Survey of Players (2012)
| COUNTRY |
REGISTRED PLAYERS | REFEREES | RINKS |
PARTICIPATION |
POPULATION |
| |
Total |
Senior |
U20 |
Female |
Male |
Female |
In-
door |
Out-
door |
(2011) |
|
| Andorra | 56 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 85,082 |
| Argentina | 966 | 690 | 130 | 146 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | | 42,192,494 |
| Armenia | 578 | 381 | 197 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 3 | | 2,970,495 |
| Australia | 3,721 | 2,217 | 997 | 507 | 268 | 17 | 17 | 0 | WM IB, WM20 IIB,
WM18 IIB, WW IIA | 22,015,576 |
| Austria | 11,202 | 5,897 | 4,690 | 615 | 413 | 22 | 45 | 72 | WM IA, WM20 IA,
WM18 IB, WW IA, WW18 I | 8,219,743 |
| Belarus | 3,937 | 1,154 | 2,747 | 36 | 128 | 0 | 28 | 3 | WM, WM20 IA,
WM18 IB | 9,542,883 |
| Belgium | 1,490 | 670 | 736 | 84 | 31 | 4 | 17 | 0 | WM IIB, WM20 IIB,
WM18 IIIA, WW IIB | 10,438,353 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 208 | 42 | 162 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 4,622,292 |
| Bulgaria | 330 | 100 | 203 | 27 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 5 | WM IIB, WM20 III,
WM18 IIIA | 7,037,935 |
| Canada | 617,107 | 74,626 | 455,806 | 86,675 | 31,572 | 1,834 | 2,486 | 5,000 | WM, WM20, WM18,
WW, WW18 | 34,300,083 |
| China | 610 | 118 | 308 | 184 | 63 | 32 | 46 | 43 | WM IIB, WM20 III,
WM18 IIB, WW IB,
WW18 IQ | 1,343,239,923 |
| Chinese Taipei | 848 | 142 | 630 | 76 | 84 | 8 | 4 | 0 | WM18 IIIA | 23,113,901 |
| Croatia | 536 | 114 | 379 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | WM IIA, WM20 IB,
WM18 IIA, WW IIA | 4,480,043 |
| Czech Republic | 95,094 | 58,654 | 34,113 | 2,327 | 1,532 | 71 | 148 | 21 | WM, WM20, WM18, WW IA, WW18 | 10,177,300 |
| Denmark | 4,405 | 1,764 | 2,245 | 396 | 100 | 3 | 25 | 0 | WM, WM20, WM18,
WW IB | 5,543,453 |
| DPR Korea | 1,575 | 640 | 420 | 515 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 12 | WM III, WW IIA | 24,589,122 |
| Estonia | 1,510 | 442 | 976 | 92 | 142 | 12 | 6 | 15 | WM IIA, WM20 IIB,
WM18 IIB | 1,274,709 |
| Finland | 56,626 | 16,752 | 35,929 | 3,945 | 1,709 | 51 | 246 | 30 | WM, WM20, WM18,
WW, WW18 | 5,262,930 |
| FYR Macedonia | 82 | 45 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | | 2,082,370 |
| France | 17,381 | 6,400 | 9,767 | 1,214 | 123 | 6 | 124 | 5 | WM, WM20 IB,
WM18 IA, WW IB,
WW18 IQ | 65,630,692 |
| Georgia | 266 | 77 | 189 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | | 4,570,934 |
| Germany | 27,068 | 8,042 | 16,561 | 2,465 | 184 | 13 | 198 | 45 | WM, WM20 IA, WM18,
WW, WW18 | 81,305,856 |
| Great Britain | 5,119 | 1,484 | 2,897 | 738 | 285 | 27 | 46 | 0 | WM IA, WM20 IA,
WM18 IIA, WW IB,
WW18 I | 63,047,162 |
| Greece | 713 | 463 | 153 | 97 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | WM III | 10,767,827 |
| Hong Kong | 496 | 62 | 371 | 63 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | | 7,153,519 |
| Hungary | 3,320 | 218 | 2,713 | 389 | 75 | 6 | 18 | 18 | WM IA, WM20 IIA,
WM18 IB, WW IIA,
WW18 I | 9,958,453 |
| Iceland | 587 | 58 | 441 | 88 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | WM IIA, WM20 III,
WM18 IIB, WW IIB | 313,183 |
| India | 724 | 400 | 285 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 8 | | 1,205,073,612 |
| Ireland | 297 | 189 | 70 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | WM III | 4,722,028 |
| Israel | 653 | 270 | 374 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | WM IIB | 7,590,758 |
| Italy | 6,774 | 1,720 | 4,571 | 483 | 139 | 5 | 45 | 24 | WM, WM20 IB,
WM18 IA, WW IB,
WW18 IQ | 61,261,254 |
| Japan | 19,975 | 9,999 | 7,256 | 2,720 | 928 | 94 | 99 | 25 | WM IA, WM20 IB,
WM18 IA, WW IA,
WW18 I | 127,368,088 |
| Kazakhstan | 4,067 | 483 | 3,491 | 93 | 41 | 7 | 17 | 56 | WM, WM20 IB,
WM18 IB, WW IA,
WW18 IQ | 17,522,010 |
| Korea | 1,636 | 93 | 1,365 | 178 | 55 | 9 | 43 | 4 | WM IB, WM20 IIA,
WM18 IIA, WW IIB | 48,860,500 |
| Kuwait | 320 | 84 | 122 | 114 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | | 2,646,314 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 330 | 228 | 102 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | | 5,496,737 |
| Latvia | 3,979 | 2,348 | 1,515 | 116 | 185 | 28 | 16 | 0 | WM, WM20, WM18,
WW IA | 2,191,580 |
| Liechtenstein | 80 | 70 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 36,713 |
| Lithuania | 547 | 137 | 410 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | WM IB, WM20 IIA,
WM18 IIA | 3,525,761 |
| Luxembourg | 392 | 130 | 235 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | WM III | 509,074 |
| Macau | 106 | 28 | 63 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 578,025 |
| Malaysia | 184 | 91 | 72 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 29,179,952 |
| Mexico | 1,568 | 327 | 1,139 | 102 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 0 | WM IIB, WM20 IIB,
WM18 IIIA | 114,975,406 |
| Mongolia | 1,001 | 477 | 524 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | WM III | 3,179,997 |
| Morocco | 137 | 71 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | 32,309,239 |
| Namibia | 438 | 104 | 215 | 119 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 2 | | 2,165,828 |
| Netherlands | 2,842 | 1,468 | 1,156 | 218 | 52 | 5 | 26 | 4 | WM IB, WM20 IIA,
WM18 IIA, WW IB | 16,730,632 |
| New Zealand | 1,193 | 593 | 437 | 163 | 60 | 6 | 6 | 3 | WM IIA, WM20 III,
WM18 IIIA, WW IIA | 4,327,944 |
| Norway | 6,893 | 2,130 | 4,212 | 551 | 164 | 14 | 41 | 3 | WM, WM20 IA,
WM18 IA, WW IA,
WW18 I | 4,707,270 |
| Poland | 2,575 | 713 | 1,494 | 368 | 76 | 3 | 35 | 6 | WM IB, WM20 IB,
WM18 IB, WW IIB | 38,415,284 |
| Portugal | 116 | 48 | 50 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | | 10,781,459 |
| Romania | 1,093 | 151 | 872 | 70 | 51 | 5 | 5 | 15 | WM IB, WM20 IIB,
WM18 IIA | 21,848,504 |
| Russia | 64,326 | 2,606 | 61,220 | 500 | 230 | 5 | 346 | 2,000 | WM, WM20, WM18,
WW, WW18 | 138,082,178 |
| Serbia | 564 | 147 | 414 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | WM IIA, WM20 IIB,
WM18 IIB | 7,276,604 |
| Singapore | 414 | 285 | 97 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | | 5,353,494 |
| Slovakia | 9,034 | 2,041 | 6,576 | 417 | 327 | 16 | 47 | 21 | WM, WM20, WM18 IA,
WW, WW18 I | 5,483,088 |
| Slovenia | 924 | 148 | 707 | 69 | 46 | 4 | 7 | 1 | WM IA, WM20 IA,
WM18 IA, WW IIA | 1,996,617 |
| South Africa | 466 | 171 | 235 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | WM IIB, WM18 IIIA,
WW IIB | 48,810,427 |
| Spain | 854 | 236 | 530 | 88 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 0 | WM IIA, WM20 IIA,
WM18 IIB, WW IIB | 47,042,984 |
| Sweden | 69,921 | 13,084 | 53,334 | 3,503 | 2,420 | 41 | 342 | 136 | WM, WM20, WM18,
WW, WW18 | 9,103,788 |
| Switzerland | 26,166 | 11,219 | 13,775 | 1,172 | 1,079 | 43 | 158 | 29 | WM, WM20, WM18,
WW, WW18 | 7,655,628 |
| Thailand | 114 | 43 | 62 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | | 67,091,089 |
| Turkey | 790 | 310 | 320 | 160 | 80 | 30 | 8 | 3 | WM III, WM20 III | 79,749,461 |
| Ukraine | 4,003 | 607 | 3,384 | 12 | 74 | 0 | 25 | 0 | WM IA, WM20 IIA,
WM18 IB | 44,854,065 |
| United Arab Emirates | 371 | 118 | 186 | 67 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | | 5,314,317 |
| United States | 511,178 | 139,033 | 305,453 | 66,692 | 23,693 | 1,263 | 2,000 | 0 | WM, WM20, WM18,
WW, WW18 | 313,847,465 |
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