I got these statistics from the GCJ mailing list. Interesting to see that Kenya had the 2nd highest number of registrants.
Number of registrants by country:
510: Egypt
116: Kenya
100: South Africa
48: Jordan
43: Nigeria
27: Ghana
21: Morocco
18: Syria
16: Palestinian Territory
16: Uganda
14: Lebanon
11: Algeria
8: Saudi Arabia
7: Togo
6: Kuwait
5: Tunisia
5: Zimbabwe
4: United Arab Emirates
3: Ethiopia
3: Israel
3: Qatar
3: Senegal
2: Cameroon
2: Canada
2: Iraq
2: Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)
2: Yemen
1: Burkina Faso
1: Congo
1: Iran
1: Libya
1: Malawi
1: Mali
1: Mauritius
1: Mozambique
1: Namibia
1: Oman
1: Pakistan
1: Rwanda
1: Turkey
1: Zambia
These are unofficial statistics because some contestants might be ineligible, and some may have chosen to represent a different country from the country they live in, but the numbers should be pretty close to the truth.
Qualified competitors:
Egypt 152
SA 33
Jordan 6
Lebanon 6
Ghana 3
Morocco 3
Kuwait 2
Palestine 2
Saudi Arabia 2
Syria 2
Zimbabwe 2
Algeria 1
Bulgaria 1
Cameroon 1
Emirates 1
Kenya 1
Mozambique 1
Togo 1
Tunisia 1
UK 1
Zambia 1
I can't confirm those numbers or competitors/countries are eligible, but I can confirm that the one in rank #28 (from UK) is ineligible, don't know how come.
If we remove him and consider the qualified are 222 competitors then:
Egypt -> 68.5%
SA -> 14.9%
Others -> 16.7%
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