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This is a '''list of countries by [[Engineering:Smartphone|smartphone]] penetration'''. These numbers are based on the top countries by percentage of population owning a smartphone (so smaller countries are absent) and come from '''Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report''' (the numbers were last updated in 
June 2021).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Newzoo {{!}} The Destination for Games Market Insights|url=https://newzoo.com/|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Newzoo|language=en}}</ref>

== 2022 rankings ==
<ref name=":0" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Country/Region 
! data-sort-type="number" |Total population
! data-sort-type="number" |Smartphone users
!Smartphone penetration
|-
|1
|{{flag|PRC}}
|1430.00M
|974.69M 
|68.4%
|-
|2
|{{flag|India}}
|1420.00M
|659.00M 
|65.5%
|-
|3
|{{flag|United States}}
|338.29M
|276.14M 
|81.6%
|-
|4
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|275.50M
|187.70M
|68.1% 
|-
|5
|{{flagcountry|Brazil}}
|215.31M
|143.43M
|66.6%
|-
|6
|{{flag|Russia}}
|144.71M
|106.44M
|73.6% 
|-
|7
|{{flag|Japan}}
|123.95M
|97.44M
|78.6%
|-
|8
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|218.54M
|83.34M
|38.1%
|-
|9
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|127.50M
|78.37M
|61.5%
|-
|10
|{{flagcountry|Pakistan}}
|235.82M
|72.99M
|31%
|}

== 2021 rankings ==
<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=newzoo |title=Top Countries by Smartphone Users |url=https://newzoo.com/insights/rankings/top-countries-by-smartphone-penetration-and-users |website=newzoo |access-date=16 November 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Country/Region 
! data-sort-type="number" |Total population
! data-sort-type="number" |Smartphone users
!Smartphone penetration
|-
|1
|{{flag|PRC}}
|1440M
|865.04M 
|59.9%
|-
|2
|{{flag|India}}
|1390M
|606.57M 
|43.5%
|-
|3
|{{flag|United States}}
|332.92M
|240.15M 
|72.1%
|-
|4
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|276.36M
|178.96M
|64.8% 
|-
|5
|{{flagcountry|Brazil}}
|212.56M
|109.34M
|51.4%
|-
|6
|{{flag|Russia}}
|145.91M
|102.24M
|70.1% 
|-
|7
|{{flag|Japan}}
|126.05M
|94.78M
|75.2%
|-
|8
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|130.26M
|77.31M
|59.4%
|-
|9
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|211.4M
|72.03M
|34.1%
|-
|10
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|111.05M
|67.37M
|60.7%
|}

== 2020 rankings ==
Newzoo's 2020 Global Mobile Market Report shows countries/markets sorted by smartphone penetration (percentage of population actively using a smartphone). These numbers come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report 2020 - Light Version.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top Countries/Markets by Smartphone Penetration & Users|url=https://newzoo.com/insights/rankings/top-countries-by-smartphone-penetration-and-users/|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Newzoo|language=en}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Country/Region 
!data-sort-type=number|Total population
!Smartphone penetration
!data-sort-type=number|Smartphone users
|-
|1
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|331M
|81.6%
|270M
|-
|2
|{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}
|67.89M
|78.9%
|53.58M
|-
|3
|{{flagcountry|Germany}}
|83.78M
|77.9%
|65.24M
|-
|4
|{{flagcountry|France}}
|65.27M
|77.6%
|50.66M
|-
|5
|{{flagcountry|South Korea}}
|51.27M
|76.5%
|39.2M
|-
|6
|{{flagcountry|Italy}}
|60.94M
|85%
|52.4M
|-
|7
|{{flagcountry|Russia}}
|145.93M
|68.5%
|99.93M
|-
|8
|{{flagcountry|China}}
|1.44B
|63.4%
|911.92M
|-
|9
|{{flagcountry|Vietnam}}
|97.34M
|63.1%
|61.37M
|-
|10
|{{flagcountry|Iran}}
|83.99M
|62.9%
|52.81M
|-
|11
|{{flagcountry|Turkey}}
|84.34M
|61.7%
|52.06M
|-
|12
|{{flagcountry|Japan}}
|126.48M
|59.9%
|75.77M
|-
|13
|{{flagcountry|Indonesia}}
|273.52M
|58.6%
|160.23M
|-
|14
|{{flagcountry|Mexico}}
|128.93M
|54.4%
|70.14M
|-
|15
|{{flagcountry|Thailand}}
|69.8M
|54.3%
|37.88M
|-
|16
|{{flagcountry|Brazil}}
|212.56M
|51.4%
|109.34M
|-
|17
|{{flagcountry|Philippines}}
|109.58M
|37.7%
|41.31M
|-
|18
|{{flagcountry|Bangladesh}}
|164.69M
|32.4%
|53.3M
|-
|19
|{{flagcountry|India}}
|1.38B
|31.8%
|439.42M
|-
|20
|{{flagcountry|Pakistan}}
|220.89M
|18.4%
|40.59M
|}

== 2019 rankings ==
Newzoo's 2019 Global Mobile Market Report shows countries/markets sorted by smartphone penetration (percentage of population actively using a smartphone). These numbers come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report 2019 - Light Version.<ref name=":2019">{{cite web|url=https://newzoo.com/insights/trend-reports/newzoo-global-mobile-market-report-2019-light-version/|title=Newzoo Global Mobile Market Report 2019 - Light Version|access-date=26 June 2020|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803183311/https://newzoo.com/insights/trend-reports/newzoo-global-mobile-market-report-2019-light-version/|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Country/Region 
!data-sort-type=number|Total population
!Smartphone penetration
!data-sort-type=number|Smartphone users
|-
|1
|{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}
|67.0m
|82.9%
|55.5m
|-
|2
|{{flagcountry|Germany}}
|82.4m
|79.9%
|65.9m
|-
|3
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|329.1m
|79.1%
|260.2m
|-
|4
|{{flagcountry|France}}
|65.5m
|77.5%
|50.7m
|-
|5
|{{flagcountry|Spain}}
|46.4m
|74.3%
|34.5m
|-
|6
|{{flagcountry|South Korea}}
|51.3m
|70.4%
|36.1m
|-
|7
|{{flagcountry|Russia}}
|143.9m
|66.3%
|95.4m
|-
|8
|{{flagcountry|Italy}}
|59.2m
|60.8%
|36.0m
|-
|9
|{{flagcountry|China}}
|1.42b
|59.9%
|851.2m
|-
|10
|{{flagcountry|Japan}}
|126.9m
|57.2%
|72.6m
|-
|11
|{{flagcountry|Iran}}
|82.8m
|54.8%
|45.4m
|-
|12
|{{flagcountry|Turkey}}
|83.0m
|54.0%
|44.8m
|-
|13
|{{flagcountry|Mexico}}
|132.3m
|49.5%
|65.6m
|-
|14
|{{flagcountry|Brazil}}
|212.4m
|45.6%
|96.9m
|-
|15
|{{flagcountry|Vietnam}}
|97.4m
|44.9%
|43.7m
|-
|16
|{{flagcountry|Philippines}}
|108.1m
|33.6%
|36.3m
|-
|17
|{{flagcountry|Indonesia}}
|269.5m
|31.1%
|83.9m
|-
|18
|{{flagcountry|India}}
|1.3b
|25.3%
|345.9m
|-
|19
|{{flagcountry|Bangladesh}}
|168.1m
|18.5%
|31.0m
|-
|20
|{{flagcountry|Pakistan}}
|204.6m
|15.9%
|32.5m
|}

== 2018 rankings ==
Newzoo's 2018 Global Mobile Market Report shows countries/markets sorted by smartphone penetration (percentage of population). These numbers come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report 2018.<ref name=":2018">{{cite web|url=https://newzoo.com/insights/trend-reports/newzoo-global-mobile-market-report-2018-light-version/|title=Newzoo Global Mobile Market Report 2018 - Light Version|access-date=26 June 2020|archive-date=8 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108142950/https://newzoo.com/insights/trend-reports/newzoo-global-mobile-market-report-2018-light-version/|url-status=live}}</ref> By total ''number'' of smartphone users, "China by far has the most, boasting 783 million users. India took the #2 spot with 375 million users (less than half of China’s number). However, that gap will decrease by 2021, when we expect India to have 601 million smartphone users. The U.S. came in at #3, accounting for 252 million of the world’s smartphones."

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Country/Region 
!Total population
!Smartphone penetration
!Smartphone users
|-
|1
|{{flagcountry|United Kingdom }}
|66,574,000
|83%
|54,713,000
|-
|2
|{{flagcountry|Netherlands}}
|17,084,000
|79.3%
|13,547,000
|-
|3
|{{flagcountry|Sweden}}
|9,983,000
|78.8%
|7,864,000
|-
|4
|{{flagcountry|Germany}}
|82,293,000
|78.8%
|64,830,000
|-
|5
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|326,767,000
|77.0%
|251,688,000
|-
|6
|{{flagcountry|Belgium}}
|11,499,000
|76.6%
|8,813,000
|-
|7
|{{flagcountry|France}}
|65,233,000

|76.0%
|32,598,000
|-
|8
|{{flagcountry|Spain}}
|46,397,000
|72.5%
|33,631,000
|-
|9
|{{flagcountry|Canada}}
|36,954,000
|72.1%
|26,635,000
|-
|10
|{{flagcountry|Australia}}
|24,772,000
|68.6%
|16,999,000
|-
|11
|{{flagcountry|South Korea}}
|51,164,000
|68.0%
|34,562,000
|-
|12
|{{flagcountry|Kazakhstan}}
|18,404,000
|64.9%
|11,938,000
|-
|13
|{{flagcountry|Poland}}
|38,105,000
|64.0%
|24,371,000
|-
|14
|{{flagcountry|Russia}}
|143,965,000
|63.8%
|91,865,000
|-
|15
|{{flagcountry|Taiwan}}
|23,694,000
|60.0%
|14,223,000
|-
|16
|{{flagcountry|Italy}}
|59,291,000
|58.0%
|34,394,000
|-
|17
|{{flagcountry|Malaysia}}
|32,042,000
|57.5%
|18,437,000
|-
|18
|{{flagcountry|Japan}}
|127,185,000
|55.3%
|70,327,000
|-
|19
|{{flagcountry|China}}
|1,415,046,000
|55.3%
|782,848,000
|-
|20
|{{flagcountry|Romania}}
|19,581,000
|53.8%
|10,538,000
|-
|21
|{{flagcountry|Ukraine}}
|44,009,000
|48.3%
|21,276,000
|-
|22
|{{flagcountry|Argentina}}
|44,689,000
|46.9%
|20,979,000
|-
|23
|{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}}
|33,554,000
|46.0%
|15,449,000
|-
|24
|{{flagcountry|Mexico}}
|130,759,000
|45.6%
|59,597,000
|-
|25
|{{flagcountry|Philippines}}
|106,512,000
|44.9%
|47,858,000
|-
|26
|{{flagcountry|Chile}}
|18,197,000
|44.2%
|8,049,000
|-
|27
|{{flagcountry|Thailand}}
|69,183,000
|43.7%
|30,217,000
|-
|28
|{{flagcountry|Brazil}}
|210,868,000
|41.3%
|87,172,000
|-
|29
|{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}
|32,381,000
|40.8%
|13,224,000
|-
|30
|{{flagcountry|Colombia}}
|49,465,000
|39.8%
|19,669,000
|-
|31
|{{flagcountry|Morocco}}
|36,192,000
|37.9%
|13,707,000
|-
|32
|{{flagcountry|Turkey}}
|81,917,000
|37.9%
|31,060,000
|-
|33
|{{flagcountry|Vietnam}}
|96,491,000
|37.7%
|36,378,000
|-
|34
|{{flagcountry|South Africa}}
|57,398,000
|35.5%
|20,371,000
|-
|35
|{{flagcountry|Iran}}, Republic of
|82,012,000
|64.6%
|53,200,000
|-
|36
|{{flagcountry|Peru}}
|32,552,000
|32.1%
|10,462,000
|-
|37
|{{flagcountry|Uzbekistan}}
|32,365,000
|31.3%
|10,142,000
|-
|38
|{{flagcountry|Algeria}}
|42,008,000
|29.1%
|12,204,000
|-
|39
|{{flagcountry|Egypt}}
|99,376,000
|28.0%
|27,852,000
|-
|40
|{{flagcountry|India}}
|1,354,052,000
|27.7%
|374,893,000
|-
|41
|{{flagcountry|Indonesia}}
|266,795,000
|27.4%
|73,155,000
|-
|42
|{{flagcountry|Ghana}}
|29,464,000
|24.0%
|7,060,000
|-
|43
|{{flagcountry|Myanmar}}
|53,856,000
|21.8%
|11,722,000
|-
|44
|{{flagcountry|Kenya}}
|50,951,000
|20.9%
|10,668,000
|-
|45
|{{flagcountry|Sudan}}
|41,512,000
|19.7%
|8,176,000
|-
|46
|{{flagcountry|Bangladesh}}
|166,368,000
|16.1%
|26,827,000
|-
|47
|{{flagcountry|Uganda}}
|44,271,000
|15.6%
|6,922,000
|-
|48
|{{flagcountry|Pakistan}}
|200,814,000
|13.8%
|27,730,000
|-
|49
|{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}
|195,875,000
|13.0%
|25,552,000
|-
|50  
|{{flagcountry|Ethiopia}}
|107,535,000
|11.2%
|12,014,000
|}

== 2017 rankings ==
Newzoo's 2017 Global Mobile Market Report shows countries/markets sorted by smartphone penetration (percentage of population). These numbers come from Newzoo's Global Mobile Market Report 2017<ref name=":2017">{{cite web|url=https://newzoo.com/insights/trend-reports/global-mobile-market-report-light-2017/|title=Newzoo Global Mobile Market Report 2017 - Light Version|access-date=26 June 2020|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803091406/https://newzoo.com/insights/trend-reports/global-mobile-market-report-light-2017/|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Country/Region
!Total Population
!Smartphone Penetration
!Smartphone Users
|-
|1
|{{flagcountry|United Arab Emirates}}
|9,398,000
|80.6%
|7,573,000
|-
|2
|{{flagcountry|Sweden}}
|9,921,000
|72.2%
|7,167,000
|-
|3
|{{flagcountry|Switzerland}}
|8,454,000
|71.7%
|6,061,000
|-
|4
|{{flagcountry|South Korea}}
|50,705,000
|71.5%
|36,262,000
|-
|5
|{{flagcountry|Taiwan}}
|23,564,000
|70.4%
|16,596,000
|-
|6
|{{flagcountry|Canada}}
|36,626,000
|69.8%
|25,556,000
|-
|7
|{{flagcountry|United States}}
|326,474,000
|69.3%
|226,289,000
|-
|8
|{{flagcountry|Netherlands}}
|17,033,000
|68.8%
|11,720,000
|-
|9
|{{flagcountry|Germany}}
|80,636,000
|68.8%
|55,492,000
|-
|10
|{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}
|65,511,000
|68.6%
|44,953,000
|-
|11
|{{flagcountry|Australia}}
|24,642,000
|67.7%
|16,671,000
|-
|12
|{{flagcountry|Belgium}}
|11,444,000
|67.3%
|7,706,000
|-
|13
|{{flagcountry|Spain}}
|46,070,000
|66.8%
|30,771,000
|-
|14
|{{flagcountry|Azerbaijan}}
|9,974,000
|66.4%
|6,619,000
|-
|15
|{{flagcountry|Italy}}
|59,798,000
|65.8%
|39,323,000
|-
|16
|{{flagcountry|France}}
|64,939,000
|65.3%
|42,399,000
|-
|17
|{{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}}
|32,743,000
|65.2%
|21,337,000
|-
|18
|{{flagcountry|Portugal}}
|10,265,000
|65.0%
|6,672,000
|-
|19
|{{flagcountry|Czech Republic}}
|10,555,000
|64.8%
|6,835,000
|-
|20
|{{flagcountry|Malaysia}}
|31,164,000
|64.1%
|19,967,000
|-
|21
|{{flagcountry|Poland}}
|38,564,000
|63.4%
|24,431,000
|-
|22
|{{flagcountry|Greece}}
|10,893,000
|59.5%
|6,484,000
|-
|23
|{{flagcountry|Chile}}
|18,313,000
|56.0%
|10,254,000
|-
|24
|{{flagcountry|Romania}}
|19,238,000
|56.0%
|10,772,000
|-
|25
|{{flagcountry|Russia}}
|143,375,000
|54.7%
|78,364,000
|-
|26
|{{flagcountry|China}}
|1,388,233,000
|51.7%
|717,310,000
|-
|27
|{{flagcountry|Japan}}
|126,045,000
|50.1%
|63,089,000
|-
|28
|{{flagcountry|Turkey}}
|80,418,000
|49.8%
|40,010,000
|-
|29
|{{flagcountry|Argentina}}
|44,272,000
|48.2%
|21,329,000
|-
|30
|{{flagcountry|Mexico}}
|130,223,000
|40.7%
|52,993,000
|-
|31
|{{flagcountry|Thailand}}
|68,298,000
|40.5%
|27,628,000
|-
|32
|{{flagcountry|Kazakhstan}}
|18,064,000
|39.2%
|7,078,000
|-
|33
|{{flagcountry|Brazil}}
|211,243,000
|37.7%
|79,578,000
|-
|34
|{{flagcountry|Iran}}
|80,946,000
|37.1%
|30,000,000
|-
|35
|{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}
|31,926,000
|36.2%
|11,559,000
|-
|36
|{{flagcountry|South Africa}}
|55,436,000
|36.2%
|20,089,000
|-
|37
|{{flagcountry|Peru}}
|32,166,000
|36.0%
|11,585,000
|-
|38
|{{flagcountry|Colombia}}
|49,068,000
|35.4%
|17,361,000
|-
|39
|{{flagcountry|Morocco}}
|35,241,000
|33.4%
|11,755,000
|-
|40
|{{flagcountry|Algeria}}
|41,064,000
|32.4%
|13,293,000
|-
|41
|{{flagcountry|Egypt}}
|95,215,000
|30.4%
|28,958,000
|-
|42
|{{flagcountry|Vietnam}}
|95,415,000
|26.4%
|25,162,000
|-
|43
|{{flagcountry|Ukraine}}
|44,405,000
|23.5%
|10,448,000
|-
|44
|{{flagcountry|Philippines}}
|103,797,000
|23.3%
|24,173,000
|-
|45
|{{flagcountry|India}}
|1,342,513,000
|22.3%
|300,124,000
|-
|46
|{{flagcountry|Indonesia}}
|263,510,000
|20.7%
|54,494,000
|-
|47
|{{flagcountry|Iraq}}
|38,654,000
|19.9%
|7,709,000
|-
|48
|{{flagcountry|Nigeria}}
|191,836,000
|14.8%
|28,381,000
|-
|49
|{{flagcountry|Pakistan}}
|200,814,000 <!--was 202,874,181-->
|6.7% <!-- was 6.5% then changed to 26% that Statistica has, for non-unique users? -->
|13,505,343
|-
|50
|{{flagcountry|Bangladesh}}
|164,828,000
|5.2%
|8,578,000
|}

== 2016 rankings ==
The following list of countries by smartphone penetration was measured by the Pew Research Center survey conducted in 40 nations among 45,435 respondents from March 25 to May 27, 2015.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |last=Poushter |first=Jacob |url=http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/02/22/smartphone-ownership-and-internet-usage-continues-to-climb-in-emerging-economies/ |title=Smartphone Ownership and Internet Usage Continues to Climb in Emerging Economies &#124; Pew Research Center |website=Pewglobal.org |date=22 February 2016 |access-date=2016-02-23 |archive-date=2016-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223081247/http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/02/22/smartphone-ownership-and-internet-usage-continues-to-climb-in-emerging-economies/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank !! Country !! % of adults<br />owning a smartphone !! Relative size
|-

|  1 || {{flagcountry|South Korea}}        || {{bartable|88||5}}
|-
|  2 || {{flagcountry|Australia}}        || {{bartable|77||5}}
|-
|  3 || {{flagcountry|Israel}}        || {{bartable|74||5}}
|-
|  4 || {{flagcountry|United States}}         || {{bartable|72||5}}
|-
|  5 || {{flagcountry|Spain}} || {{bartable|71||5}}
|-
|6
|{{flagcountry|New Zealand}}
|70
|<span style="display:none;">71</span><div style="width:355px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;">&nbsp;</div>
|-
|7|| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}        || {{bartable|68||5}}
|-
|8|| {{flagcountry|Canada}}       || {{bartable|67||5}}
|-
|9|| {{flagcountry|Chile}}          || {{bartable|65||5}}
|-
|10|| {{flagcountry|Malaysia}}        || {{bartable|65||5}}
|-
|11|| {{flagcountry|Germany}}        || {{bartable|60||5}}
|-
|12|| {{flagcountry|Italy}}        || {{bartable|60||5}}
|-
|13|| {{flagcountry|Turkey}}       || {{bartable|59||5}}
|-
|14|| {{flagcountry|China}}         || {{bartable|59||5}}
|-
|15|| {{flagcountry|Palestine}}        || {{bartable|57||5}}
|-
|16|| {{flagcountry|Lebanon}}      || {{bartable|52||5}}
|-
|17|| {{flagcountry|Jordan}}    || {{bartable|51||5}}
|-
|18|| {{flagcountry|France}} || {{bartable|49||5}}
|-
|19|| {{flagcountry|Argentina}}       || {{bartable|48||5}}
|-
|20|| {{flagcountry|India}}    || {{bartable|45||5}}
|-
|21|| {{flagcountry|Russia}}    || {{bartable|45||5}}
|-
|22|| {{flagcountry|Brazil}}    || {{bartable|41||5}}
|-
|23|| {{flagcountry|Poland}}          || {{bartable|41||5}}
|-
|24|| {{flagcountry|Japan}}  || {{bartable|39||5}}
|-
|25|| {{flagcountry|South Africa}}         || {{bartable|37||5}}
|-
|26|| {{flagcountry|Vietnam}}    || {{bartable|35||5}}
|-
|27|| {{flagcountry|Mexico}}          || {{bartable|35||5}}
|-
|28|| {{flagcountry|Nigeria}}  || {{bartable|28||5}}
|-
|29|| {{flagcountry|Ukraine}}         || {{bartable|27||5}}
|-
|30|| {{flagcountry|Kenya}}  || {{bartable|26||5}}
|-
|31|| {{flagcountry|Peru}}         || {{bartable|25||5}}
|-
|32|| {{flagcountry|Philippines}}    || {{bartable|22||5}}
|-
|33|| {{flagcountry|Ghana}}          || {{bartable|21||5}}
|-
|34|| {{flagcountry|Indonesia}}  || {{bartable|21||5}}
|-
|38||{{flagcountry|Pakistan}}|| {{bartable|19||5}}
|-
|35|| {{flagcountry|Senegal}}         || {{bartable|19||5}}
|-
|36|| {{flagcountry|Fiji}}         || {{bartable|17||5}}
|-
|37|| {{flagcountry|Burkina Faso}}    || {{bartable|14||5}}
|-
|39|| {{flagcountry|Tanzania}}  || {{bartable|11||5}}
|-
|40|| {{flagcountry|Ethiopia}}         || {{bartable|4||5}}
|-
|41|| {{flagcountry|Uganda}}         || {{bartable|4||5}}
|}

A different research performed by eMarketer indicates that the smartphone penetration in Denmark is 81%.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |url=https://www.emarketer.com/Article/Denmarks-Smartphone-Market-Nears-Saturation/1012620 |title=Denmark's Smartphone Market Nears Saturation |website=eMarketer |access-date=2015-06-18 |archive-date=2015-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621062930/http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Denmarks-Smartphone-Market-Nears-Saturation/1012620 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== 2015 rankings ==
The following list of countries by smartphone penetration was measured by the Pew Research Center survey conducted in 40 nations among 45,435 respondents from March 25 to May 27, 2015.<ref name="auto"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank !! Country !! % of adults<br />owning a smartphone !! Relative size
|-

|  1 || {{flagcountry|South Korea}}        || {{bartable|88||5}}
|-
|  2 || {{flagcountry|Australia}}        || {{bartable|77||5}}
|-
|  3 || {{flagcountry|Israel}}        || {{bartable|74||5}}
|-
|  4 || {{flagcountry|United States}}         || {{bartable|72||5}}
|-
|  5 || {{flagcountry|Spain}} || {{bartable|71||5}}
|-
|6
|{{flagcountry|New Zealand}}
|70
|<span style="display:none;">71</span><div style="width:355px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;">&nbsp;</div>
|-
|7|| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}        || {{bartable|68||5}}
|-
|8|| {{flagcountry|Canada}}       || {{bartable|67||5}}
|-
|9|| {{flagcountry|Chile}}          || {{bartable|65||5}}
|-
|10|| {{flagcountry|Malaysia}}        || {{bartable|65||5}}
|-
|11|| {{flagcountry|Germany}}        || {{bartable|60||5}}
|-
|12|| {{flagcountry|Italy}}        || {{bartable|60||5}}
|-
|13|| {{flagcountry|Turkey}}       || {{bartable|59||5}}
|-
|14|| {{flagcountry|China}}         || {{bartable|58||5}}
|-
|15|| {{flagcountry|Palestine}}        || {{bartable|57||5}}
|-
|16|| {{flagcountry|Lebanon}}      || {{bartable|52||5}}
|-
|17|| {{flagcountry|Jordan}}    || {{bartable|51||5}}
|-
|18|| {{flagcountry|France}} || {{bartable|49||5}}
|-
|19|| {{flagcountry|Argentina}}       || {{bartable|48||5}}
|-
|20|| {{flagcountry|Venezuela}}    || {{bartable|45||5}}
|-
|21|| {{flagcountry|Russia}}    || {{bartable|45||5}}
|-
|22|| {{flagcountry|Brazil}}    || {{bartable|41||5}}
|-
|23|| {{flagcountry|Poland}}          || {{bartable|41||5}}
|-
|24|| {{flagcountry|Japan}}  || {{bartable|39||5}}
|-
|25|| {{flagcountry|South Africa}}         || {{bartable|37||5}}
|-
|26|| {{flagcountry|Vietnam}}    || {{bartable|35||5}}
|-
|27|| {{flagcountry|Mexico}}          || {{bartable|35||5}}
|-
|28|| {{flagcountry|Nigeria}}  || {{bartable|28||5}}
|-
|29|| {{flagcountry|Ukraine}}         || {{bartable|27||5}}
|-
|30|| {{flagcountry|Kenya}}  || {{bartable|26||5}}
|-
|31|| {{flagcountry|Peru}}         || {{bartable|25||5}}
|-
|32|| {{flagcountry|Philippines}}    || {{bartable|22||5}}
|-
|33|| {{flagcountry|Ghana}}          || {{bartable|21||5}}
|-
|34|| {{flagcountry|Indonesia}}  || {{bartable|21||5}}
|-
|35|| {{flagcountry|Senegal}}         || {{bartable|19||5}}
|-
|36|| {{flagcountry|India}}         || {{bartable|17||5}}
|-
|37|| {{flagcountry|Burkina Faso}}    || {{bartable|14||5}}
|-
|38|| {{flagcountry|Pakistan}}          || {{bartable|14||5}}
|-
|39|| {{flagcountry|Tanzania}}  || {{bartable|11||5}}
|-
|40|| {{flagcountry|Ethiopia}}         || {{bartable|4||5}}
|-
|41|| {{flagcountry|Uganda}}         || {{bartable|4||5}}
|}

A different research performed by eMarketer indicates that the smartphone penetration in Denmark is 81%.<ref name="auto1"/>

== 2013 rankings ==
The following list of the countries by smartphone penetration was measured by [[Company:Google|Google]]'s Our Mobile Planet in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://think.withgoogle.com/mobileplanet/en/ |title=Think with Google |publisher=Think with Google |access-date=2016-03-20 |archive-date=2015-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108105101/http://think.withgoogle.com/mobileplanet/en/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=By Zoe Fox2013-08-27 14:52:34 UTC |url=http://mashable.com/2013/08/27/global-smartphone-penetration/ |title=The 15 Countries With the Highest Smartphone Pentration |publisher=Mashable.com |date=2013-08-27 |access-date=2016-03-20 |archive-date=2018-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226072010/https://mashable.com/2013/08/27/global-smartphone-penetration/%20 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width:20%;"
|-
!Rank!!Country/Territory!!Penetration
|-
| 1 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|UAE}} || 73.8%
|-
| 2 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|South Korea}} || 73.0%
|-
| 3 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} || 72.8%
|-
| 4 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Singapore}} || 71.7%
|-
| 5 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Norway}} || 67.5%
|-
| 6 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Australia}} || 64.6%
|-
| 7 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Sweden}} || 62.9%
|-
| 8 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Hong Kong}} || 62.8%
|-
| 9 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}} || 62.2%
|-
| 10 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Denmark}} || 59.0%
|-
| 11 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Ireland}} || 57.0%
|-
| 12 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Israel}} || 56.6%
|-
| 13 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Canada}} || 56.4%
|-
| 14 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|United States}} || 56.4%
|-
| 15 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Spain}} || 55.4%
|-
| 16 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Switzerland}} || 54.0%
|-
| 17 || style="text-align: left" |  {{flagcountry|New Zealand}} || 53.6%
|-
| 18 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Netherlands}} || 52.0%
|-
| 19 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Taiwan}} || 50.8%
|-
| 20 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Austria}} || 48.0%
|-
| 21 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|China}} || 46.9%
|-
| 22 || style="text-align: left" |  {{flagcountry|Slovakia}} || 45.9%
|-
| 23 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Finland}} || 45.5%
|-
| 24 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|France}} || 42.3%
|-
| 25 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Czech Republic}} || 41.6%
|-
| 26 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Italy}} || 41.3%
|-
| 27 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Germany}} || 39.8%
|-
| 28 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|South Africa}} || 39.8%
|-
| 29 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Philippines}} || 38.7%
|-
| 30 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Mexico}} || 36.8%
|-
| 31 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Russia}} || 36.2%
|-
| 32 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Poland}} || 35.0%
|-
| 33 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Malaysia}} || 34.5%
|-
| 34 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Hungary}} || 34.4%
|-
| 35 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Belgium}} || 33.5%
|-
| 36 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Greece}} || 32.5%
|-
| 37 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Portugal}} || 32.1%
|-
| 38 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Thailand}} || 31.0%
|-
| 39 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Argentina}} || 30.7%
|-
| 40 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Turkey}} || 29.6%
|-
| 41 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Romania}} || 27.9%
|-
| 42 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Brazil}} || 26.3%
|-
| 43 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Japan}} || 24.7%
|-
| 44 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Vietnam}} || 19.7%
|-
| 45 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Indonesia}} || 14.0%
|-
| 46 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|Ukraine}} || 14.4%
|-
| 47 || style="text-align: left" | {{flagcountry|India}} || 12.8%
|}

== See also ==
* List of sovereign states by number of broadband Internet subscriptions
* List of countries by number of Internet users
* List of countries by number of telephone lines in use
* List of mobile network operators
* List of multiple-system operators
* List of telephone operating companies

== References ==
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Smartphones|Penetration,Country]]

{{Sourceattribution|List of countries by smartphone penetration}}