Survey of Players (2009)
| FEDERATION |
REGISTRED PLAYERS | REFEREES | RINKS |
PARTICIPATION |
POPULATION |
| |
Total |
Senior |
Juve-
nile |
Female |
Male |
Female |
In-
door |
Out-
door |
(2009) |
|
| Andorra | 71 | 29 | 42 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 83,888 |
| Armenia | 578 | 381 | 197 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 3 | | 2,967,004 |
| Australia | 2,836 | 1,805 | 816 | 215 | 231 | 29 | 20 | 0 | WS I, W20 III, W18 III | 21,262,641 |
| Austria | 10,378 | 4,631 | 5,109 | 638 | 257 | 12 | 25 | 106 | WS, WW I, W20 I
W18 I, WW18 I | 8,205,533 |
| Belarus | 3,302 | 1,000 | 2,300 | 2 | 109 | 0 | 19 | 3 | WS, W20 I, W18 I | 9,648,533 |
| Belgium | 1,192 | 356 | 753 | 83 | 35 | 6 | 12 | 1 | WS II, W20 II, W18 II | 10,414,336 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 249 | 75 | 168 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 4,613,414 |
| Bulgaria | 303 | 114 | 189 | 27 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 5 | WS II, W20 III, W18 III | 7,204,687 |
| Canada | 499,695 | 88,954 | 325,432 | 85,309 | 29,839 | 1,365 | 2,451 | 11,000 | WS,WW, W20
W18, WW18 | 33,487,208 |
| China | 448 | 101 | 181 | 166 | 34 | 11 | 40 | 36 | WS II, WW, W20 III
W18 II | 1,338,612,968 |
| Chinese Taipei | 851 | 307 | 456 | 88 | 81 | 8 | 1 | 10 | W18 III | 21,003,976 |
| Croatia | 591 | 113 | 436 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | WS I, W20 II, W18 II | 4,489,409 |
| Czech Republic | 97,102 | 62,487 | 32,623 | 1,992 | 3,474 | 46 | 157 | 23 | WS, WW I, W20
W18, WW18 | 10,211,904 |
| Denmark | 4,059 | 1,719 | 2,038 | 301 | 74 | 3 | 22 | 0 | WS, WW II, W20 I
W18 I | 5,500,510 |
| DPR Korea | 3,270 | 480 | 1,940 | 850 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 15 | WS II, WW II, W20 III | 22,665,345 |
| Estonia | 950 | 353 | 512 | 85 | 142 | 12 | 8 | 5 | WS II, W20 I, W18 II | 1,299,371 |
| Finland | 61,684 | 21,746 | 36,411 | 3,527 | 1,607 | 37 | 220 | 27 | WS, WW, W20
W18,WW18 | 5,250,275 |
| France | 17,133 | 6,041 | 9,572 | 1,520 | 120 | 10 | 130 | 24 | WS, WW I, W20 I
W18 I, WW18 I | 64,057,792 |
| Germany | 28,967 | 8,656 | 17,817 | 2,494 | 799 | 66 | 175 | 44 | WS, WW I, W20
W18, WW18 | 82,329,758 |
| Great Britain | 5,627 | 1,191 | 3,853 | 583 | 260 | 17 | 44 | 0 | WS I, WW II, W20 II
W18 II | 61,113,205 |
| Greece | 596 | 457 | 76 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | WS III | 10,737,428 |
| Hong Kong | 182 | 80 | 67 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | | 7,055,071 |
| Hungary | 2,034 | 329 | 1,594 | 111 | 56 | 6 | 17 | 11 | WS, W20 I, W18 I | 9,905,596 |
| Iceland | 599 | 64 | 467 | 68 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | WS II, W20 III, W18 III | 306,694 |
| Ireland | 499 | 277 | 185 | 37 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 0 | WS III, W18 III | 4,203,200 |
| Israel | 500 | 120 | 380 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | WS II, W18 III | 7,233,701 |
| Italy | 6,454 | 1,976 | 4,085 | 393 | 157 | 4 | 53 | 10 | WS I, WW II, W20 I
W18 I | 58,126,212 |
| Japan | 21,027 | 12,335 | 6,951 | 1,741 | 875 | 64 | 125 | 114 | WS I, WW, W20 II
W18 I, WW18 I | 127,078,679 |
| Kazakhstan | 5,251 | 563 | 4,697 | 92 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 32 | WS I, WW, W20
W18 I | 15,399,437 |
| Korea | 1,247 | 97 | 1,052 | 98 | 39 | 6 | 34 | 4 | WS II, W20 II, W18 II | 48,508,972 |
| Kuwait | 306 | 250 | 60 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | | 2,691,158 |
| Latvia | 4,539 | 2,947 | 1,501 | 91 | 170 | 23 | 18 | 5 | WS, WW II, W20
W18 I | 2,231,503 |
| Liechtenstein | 96 | 69 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | | 34,761 |
| Lithuania | 817 | 278 | 539 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | WS I, W20 II, W18 I | 3,555,179 |
| Luxembourg | 320 | 150 | 160 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | WS III | 491,775 |
| Macau | 67 | 25 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 559,846 |
| Malaysia | 250 | 130 | 88 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 25,715,819 |
| Mexico | 2,220 | 400 | 1,800 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 18 | 0 | WS II, W20 II, W18 II | 111,211,789 |
| Mongolia | 890 | 390 | 500 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 17 | WS III, W18 III | 3,041,142 |
| Namibia | 450 | 60 | 320 | 70 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 3 | | 2,108,665 |
| Netherlands | 3,059 | 1,756 | 1,128 | 175 | 60 | 10 | 21 | 3 | WS I, WW II, W20 II
W18 II | 16,715,999 |
| New Zealand | 1,510 | 800 | 600 | 110 | 113 | 6 | 6 | 3 | WS III, W20 II, W18 III | 4,213,418 |
| Norway | 6,385 | 1,993 | 3,934 | 458 | 141 | 14 | 37 | 3 | WS, WW I, W20 I
W18, WW18 I | 4,660,539 |
| Poland | 2,923 | 559 | 1,136 | 228 | 78 | 1 | 21 | 7 | WS I, W20 I, W18 I | 38,482,919 |
| Portugal | 116 | 48 | 50 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | 10,707,924 |
| Romania | 1,500 | 325 | 1,100 | 75 | 65 | 9 | 5 | 7 | WS I, W20 II, W18 II | 22,215,421 |
| Russia | 84,720 | 26,185 | 58,257 | 278 | 523 | 11 | 257 | 3 | WS, WW, W20
W18, WW18 | 140,041,247 |
| Serbia | 563 | 191 | 369 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | WS II, W20 III, W18 III | 7,379,339 |
| Singapore | 351 | 185 | 157 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 4,657,542 |
| Slovakia | 8,671 | 1,886 | 6,497 | 288 | 368 | 21 | 45 | 21 | WS, WW I, W20
W18, WW18 I | 5,463,046 |
| Slovenia | 1,434 | 902 | 447 | 85 | 45 | 4 | 8 | 2 | WS I, W20 I, W18 II | 2,005,692 |
| South Africa | 341 | 129 | 168 | 448 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | WS II, W18 III | 49,052,489 |
| Spain | 780 | 209 | 438 | 133 | 25 | 1 | 18 | 0 | WS II, W20 II, W18 II | 40,525,002 |
| Sweden | 60,374 | 15,685 | 41,104 | 3,612 | 1,984 | 40 | 327 | 136 | WS, WW, W20
W18, WW18 | 9,059,651 |
| Switzerland | 24,705 | 10,259 | 13,709 | 735 | 792 | 45 | 157 | 31 | WS, WW, W20 I
W18, WW18 | 7,604,467 |
| Thailand | 220 | 85 | 110 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | | 65,905,410 |
| Turkey | 790 | 310 | 320 | 160 | 75 | 10 | 2 | 0 | WS III, W20 III
W18 III | 76,805,524 |
| Ukraine | 4,228 | 670 | 3,546 | 12 | 70 | 0 | 20 | 11 | WS I, W20 I, W18 I | 45,700,395 |
| United Arab Emirates | 200 | 80 | 110 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | | 4,798,491 |
| United States | 465,975 | 112,778 | 293,691 | 59,506 | 25,536 | 1,330 | 1,800 | 250 | WS, WW, W20
W18, WW18 | 307,212,123 |
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