Quite interesting to see 7 Nordic (8 if you include Estonia near Finand) out of 10 as the most active Linux-countries. USA was no. 38.

Wonder why there is such a large dominance for Nordic countries.


The interesting number is the second last, with the seperator which is users pr million. Source: www.linuxcounter.org

1 AQ Antarctica 6 5 1458.08 4K
2 FO Faroe Islands (Føroyar) 43 24 891.60 48K
3 SJ Svalbard and Jan Mayen 2 0 736.65 3K
4 IS Iceland 211 206 732.13 288K
5 FI Finland 2886 3645 557.36 5.2M
6 AD Andorra 34 17 531.25 64K
7 EE Estonia 594 718 438.05 1.4M
8 DK Denmark 2305 2614 429.32 5.4M
9 NO Norway 1880 2817 412.46 4.6M
10 SE Sweden 2812 4023 315.60 8.9M

I wouldn't count smallest countries (with less than 100 users), because they're just not representative. To get 100 users it's enough to ask friends, family etc. It's true, however, that I meet many Linux users from Nordic countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway).