Asked in Computers, Computer Hardware, Mac OS
How many computers are in the world?
Answer
Wiki User
03/13/2013
At least 500 Million computers in the world, thanks for asking..
Just read a new estimate (10th June) of 900 million personal computers, plus all the corporate machines.
Amazing, but still behind cell phone penetration: 4 billions by
October 2009...
As of April 2002, 1 000 000 000 (one billion) personal computers
have been shipped, and there will be 2 000 000 000 (two billion) by
2007; according to Gartner Dataquest.
However, Forrester Research says that in 2008, there were only 1 000 000 000 (one billion) personal computers IN USE. This is mainly due to the quick rate that technology becomes obsolete.
In 2012, there were 10.8% more computers sold than in 2011. In 2012 alone, 220 000 000 (220 Million, or 0.22 billion) computers were sold. Therefore, as of 2012, there are appropriately an additional 0.8 billion computers added to the total figure of personal computers in the world, with a slight reduction in the figure of those in use.
Total shipped: approx 2.8 Billion
Total in use: approx 1.4 Billion
NOTE: personal computers include laptops, smartphones, PDAs,
tablets and desktops. does not include individual microchips such
as those in digital watches, nor does it include simple cellphones
such as old flip-phones.