Based on a comparison of 79 countries in 2016, China ranked the highest in number of judges with 201,715 persons followed by Russia and USA. On the other end of the scale was Monaco with 22.0 persons, Bangladesh with 24.0 persons and Angola with 26.0 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Judges indicator page.
| Number of Judges | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Algeria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,019 | 4,275 | 4,549 | 4,983 | 5,384 | ... | ||||||||
| China | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 192,732 | ... | 196,179 | 198,863 | 201,715 | ... | ... |
| Colombia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,569 | 4,625 | 4,805 | 4,820 | 4,822 | ... | |||||||
| France | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,932 | 5,863 | 5,858 | 5,807 | 5,669 | ... | ||||||
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20,411 | ... | 20,382 | ... | 20,301 | ... | ... | |||||||
| Greece | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,672 | 3,647 | 3,806 | 3,905 | 3,989 | |||||||
| Italy | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9,226 | 8,695 | 11,260 | 11,257 | 11,144 | ... | ||||||||
| Mexico | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,827 | 4,856 | 5,163 | 5,143 | 5,457 | ... | |
| Poland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9,927 | 9,922 | 9,938 | 9,926 | 9,967 | ||||||||||||
| Russia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28,515 | 28,183 | 29,361 | 30,068 | 33,603 | ... | |||||||||
| Spain | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,689 | 4,890 | 5,036 | 5,219 | 5,352 | ... | |||||||||
| Thailand | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,305 | 4,288 | 4,282 | 4,344 | 4,320 | ... | ||||
| Turkey | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,236 | 6,189 | 6,371 | 7,455 | 6,841 | ||||||||||||
| USA | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32,518 | 30,937 | 28,971 | 27,131 | 24,876 | ... | ||||||||
| United Kingdom | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,635 | 5,570 | 5,896 | 5,640 |
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