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