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 and come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report.

2022 rankings

RankCountry/RegionTotal populationSmartphone usersSmartphone penetration
1PRC

2021 rankings

RankCountry/RegionTotal populationSmartphone usersSmartphone penetration
1PRC

2020 rankings

Newzoo's 2020 Global Mobile Market Report shows countries/markets sorted by smartphone penetration. These numbers come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report 2020 - Light Version.
RankCountry/RegionTotal populationSmartphone penetrationSmartphone users
1United States

2019 rankings

Newzoo's 2019 Global Mobile Market Report shows countries/markets sorted by smartphone penetration. These numbers come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report 2019 - Light Version.
RankCountry/RegionTotal populationSmartphone penetrationSmartphone users
1United Kingdom

2018 rankings

Newzoo's 2018 Global Mobile Market Report shows countries/markets sorted by smartphone penetration. 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. 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."
RankCountry/RegionTotal populationSmartphone penetrationSmartphone users
1United Kingdom

2017 rankings

Newzoo's 2017 Global Mobile Market Report shows countries/markets sorted by smartphone penetration. These numbers come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report 2017
RankCountry/RegionTotal PopulationSmartphone PenetrationSmartphone Users
1United Arab Emirates

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.
RankCountry% of adults
owning a smartphone
Relative size
1South Koreabartable|88||5

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.
RankCountry% of adults
owning a smartphone
Relative size
1South Koreabartable|88||5

2013 rankings

The following list of the countries by smartphone penetration was measured by Google's Our Mobile Planet in 2013.
RankCountry/TerritoryPenetration
1United Arab Emirates