PCs
In-Use Surpassed 900M in 2005
USA Accounts for Over PCs In-Use
May 22 , 2006—PCs in-use topped 900M units worldwide in 2005. The U.S. has a large PC usage lead with over three times as many PCs as the second place Japan. The U.S. accounts for over 25% 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. In-use growth will continue because the PC is expanding its domain with new product categories such as Media Center PCs, tablet PCs, Ultra-Mobile PCs and handheld PCs. The rapid growth of mobile PCs is the major reason for current and future PC expansion.
Top
15 Countries In PCs In-Use |
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| Year-end 2005 | PCs
In-Use (#M) |
Share
% |
| 1. U.S. |
230.4 |
25.49 |
| 2. Japan | 73.66 | 8.15 |
| 3. China | 63.52 | 7.03 |
| 4. Germany | 50.42 | 5.58 |
| 5. UK | 38.62 | 4.27 |
| 6. France | 32.40 | 3.58 |
| 7. South Korea | 28.38 | 3.14 |
| 8. Italy | 25.96 | 2.87 |
| 9. Canada | 23.77 | 2.63 |
| 10. Russia | 22.76 | 2.52 |
| 11. Brazil | 22.40 | 2.46 |
| 12. India | 16.98 | 1.88 |
| 13. Australia | 14.62 | 1.62 |
| 14. Mexico | 12.79 | 1.41 |
| 15. Spain | 12.01 | 1.33 |
| Top 15 Total | 668.6 | 73.96 |
| Worldwide Total | 903.9 | 100.0 |
PCs per capita in the U.S. have reached 78% and will remain higher than cell phones for a few more years. USA and Canada are the only countries that have more PCs in-use than cell phone subscribers. Worldwide PCs in-use will surpass 1B in early 2007.
More information is available in “Computers In-Use by Country”, a new market research report by Computer Industry Almanac. 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 2011. The report also has estimates of notebook PCs in-use by country.
Computer Industry Almanac publishes market research reports for the PC and Internet industries. For more information see Market Research Reports.
