Nearly 600 Million Computers-in-Use in Year 2000
November 3, 1998 - According to the Internet Industry Almanac there will be over 579 million computers-in-use by year-end 2000--up from 360 million computers-in-use at year-end 1997. The U.S. is projected to have over 164 million computers-in-use or 28.3% of the total in year 2000. The top 16 countries shown in the following table account for over 70% of the worldwide computers-in-use in year 2000. These numbers include all computers, from PCs to supercomputers, used in business, educational institutions and homes.
Top 16 Countries in Computers-in-Use in Year 2000
| 2000 Rank | Country | Computers-in-Use in Millions | % Share of Total |
|
1
|
U.S.
|
164.1
|
28.32
|
|
2
|
Japan
|
49.9
|
8.62
|
|
3
|
Germany
|
30.6
|
5.28
|
|
4
|
United
Kingdom
|
26.0
|
4.49
|
|
5
|
France
|
21.8
|
3.77
|
|
6
|
Italy
|
17.5
|
3.02
|
|
7
|
Canada
|
16.0
|
2.76
|
|
8
|
China
|
15.9
|
2.75
|
|
9
|
Australia
|
10.6
|
1.82
|
|
9
|
South
Korea
|
10.6
|
1.82
|
|
11
|
Russia
|
9.2
|
1.59
|
|
12
|
Brazil
|
8.5
|
1.47
|
|
13
|
Spain
|
8.1
|
1.39
|
|
14
|
Netherlands
|
7.2
|
1.25
|
|
15
|
India
|
6.3
|
1.08
|
|
15
|
Mexico
|
6.3
|
1.08
|
|
Total
Top 16 Countries
|
408.6
|
70.52
|
|
|
Europe
Total
|
154.9
|
26.73
|
|
|
Worldwide
Total
|
579
|
100
|
|
Over 95% of the computers-in-use are PCs. Worldwide yearly shipments of computers will surpass 90M units in 1998, but only 50% plus will add to the installed base as nearly half will be replacing existing computers. About 5% of the 30M plus PCs sold in the U.S. in 1998 will be sold via the Internet, which will grow to 10% of nearly 40M in 2000. At year-end 1997 there were 3.6 computers for each Internet user and this will drop to 1.8 by year-end 2000. In the U.S. the computers-in-use to Internet user ratio was 2.2 in 1997 and will drop to the 1.2 range in 2000. For more information see Market Research Reports.
