Map of civilian guns per 100 people by country from the Small Arms Survey 2017[1]
This is a list of countries by estimated number of privately owned guns per 100 people. The Small Arms Survey 2017[1] provides estimates of the total number of civilian-owned guns in a country. It then calculates the number per 100 people. This number for a country does not indicate the percentage of the population that owns guns. This is because individuals can own more than one gun.
See also: Percent of households with guns by country. It gives the percent of households with guns. It is further broken down by the percent of households with handguns. Also, by the percent of adults living in armed households.
List of countries by estimated number of guns per 100 people
All the numbers in the main column of the table below are from the annex table of Small Arms Survey 2017. The briefing paper for it says: "Numbers provided here include all firearms in civilian hands, both licit and illicit." The annex table where all the numbers in the main column come from also includes some sub-national areas and territories such as Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, Scotland, etc.[1]
"Notes" column links to notes section below the chart. The notes below the table are for additional info including additional data and alternative rates so the main column stays in descending order.
United Kingdom.[note 1] Small Arms Survey 2017 does not have a number for the UK.[1] It only provides numbers for these countries which constitute the UK: Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales.
Region and subregion names. Table source uses United Nations geoscheme.[3]
Computation method:
- survey(s) and expert estimate(s)
- expert estimate(s)
- analogous comparison
| Location | Firearms per 100 persons | Region | Subregion | Population 2017 | Firearms in civilian possession | Computation method | Registered firearms | Unregistered firearms | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States |
120.5 | Americas | North America | 326,474,000 | 393,347,000 | 1 | 1,073,743 | 392,273,257 Est. | [note 2] |
 Falkland Islands |
62.1 | Americas | South America | 3,000 | 2,000 | 2 | 1,705 | 295 | |
 Yemen |
52.8 | Asia | Western Asia | 28,120,000 | 14,859,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 New Caledonia |
42.5 | Oceania | Melanesia | 270,000 | 115,000 | 2 | 55,000 | 60,000 | |
 Serbia |
39.1 | Europe | Southern Europe | 6,946,000 | 2,719,000 | 2 | 1,186,086 | 1,532,914 | |
 Montenegro |
39.1 | Europe | Southern Europe | 626,000 | 245,000 | 3 | 103,536 | 141,464 | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
34.7 | Americas | North America | 36,626,000 | 12,708,000 | 2 | 2,081,442 | 10,626,558 | |
 Uruguay |
34.7 | Americas | South America | 3,457,000 | 1,198,000 | 2 | 605,313 | 592,687 | |
 Cyprus |
34.0 | Asia | West Asia | 839,000 | 285,000 | 2 | 154,327 | 130,673 | |
 Finland |
32.4 | Europe | Northern Europe | 5,541,000 | 1,793,000 | 1 | 1,542,396 | 250,604 | [note 3] |
 Lebanon |
31.9 | Asia | Western Asia | 6,039,000 | 1,927,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Iceland |
31.7 | Europe | Northern Europe | 334,000 | 106,000 | 2 | 73,000 | 33,000 | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
31.2 | Europe | Southern Europe | 3,793,000 | 1,185,000 | 2 | 353,000 | 832,000 | |
 Austria |
30.0 | Europe | Western Europe | 8,592,000 | 2,577,000 | 1 | 837,000 | 1,740,000 | |
 North Macedonia |
29.8 | Europe | Southern Europe | 2,083,000 | 621,000 | 2 | 169,687 | 451,313 | |
 Liechtenstein |
28.8 | Europe | Western Europe | 38,000 | 11,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Norway |
28.8 | Europe | Northern Europe | 5,331,000 | 1,537,000 | 2 | 1,254,638 | 282,362 | [note 4] |
 Malta |
28.3 | Europe | Southern Europe | 421,000 | 119,000 | 2 | 96,425 | 22,575 | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland |
27.6 | Europe | Western Europe | 8,454,000 | 2,332,000 | 2 | 791,719 | 1,540,281 | |
 New Zealand |
26.3 | Oceania | Australasia | 4,605,000 | 1,212,000 | 2 | 1,200,000 | 12,000 | |
 Kosovo |
23.8 | Europe | Southern Europe | 1,831,000 | 436,000 | 2 | 43,206 | 392,794 | |
 Sweden |
23.1 | Europe | Northern Europe | 9,921,000 | 2,296,000 | 1 | 1,955,478 | 340,522 | [note 5] |
 Greenland |
22.3 | Americas | North America | 56,000 | 13,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Pakistan |
22.3 | Asia | South Asia | 196,744,000 | 43,917,000 | 2 | 6,000,000 | 37,917,000 | |
 Portugal |
21.3 | Europe | Southern Europe | 10,265,000 | 2,186,000 | 1 | 1,400,000 | 786,000 | |
 France |
19.6 | Europe | Western Europe | 64,939,000 | 12,732,000 | 1 | 4,501,235 | 8,230,765 | |
| French Guiana |
19.6 | Americas | South America | 283,000 | 55,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Germany |
19.6 | Europe | Western Europe | 80,636,000 | 15,822,000 | 1 | 5,830,000 | 9,992,000 | [note 6] |
 Iraq |
19.6 | Asia | Western Asia | 38,654,000 | 7,588,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Monaco |
19.6 | Europe | Western Europe | 38,000 | 7,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
| Réunion |
19.6 | Africa | East Africa | 873,000 | 171,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Luxembourg |
18.9 | Europe | Western Europe | 584,000 | 110,000 | 1 | 86,000 | 24,000 | |
 Bahamas |
18.8 | Americas | Caribbean | 397,000 | 74,000 | 2 | 17,110 | 56,890 | |
 Jordan |
18.7 | Asia | Western Asia | 7,877,000 | 1,473,000 | 2 | 120,000 | 1,353,000 | |
 Venezuela |
18.5 | Americas | South America | 31,926,000 | 5,895,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | [note 7] |
 Greece |
17.6 | Europe | Southern Europe | 10,893,000 | 1,920,000 | 1 | 1,010,000 | 910,000 | |
 Northern Cyprus |
17.4 | Asia | Western Asia | 349,000 | 61,000 | 2 | 49,142 | 11,858 | |
 Kuwait |
16.7 | Asia | Western Asia | 4,100,000 | 685,000 | 3 | 39,000 | 646,000 | |
 Oman |
16.7 | Asia | Western Asia | 5,312,100 | 792,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Paraguay |
16.7 | Americas | South America | 6,812,000 | 1,140,000 | 2 | 392,000 | 748,000 | |
 Qatar |
16.7 | Asia | Western Asia | 2,338,000 | 390,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Saudi Arabia |
16.7 | Asia | Western Asia | 32,743,000 | 5,468,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 United Arab Emirates |
16.7 | Asia | Western Asia | 9,398,000 | 1,569,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 U.S. Virgin Islands |
16.6 | Americas | Caribbean | 107,000 | 18,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Turkey |
16.5 | Asia | Western Asia | 80,418,000 | 13,249,000 | 2 | 2,500,000 | 10,749,000 | |
 Suriname |
15.9 | Americas | South America | 552,000 | 88,000 | 2 | 30,000 | 58,000 | |
 Guyana |
15.8 | Americas | South America | 774,000 | 122,000 | 2 | 4,000 | 118,000 | |
 Slovenia |
15.6 | Europe | Southern Europe | 2,071,000 | 324,000 | 1 | 127,094 | 196,906 | |
 Namibia |
15.4 | Africa | Southern Africa | 2,569,000 | 396,000 | 2 | 200,010 | 195,990 | |
 Thailand |
15.1 | Asia | South-East Asia | 68,298,000 | 10,342,000 | 2 | 6,221,180 | 4,120,820 | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
14.5 | Oceania | Australasia | 24,642,000 | 3,573,000 | 2 | 3,158,795 | 414,205 | |
 Italy |
14.4 | Europe | Southern Europe | 59,798,000 | 8,609,000 | 1 | 2,000,000 | 6,609,000 | |
 San Marino |
14.4 | Europe | Southern Europe | 32,000 | 5,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Andorra |
14.1 | Europe | Southern Europe | 69,000 | 10,000 | 3 | 7,599 | 2,401 | |
 Honduras |
14.1 | Americas | Central America | 8,305,000 | 1,171,000 | 2 | 475,000 | 696,000 | |
| Channel Islands | 14.0 | Europe | Western Europe | 165,000 | 23,000 | 2 | 14,550 | 8,450 | |
 Croatia |
13.7 | Europe | Southern Europe | 3,899,000 | 576,000 | 2 | 390,000 | 186,000 | |
 Lithuania |
13.6 | Europe | Northern Europe | 2,831,000 | 385,000 | 2 | 127,984 | 257,016 | |
 Libya |
13.3 | Africa | North Africa | 6,409,000 | 851,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Mexico |
12.9 | Americas | Central America | 130,223,000 | 16,809,000 | 2 | 3,118,592 | 13,690,408 | |
 Bahrain |
12.8 | Asia | Western Asia | 1,419,000 | 181,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
12.7 | Europe | Western Europe | 11,444,000 | 1,451,000 | 1 | 426,939 | 1,024,061 | |
 Afghanistan |
12.5 | Asia | South Asia | 34,169,000 | 4,270,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Czech Republic |
12.5 | Europe | Central Europe | 10,555,000 | 1,323,000 | 2 | 806,895 | 516,105 | |
 Equatorial Guinea |
12.5 | Africa | Central Africa | 894,000 | 112,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Somalia (South Central) |
12.4 | Africa | East Africa | 9,225,000 | 1,145,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Puntland |
12.3 | Africa | East Africa | 1,995,000 | 246,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Russia |
12.3 | Europe | Eastern Europe | 143,375,000 | 17,620,000 | 2 | 6,600,000 | 11,020,000 | |
 Chile |
12.1 | Americas | South America | 18,313,000 | 2,220,000 | 2 | 763,182 | 1,456,818 | |
 Guatemala |
12.1 | Americas | Central America | 17,005,000 | 2,062,000 | 2 | 520,792 | 1,541,208 | |
 Albania |
12.0 | Europe | Southern Europe | 2,911,000 | 350,000 | 2 | 65,747 | 284,253 | |
 El Salvador |
12.0 | Americas | Central America | 6,167,000 | 737,000 | 2 | 344,587 | 392,413 | |
 Somaliland |
11.9 | Africa | East Africa | 3,823,000 | 456,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Guam |
11.5 | Oceania | Melanesia | 174,000 | 20,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Puerto Rico |
11.5 | Americas | Caribbean | 3,679,000 | 422,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Angola |
11.2 | Africa | Central Africa | 26,656,000 | 2,982,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Northern Ireland |
11.0 | Europe | Western Europe | 1,873,000 | 206,000 | 1 | 153,000 | 53,000 | |
 Panama |
10.8 | Americas | Central America | 4,051,000 | 436,000 | 2 | 180,000 | 256,000 | |
 Hungary |
10.5 | Europe | Eastern Europe | 9,788,000 | 1,023,000 | 1 | 211,300 | 811,700 | |
 Latvia |
10.5 | Europe | Northern Europe | 1,945,000 | 205,000 | 2 | 70,000 | 135,000 | |
 Colombia |
10.1 | Americas | South America | 49,068,000 | 4,971,000 | 2 | 706,210 | 4,264,790 | |
 Georgia |
10.1 | Asia | Western Asia | 3,973,000 | 402,000 | 2 | 159,000 | 243,000 | |
 Samoa |
10.1 | Oceania | Polynesia | 196,000 | 20,000 | 2 | 4,000 | 16,000 | |
 Belize |
10.0 | Americas | Central America | 375,000 | 37,000 | 2 | 10,755 | 26,245 | |
 Costa Rica |
10.0 | Americas | Central America | 4,906,000 | 493,000 | 2 | 235,631 | 257,369 | |
 Denmark |
9.9 | Europe | Northern Europe | 5,712,000 | 567,000 | 1 | 340,000 | 227,000 | |
 Faroe Islands |
9.9 | Europe | Northern Europe | 49,000 | 5,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Ukraine |
9.9 | Europe | Eastern Europe | 44,405,000 | 4,396,000 | 2 | 800,000 | 3,596,000 | |
 South Africa |
9.7 | Africa | Southern Africa | 55,436,000 | 5,351,000 | 2 | 3,000,000 | 2,351,000 | |
 South Sudan |
9.6 | Africa | East Africa | 13,096,000 | 1,255,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Cayman Islands |
9.2 | Americas | Caribbean | 62,000 | 6,000 | 3 | 1,556 | 4,444 | |
 Jamaica |
8.8 | Americas | Caribbean | 2,813,000 | 246,000 | 2 | 45,915 | 200,085 | |
| Guadeloupe |
8.5 | Americas | Caribbean | 472,000 | 40,000 | 2 | 5,500 | 34,500 | |
| Martinique |
8.5 | Americas | Caribbean | 396,000 | 34,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
| Saint Martin |
8.5 | Americas | Caribbean | 32,000 | 3,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Bulgaria |
8.4 | Europe | Eastern Europe | 7,045,000 | 590,000 | 1 | 345,733 | 244,267 | |
 Brazil |
8.3 | Americas | South America | 211,243,000 | 17,510,000 | 2 | 8,080,295 | 9,429,705 | |
 Mauritius |
8.3 | Africa | East Africa | 1,281,000 | 106,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Syria |
8.2 | Asia | Western Asia | 18,907,000 | 1,547,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Ghana |
8.0 | Africa | West Africa | 28,657,000 | 2,280,000 | 2 | 1,236,128 | 1,043,872 | |
 Tonga |
8.0 | Oceania | Polynesia | 108,000 | 9,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Mongolia |
7.9 | Asia | East Asia | 3,052,000 | 242,000 | 3 | 46,982 | 195,018 | |
 Spain |
7.5 | Europe | Southern Europe | 46,070,000 | 3,464,000 | 1 | 2,683,542 | 780,458 | |
 Argentina |
7.4 | Americas | South America | 44,272,000 | 3,256,000 | 2 | 1,562,332 | 1,693,668 | |
 Dominican Republic |
7.4 | Americas | Caribbean | 10,767,000 | 795,000 | 2 | 333,426 | 461,574 | |
 Iran |
7.3 | Asia | South Asia | 80,946,000 | 5,890,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Ireland |
7.2 | Europe | Western Europe | 4,749,000 | 342,000 | 2 | 200,000 | 142,000 | |
 Israel |
6.7 | Asia | Western Asia | 8,323,000 | 557,000 | 2 | 290,000 | 267,000 | |
 Sudan |
6.6 | Africa | North Africa | 42,166,000 | 2,768,000 | 2 | 6,724 | 2,761,276 | |
 Gambia |
6.5 | Africa | West Africa | 2,120,000 | 137,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Slovakia |
6.5 | Europe | Central Europe | 5,432,000 | 355,000 | 2 | 280,000 | 75,000 | |
 Dominica |
6.2 | Americas | Caribbean | 73,000 | 5,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Maldives |
6.2 | Asia | South Asia | 376,000 | 23,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Armenia |
6.1 | Asia | Western Asia | 3,032,000 | 186,000 | 3 | 45,822 | 140,178 | |
 Belarus |
6.1 | Europe | Eastern Europe | 9,459,000 | 581,000 | 3 | 130,000 | 451,000 | |
 Cape Verde |
5.7 | Africa | West Africa | 533,000 | 31,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Scotland |
5.6 | Europe | Western Europe | 5,436,000 | 305,000 | 1 | 187,000 | 118,000 | |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
5.4 | Americas | Caribbean | 94,000 | 5,000 | 2 | 1,449 | 3,551 | |
 Montserrat |
5.4 | Americas | Caribbean | 5,000 | 300 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 India |
5.3 | Asia | South Asia | 1,342,513,000 | 71,101,000 | 2 | 9,700,000 | 61,401,000 | |
 Nicaragua |
5.2 | Americas | Central America | 6,218,000 | 323,000 | 2 | 142,260 | 180,740 | |
 Estonia |
5.0 | Europe | Northern Europe | 1,306,000 | 65,000 | 1 | 47,000 | 18,000 | |
 Lesotho |
4.8 | Africa | Southern Africa | 2,185,000 | 105,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Morocco |
4.8 | Africa | North Africa | 35,241,000 | 1,690,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Eswatini |
4.8 | Africa | Southern Africa | 1,320,000 | 64,000 | 3 | 10,000 | 54,000 | |
 Bermuda |
4.6 | Americas | North America | 61,000 | 3,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 England &  Wales |
4.6 | Europe | Western Europe | 58,877,000 | 2,731,000 | 1 | 1,870,735 | 860,265 | |
 Grenada |
4.6 | Americas | Caribbean | 108,000 | 5,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Cambodia |
4.5 | Asia | South-East Asia | 16,076,000 | 717,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Mozambique |
4.5 | Africa | East Africa | 29,538,000 | 1,337,000 | 2 | 7,000 | 1,330,000 | |
 Ivory Coast |
4.4 | Africa | West Africa | 23,816,000 | 1,049,000 | 3 | 2,500 | 1,046,500 | |
 Sint Maarten |
4.2 | Americas | Caribbean | 40,000 | 2,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Botswana |
4.1 | Africa | Southern Africa | 2,344,000 | 97,000 | 2 | 32,901 | 64,099 | |
 Egypt |
4.1 | Africa | North Africa | 95,215,000 | 3,931,000 | 2 | 250,000 | 3,681,000 | |
 Gibraltar |
4.1 | Europe | Southern Europe | 32,000 | 1,000 | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
 Seychelles |
4.1 | Africa | East Africa | 98,000 | 4,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Vanuatu |
3.9 | Oceania | Melanesia | 276,000 | 11,000 | 2 | 4,700 | 6,300 | |
 Azerbaijan |
3.6 | Asia | Western Asia | 9,974,000 | 362,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 China |
3.6 | Asia | East Asia | 1,388,233,000 | 49,735,000 | 2 | 680,000 | 49,055,000 | |
 Macau |
3.6 | Asia | East Asia | 606,000 | 22,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Hong Kong |
3.6 | Asia | East Asia | 7,402,000 | 265,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Philippines |
3.6 | Asia | South-East Asia | 103,797,000 | 3,776,000 | 2 | 1,739,000 | 2,037,000 | |
 Barbados |
3.5 | Americas | Caribbean | 286,000 | 10,000 | 3 | 3,000 | 7,000 | |
 Gabon |
3.4 | Africa | Central Africa | 1,801,000 | 61,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
3.4 | Americas | Caribbean | 57,000 | 2,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Saint Lucia |
3.4 | Americas | Caribbean | 188,000 | 6,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
3.4 | Americas | Caribbean | 110,000 | 4,000 | 3 | 2,865 | 1,135 | |
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
3.4 | Africa | Central Africa | 198,000 | 7,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Turks and Caicos Islands |
3.3 | Americas | Caribbean | 35,000 | 1,000 | 2 | 300 | 700 | |
 Nigeria |
3.2 | Africa | West Africa | 191,836,000 | 6,154,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
3.2 | Americas | Caribbean | 1,369,000 | 43,000 | 2 | 10,550 | 32,450 | |
 Djibouti |
3.1 | Africa | East Africa | 911,000 | 28,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Laos |
3.0 | Asia | South-East Asia | 7,038,000 | 215,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Moldova |
3.0 | Europe | Eastern Europe | 4,055,000 | 121,000 | 2 | 54,663 | 66,337 | |
 Kazakhstan |
2.8 | Asia | Central Asia | 18,064,000 | 504,000 | 2 | 284,000 | 220,000 | |
 Kyrgyzstan |
2.8 | Asia | Central Asia | 6,125,000 | 171,000 | 3 | 29,237 | 141,763 | |
 Mauritania |
2.8 | Africa | West Africa | 4,266,000 | 120,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Zimbabwe |
2.8 | Africa | East Africa | 16,338,000 | 455,000 | 2 | 190,685 | 264,315 | |
 Aruba |
2.6 | Americas | Caribbean | 105,000 | 3,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Curaçao |
2.6 | Americas | Caribbean | 160,000 | 4,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Haiti |
2.6 | Americas | Caribbean | 10,983,000 | 291,000 | 2 | 20,379 | 270,621 | |
 Netherlands |
2.6 | Europe | Western Europe | 17,033,000 | 442,000 | 1 | 205,347 | 236,653 | |
 Northern Mariana Islands |
2.6 | Oceania | Micronesia | 56,000 | 1,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Romania |
2.6 | Europe | Eastern Europe | 19,238,000 | 506,000 | 2 | 210,000 | 296,000 | |
 French Polynesia |
2.5 | Oceania | Polynesia | 289,000 | 7,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Poland |
2.5 | Europe | Central Europe | 38,564,000 | 968,000 | 1 | 380,000 | 588,000 | [note 8] |
 Congo |
2.4 | Africa | Central Africa | 4,866,000 | 119,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Ecuador |
2.4 | Americas | South America | 16,626,000 | 402,000 | 2 | 167,102 | 234,898 | |
 Sri Lanka |
2.4 | Asia | South Asia | 20,905,000 | 494,000 | 2 | 35,000 | 459,000 | |
 Algeria |
2.1 | Africa | North Africa | 41,064,000 | 877,000 | 2 | 200,000 | 677,000 | |
 Cameroon |
2.1 | Africa | Central Africa | 24,514,000 | 510,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Cuba |
2.1 | Americas | Caribbean | 11,390,000 | 234,000 | 2 | 58,150 | 175,850 | |
 Liberia |
2.1 | Africa | West Africa | 4,730,000 | 97,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bolivia |
2.0 | Americas | South America | 11,053,000 | 218,000 | 3 | 10,982 | 207,018 | |
 Burundi |
2.0 | Africa | East Africa | 11,936,000 | 238,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Peru |
2.0 | Americas | South America | 32,166,000 | 633,000 | 2 | 365,845 | 267,155 | |
 Senegal |
2.0 | Africa | West Africa | 16,054,000 | 323,000 | 2 | 7,053 | 315,947 | |
 Central African Republic |
1.8 | Africa | Central Africa | 5,099,000 | 94,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Myanmar |
1.6 | Asia | South-East Asia | 54,836,000 | 877,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Vietnam |
1.6 | Asia | South-East Asia | 95,415,000 | 1,562,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Comoros |
1.5 | Africa | East Africa | 826,000 | 12,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Guinea-Bissau |
1.5 | Africa | West Africa | 1,933,000 | 29,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Kenya |
1.5 | Africa | East Africa | 48,467,000 | 750,000 | 2 | 8,136 | 741,864 | |
 Nepal |
1.5 | Asia | South Asia | 29,187,000 | 444,000 | 2 | 34,315 | 409,685 | |
 Brunei |
1.4 | Asia | South-East Asia | 434,000 | 6,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 DR Congo |
1.2 | Africa | Central Africa | 82,243,000 | 946,000 | 2 | 216 | 945,784 | |
 Tuvalu |
1.2 | Oceania | Polynesia | 10,000 | 100 | 2 | 50 | 50 | |
 Mali |
1.1 | Africa | West Africa | 18,690,000 | 206,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Palestine |
1.1 | Asia | Western Asia | 4,952,000 | 56,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Tunisia |
1.1 | Africa | North Africa | 11,495,000 | 123,000 | 3 | 3,408 | 119,592 | |
 Chad |
1.0 | Africa | Central Africa | 14,965,000 | 151,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Guinea |
1.0 | Africa | West Africa | 13,291,000 | 130,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Papua New Guinea |
1.0 | Oceania | Melanesia | 7,934,000 | 79,000 | 2 | 27,043 | 51,957 | |
 Burkina Faso |
0.9 | Africa | West Africa | 19,173,000 | 175,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Zambia |
0.9 | Africa | East Africa | 17,238,000 | 158,000 | 2 | 86,642 | 71,358 | |
 Bhutan |
0.8 | Asia | South Asia | 793,000 | 6,000 | 3 | 4,309 | 1,691 | |
 Kiribati |
0.8 | Oceania | Melanesia | 116,000 | 900 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Tanzania |
0.8 | Africa | East Africa | 56,878,000 | 427,000 | 2 | 115,850 | 311,150 | |
 Togo |
0.8 | Africa | West Africa | 7,692,000 | 58,000 | 2 | 10,000 | 48,000 | |
 Uganda |
0.8 | Africa | East Africa | 41,653,000 | 331,000 | 2 | 21,156 | 309,844 | |
 British Virgin Islands |
0.8 | Americas | Caribbean | 31,000 | 300 | 2 | 48 | 252 | |
 American Samoa |
0.7 | Oceania | Polynesia | 56,000 | 400 | 2 | 250 | 150 | |
 Madagascar |
0.7 | Africa | East Africa | 25,613,000 | 168,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Malaysia |
0.7 | Asia | South-East Asia | 31,164,000 | 217,000 | 2 | 142,038 | 74,962 | |
 Micronesia |
0.7 | Oceania | Micronesia | 106,000 | 700 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Fiji |
0.5 | Oceania | Melanesia | 903,000 | 5,000 | 2 | 1,538 | 3,462 | |
 Marshall Islands |
0.5 | Oceania | Melanesia | 53,000 | 300 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Niger |
0.5 | Africa | West Africa | 21,564,000 | 117,000 | 2 | 2,000 | 115,000 | |
 Palau |
0.5 | Oceania | Melanesia | 22,000 | 100 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Rwanda |
0.5 | Africa | East Africa | 12,160,000 | 66,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Sierra Leone |
0.5 | Africa | West Africa | 6,733,000 | 35,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Bangladesh |
0.4 | Asia | South Asia | 164,828,000 | 659,000 | 2 | 185,000 | 474,000 | |
 Eritrea |
0.4 | Africa | East Africa | 5,482,000 | 23,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Ethiopia |
0.4 | Africa | East Africa | 104,345,000 | 377,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Tajikistan |
0.4 | Asia | Central Asia | 8,858,000 | 37,000 | 2 | 9,863 | 27,137 | |
 Turkmenistan |
0.4 | Asia | Central Asia | 5,503,000 | 23,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Uzbekistan |
0.4 | Asia | Central Asia | 30,691,000 | 127,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Benin |
0.3 | Africa | West Africa | 11,459,000 | 33,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Japan |
0.3 | Asia | East Asia | 126,045,000 | 377,000 | 2 | 175,221 | 201,779 | |
 North Korea |
0.3 | Asia | East Asia | 25,405,000 | 76,000 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
 Malawi |
0.3 | Africa | East Africa | 18,299,000 | 47,000 | 2 | 12,500 | 34,500 | |
 Singapore |
0.3 | Asia | South-East Asia | 5,785,000 | 20,000 | 3 | 795 | 19,205 | |
 East Timor |
0.3 | Asia | South-East Asia | 1,237,000 | 3,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 South Korea |
0.2 | Asia | East Asia | 50,705,000 | 79,000 | 2 | 39,530 | 39,470 | |
 Solomon Islands |
0.2 | Oceania | Melanesia | 606,000 | 1,000 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Christmas Island |
0.0 | Asia | South-East Asia | 2,000 | – | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
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0.0 | Europe | Southern Europe | 1,000 | – | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Indonesia |
0.0 | Asia | South-East Asia | 263,510,000 | 82,000 | 2 | 41,102 | 40,898 | |
 Nauru |
0.0 | Oceania | Melanesia | 10,000 | – | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
 Taiwan |
0.0 | Asia | East Asia | 23,405,000 | 10,000 | 2 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
Notes
Some of the notes below refer to a previous version of the table that used numbers from Small Arms Survey 2007.[17] So some of the info below may be out of date.
- ↑ United Kingdom. A GunPolicy.org page has a rate of 5.03 firearms per 100 people in 2017. 3.44 registered plus 1.59 illicit. That totals 5.03 per 100 people.[2]
- ↑ United States. According to the Congressional Research Service, as of 2009 there were roughly twice as many guns per capita in the United States as there were in 1968: more than 300 million guns in all.[4][5]
- ↑ Finland. 1.5 million guns in 2016 in the official registry.[6]
- ↑ Norway. 1.49 million guns in 2017 in the official registry.[7]
- ↑ Sweden. According to the Swedish National Police Agency in 2006, there were a total of 656,000 individuals who had a license for one or more guns;[8] 6.5% of the population. There were 2,032,000 guns or 21 guns per 100 residents. Of the 2,032,000 guns, 959,000 were rifles, 726,000 shotguns, 122,000 combination rifles, 88,000 pistols, 55,000 revolvers, 3,000 automatic guns and 78,000 weapons parts.
- ↑ Germany. The number of legal guns in Germany is about 7 per 100 residents.[9] There are no reliable figures on the number of illegal guns in Germany.[10] The figure of 20 million illicit guns (~24 per 100 residents) that is often cited on the web is an estimate attributed to the GdP, Germany's largest police union.[11] This number is wildly out of range with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime's estimate on illicit guns (10% of the number of legal guns, corresponding to 0.5 million illicit guns or ~0.7 per 100 residents).[12]
- ↑ Venezuela. The number displayed in this table is very likely a significant underestimation. The actual number of guns per 100 persons may vary to more, with an unestimated number of illegal firearms held by civilians, around to 9 to 15 million.[13]
- ↑ Poland.The number of registered firearms in 2017 survey (380k) is taken from official data for the year 2014,[14] even if data for the year 2016 (426k) should have been already available.[15] As of 2021 there's 658k registered firearms.[16]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 Briefing Paper. Estimating Global Civilian-Held Firearms Numbers. June 2018 by Aaron Karp. Of Small Arms Survey. See box 4 on page 8 for detailed explanation of "Computation methods for civilian firearms holdings". See country table in annex PDF: Civilian Firearms Holdings, 2017. See publications home.
- ↑ Guns in the United Kingdom — Firearms, gun law and gun control.
- ↑ "M49 – Standard country or area codes for statistical use". United Nations Statistics Division. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ↑ "Guns in America, By The Numbers". National Public Radio. 5 January 2016.
- ↑ "Gun Control Legislation" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. 14 November 2012. p. 9.
- ↑ "Aseiden määrä Suomessa vähenee – katso, missä ovat maan 1,5 miljoonaa asetta". Yle Uutiset. 18 January 2016.
- ↑ (unverifiable) "Revisjonsrapport for 2017 om politiets behandling av våpensaker" (PDF). Riksrevisjonen.
- ↑ "Arms legislation etc" (PDF) (in Swedish). National Police control ice. 31 May 2006.
- ↑ "Deutschland, deine Waffen". 16 January 2018.
- ↑ "Illegale Waffe im Schrank? Zeit, sie loszuwerden Seite 2/2: Die Zahl Illegaler Waffen – nichts als eine Dunkelziffer".
- ↑ "Guns in Germany". Der Spiegel. 22 February 2013.
- ↑ "Number of Privately Owned Firearms".
- ↑ P.G. (7 July 2014). "Crime in Venezuela: Guns and money". The Economist. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ↑ "Liczba osób, którym wydano pozwolenie na broń (stan na 31 grudnia 2014 r.)" [Number of persons, who were issued a firearms license (as of 31 December 2014)] (PDF) (in Polish). Polish Police. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ↑ "Liczba osób, którym wydano pozwolenie na broń (stan na 31 grudnia 2016 r.)" [Number of persons, who were issued a firearms license (as of 31 December 2016)] (PDF) (in Polish). Polish Police. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ↑ "Liczba osób, którym wydano pozwolenie na broń (stan na 31 grudnia 2021 r.)" [Number of persons, who were issued a firearms license (as of 31 December 2021)] (PDF) (in Polish). Polish Police. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ↑ Keith Krause; Eric G. Berman, eds. (July 2022). "Small Arms Survey 2007 – Chapter 2. Completing the Count: Civilian Firearms". Geneva, Switzerland: Small Arms Survey. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
External links
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