Poetry World Map

The world map (and table) here shows the distribution of poetry on this site. I will try to keep it more or less up to date. Those marked with * aren't independent countries but are ones that I personally feel are worthy of separation.

The current map is dated 22 November 2024 - click for a larger version.

I have tried to include poetry from all around the world on this site, and have at least one poem from every country (I think), except Vatican City as no one is allowed to actually be born there. Note that where a poet is from a former time, I have put their country of origin in modern terms, even though the country may not have been named the same in their time. In some cases it isn't possible to pin them down, in which case I have used a more generic country name (e.g. Korea). Finally, some poets were born in one country and lived most of their lives in another - in such cases both countries are "credited" unless they left their birthplace in childhood/infancy.

Table of countries:

Country	No. poems		Country	No. poems
Afghanistan	9		Luxembourg	5
Albania	14		Macedonia	8
Algeria	9		Madagascar	7
Andorra	4		Malawi	19
Angola	7		Malaysia	17
Antigua and Barbuda	6		Maldives	5
Argentina	38		Mali	8
Armenia	17		Malta	8
Australia	94		Marshall Islands	4
Austria	31		Martinique*	5
Azerbaijan	12		Mauritania	7
Bahamas	4		Mauritius	4
Bahrain	8		Mexico	40
Bangladesh	6		Federated States of Micronesia	5
Barbados	6		Moldova	6
Belarus	10		Monaco	4
Belgium	27		Mongolia	11
Belize	10		Montenegro	5
Benin	4		Morocco	15
Bhutan	5		Mozambique	11
Bolivia	10		Myanmar	5
Bonaire*	2		Namibia	7
Bosnia Herzegovina	8		Nauru	4
Botswana	10		Nepal	15
Brazil	15		Netherlands	62
Brunei	4		New Zealand	37
Bulgaria	25		Nicaragua	13
Burkina Faso	4		Niger	5
Burundi	5		Nigeria	48
Cambodia	6		North Korea	5
Cameroon	11		Northern Ireland*	7
Canada	97		Norway	25
Cape Verde	6		Oman	4
Central African Republic	6		Pakistan	24
Chad	4		Palau	5
Chile	22		Palestine	18
China	92		Panama	6
Colombia	8		Papua New Guinea	8
Comoros	4		Paraguay	9
Cook Islands	1		Persia*	22
Costa Rica	5		Peru	15
Cote d'Ivoire	4		Philippines	15
Croatia	8		Poland	75
Cuba	17		Portugal	34
Curaçao*	5		Puerto Rico*	3
Czech Republic	21		Qatar	4
Democratic Rep of Congo	6		Republic of Congo	4
Denmark	65		Romania	38
Djibouti	5		Russia	110
Dominica	4		Rwanda	6
Dominican Republic	8		Saint Kitts and Nevis	5
Ecuador	10		Saint Lucia	6
Egypt	28		Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	5
El Salvador	14		Samoa	5
England *	298		San Marino	3
Equatorial Guinea	4		São Tomé and Príncipe	3
Eritrea	9		Saudi Arabia	18
Estonia	17		Scotland*	85
Eswatini	6		Senegal	10
Ethiopia	15		Serbia	16
Fiji	6		Seychelles	4
Finland	42		Sierra Leone	11
France	170		Singapore	7
French Guiana*	5		Slovakia	6
Gabon	6		Slovenia	8
Gambia	6		Solomon Islands	3
Georgia	16		Somalia	13
Germany	157		South Africa	38
Ghana	19		South Korea	24
Greece	64		South Sudan	13
Greenland*	5		Spain	116
Guadeloupe*	4		Sri Lanka	9
Guam*	3		Sudan	10
Guatemala	7		Suriname	8
Guinea	3		Sweden	36
Guinea-Bissau	4		Switzerland	30
Guyana	8		Syria	19
Haiti	8		Taiwan	7
Honduras	6		Tajikistan	5
Hungary	27		Tanzania	13
Iceland	22		Thailand	5
India	147		Tibet*	11
Indonesia	11		Timor-Leste	3
Iran	53		Togo	5
Iraq	41		Tonga	5
Ireland	119		Trinidad and Tobago	9
Israel	28		Tunisia	8
Italy	156		Turkey	53
Jamaica	15		Turkmenistan	5
Japan	64		Tuvalu	4
Jordan	4		Uganda	29
Kazakhstan	16		Ukraine	27
Kenya	51		United Arab Emirates	4
Kiribati	6		Uruguay	19
Korea *	7		USA	197
Kosovo	5		Uzbekistan	7
Kuwait	4		Vanuatu	5
Kyrgyzstan	5		Vatican City (Holy See)	0
Laos	5		Venezuela	15
Latvia	14		Vietnam	17
Lebanon	19		Wales*	27
Lesotho	10		Western Sahara	8
Liberia	8		Yemen	6
Libya	8		Zambia	10
Liechtenstein	5		Zimbabwe	25
Lithuania	22