At the ongoing GitHub Universe conference, the developer platform, has released the latest State of the Octoverse 2023 report, showing India’s rise in AI development. With 13.2 million developers now on GitHub in India, the nation has firmly secured its position as the second-largest contributor to AI projects worldwide, just behind the United States. Of the total number 3.5M new developers joined GitHub in 2023.

Sharryn Napier, VP of APAC at GitHub, said: “As we saw with open source, India’s influence extends far beyond creating competitive global enterprises; it’s impacting the future of technology and society as a whole. With the rise of AI, India’s developers can propel this journey even further.”

“Just imagine what India will be able to achieve if its 13.2M developers are empowered with AI. Not only will this transform enterprise innovation and productivity, but it will elevate developer happiness and make a substantial impact on India’s economy and society as a whole,” Sharryn added.

The report highlights the Indian developer community’s consistent year-over-year growth rate of 148%. GitHub’s projections indicate that India is on track to surpass the United States in total developer population by 2027.

Furthermore, the platform acknowledged India’s role in the UN-backed Digital Public Goods Alliance, emphasizing the country’s contributions toward building digital public infrastructure through open materials, ranging from software code to AI models. These projects are aimed at improving digital payment systems and ecommerce platforms not only within India but also in other countries.

In 2022, India’s population on the coding platform alone totaled 9.75 million people—and more than 2.5 million new people in India joined GitHub. Based on the numbers, the company predicted that Indian users will match the current United States GitHub developer population by 2025.