million by 2009. Evans Data Corp is projecting a 46 percent growth between 2005 and 2009 in the worldwide developer population.

APAC region will overtake the EMEA region in 2007

By 2009 four out of every ten developers will be found in the APAC region - 81% increase from 2005 compared to just a 15% in North America for the same period

John Andrews, President of Evans Data. "Our unique research capabilities provide product professionals a very sound and precise way to plan and execute on their global product and service strategies as these geographies experience tremendous change. For example, being able to isolate on the drivers and the implications of the 20% growth in China and India has proven invaluable to our clients in making the right investments to capitalize on these growth markets."

The United States, India, and China will maintain their global lead in number of developers through 2009.

By the year 2009, China's developer population is expected to overtake Japan's.

The top 15 countries comprise over two-thirds of global developer population.

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Prashanth Rai