Some numbers from the EGD database. There may be a few typos present.
These are the figures for active players listed as being from a particular country.
Obviously players with country code [N] is not the same thing as players with nationality[N], nor as players with membership of the national federation of [N].
Russia seems to have cemented its place as the main player in Europe.
Germany and France both have a decline in active populations.
Turkey has shown a huge boost in activity.
Croatia's boom may also become notable.
There are many countries which do not seem to organize any tournament.
KZ has national championships, but they do not appear in the database.
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2019 2015 2010 2005 2000 2019-2015 EGF
RU 2186 1578 783 453 327 608 Y
DE 971 1095 1219 1358 789 -124 Y
FR 850 988 1210 726 719 -138 Y
TR 758 340 264 74 4 418 Y
UK 386 314 376 405 342 72 Y
RO 328 355 573 276 277 -27 Y
NL 278 291 350 330 255 -13 Y
UA 180 184 217 185 181 -4 Y
HR 166 55 63 59 63 111 Y
CZ 166 203 253 257 225 -37 Y
PL 159 166 238 435 205 -7 Y
IT 147 207 239 135 136 -60 Y
ES 122 159 233 207 61 -37 Y
RS 94 55 58 0 0 39 Y
BE 89 80 86 103 67 9 Y
CH 82 89 126 112 90 -7 Y
SK 78 86 76 78 100 -8 Y
HU 75 100 109 104 94 -25 Y
AT 66 70 88 87 48 -4 Y
FI 64 136 224 218 75 -72 Y
IS 58 44 40 33 3 14 Y
LT 56 70 55 62 14 -14 Y
SE 50 72 136 139 54 -22 Y
BY 45 6 3 5 4 39 Y
IE 42 49 36 14 9 -7 Y
NO 36 30 32 36 14 6 Y
SI 34 46 52 43 46 -12 Y
DK 27 26 37 39 30 1 Y
PT 19 18 18 15 7 1 Y
GR 18 8 7 0 1 10 O
LU 14 9 4 16 3 5 Y
CY 12 13 16 23 0 -1 Y
BA 6 13 24 20 11 -7 Y
EE 2 12 10 2 0 -10 N
BG 2 23 2 0 0 -21 Y
MT 1 0 0 0 0 1 N
GE 1 0 0 0 0 1 Y
AZ 1 2 2 4 0 -1 N
KZ 1 6 4 0 0 -5 Y
LV 1 9 1 1 1 -8 N
YU* 0 0 0 67 141 0 Y
MK 0 0 0 0 0 0 N
SM 0 1 0 0 0 -1 N
MD 0 2 1 1 0 -2 N
AM 0 3 1 1 2 -3 Y
IL 0 7 0 0 0 -7 Y