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PCs In-Use Reached Nearly 1B in 2006
USA Has over 240M PCs In-Use
September 24, 2007 -
PCs
in-use reached nearly 1B units worldwide at year-end 2006. The
U.S. retains a large PC usage lead with over three times as many PCs as
the second place Japan.
The U.S. accounts for over 24% 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 250M computers in-use at the end of 2006, while the
worldwide count topped 1.03B units.
| 1. U.S. |
240.5 |
24.2 |
| 2. Japan |
77.95 |
7.83 |
| 3. China |
74.11 |
7.44 |
| 4. Germany |
54.48 |
5.47 |
| 5. UK |
41.53 |
4.17 |
| 6. France |
35.99 |
3.61 |
| 7. South Korea |
30.62 |
3.07 |
| 8. Italy |
29.31 |
2.94 |
| 9. Russia |
26.97 |
2.71 |
| 10. Brazil |
25.99 |
2.61 |
| 11. Canada |
25.10 |
2.52 |
| 12. India |
21.17 |
2.13 |
| 13. Australia |
15.47 |
1.55 |
| 14. Mexico |
14.77 |
1.48 |
| 15. Spain |
13.42 |
1.35 |
| Top 15 Countries |
727.4 |
73.0 |
| Worldwide Total |
996.1 |
100 |
PCs
per capita in the U.S. topped 80% in 2006 and will reach 98% in 2012. 2006
will be the last year that PCs per capita will remain higher than
cell phones. 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 2012.
eTForecasts publishes market research reports for the PC, PDA/Smartphones,
cell phones and Internet industries.
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