Developer population to exceed 17 Million by 2009

NEW DELHI: The first Evans Data Corp Global Developer Population and Demographics Report, projects a sharp rise in global developer population by 2009. In terms of numbers, the report suggests the developer population to exceed 17 million by 2009, a 46 per cent growth between 2005 and 2009, worldwide.

Evans Data Corporation (EDC) is a US based software market research organization with a panel of software developers from more than 70 countries from all over the world.

The EDC report also suggests that the APAC region will overtake the EMEA region in 2007 as the home of more professional developers than any other area. By 2009 four out of every ten developers will be found in this region. That is an 81% increase from 2005 compared to just a 15% in North America for the same period.

"This set of research was designed to be complimentary to our Global Development Research Series, providing product management and marketing professionals a very discrete and granular country view of developer numbers and demographics today and into the future," states John Andrews, President of Evans Data.

"Our unique research capabilities provide product professionals a very sound and precise way to plan and execute on their global product and service strategies as these geographies experience tremendous change. For example, being able to isolate on the drivers and the implications of the 20% growth in China and India has proven invaluable to our clients in making the right investments to capitalize on these growth markets."

Other findings from the first edition Global Developer Population and Demographics Survey:

• The United States, India, and China will maintain their global lead in number of developers through 2009.
• By the year 2009, China's developer population is expected to overtake Japan's.
• The top 15 countries comprise over two-thirds of global developer population.

CIOL Bureau