CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) is the highest level of professional certification offered by Cisco. Less than three percent of all Cisco certified professionals earn their CCIE. Experience is the best preparation for the hands-on CCIE lab exam.

Have you ever asked how many CCIEs are in the worlds?
Well, surfind the web, I have find the answer :)

Now (last updated 9/9/2008) there are 17840 CCIEs:

  • Total of Routing and Switching CCIEs: 15852 
  • Total of Security CCIEs: 1764
  • Total of Service Provider CCIEs: 961
  • Total of Storage Networking CCIEs: 139
  • Total of Voice CCIEs:   802

There a are 1729 people with multiple certifications and 274 with 3 or more certifications.

 

North America 5883
Canada 740
Mexico 118
USA 5025
Caribbean 13
Barbados 1
Bermuda 5
Jamaica 2
Guadeloupe 1
Puerto Rico 2
Cayman Islands 1
Dominican Republic 1
South America 317
Argentina 68
Brazil 176
Chile 21
Colombia 33
Ecuador 1
Peru 4
Uruguay 1
Venezuela 13
Central America 18
Costa Rica 11
Guatemala 1
Panama 6
Europe 4022
Albania 1
Andorra 1
Austria 62
Belarus 1
Belgium 262
Bosnia and Herzegowina 3
Bulgaria 49
Croatia 41
Czech Republic 66
Denmark 71
Estonia 1
Finland 35
France 231
Germany 607
Greece 44
Hungary 59
Iceland 8
Ireland 61
Italy 139
Latvia 7
Lithuania 8
Luxembourg 11
Macedonia 2
Moldova 1
Netherlands 197
Norway 59
Poland 133
Portugal 59
Romania 26
Russia 289
Slovakia 35
Slovenia 22
Spain 168
Sweden 94
Switzerland 200
Ukraine 30
United Kingdom 922
Yugoslavia 16
Africa 201
Algeria 6
Angola 1
Botswana 1
Cameroon 3
Chad 1
Cote d’ivoire 1
Egypt 57
Ethiopia 1
Ghana 1
Kenya 3
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2
Mauritius 1
Morocco 4
Nigeria 14
Senegal 2
South Africa 101
Tunisia 2
Middle East 443
Bahrain 7
Cyprus 3
Israel 53
Jordan 18
Kuwait 36
Lebanon 17
Oman 7
Qatar 21
Saudi Arabia 118
Turkey 41
United Arab Emirates 122
Pacific Islands 614
Australia 528
New Caledonia 1
Kirbati 2
New Zealand 81
American Samoa 1
Christmas Island 1
Asia 6310
Afghanistan 2
Azerbaijan 3
Bangladesh 3
Hong Kong 231
India 442
Indonesia 49
Japan 1030
Kazakhstan 3
Korea 949
Laos 1
Macau 7
Malaysia 81
P.R. China 3008
Pakistan 44
Philippines 12
Singapore 163
Sri Lanka 4
Taiwan 180
Thailand 66
Uzbekistan 1
Vietnam 31

 

References:
http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/certified_ccies/worldwide.html