152 bands registered
Bands by country
United States47
Brazil23
Germany22
United Kingdom16
Finland12
Sweden9
Italy6
Netherlands6
Norway4
Denmark2
Croatia1
France1
Greece1
Poland1
Tunisia1
Bands by style
- Power Metal40
- Heavy Metal24
- Symphonic Metal15
- Progressive Metal14
- Thrash Metal12
- Death Metal11
- Metalcore11
- Black Metal6
- Hard Rock5
- Groove Metal4
- Industrial Metal3
- Nu Metal3
- Doom Metal2
- Rock2
The world metal map
Metal bands per 100,000 inhabitants across 135 countries and territories. Hover over the map or browse the ranking alongside it.
Scandinavia dominates the per-capita index: Finland, Sweden and Norway lead by a wide margin — a reflection of small populations and an extremely active music scene. In absolute volume, though, Germany, the United States and Brazil hold the largest number of registered bands. Data verified against the original source (Encyclopaedia Metallum / CIA World Factbook, 2012) — a historical snapshot of the world scene, not the current landscape.
- 1
Finland53.20 - 2Svalbard50.76
- 3
Sweden37.14 - 4
Liechtenstein27.24 - 5
Norway26.96 - 6
Iceland22.67 - 7
Monaco19.67 - 8
Faroe Islands16.17 - 9
Gibraltar13.78 - 10
Greece13.27 - 11
Denmark12.65 - 12
Luxembourg12.57 - 13
Estonia12.32 - 14
Malta11.71 - 15
Czechia10.86 - 16
Netherlands10.42 - 17
Germany10.03 - 18
Austria9.94 - 19
Switzerland9.43 - 20
Hungary9.23 - 21
Portugal9.11 - 22
Belgium9.07 - 23
Slovenia9.02 - 24
Italy7.76 - 25
Slovakia7.73 - 26
Canada7.30 - 27
Australia6.92 - 28
Chile6.66 - 29
Croatia6.54 - 30
Poland6.54 - 31
San Marino6.22 - 32
France5.73 - 33
Ireland5.70 - 34
New Zealand5.55 - 35
United States5.50 - 36
United Kingdom5.13 - 37
Spain4.73 - 38
Brunei4.16 - 39
Cyprus3.87 - 40
Singapore3.62 - 41
Serbia3.60 - 42
Andorra3.53 - 43
Lithuania3.52 - 44
North Macedonia3.51 - 45
Bulgaria3.34 - 46
Guam3.23 - 47
Uruguay3.20 - 48
Argentina3.11 - 49
Puerto Rico3.05 - 50
Latvia3.01 - 51
Israel2.52 - 52
Costa Rica2.37 - 53
Belarus2.31 - 54
Colombia1.95 - 55
Brazil1.87 - 56
Bosnia & Herzegovina1.77 - 57
Greenland1.73 - 58
Panama1.57 - 59
Maldives1.52 - 60
Russia1.41 - 61
El Salvador1.38 - 62
Bolivia1.34 - 63
Malaysia1.33 - 64
Ecuador1.30 - 65
Romania1.29 - 66
Paraguay1.27 - 67
Mexico1.26 - 68
New Caledonia1.15 - 69
Japan1.10 - 70
Ukraine1.09 - 71
Peru0.99 - 72
Venezuela0.96 - 73
Montenegro0.91 - 74
Lebanon0.82 - 75Bahrein0.80
- 76
Moldova0.66 - 77
Cuba0.64 - 78
Guatemala0.52 - 79
Türkiye0.50 - 80
Trinidad & Tobago0.41 - 81
Armenia0.40 - 82
Jordan0.40 - 83
South Korea0.36 - 84
United Arab Emirates0.36 - 85
Barbados0.35 - 86
Honduras0.34 - 87
Botswana0.33 - 88
Nicaragua0.31 - 89
Belize0.31 - 90
Guyana0.27 - 91
Albania0.27 - 92
South Africa0.24 - 93
Indonesia0.23 - 94
Georgia0.22 - 95
Dominican Republic0.21 - 96
Thailand0.19 - 97
Mongolia0.19 - 98
Taiwan0.19 - 99
Suriname0.18 - 100
Philippines0.16 - 101
Kazakhstan0.15 - 102
Tunisia0.12 - 103
Namibia0.09 - 104
Sri Lanka0.09 - 105
Kuwait0.08 - 106
Syria0.08 - 107
Kyrgyzstan0.07 - 108
Algeria0.06 - 109
Iran0.05 - 110
Qatar0.05 - 111
Saudi Arabia0.05 - 112
Vietnam0.04 - 113
Azerbaijan0.04 - 114
Nepal0.04 - 115
Turkmenistan0.04 - 116Tajiquistão0.04
- 117
Morocco0.04 - 118
Jamaica0.03 - 119
Oman0.03 - 120
Laos0.03 - 121
Libya0.03 - 122
Madagascar0.03 - 123
Pakistan0.03 - 124
Iraq0.02 - 125
Uzbekistan0.02 - 126
Bangladesh0.02 - 127
Egypt0.02 - 128
China0.01 - 129
Angola0.01 - 130
India0.01 - 131
Uganda0.01 - 132
Mozambique0.00 - 133
Myanmar (Burma)0.00 - 134
Kenya0.00 - 135República Democrática do Congo0.00
Source: Encyclopaedia Metallum (band count) × CIA World Factbook (population) · original compilation by u/depo_s (Reddit, 2012), republished by Geography Realm · all 135 records were verified against the original source · 2012 snapshot — the current landscape shows sharp growth in Nordic countries