All PROGARCHIVES artist distribution by country! - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Having too much time on my hands today, I've made the list of "how many artists from each country" are on ProgArchives, using the Listings by Country (with links) list I made while ago.

So here are the results, and let's start with the lowest ones.

First of all, a list of countries that are not even included on PA countries list, and hence, without artists:

Antigua and Barbuda
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Dominica
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sao Tome and Principe
Seychelles
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Timor-Leste
Vanuatu

The next thing, countries without artists on ProgArchives. Unfortunately, they're making the biggest portion of countries world wide. I excluded hilarious entries of non-exisiting countries, which are without artists anyway, such are Antarctica and Siberia.

Afghanistan 0
Albania 0
Algeria 0
American Samoa 0
Angola 0
Anguilla 0
Aruba 0
Azerbaijan 0
Bahamas 0
Barbados 0
Belize 0
Benin 0
Bermuda 0
Bhutan 0
Botswana 0
Bouvet Island 0
Brunei 0
Burkina Faso 0
Burundi 0
Cambodia 0
Cameroon 0
Cape Verde 0
Cayman Islands 0
Central African Republic 0
Chad 0
Christmas Island 0
Cocos Islands 0
Comoros 0
Congo 0
Cook Islands 0
Cyprus 0
Djibouti 0
Dominican Republic 0
East Timor 0
Egypt 0
El Salvador 0
Equatorial Guinea 0
Eritrea 0
Ethiopia 0
Falkland Islands 0
Fiji Islands 0
French Guiana 0
French Polynesia 0
Gabon 0
Gambia 0
Gibraltar 0
Grenada 0
Guadeloupe 0
Guam 0
Guinea 0
Guinea-Bissau 0
Guyana 0
Haiti 0
Honduras 0
Iraq 0
Ivory Coast 0
Jamaica 0
Jordan 0
Kazakhstan 0
Kenya 0
Kiribati 0
Korea 0
Korea, North 0
Kuwait 0
Kyrgyzstan 0
Laos 0
Lesotho 0
Liberia 0
Libya 0
Liechtenstein 0
Lithuania 0
Madagascar 0
Malawi 0
Malaysia 0
Maldives 0
Mali 0
Marshall Islands 0
Martinique 0
Mauritania 0
Mauritius 0
Mayotte 0
Micronesia 0
Moldova 0
Montenegro 0
Montserrat 0
Morocco 0
Mozambique 0
Myanmar 0
Namibia 0
Nauru 0
Nepal 0
New Caledonia 0
Nicaragua 0
Niger 0
Nigeria 0
Niue 0
Norfolk Island 0
Oman 0
Palau 0
Papua New Guinea 0
Paraguay 0
Qatar 0
Reunion 0
Rwanda 0
Saint Helena 0
Samoa 0
San Marino 0
Saudi Arabia 0
Senegal 0
Sierra Leone 0
Singapore 0
Swaziland 0
Taiwan 0
Tajikistan 0
Tanzania 0
Thailand 0
Togo 0
Tokelau 0
Tonga 0
Trinidad and Tobago 0
Tuvalu 0
Uganda 0
United Arab Emirates 0
Vietnam 0
Yemen 0
Zambia 0
Zimbabwe 0

No entries for Moldova, Paraguay, Azerbaijan...I hope this will be changed soon. In fact, I know one Moldovan band is under evaluation right now.

Then, countries with ONE representative on PA.

Andorra 1
Bahrain 1
Bangladesh 1
Bolivia 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
China 1
Faroe Islands 1
Georgia 1
Ghana 1
Guatemala 1
Lebanon 1
Macedonia 1
Malta 1
Monaco 1
Pakistan 1
Panama 1
Syria 1
Turkmenistan 1

Countries with TWO artists:

Armenia 2
Costa Rica 2
Cuba 2
India 2
Iran 2
Philippines 2
Tunisia 2

Countries with THREE artists:This one includes "Various", which is listing Concept Albums, Label Samplers and Tributes as separate entries.

Belarus 3
Colombia 3
Latvia 3
Luxembourg 3
Serbia 3
Slovenia 3
Uruguay 3
Uzbekistan 3
Various 3

Countries with 4-10 artists:

Bulgaria 4
Ecuador 4
Ukraine 5
Puerto Rico 6
South Africa 6
Slovakia 7
Turkey 7
Croatia 8
Iceland 8
New Zealand 8

Countries with 11-20 artists:

Indonesia 11
Ireland 11
Peru 11
Romania 11
Estonia 12
Venezuela 13
Greece 16
Austria 17

Countries with 20-50 artists:

Portugal 20
Czech Republic 21
Israel 26
Denmark 33
Hungary 33
Mexico 39
Yugoslavia 45
Russia 45
Chile 48
Switzerland 48

Countries with 50-100 artists: Multi-National bands included.

Australia 55
Belgium 62
Multi-National 63
Poland 66
Argentina 68
Finland 80
Brazil 89
Norway 98
Spain 98

Prog giants: countries with 100+ artists.

Netherlands 117
Japan 124
Canada 146
Sweden 198
France 271
Germany 403
Italy 473
United Kingdom 634
United States 898

That's it. Surprised?

I'm aware the list is changing on a daily basis; in fact it may become obsolete as I'm writing this. But I think it's still a representative guide of countries distribution.

I hope it will receive some feedback; I also hope it will encourage additions from "inhabitated" countries.

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clarke2001 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 14 2006 Location: Croatia Status: Offline Points: 4160	Posted: August 16 2009 at 16:25
	They're countries withou country ID in PA. That means, if ever a band from such a country gets evaluated and cleared for addition, it can't be added under its own country...because the entry doesn't exist.

Ricochet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 27 2005 Location: Nauru Status: Offline Points: 46301	Posted: August 16 2009 at 16:22
	Another highly impressive statistic, Moris! One thing I don't understand is what's the difference between countries not even mentioned on PA, and countries mentioned but with 0 artists. Why are those countries mentioned in the first place, if no artist/band from their country was every added to the site?


clarke2001 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 14 2006 Location: Croatia Status: Offline Points: 4160	Posted: August 16 2009 at 16:03
	Having too much time on my hands today, I've made the list of "how many artists from each country" are on ProgArchives, using the Listings by Country (with links) list I made while ago. So here are the results, and let's start with the lowest ones. First of all, a list of countries that are not even included on PA countries list, and hence, without artists: Antigua and Barbuda Congo (Democratic Republic) Dominica Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Solomon Islands Somalia Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Timor-Leste Vanuatu The next thing, countries without artists on ProgArchives. Unfortunately, they're making the biggest portion of countries world wide. I excluded hilarious entries of non-exisiting countries, which are without artists anyway, such are Antarctica and Siberia. Afghanistan 0 Albania 0 Algeria 0 American Samoa 0 Angola 0 Anguilla 0 Aruba 0 Azerbaijan 0 Bahamas 0 Barbados 0 Belize 0 Benin 0 Bermuda 0 Bhutan 0 Botswana 0 Bouvet Island 0 Brunei 0 Burkina Faso 0 Burundi 0 Cambodia 0 Cameroon 0 Cape Verde 0 Cayman Islands 0 Central African Republic 0 Chad 0 Christmas Island 0 Cocos Islands 0 Comoros 0 Congo 0 Cook Islands 0 Cyprus 0 Djibouti 0 Dominican Republic 0 East Timor 0 Egypt 0 El Salvador 0 Equatorial Guinea 0 Eritrea 0 Ethiopia 0 Falkland Islands 0 Fiji Islands 0 French Guiana 0 French Polynesia 0 Gabon 0 Gambia 0 Gibraltar 0 Grenada 0 Guadeloupe 0 Guam 0 Guinea 0 Guinea-Bissau 0 Guyana 0 Haiti 0 Honduras 0 Iraq 0 Ivory Coast 0 Jamaica 0 Jordan 0 Kazakhstan 0 Kenya 0 Kiribati 0 Korea 0 Korea, North 0 Kuwait 0 Kyrgyzstan 0 Laos 0 Lesotho 0 Liberia 0 Libya 0 Liechtenstein 0 Lithuania 0 Madagascar 0 Malawi 0 Malaysia 0 Maldives 0 Mali 0 Marshall Islands 0 Martinique 0 Mauritania 0 Mauritius 0 Mayotte 0 Micronesia 0 Moldova 0 Montenegro 0 Montserrat 0 Morocco 0 Mozambique 0 Myanmar 0 Namibia 0 Nauru 0 Nepal 0 New Caledonia 0 Nicaragua 0 Niger 0 Nigeria 0 Niue 0 Norfolk Island 0 Oman 0 Palau 0 Papua New Guinea 0 Paraguay 0 Qatar 0 Reunion 0 Rwanda 0 Saint Helena 0 Samoa 0 San Marino 0 Saudi Arabia 0 Senegal 0 Sierra Leone 0 Singapore 0 Swaziland 0 Taiwan 0 Tajikistan 0 Tanzania 0 Thailand 0 Togo 0 Tokelau 0 Tonga 0 Trinidad and Tobago 0 Tuvalu 0 Uganda 0 United Arab Emirates 0 Vietnam 0 Yemen 0 Zambia 0 Zimbabwe 0 No entries for Moldova, Paraguay, Azerbaijan...I hope this will be changed soon. In fact, I know one Moldovan band is under evaluation right now. Then, countries with ONE representative on PA. Andorra 1 Bahrain 1 Bangladesh 1 Bolivia 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 China 1 Faroe Islands 1 Georgia 1 Ghana 1 Guatemala 1 Lebanon 1 Macedonia 1 Malta 1 Monaco 1 Pakistan 1 Panama 1 Syria 1 Turkmenistan 1 Countries with TWO artists: Armenia 2 Costa Rica 2 Cuba 2 India 2 Iran 2 Philippines 2 Tunisia 2 Countries with THREE artists:This one includes "Various", which is listing Concept Albums, Label Samplers and Tributes as separate entries. Belarus 3 Colombia 3 Latvia 3 Luxembourg 3 Serbia 3 Slovenia 3 Uruguay 3 Uzbekistan 3 Various 3 Countries with 4-10 artists: Bulgaria 4 Ecuador 4 Ukraine 5 Puerto Rico 6 South Africa 6 Slovakia 7 Turkey 7 Croatia 8 Iceland 8 New Zealand 8 Countries with 11-20 artists: Indonesia 11 Ireland 11 Peru 11 Romania 11 Estonia 12 Venezuela 13 Greece 16 Austria 17 Countries with 20-50 artists: Portugal 20 Czech Republic 21 Israel 26 Denmark 33 Hungary 33 Mexico 39 Yugoslavia 45 Russia 45 Chile 48 Switzerland 48 Countries with 50-100 artists: Multi-National bands included. Australia 55 Belgium 62 Multi-National 63 Poland 66 Argentina 68 Finland 80 Brazil 89 Norway 98 Spain 98 Prog giants: countries with 100+ artists. Netherlands 117 Japan 124 Canada 146 Sweden 198 France 271 Germany 403 Italy 473 United Kingdom 634 United States 898 That's it. Surprised? I'm aware the list is changing on a daily basis; in fact it may become obsolete as I'm writing this. But I think it's still a representative guide of countries distribution. I hope it will receive some feedback; I also hope it will encourage additions from "inhabitated" countries.