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Media > Personal computers > Per capita: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Switzerland 864.58 per 1,000 people 2005
2 San Marino 857.14 per 1,000 people 2004
3 Sweden 763.01 per 1,000 people 2004
4 United States 762.15 per 1,000 people 2004
5 Israel 740.35 per 1,000 people 2004
6 Canada 699.93 per 1,000 people 2004
7 Australia 682.86 per 1,000 people 2004
8 Netherlands 682.36 per 1,000 people 2004
9 Denmark 655.97 per 1,000 people 2004
10 Luxembourg 634.98 per 1,000 people 2005
11 Singapore 620.91 per 1,000 people 2002
12 Austria 606.8 per 1,000 people 2005
13 Hong Kong 600.9 per 1,000 people 2005
14 United Kingdom 599.82 per 1,000 people 2004
15 France 574.97 per 1,000 people 2005
16 Norway 572.74 per 1,000 people 2004
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 565.22 per 1,000 people 2004
17 Germany 545.35 per 1,000 people 2004
18 South Korea 544.92 per 1,000 people 2004
19 Bermuda 541.83 per 1,000 people 2002
20 Japan 541.63 per 1,000 people 2004
21 Ireland 494.29 per 1,000 people 2004
High income OECD countries average (profile) 485.63 per 1,000 people 2004
22 Estonia 482.88 per 1,000 people 2005
23 Finland 481.05 per 1,000 people 2004
24 Iceland 478.52 per 1,000 people 2005
25 New Zealand 473.73 per 1,000 people 2004
Non-religious countries average (profile) 416.61 per 1,000 people 2004
26 Slovenia 403.9 per 1,000 people 2005
Eurozone average (profile) 381.06 per 1,000 people 2004
27 Saudi Arabia 376.22 per 1,000 people 2004
28 Italy 366.61 per 1,000 people 2005
29 Slovakia 358.08 per 1,000 people 2005
European Union average (profile) 356.2 per 1,000 people 2004
30 Belgium 348.04 per 1,000 people 2004
NATO countries average (profile) 344.8 per 1,000 people 2004
31 Cyprus 336.58 per 1,000 people 2004
32 Macau 295.27 per 1,000 people 2004
33 Spain 276.51 per 1,000 people 2005
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 271.67 per 1,000 people 2004
34 Czech Republic 240.03 per 1,000 people 2004
35 Kuwait 236.65 per 1,000 people 2005
36 Saint Kitts and Nevis 234.12 per 1,000 people 2004
37 Costa Rica 218.67 per 1,000 people 2004
38 Latvia 216.62 per 1,000 people 2004
39 Malaysia 196.83 per 1,000 people 2004
40 United Arab Emirates 196.76 per 1,000 people 2004
41 Poland 192.81 per 1,000 people 2004
42 Croatia 189.52 per 1,000 people 2004
43 Seychelles 189.36 per 1,000 people 2005
Catholic countries average (profile) 182.71 per 1,000 people 2004
44 Dominica 181.89 per 1,000 people 2004
45 Qatar 171.19 per 1,000 people 2004
46 Bahrain 169.04 per 1,000 people 2004
47 Malta 165.08 per 1,000 people 2005
48 Mauritius 162.16 per 1,000 people 2004
49 Saint Lucia 160.06 per 1,000 people 2004
50 Lithuania 155.14 per 1,000 people 2004
51 Grenada 151.31 per 1,000 people 2004
52 Barbados 148.39 per 1,000 people 2005
Former British colonies average (profile) 146.19 per 1,000 people 2004
53 Hungary 146.04 per 1,000 people 2004
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 144.11 per 1,000 people 2004
54 Chile 141.15 per 1,000 people 2005
55 Mexico 135.81 per 1,000 people 2005
56 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 135.1 per 1,000 people 2004
57 Portugal 133.5 per 1,000 people 2004
58 Mongolia 133.12 per 1,000 people 2005
59 Belize 131.98 per 1,000 people 2002
60 Uruguay 130.24 per 1,000 people 2004
61 Russia 121.58 per 1,000 people 2005
62 Romania 112.98 per 1,000 people 2004
63 Maldives 112.08 per 1,000 people 2004
64 Namibia 109.49 per 1,000 people 2004
65 Iran 109.14 per 1,000 people 2004
66 French Polynesia 109.12 per 1,000 people 2005
Emerging markets average (profile) 108.78 per 1,000 people 2004
67 Greenland 107.53 per 1,000 people 1995
68 Brazil 105.21 per 1,000 people 2004
69 Lebanon 102.08 per 1,000 people 2005
70 Peru 100.11 per 1,000 people 2005
71 Cape Verde 96.94 per 1,000 people 2004
72 Zimbabwe 92.24 per 1,000 people 2005
73 Sudan 89.7 per 1,000 people 2005
74 Greece 89.14 per 1,000 people 2004
75 Brunei 84.77 per 1,000 people 2004
76 South Africa 84.58 per 1,000 people 2005
77 Argentina 83.39 per 1,000 people 2004
78 Venezuela 82.1 per 1,000 people 2004
79 Marshall Islands 81.67 per 1,000 people 2004
80 Trinidad and Tobago 79.4 per 1,000 people 2003
81 Paraguay 77.98 per 1,000 people 2005
OPEC countries average (profile) 71.66 per 1,000 people 2002
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 66.58 per 1,000 people 2004
82 Armenia 66.09 per 1,000 people 2004
83 Papua New Guinea 63.58 per 1,000 people 2004
84 Jamaica 62.83 per 1,000 people 2004
85 Bulgaria 59.25 per 1,000 people 2004
86 Thailand 58.34 per 1,000 people 2004
87 Jordan 56.71 per 1,000 people 2004
88 Tunisia 56.65 per 1,000 people 2005
89 Fiji 52.33 per 1,000 people 2004
90 Turkey 52.05 per 1,000 people 2004
91 El Salvador 50.87 per 1,000 people 2005
92 Tonga 49.03 per 1,000 people 2004
93 Serbia and Montenegro 48.12 per 1,000 people 2004
94 Oman 46.57 per 1,000 people 2004
95 Solomon Islands 46.05 per 1,000 people 2005
96 Suriname 45.72 per 1,000 people 2001
97 Panama 45.6 per 1,000 people 2005
98 Botswana 45.22 per 1,000 people 2004
99 Philippines 45.14 per 1,000 people 2004
100 Nicaragua 42.72 per 1,000 people 2005
101 Georgia 42.5 per 1,000 people 2004
102 Colombia 42.09 per 1,000 people 2005
103 Syria 42.01 per 1,000 people 2005
104 China 40.88 per 1,000 people 2004
105 Ecuador 38.86 per 1,000 people 2005
106 Guyana 38.6 per 1,000 people 2005
107 Ukraine 38.45 per 1,000 people 2005
108 Egypt 37.82 per 1,000 people 2005
109 Cuba 33.45 per 1,000 people 2005
110 Gabon 32.52 per 1,000 people 2005
111 Swaziland 32.15 per 1,000 people 2004
112 Togo 30.11 per 1,000 people 2005
113 Moldova 28.59 per 1,000 people 2004
114 Sri Lanka 27.21 per 1,000 people 2004
115 Morocco 24.55 per 1,000 people 2005
116 Djibouti 23.96 per 1,000 people 2005
117 Libya 23.55 per 1,000 people 2002
118 Bolivia 23.31 per 1,000 people 2004
119 Azerbaijan 23.21 per 1,000 people 2005
120 Senegal 21.44 per 1,000 people 2005
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 20.71 per 1,000 people 2002
121 Bhutan 20.41 per 1,000 people 2005
122 Kyrgyzstan 19.44 per 1,000 people 2005
123 Guatemala 18.79 per 1,000 people 2004
124 Laos 17.66 per 1,000 people 2005
Former French colonies average (profile) 16.65 per 1,000 people 2004
125 Honduras 15.61 per 1,000 people 2004
126 The Gambia 15.56 per 1,000 people 2004
127 India 15.53 per 1,000 people 2005
128 Yemen 14.76 per 1,000 people 2004
129 Cote d'Ivoire 14.66 per 1,000 people 2004
130 Vanuatu 14.47 per 1,000 people 2004
131 Equatorial Guinea 14.22 per 1,000 people 2004
132 Mauritania 14.09 per 1,000 people 2004
133 Indonesia 13.89 per 1,000 people 2004
134 Vietnam 12.73 per 1,000 people 2004
135 Bangladesh 11.85 per 1,000 people 2004
136 Albania 11.7 per 1,000 people 2002
137 Algeria 10.65 per 1,000 people 2005
138 Kiribati 10.22 per 1,000 people 2004
139 Cameroon 9.98 per 1,000 people 2004
140 Zambia 9.84 per 1,000 people 2004
141 Kenya 9.16 per 1,000 people 2003
142 Uganda 8.68 per 1,000 people 2005
143 Comoros 8.5 per 1,000 people 2004
144 Eritrea 7.95 per 1,000 people 2005
145 Burma 7.92 per 1,000 people 2005
146 Tanzania 7.41 per 1,000 people 2004
147 Samoa 6.64 per 1,000 people 2002
148 Nigeria 6.28 per 1,000 people 2004
149 Somalia 6.28 per 1,000 people 2004
South Asia average (profile) 6.04 per 1,000 people 2001
150 Mozambique 5.77 per 1,000 people 2004
151 Ghana 5.17 per 1,000 people 2004
152 Madagascar 5.02 per 1,000 people 2004
153 Guinea 4.98 per 1,000 people 2004
154 Burundi 4.67 per 1,000 people 2004
155 Congo, Republic of the 4.38 per 1,000 people 2004
156 Nepal 4.37 per 1,000 people 2004
157 Pakistan 4.24 per 1,000 people 2001
158 Benin 3.79 per 1,000 people 2005
159 Mali 3.33 per 1,000 people 2005
160 Ethiopia 3.22 per 1,000 people 2004
161 Central African Republic 2.97 per 1,000 people 2005
162 Cambodia 2.75 per 1,000 people 2004
163 Burkina Faso 2.37 per 1,000 people 2005
164 Malawi 1.95 per 1,000 people 2005
165 Angola 1.85 per 1,000 people 2002
166 Chad 1.59 per 1,000 people 2004
167 Niger 0.716 per 1,000 people 2005

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Media > Personal computers > Per capita: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Media > Personal computers > Per capita

  • Niger has ranked last for personal computers > per capita since 1997.
  • Australia ranked first for personal computers > per capita amongst Hot countries in 2004.
  • All of the top 3 countries by personal computers > per capita are European.
  • All of the top 2 countries by personal computers > per capita are Christian.
  • United States ranked first for personal computers > per capita amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2004.
  • Saudi Arabia ranked first for personal computers > per capita amongst Muslim countries in 2004.
  • All of the top 2 countries by personal computers > per capita are Landlocked.
  • Lebanon ranked first for personal computers > per capita amongst Former French colonies in 2005.
  • All of the top 2 countries by personal computers > per capita are Tourist destination.
  • Netherlands ranked first for personal computers > per capita amongst Eurozone in 2004.
  • Costa Rica ranked first for personal computers > per capita amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2004.
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