List of rugby union playing countries

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This list shows each country which has a union affiliated to World Rugby, the international governing body for rugby union. It also shows the number of registered clubs playing in each country, official referees and the number of registered players broken down by gender and age group.

In 2023, the total number of registered players increased from 5.82 million to 8.4 million. South Africa has the most with 804,279. These numbers are all estimates and the correct number of registered players is likely higher. [1]

CountryNo. of ClubsRegistered playersRefereesUnder 13 boysUnder 13 girlsTeen malesTeen femalesSenior (Adult) malesSenior (Adult) femalesTotal malesTotal femalesTotal players
American Samoa [2] 000000000000
Andorra [3] 22131705654541518924213
Argentina [4] [5] 4201527900000000152543247152790
Armenia [6] 3250000000000250
Australia [7] [nb 1] 7671709524900266640192390393801669852831669170952
Austria [8] 2656761880351904213277315971505676
Azerbaijan [9] 300000000000
Bahamas [10] 6163520101015015400501560751635
Barbados [11] 63217260123141352328437321
Belgium [12] 583526619245648573580503412164133265200135266
Bermuda [13] 890111220331254019291737164901
[14] 991123292541867124563723188911
Botswana [15] 129395202607028001500630135769017059395
Brazil [16] 23069130748001002915150554162460256887469130
British Virgin Islands [17] 000000000000
Bulgaria [18] 36312148122518211091773676127014203121
Burundi [19] 000000000000
Cambodia [20] 000000000000
Cameroon [21] 3237223721212375221049521636863722
Canada [22] 309478536053337411599919979032307718368548547853
Cayman Islands [23] 422003038818296125130511316545462200
Chile [24] 264275533880491275448168483013338327242842755
China [25] 1564307070606002003900600557078606430
Chinese Taipei [26] 13280010120005000100010027001002800
Colombia [27] 7614214884500192421278423511158311114214
Cook Islands [28] 214258826754344691045265036705884258
Croatia [29] 2161422380925511227334250531896142
Czech Republic [30] 22133821101843201132114916971711286152113282
Denmark [31] 274606742035229656176623342653414606
England [32] 1809199098892076948994080726025641291211313992493314288625621261990988
Fiji [33] 4901360303092250005200608000270135700330136030
Finland [34] 1877035002542658029084770
France [35] 179867084720951654974444575572360124079691059713313714670847
Georgia [36] 4665381459401223325878146515033165381
Germany [37] 1084565631920833333301527463977343023163345656
Ghana [38] 512500000000125001250
Greece [39] 0220000000000220
Guam [40] 3912121621122842309628542370912
Guyana [41] 31324254001053157529513410103141324
Hong Kong [42] 59105258619981332127050018136128081244410525
Hungary [43] 33220734181218655910027920481592207
India [44] 96222829829361367948148062982710153996883222282
Indonesia [45] 168306403291724022273397830
Iran [46] 000000000000
Ireland [47] 221157080238057409690057867270025440276414071617364157080
Israel [48] 1275515600300203007566095755
Italy [49] 784168176857283643240172204881584810161614327744168176
Ivory Coast [50] 144738345190514226452014702045020236347383
Jamaica [51] 92090304841171120562763718802102090
Japan [52] 15222703684545319453937372943524847037025470915659270368
Kazakhstan [53] 12465021525380588470344343345711934650
Kenya [54] 60659045184446251827930580677265859148575665904
Korea [55] 512620802001508801013008010380250012620
Kyrgyzstan [56] 000000000000
Lao [57] 000000000000
Latvia [58] 16995215013290523721891283995
Lithuania [59] 16954422112067018730148512329544
Luxembourg [60] 3543777214026252763486546947435437
Madagascar [61] 41042540160108017036001701675077041430111042540
Malaysia [62] 300600307021500002000002500030600003060030
Mali [63] 023000000000230230
Malta [64] 7378586901358292813496893785
Mauritania [65] 000000000000
Mauritius [66] 79109500160301551586545910
Mexico [67] 2634545466547683135096816424649903454
Moldova [68] 776105549024211382813798070076037610
Monaco [69] 216545205905221632165
Morocco [70] 000000000000
Morocco [71] 2011331807483029343034891001017116011331
Namibia [72] 2734226268000050001810841243308414234226
Netherlands [73] 82278692601432101220215543865932602084927869
New Zealand [74] 60015689322556479495404039035212772692213291013983156893
Nigeria [75] 17919810915572342172051060884613529196
Niue Islands [76] 640597040804015025300105405
Norway [77] 271502241684736912061218611493531502
Pakistan [78] 4940122130001810251859183969434012
Papua New Guinea [79] 7272005215050400100229021068403607200
Paraguay [80] 21225683920001820801420483144012822568
Peru [81] 11950151501022005007087080950
Philippines [82] [83] 17430011300752007550015040003004300
Poland [84] 5828963591075591541483143972755980428963
Portugal [85] 4652270521152027490104032949541332952270
Romania [86] 83405121994915320306715010481124003038240512
Russia [87] 1054251989287806853835363332041364115542519
Rwanda [88] 038000000000380380
Samoa [89] 14053372600927941491792212769025048761461153372
Scotland [90] 2516250036095413241500912971168764260237226362500
Senegal [91] 1383501914005010001107207081202308350
Serbia [92] 1253522527372360196052352381145352
Singapore [93] 249690902448918336614281020510683428569690
Slovenia [94] 748051401030102603043050480
Solomon Islands [95] 4831587532420766108180014028902683150
South Africa [96] 1526804279346032084245221992134906113174848973322917917804279
Spain [97] 2106001631118121297426354958870749826119060016
Sri Lanka [98] 98153325396352001411048552958385065513860215723153325
[99] 000000000000
[100] 610363205109415127140407602761036
Eswatini [101] 141892043470051004850310074043010290863018920
Sweden [102] 41350763350110850244145250126528553507
Switzerland [103] 30183845245628484181274124181417018384
Tahiti [104] 18461714492216328964038242233944617
Tanzania [105] 511200000000011201120
Thailand [106] 169177321042541385552216635716190513779395317732
Tonga [107] 821789183700347203049017891017891
[108] 1450605810384221798341133612541728885060
Tunisia [109] 7426218934489130456221958191992622030418826218
Uganda [110] 173511011449002200590040056015032360275035110
Ukraine [111] 448880688005011003080010087001808880
Uruguay [112] 2330065642896101803981219392991814730065
United States [113] 2588126151206117881915026747323195945021111769126353181630126983
Uzbekistan [114] 000000000000
Vanuatu [115] 12252022500507206011009023202002520
Venezuela [116] 34441530602038025165028040903254415
Wales [117] [118] 2501605571205311231811001145001492122408173915922611331160557
Zambia [119] 2020200404100400360030016002001930090020200
Zimbabwe [120] 1747541447900012975425768954754152047541
Totals [nb 2] 148,6338,404,445182,9724,552,495976,4984,337,930581,589972,443190,4436,965,4111,338,0348,404,445

Footnotes

Notes
  1. ↑ Australia: Data listed in the table, including the total of 86,952 registered players, is from the archived IRB webpage as at 25 September 2011, [nb 3] which allows for comparison to figures from other countries sourced from the same website in the same time frame. Participation figures recorded in later archives from the IRB include both registered and unregistered players (totals over 297,000 in 2012, [nb 4] and over 482,000 in 2014, [nb 5] and are therefore not useful in comparison to the rest of the table). Other sources, such as Ausport, put the overall number of rugby players as low as 42,100 but this is based on older data from 1999–2000. [nb 6] [nb 7]
  2. ↑ The totals for all the age groups combined fail to match the total due to Argentina's failure to supply breakdown figures for age group and gender. Assuming total players as correct figure.
  4. "Australia". IRB. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  5. "119 countries... 6.6 million players" (PDF). IRB. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  6. "Active Australia: The Numbers Game" (PDF). Ausport. March 2000. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  7. "Rugby Union Profile, Ausport" (PDF). Ausport. March 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
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Emerging Ireland is an Irish rugby union team that represents Ireland in the World Rugby Nations Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ollie Hoskins (rugby union)</span> Australia international rugby union player

Ollie Hoskins is an Australian rugby union international player who started his career as a prop for the Western Force in Super Rugby and signed with London Irish in March 2016. When the club folded, Hoskins was signed by Saracens in June 2023.

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