"In good news for the States, GitHub's numbers show that the country has been a "steady number one" in terms of developer population for the last five years, with a current coding community of 28 million. But India will add another 35.6 million-plus devs between now and 2030, taking it to 57.5 million or more, ahead of the projected 54.7 million calling the US home."
"TypeScript took the number one language spot in August, according to GitHub, with the number of contributors using the language growing 66 percent year-on-year to over 1 million. Python came second with 850,000 contributions, while JavaScript took the bronze spot at 427,000. "This caps a decade-long trend of developers shifting toward typed JavaScript and signals a new default for modern development," GitHub reported."
The United States currently hosts about 28 million software developers and remains the largest developer population today. India is projected to add over 35.6 million developers by 2030, reaching at least 57.5 million and surpassing the projected 54.7 million in the United States. Brazil is expected to grow to about 19.6 million developers and China to about 17.7 million by 2030. Growth across APAC, including India, is fueled by government skilling programs and AI-assisted local language tooling. AI is reshaping developer workflows, language choices, and project focus. TypeScript adoption surged, with contributors growing 66% to over one million, followed by Python and JavaScript, and a broader shift toward typed JavaScript driven by frameworks and AI-assisted development benefiting from stricter type systems.
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