625 Million Computers-in-Use Year-End 2001

July 15, 2001 - According to the Computer Industry Almanac there will be over 625 million computers-in-use by year-end 2001--up from 551.1 million computers-in-use at year-end 2000. The U.S. is projected to have over 182 million computers-in-use or 30.64% of the total in year 2000.

The top 15 countries shown in the following table account for over 70% of the worldwide computers-in-use at year-end 2000. These numbers include all computers, from PCs to supercomputers, used in business, educational institutions and homes.

These numbers include adult Internet users with weekly usage in businesses and homes. An Internet User is defined as being over 16 years of age and uses the Internet on a regular or occasional basis.

Top 15 Countries in Computers-in-Use Year-End 2000 & 2001

Rank Country Year-End 2000 (#M) 2000 % Share of Total Year-End 2001 Projected ($M)
1 United States (.us)
168.84
30.64
182.24
2 Japan (.jp)
48
8.71
54.65
3 Germany (.de)
31.59
5.73
35.84
4 United Kingdom (.uk)
25.91
4.7
29.33
5 France (.fr)
21.81
3.96
24.97
6 China (.cn)
21.31
3.87
25.87
7 Canada (.ca)
17.2
3.12
19.1
8 Italy (.it)
17.17
3.11
20.02
9 South Korea (.kr)
14.86
2.7
18.2
10 Brazil (.br)
11.23
2.04
13.48
11 Australia (.au)
10.43
1.89
11.41
12 Russia (.ru)
9.33
1.69
11.15
13 Spain (.es)
7.8
1.41
9.21
14 Taiwan (.tw)
7.39
1.34
8.88
15 Netherlands (.nl)
7.33
1.33
8.17
-- Total Top 15 Countries
420.2
76.24
472.52
-- Total Worldwide
551.1
100
625.9

Over 96% of the computers-in-use are PCs. There is about 551 million computers-in-use worldwide at year-end 2000 and over 625 million by year-end 2001. The U.S. has almost 30% of all computers-in-use worldwide in 2000.

Computer Industry Almanac Inc. publishes the Internet Industry Almanac and Computer Industry Almanac, which have statistics, projections, salaries, trends, companies, employment, products, publications and more of the Internet and computer industries. See Market Research Reports for the complete content and pricing.

 
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