All PROGARCHIVES artist distribution by country!

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.

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.

How long did it take you to make that list?!?!

Anyway, those are some cool stats.

Here is my attempt at a visual of the list compiled by clarke!



Unfortunately the source map was relatively low-res and many small countries (like Puerto Rico and Belgium) are close to invisible. Even so, I hope this is helpful in some way!

(Note: All the high-res maps I downloaded only allowed me to color in grayscale for some reason.)

Kestrel wrote: Here is my attempt at a visual of the list compiled by clarke! Unfortunately the source map was relatively low-res and many small countries (like Puerto Rico and Belgium) are close to invisible. Even so, I hope this is helpful in some way! (Note: All the high-res maps I downloaded only allowed me to color in grayscale for some reason.)

This is AWESOME!!  How did you do it?

My only suggestion is to colour areas with various shades of a certain colour morphing to another one,  so it can be more intuitive...

..oh, and tiny little Croatia should be yellow, not brown. I'm working on painting it blue in the near future:)



Edited by clarke2001 - August 17 2009 at 01:07

Bouvet Island is not a country. It is a part of Norway and should be credited with 98 artists. 

But if you want to challenge me on this..........

Please also give Tasmania  a lick of blue paint. It is a part of Australia. Svalbard also deserve some blue paint as being a part of Norway. There is a lot of Norwegian bands with applications to get submitted to PA so you may have to change that to red later on. 

Beside of that; excellent work !!

Edited by toroddfuglesteg - August 17 2009 at 10:31

clarke2001 wrote: 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

toroddfuglesteg wrote: Bouvet Island is not a country. It is a part of Norway and should be credited with 98 artists.  But if you want to challenge me on this.......... Please also give Tasmania  a lick of blue paint. It is a part of Australia. Svalbard also deserve some blue paint as being a part of Norway. There is a lot of Norwegian bands with applications to get submitted to PA so you may have to change that to red later on.  Beside of that; excellent work !!

I'm sorry. I think I have a decent knowledge of geography, but I don't known every independent country - or non-independent overseas territory. M@x made the entry, so I included it automatically in my list.

The most Northern prog rock band: Thule from Norway

The most Western and Eastern prog rock band: Somewhere in London, close to the Greenwich meridan line.

The most Southern prog rock band: A band from Chile, I guess.

Now, that's what I call trivia !

Wow, that is incredibly interesting.  Thanks for another cool list!