Answers.Body: <p>Unfortunately this information, which was once easily obtained via the &quot;Advanced Search&quot; function on the FIDE rating website, is no longer available.</p>
  <p>However, the raw data is made available via the <a href="https://ratings.fide.com/download.phtml" rel="noreferrer">FIDE Ratings Download</a> page. I do this regularly and store the extracted data in my own database. Here are the results of a search on the smallest federations by player count and including female players (and a population count which was accurate when first entered into the database but now may be out of date).</p>
  <p>Here are the federations with fewer than 30 players:</p>
  <div class="s-table-container"><table class="s-table">
  <thead>
  <tr>
  <th>Federation</th>
  <th>Players</th>
  <th>Female players</th>
  <th>Population</th>
  </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
  <tr>
  <td>Tonga</td>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>0</td>
  <td>106017</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>New Caledonia</td>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>0</td>
  <td>269220</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>Congo</td>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>89767000</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>Belize</td>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>397621</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>St Kitts &amp; Nevis</td>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>5</td>
  <td>55345</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>Vanuatu</td>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>319137</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>Br. Virgin Islands</td>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>28514</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>Papua New Guinea</td>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>8083700</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>Isle of Man</td>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>0</td>
  <td>85032</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>Cambodia</td>
  <td>27</td>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>15626444</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>Grenada</td>
  <td>29</td>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>111454</td>
  </tr>
  </tbody>
  </table></div>
  
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Body: <p>Just seen <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/46168/which-fide-federations-has-never-sent-a-womens-team-to-the-chess-olympiads">Which FIDE federations has never sent a women&#39;s team to the Chess Olympiads</a></p>
  <p>My thought was, what if a federations is too small, in terms of FIDE registered players, to create a team that is worth sending?  So how many federations are very small and how small are they.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Define "_very small_."   (+1)
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Comments.Text: @SecretAgentMan Maybe something like they don't have enough good players to make it worthwhile sending teams to international events.
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Comments.Text: It's tricky to answer this because for FIDE electoral reasons there has been a tendancy in the 2000s to create many federations in small countries that were just empty shells with very few players, as long as they provided one official delegate enjoying a free trip to Turin or Elista for the FIDE General Assembly - provided they voted for the right guy, of course.
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Comments.Text: https://i.imgur.com/6BXc10D.png this was what eventually led me to the question
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Tags: <fide><statistics>
Title: Which is the smallest FIDE federation?
ThreadText: # Which is the smallest FIDE federation?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-09-09)
  
  Just seen [Which FIDE federations has never sent a women's team to the Chess Olympiads](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/46168/which-fide-federations-has-never-sent-a-womens-team-to-the-chess-olympiads)
  
  My thought was, what if a federations is too small, in terms of FIDE registered players, to create a team that is worth sending? So how many federations are very small and how small are they.
  
  **Tags:** fide, statistics
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Define "_very small_."   (+1)  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 Maybe something like they don't have enough good players to make it worthwhile sending teams to international events.  
  > **username_2**: It's tricky to answer this because for FIDE electoral reasons there has been a tendancy in the 2000s to create many federations in small countries that were just empty shells with very few players, as long as they provided one official delegate enjoying a free trip to Turin or Elista for the FIDE General Assembly - provided they voted for the right guy, of course.  
  > **username_3**: https://i.imgur.com/6BXc10D.png this was what eventually led me to the question  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_4 on 2024-09-10. Score: 12
  
  Unfortunately this information, which was once easily obtained via the "Advanced Search" function on the FIDE rating website, is no longer available.
  
  However, the raw data is made available via the [FIDE Ratings Download](https://ratings.fide.com/download.phtml) page. I do this regularly and store the extracted data in my own database. Here are the results of a search on the smallest federations by player count and including female players (and a population count which was accurate when first entered into the database but now may be out of date).
  
  Here are the federations with fewer than 30 players:
  
  | Federation | Players | Female players | Population |
  | --- | --- | --- | --- |
  | Tonga | 2 | 0 | 106017 |
  | New Caledonia | 3 | 0 | 269220 |
  | Congo | 10 | 3 | 89767000 |
  | Belize | 11 | 1 | 397621 |
  | St Kitts & Nevis | 16 | 5 | 55345 |
  | Vanuatu | 19 | 6 | 319137 |
  | Br. Virgin Islands | 19 | 9 | 28514 |
  | Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1 | 8083700 |
  | Isle of Man | 24 | 0 | 85032 |
  | Cambodia | 27 | 3 | 15626444 |
  | Grenada | 29 | 9 | 111454 |
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks, how many federations don't have anyone over 2200?  
  > **username_5**: Congrats on the 100K, username_4, thanks for all your service!  
  
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