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Table 1 Numbers of genomes/WES per country and as a percent of the total population

From: How to design a national genomic project—a systematic review of active projects

Country

Planned number of WES and/or genome analyses

Country

% of the population to be sequenced

China

100,000,000

Estonia

32.4572

USA

+1,000,000

Ireland

8.1276

Estonia

430,000

China

7.1374

Ireland

400,000

Qatar

3.6400

Japan

250,000

Malta

0.8510

France

235,000

France

0.3503

Canada

130,000

Canada

0.3430

Qatar

100,000

Saudi Arabia

0.3098

Saudi Arabia

100,000

USA

0.3037

Turkey

100,000

Hong Kong

0.2658

UK

100,000

Japan

0.1984

Australia

25,000

Latvia

0.1974

Hong Kong

20,000

Finland

0.1809

Brazil

15,000

Singapore

0.1753

Finland

10,000

UK

0.1505

Taiwan

10,000

Turkey

0.1219

Thailand

10,000

Cyprus

0.1142

South Korea

10,000

Australia

0.0977

Singapore

10,000

Taiwan

0.0424

Mexico

10,000

Denmark

0.0283

Poland

5000

South Korea

0.0193

Malta

4200

Chile

0.0157

Latvia

3769

Thailand

0.0150

Russia

3000

Slovenia

0.0144

Chile

3000

Poland

0.0130

Denmark

1650

New Zealand

0.0121

Czech Republic

1055

United Arab Emirates

0.0102

Cyprus

1000

Czech Republic

0.0099

United Arab Emirates

1000

Mexico

0.0079

Vietnam

1000

Brazil

0.0072

Iran

800

Netherlands

0.0044

Netherlands

750

Uruguay

0.0023

New Zealand

600

Russia

0.0020

Slovenia

300

Vietnam

0.0010

Egypt

110

Iran

0.0010

Bangladesh

100

Egypt

0.0001

Uruguay

80

Bangladesh

0.0001