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PCs In-Use Reached Over 1.6B in 2011
USA has nearly 311M PCs In-Use
February 1, 2012 -
PCs in-use reached over 1.6B units worldwide at year-end 2011. The U.S.
retains a large PC usage lead with over 50% more PCs in-use than second place China. The U.S. accounts for over
19% of all PCs in-use
compared to its share of only 4.5% of worldwide population. PCs in-use growth is slowing,
but is getting a growth boost from the iPad and other pad/tablet
computers. The U.S. is on track to have more PCs in-use than people at
year end 2012. The rapid growth of mobile PCs, which includes pad and
tablet computers, is the major reason for
current and future PC expansion. PCs per capita in the U.S. topped 99%
in 2011 and will reach 116% in 2016. When mainframes, workstations and other
computers are included, USA had 321M computers in-use at year end 2011.
| 1. U.S. |
310.6 |
19.4 |
| 2. China |
195.1 |
12.2 |
| 3. Japan |
98.1 |
6.12 |
| 4. Germany |
71.5 |
4.47 |
| 5. India |
57.0 |
3.56 |
| 6. UK |
54.5 |
3.41 |
| 7. Russia |
53.5 |
3.34 |
| 8. France |
53.5 |
3.34 |
| 9. Brazil |
48.1 |
3.01 |
| 10. Italy |
44.7 |
2.79 |
| 11. South Korea |
40.9 |
2.55 |
| 12. Canada |
31.3 |
1.96 |
| 13. Mexico |
27.4 |
1.71 |
| 14. Spain |
22.8 |
1.42 |
| 15. Australia |
19.5 |
1.22 |
| Top 15 Countries |
1,129 |
70.5 |
| Worldwide Total |
1,601 |
100 |
Worldwide PCs in use surpassed 1.6B in 2011 and should reach
2.45B in 2016. Worldwide PCs in-use per capita reached 23% in 2011 and
is forecasted to reach 33% in 2016. Total worldwide computers in-use was
1.67B units in 2011and is projected to reach 2.55B in 2016.
More information is available in "Computers In-Use By Country", a yearly market research report
by eTForecasts. The
report estimates and forecasts the number of PCs in-use for 57 countries
and the six main regions of the world for 1990 through 2016.
eTForecasts publishes market research reports for the PC, PDA/Smartphones,
cell phones and Internet industries.
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