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List of countries by smartphone penetration

This is a list of countries by smartphone penetration. These numbers are based on the top countries by percentage of population owning a smartphone (so smaller countries are absent) and come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report (the numbers were last updated in June 2021).

This is a list of countries by smartphone penetration. These numbers are based on the top countries by percentage of population owning a smartphone (so smaller countries are absent) and come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report (the numbers were last updated in June 2021).

Rank	Country/Region	Total population	Smartphone users	Smartphone penetration
1	PRC	1430.00M	974.69M	68.4%
2	India	1420.00M	659.00M	46.5%
3	United States	338.29M	276.14M	81.6%
4	Indonesia	275.50M	187.70M	68.1%
5	Brazil	215.31M	143.43M	66.6%
6	Russia	144.71M	106.44M	73.6%
7	Japan	123.95M	97.44M	78.6%
8	Nigeria	218.54M	83.34M	38.1%
9	Mexico	127.50M	78.37M	61.5%
10	Pakistan	235.82M	72.90M	31.0%

Rank	Country/Region	Total population	Smartphone users	Smartphone penetration
1	PRC	1440M	865.04M	59.9%
2	India	1390M	606.57M	43.5%
3	United States	332.92M	240.15M	72.1%
4	Indonesia	276.36M	178.96M	64.8%
5	Brazil	212.56M	109.34M	51.4%
6	Russia	145.91M	102.24M	70.1%
7	Japan	126.05M	94.78M	75.2%
8	Mexico	130.26M	77.31M	59.4%
9	Nigeria	211.4M	72.03M	34.1%
10	Philippines	111.05M	67.37M	60.7%

Newzoo's 2020 Global Mobile Market Report shows countries/markets sorted by smartphone penetration (percentage of population actively using a smartphone). These numbers come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report 2020 - Light Version.

Rank	Country/Region	Total population	Smartphone penetration	Smartphone users
1	United States	331M	81.6%	270M
2	United Kingdom	67.89M	78.9%	53.58M
3	Germany	83.78M	77.9%	65.24M
4	France	65.27M	77.6%	50.66M
5	South Korea	51.27M	76.5%	39.2M
6	Italy	60.94M	85%	52.4M
7	Russia	145.93M	68.5%	99.93M
8	China	1.44B	63.4%	911.92M
9	Vietnam	97.34M	63.1%	61.37M
10	Iran	83.99M	62.9%	52.81M
11	Turkey	84.34M	61.7%	52.06M
12	Japan	126.48M	59.9%	75.77M
13	Indonesia	273.52M	58.6%	160.23M
14	Mexico	128.93M	54.4%	70.14M
15	Thailand	69.8M	54.3%	37.88M
16	Brazil	212.56M	51.4%	109.34M
17	Philippines	109.58M	37.7%	41.31M
18	Bangladesh	164.69M	32.4%	53.3M
19	India	1.38B	31.8%	439.42M
20	Pakistan	220.89M	18.4%	40.59M

Newzoo's 2019 Global Mobile Market Report shows countries/markets sorted by smartphone penetration (percentage of population actively using a smartphone). These numbers come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report 2019 - Light Version.

Rank	Country/Region	Total population	Smartphone penetration	Smartphone users
1	United Kingdom	67.0m	82.9%	55.5m
2	Germany	82.4m	79.9%	65.9m
3	United States	329.1m	79.1%	260.2m
4	France	65.5m	77.5%	50.7m
5	Spain	46.4m	74.3%	34.5m
6	South Korea	51.3m	70.4%	36.1m
7	Russia	143.9m	66.3%	95.4m
8	Italy	59.2m	60.8%	36.0m
9	China	1.42b	59.9%	851.2m
10	Japan	126.9m	57.2%	72.6m
11	Iran	82.8m	54.8%	45.4m
12	Turkey	83.0m	54.0%	44.8m
13	Mexico	132.3m	49.5%	65.6m
14	Brazil	212.4m	45.6%	96.9m
15	Vietnam	97.4m	44.9%	43.7m
16	Philippines	108.1m	33.6%	36.3m
17	Indonesia	269.5m	31.1%	83.9m
18	India	1.3b	25.3%	345.9m
19	Bangladesh	168.1m	18.5%	31.0m
20	Pakistan	204.6m	15.9%	32.5m

Newzoo's 2018 Global Mobile Market Report shows countries/markets sorted by smartphone penetration (percentage of population). These numbers come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report 2018. By total number of smartphone users, "China by far has the most, boasting 783 million users. India took the #2 spot with 375 million users (less than half of China’s number). However, that gap will decrease by 2021, when we expect India to have 601 million smartphone users. The U.S. came in at #3, accounting for 252 million of the world’s smartphones."

Newzoo's 2017 Global Mobile Market Report shows countries/markets sorted by smartphone penetration (percentage of population). These numbers come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report 2017

The following list of countries by smartphone penetration was measured by the Pew Research Center survey conducted in 40 nations among 45,435 respondents from March 25 to May 27, 2015.

Rank	Country	% of adultsowning a smartphone	Relative size
1	South Korea	88
2	Australia	77
3	Israel	74
4	United States	72
5	Spain	71
6	New Zealand	70	71
7	United Kingdom	68
8	Canada	67
9	Chile	65
10	Malaysia	65
11	Germany	60
12	Italy	60
13	Turkey	59
14	China	59
15	Palestine	57
16	Lebanon	52
17	Jordan	51
18	France	49
19	Argentina	48
20	India	45
21	Russia	45
22	Brazil	41
23	Poland	41
24	Japan	39
25	South Africa	37
26	Vietnam	35
27	Mexico	35
28	Nigeria	28
29	Ukraine	27
30	Kenya	26
31	Peru	25
32	Philippines	22
33	Ghana	21
34	Indonesia	21
38	Pakistan	19
35	Senegal	19
36	Fiji	17
37	Burkina Faso	14
39	Tanzania	11
40	Ethiopia	4
41	Uganda	4

A different research performed by eMarketer indicates that the smartphone penetration in Denmark is 81%.

The following list of countries by smartphone penetration was measured by the Pew Research Center survey conducted in 40 nations among 45,435 respondents from March 25 to May 27, 2015.

Rank	Country	% of adultsowning a smartphone	Relative size
1	South Korea	88
2	Australia	77
3	Israel	74
4	United States	72
5	Spain	71
6	New Zealand	70	71
7	United Kingdom	68
8	Canada	67
9	Chile	65
10	Malaysia	65
11	Germany	60
12	Italy	60
13	Turkey	59
14	China	58
15	Palestine	57
16	Lebanon	52
17	Jordan	51
18	France	49
19	Argentina	48
20	Venezuela	45
21	Russia	45
22	Brazil	41
23	Poland	41
24	Japan	39
25	South Africa	37
26	Vietnam	35
27	Mexico	35
28	Nigeria	28
29	Ukraine	27
30	Kenya	26
31	Peru	25
32	Philippines	22
33	Ghana	21
34	Indonesia	21
35	Senegal	19
36	India	17
37	Burkina Faso	14
38	Pakistan	14
39	Tanzania	11
40	Ethiopia	4
41	Uganda	4

A different research performed by eMarketer indicates that the smartphone penetration in Denmark is 81%.

The following list of the countries by smartphone penetration was measured by Google's Our Mobile Planet in 2013.

Rank	Country/Territory	Penetration
1	United Arab Emirates	73.8%
2	South Korea	73.0%
3	Saudi Arabia	72.8%
4	Singapore	71.7%
5	Norway	67.5%
6	Australia	64.6%
7	Sweden	62.9%
8	Hong Kong	62.8%
9	United Kingdom	62.2%
10	Denmark	59.0%
11	Ireland	57.0%
12	Israel	56.6%
13	Canada	56.4%
14	United States	56.4%
15	Spain	55.4%
16	Switzerland	54.0%
17	New Zealand	53.6%
18	Netherlands	52.0%
19	Taiwan	50.8%
20	Austria	48.0%
21	China	46.9%
22	Slovakia	45.9%
23	Finland	45.5%
24	France	42.3%
25	Czech Republic	41.6%
26	Italy	41.3%
27	Germany	39.8%
28	South Africa	39.8%
29	Philippines	38.7%
30	Mexico	36.8%
31	Russia	36.2%
32	Poland	35.0%
33	Malaysia	34.5%
34	Hungary	34.4%
35	Belgium	33.5%
36	Greece	32.5%
37	Portugal	32.1%
38	Thailand	31.0%
39	Argentina	30.7%
40	Turkey	29.6%
41	Romania	27.9%
42	Brazil	26.3%
43	Japan	24.7%
44	Vietnam	19.7%
45	Indonesia	14.0%
46	Ukraine	14.4%
47	India	12.8%

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