List of countries by smartphone penetration

This is a list of countries by smartphone penetration. These numbers are based on the top countries by percentage of population owning a smartphone (so smaller countries are absent) and come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report (the numbers were last updated in June 2021).

2020 rankings
Newzoo's 2020 Global Mobile Market Report shows countries/markets sorted by smartphone penetration (percentage of population actively using a smartphone). These numbers come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report 2020 - Light Version.

2019 rankings
Newzoo's 2019 Global Mobile Market Report shows countries/markets sorted by smartphone penetration (percentage of population actively using a smartphone). These numbers come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report 2019 - Light Version.

2018 rankings
Newzoo's 2018 Global Mobile Market Report shows countries/markets sorted by smartphone penetration (percentage of population). These numbers come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report 2018. By total number of smartphone users, "China by far has the most, boasting 783 million users. India took the #2 spot with 375 million users (less than half of China’s number). However, that gap will decrease by 2021, when we expect India to have 601 million smartphone users. The U.S. came in at #3, accounting for 252 million of the world’s smartphones."

2017 rankings
Newzoo's 2017 Global Mobile Market Report shows countries/markets sorted by smartphone penetration (percentage of population). These numbers come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report 2017

2016 rankings
The following list of countries by smartphone penetration was measured by the Pew Research Center survey conducted in 40 nations among 45,435 respondents from March 25 to May 27, 2015.

A different research performed by eMarketer indicates that the smartphone penetration in Denmark is 81%.

2015 rankings
The following list of countries by smartphone penetration was measured by the Pew Research Center survey conducted in 40 nations among 45,435 respondents from March 25 to May 27, 2015.

A different research performed by eMarketer indicates that the smartphone penetration in Denmark is 81%.

2013 rankings
The following list of the countries by smartphone penetration was measured by Google's Our Mobile Planet in 2013.