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PCs In-Use Reached Over 1B in 2007
USA has over 251M PCs In-Use
June 9, 2008 -
PCs in-use reached over 1.0B units worldwide at year-end 2007. The U.S.
retains a large PC usage lead with almost three times as many PCs as the
second place China. The U.S. accounts for over 23% of all PCs in-use
compared to 4.6% of worldwide population. PCs in-use growth is slowing,
but the U.S. is on track to have more PCs in-use than people in five or
six years. The rapid growth of mobile PCs is the major reason for
current and future PC expansion. When mainframes, workstations and other
computers are included, USA had 261M computers in-use while the
worldwide count topped 1.13B units in 2007.
| 1. U.S. |
251.70 |
23.07 |
| 2. China |
86.29 |
7.91 |
| 3. Japan |
82.13 |
7.53 |
| 4. Germany |
58.31 |
5.34 |
| 5. UK |
44.34 |
4.06 |
| 6. France |
39.50 |
3.62 |
| 7. South Korea |
32.79 |
3.01 |
| 8. Italy |
32.56 |
2.98 |
| 9. Russia |
31.55 |
2.89 |
| 10. Brazil |
29.58 |
2.71 |
| 11. Canada |
26.39 |
2.42 |
| 12. India |
26.15 |
2.40 |
| 13. Mexico |
16.84 |
1.54 |
| 14. Australia |
16.26 |
1.49 |
| 15. Spain |
14.98 |
1.37 |
| Top 15 Countries |
789.37 |
72.35 |
| Worldwide Total |
996.1 |
100 |
PCs
per capita in the U.S. topped 86% in 2007 and will reach 98% in 2012. USA and Canada are the only industrialized countries that
have more PCs in-use than cell phone subscribers. Worldwide PCs in-use
surpassed 1B in early 2007 and should top 1.5B in 2011..
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 2013.
eTForecasts publishes market research reports for the PC, PDA/Smartphones,
cell phones and Internet industries.
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