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Overview
The top 50 countries by smartphone users have a combined total of 2.7 billion smartphone users or 42.33% of their combined population.
Africa's top 3 countries by smartphone users are :
- Egypt - 27.8 million users (28% of population)
- Nigeria - 25.5 million users (13% of population)
- South Africa - 20.3 million users (35.5% of population)
Compare Africa's top two nations with most smartphone users - Egypt and Nigeria
Compare the smartphone user base and populations of Nigeria and South Africa
This data is derived from Newzoo's 2018 study of the top 50 countries/markets by smartphone users and penetration (refer to URL below). According to Newzoo, a smartphone user is defined as anyone using a smartphone at least once a month. These numbers come from Newzoo's annual Global Mobile Market Report and are derived based on considerations of a country's economic progression, demography, online population and inequality.
Top 10 ranks, by smartphone users in descending order ( rank and segment full dataset - 50 items )
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Video introduction of NewZoo's global mobile market research for 2019:
View our breakdown of countries with the most smartphone users by region below:
Asia's 15 countries with at least 10 million smartphone users- Europe's 13 countries with at least 10 million smartphone users
- Africa's 10 countries with at least 7 million smartphone users
- South America's 6 countries with at least 8 million smartphone users
- Worldwide: Top 50 countries by smartphone users.