Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country

This is a list of countries by estimated number of privately owned guns per 100 persons. The Small Arms Survey 2017^[1] provides estimates of the total number of civilian-owned guns in a country. It then calculates the number per 100 people. This number for a country does not indicate the percentage of the population that owns guns. This is because individuals can own more than one gun.

Map of civilian guns per 100 people by country from the Small Arms Survey 2017^[1]

See also: Percent of households with guns by country. It gives the percent of households with guns. It is further broken down by the percent of households with handguns. Also, by the percent of adults living in armed households.

List of countries by estimated number of guns per 100 people

 

Household firearm ownership rate by U.S. state in 2016

All the numbers in the main column of the table below are from the annex table of Small Arms Survey 2017. The briefing paper for it says: "Numbers provided here include all firearms in civilian hands, both licit and illicit." The annex table where all the numbers in the main column come from also includes some sub-national areas and territories such as Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, Scotland, etc.^[1]

Sorting: Click the sorting cells below the header cells.

"Notes" column links to notes section below the chart. The notes below the table are for additional info including additional data and alternative rates so the main column stays in descending order.
United Kingdom.^{[note 1]} Small Arms Survey 2017 does not have a number for the UK.^[1] It only provides numbers for these countries which constitute the UK: Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales.
Region and subregion names. Table source uses United Nations geoscheme.^[3]
Computation method:

1. survey(s) and expert estimate(s)
2. expert estimate(s)
3. analogous comparison

Ranking by country for civilian-held firearms per 100 population. Small Arms Survey 2017.

	Country or subnational area	Estimate of civilian firearms per 100 persons	Region^[3]	Subregion^[3]	Population 2017	Estimate of firearms in civilian possession	Computation method	Registered firearms	Unregistered firearms	Notes
1	United States	120.5	Americas	North America	326,474,000	393,347,000	1	1,073,743	392,273,257 Est.	^[note 2]
2	Falkland Islands	62.1	Americas	South America	3,000	2,000	2	1,705	295
3	Yemen	52.8	Asia	Western Asia	28,120,000	14,859,000	2	N/A	N/A
4	New Caledonia	42.5	Oceania	Melanesia	270,000	115,000	2	55,000	60,000
5	Serbia	39.1	Europe	Southern Europe	6,946,000	2,719,000	2	1,186,086	1,532,914
89	South Africa	9.7	Africa	Southern Africa	55,436,000	5,351,000	2	3,000,000	2,351,000
6.2	Montenegro	39.1	Europe	Southern Europe	626,000	245,000	3	103,536	141,464
7	Canada	34.7	Americas	North America	36,626,000	12,708,000	2	2,081,442	10,626,558
8	Uruguay	34.7	Americas	South America	3,457,000	1,198,000	2	605,313	592,687
9	Cyprus	34.0	Asia	Western Asia	839,000	285,000	2	154,327	130,673
10	Finland	32.4	Europe	Northern Europe	5,541,000	1,793,000	1	1,542,396	250,604	^[note 3]
11	Lebanon	31.9	Asia	Western Asia	6,039,000	1,927,000	2	N/A	N/A
12	Iceland	31.7	Europe	Northern Europe	334,000	106,000	2	73,000	33,000
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	31.2	Europe	Southern Europe	3,793,000	1,185,000	2	353,000	832,000
14	Austria	30.0	Europe	Western Europe	8,592,000	2,577,000	1	837,000	1,740,000
15	North Macedonia	29.8	Europe	Southern Europe	2,083,000	621,000	2	169,687	451,313
16	Liechtenstein	28.8	Europe	Western Europe	38,000	11,000	3	N/A	N/A
17	Norway	28.8	Europe	Northern Europe	5,331,000	1,537,000	2	1,254,638	282,362	^[note 4]
18	Malta	28.3	Europe	Southern Europe	421,000	119,000	2	96,425	22,575
19	Switzerland	27.6	Europe	Western Europe	8,454,000	2,332,000	2	791,719	1,540,281
20	New Zealand	26.3	Oceania	Australasia	4,605,000	1,212,000	2	1,200,000	12,000
21	Kosovo	23.8	Europe	Southern Europe	1,831,000	436,000	2	43,206	392,794
22	Sweden	23.1	Europe	Northern Europe	9,921,000	2,296,000	1	1,955,478	340,522	^[note 5]
23	Greenland	22.3	Americas	North America	56,000	13,000	3	N/A	N/A
24	Pakistan	22.3	Asia	South Asia	196,744,000	43,917,000	2	6,000,000	37,917,000
25	Portugal	21.3	Europe	Southern Europe	10,265,000	2,186,000	1	1,400,000	786,000
26	France	19.6	Europe	Western Europe	64,939,000	12,732,000	1	4,501,235	8,230,765
27	French Guiana	19.6	Americas	South America	283,000	55,000	3	N/A	N/A
28	Germany	19.6	Europe	Western Europe	80,636,000	15,822,000	1	5,830,000	9,992,000	^[note 6]
29	Iraq	19.6	Asia	Western Asia	38,654,000	7,588,000	2	N/A	N/A
30	Monaco	19.6	Europe	Western Europe	38,000	7,000	3	N/A	N/A
31	Réunion	19.6	Africa	East Africa	873,000	171,000	3	N/A	N/A
32	Luxembourg	18.9	Europe	Western Europe	584,000	110,000	1	86,000	24,000
33	Bahamas	18.8	Americas	Caribbean	397,000	74,000	2	17,110	56,890
34	Jordan	18.7	Asia	Western Asia	7,877,000	1,473,000	2	120,000	1,353,000
35	Venezuela	18.5	Americas	South America	31,926,000	5,895,000	2	N/A	N/A	^[note 7]
36	Greece	17.6	Europe	Southern Europe	10,893,000	1,920,000	1	1,010,000	910,000
37	Northern Cyprus	17.4	Asia	Western Asia	349,000	61,000	2	49,142	11,858
38	Kuwait	16.7	Asia	Western Asia	4,100,000	685,000	3	39,000	646,000
39	Oman	16.7	Asia	Western Asia	5,312,100	792,000	3	N/A	N/A
40	Paraguay	16.7	Americas	South America	6,812,000	1,140,000	2	392,000	748,000
41	Qatar	16.7	Asia	Western Asia	2,338,000	390,000	3	N/A	N/A
42	Saudi Arabia	16.7	Asia	Western Asia	32,743,000	5,468,000	3	N/A	N/A
43	United Arab Emirates	16.7	Asia	Western Asia	9,398,000	1,569,000	3	N/A	N/A
44	U.S. Virgin Islands	16.6	Americas	Caribbean	107,000	18,000	2	N/A	N/A
45	Turkey	16.5	Asia	Western Asia	80,418,000	13,249,000	2	2,500,000	10,749,000
46	Suriname	15.9	Americas	South America	552,000	88,000	2	30,000	58,000
47	Guyana	15.8	Americas	South America	774,000	122,000	2	4,000	118,000
48	Slovenia	15.6	Europe	Southern Europe	2,071,000	324,000	1	127,094	196,906
49	Namibia	15.4	Africa	Southern Africa	2,569,000	396,000	2	200,010	195,990
50	Thailand	15.1	Asia	South-East Asia	68,298,000	10,342,000	2	6,221,180	4,120,820
51	Australia	14.5	Oceania	Australasia	24,642,000	3,573,000	2	3,158,795	414,205
52	Italy	14.4	Europe	Southern Europe	59,798,000	8,609,000	1	2,000,000	6,609,000
53	San Marino	14.4	Europe	Southern Europe	32,000	5,000	3	N/A	N/A
54	Andorra	14.1	Europe	Southern Europe	69,000	10,000	3	7,599	2,401
55	Honduras	14.1	Americas	Central America	8,305,000	1,171,000	2	475,000	696,000
56	Channel Islands	14.0	Europe	Western Europe	165,000	23,000	2	14,550	8,450
57	Croatia	13.7	Europe	Southern Europe	4,210,000	576,000	2	390,000	186,000
58	Lithuania	13.6	Europe	Northern Europe	2,831,000	385,000	2	127,984	257,016
59	Libya	13.3	Africa	North Africa	6,409,000	851,000	2	N/A	N/A
60	Mexico	12.9	Americas	Central America	130,223,000	16,809,000	2	3,118,592	13,690,408
61	Bahrain	12.8	Asia	Western Asia	1,419,000	181,000	3	N/A	N/A
62	Belgium	12.7	Europe	Western Europe	11,444,000	1,451,000	1	426,939	1,024,061
63	Afghanistan	12.5	Asia	South Asia	34,169,000	4,270,000	2	N/A	N/A
64	Czech Republic	12.5	Europe	Central Europe	10,555,000	1,323,000	2	806,895	516,105
65	Equatorial Guinea	12.5	Africa	Central Africa	894,000	112,000	2	N/A	N/A
66	Somalia (South Central)	12.4	Africa	East Africa	9,225,000	1,145,000	2	N/A	N/A
67	Puntland	12.3	Africa	East Africa	1,995,000	246,000	2	N/A	N/A
68	Russia	12.3	Europe	Eastern Europe	143,375,000	17,620,000	2	6,600,000	11,020,000
69	Chile	12.1	Americas	South America	18,313,000	2,220,000	2	763,182	1,456,818
70	Guatemala	12.1	Americas	Central America	17,005,000	2,062,000	2	520,792	1,541,208
71	Albania	12.0	Europe	Southern Europe	2,911,000	350,000	2	65,747	284,253
72	El Salvador	12.0	Americas	Central America	6,167,000	737,000	2	344,587	392,413
73	Somaliland	11.9	Africa	East Africa	3,823,000	456,000	2	N/A	N/A
74	Guam	11.5	Oceania	Melanesia	174,000	20,000	3	N/A	N/A
75	Puerto Rico	11.5	Americas	Caribbean	3,679,000	422,000	2	N/A	N/A
76	Angola	11.2	Africa	Central Africa	26,656,000	2,982,000	2	N/A	N/A
77	Northern Ireland	11.0	Europe	Western Europe	1,873,000	206,000	1	153,000	53,000
78	Panama	10.8	Americas	Central America	4,051,000	436,000	2	180,000	256,000
79	Hungary	10.5	Europe	Eastern Europe	9,788,000	1,023,000	1	211,300	811,700
80	Latvia	10.5	Europe	Northern Europe	1,945,000	205,000	2	70,000	135,000
81	Colombia	10.1	Americas	South America	49,068,000	4,971,000	2	706,210	4,264,790
82	Georgia	10.1	Asia	Western Asia	3,973,000	402,000	2	159,000	243,000
83	Samoa	10.1	Oceania	Polynesia	196,000	20,000	2	4,000	16,000
84	Belize	10.0	Americas	Central America	375,000	37,000	2	10,755	26,245
85	Costa Rica	10.0	Americas	Central America	4,906,000	493,000	2	235,631	257,369
86	Denmark	9.9	Europe	Northern Europe	5,712,000	567,000	1	340,000	227,000
87	Faroe Islands	9.9	Europe	Northern Europe	49,000	5,000	3	N/A	N/A
88	Ukraine	9.9	Europe	Eastern Europe	44,405,000	4,396,000	2	800,000	3,596,000
90	South Sudan	9.6	Africa	East Africa	13,096,000	1,255,000	2	N/A	N/A
91	Cayman Islands	9.2	Americas	Caribbean	62,000	6,000	3	1,556	4,444
92	Jamaica	8.8	Americas	Caribbean	2,813,000	246,000	2	45,915	200,085
93	Guadeloupe	8.5	Americas	Caribbean	472,000	40,000	2	5,500	34,500
94	Martinique	8.5	Americas	Caribbean	396,000	34,000	3	N/A	N/A
95	Saint Martin	8.5	Americas	Caribbean	32,000	3,000	3	N/A	N/A
96	Bulgaria	8.4	Europe	Eastern Europe	7,045,000	590,000	1	345,733	244,267
97	Brazil	8.3	Americas	South America	211,243,000	17,510,000	2	8,080,295	9,429,705
98	Mauritius	8.3	Africa	East Africa	1,281,000	106,000	2	N/A	N/A
99	Syria	8.2	Asia	Western Asia	18,907,000	1,547,000	2	N/A	N/A
100	Ghana	8.0	Africa	West Africa	28,657,000	2,280,000	2	1,236,128	1,043,872
101	Tonga	8.0	Oceania	Polynesia	108,000	9,000	2	N/A	N/A
102	Mongolia	7.9	Asia	East Asia	3,052,000	242,000	3	46,982	195,018
103	Spain	7.5	Europe	Southern Europe	46,070,000	3,464,000	1	2,683,542	780,458
104	Argentina	7.4	Americas	South America	44,272,000	3,256,000	2	1,562,332	1,693,668
105	Dominican Republic	7.4	Americas	Caribbean	10,767,000	795,000	2	333,426	461,574
106	Iran	7.3	Asia	South Asia	80,946,000	5,890,000	2	N/A	N/A
107	Ireland	7.2	Europe	Western Europe	4,749,000	342,000	2	200,000	142,000
108	Israel	6.7	Asia	Western Asia	8,323,000	557,000	2	290,000	267,000
109	Sudan	6.6	Africa	North Africa	42,166,000	2,768,000	2	6,724	2,761,276
110	Gambia	6.5	Africa	West Africa	2,120,000	137,000	2	N/A	N/A
111	Slovakia	6.5	Europe	Central Europe	5,432,000	355,000	2	280,000	75,000
112	Dominica	6.2	Americas	Caribbean	73,000	5,000	3	N/A	N/A
113	Maldives	6.2	Asia	South Asia	376,000	23,000	2	N/A	N/A
114	Armenia	6.1	Asia	Western Asia	3,032,000	186,000	3	45,822	140,178
115	Belarus	6.1	Europe	Eastern Europe	9,459,000	581,000	3	130,000	451,000
116	Cape Verde	5.7	Africa	West Africa	533,000	31,000	2	N/A	N/A
117	Scotland	5.6	Europe	Western Europe	5,436,000	305,000	1	187,000	118,000
118	Antigua and Barbuda	5.4	Americas	Caribbean	94,000	5,000	2	1,449	3,551
119	Montserrat	5.4	Americas	Caribbean	5,000	300	3	N/A	N/A
120	India	5.3	Asia	South Asia	1,342,513,000	71,101,000	2	9,700,000	61,401,000
121	Nicaragua	5.2	Americas	Central America	6,218,000	323,000	2	142,260	180,740
122	Estonia	5.0	Europe	Northern Europe	1,306,000	65,000	1	47,000	18,000
123	Lesotho	4.8	Africa	Southern Africa	2,185,000	105,000	3	N/A	N/A
124	Morocco	4.8	Africa	North Africa	35,241,000	1,690,000	2	N/A	N/A
125	Eswatini	4.8	Africa	Southern Africa	1,320,000	64,000	3	10,000	54,000
126	Bermuda	4.6	Americas	North America	61,000	3,000	3	N/A	N/A
127	England &   Wales	4.6	Europe	Western Europe	58,877,000	2,731,000	1	1,870,735	860,265
128	Grenada	4.6	Americas	Caribbean	108,000	5,000	3	N/A	N/A
129	Cambodia	4.5	Asia	South-East Asia	16,076,000	717,000	2	N/A	N/A
130	Mozambique	4.5	Africa	East Africa	29,538,000	1,337,000	2	7,000	1,330,000
131	Ivory Coast	4.4	Africa	West Africa	23,816,000	1,049,000	3	2,500	1,046,500
132	Sint Maarten	4.2	Americas	Caribbean	40,000	2,000	3	N/A	N/A
133	Botswana	4.1	Africa	Southern Africa	2,344,000	97,000	2	32,901	64,099
134	Egypt	4.1	Africa	North Africa	95,215,000	3,931,000	2	250,000	3,681,000
135	Gibraltar	4.1	Europe	Southern Europe	32,000	1,000	1	N/A	N/A
136	Seychelles	4.1	Africa	East Africa	98,000	4,000	2	N/A	N/A
137	Vanuatu	3.9	Oceania	Melanesia	276,000	11,000	2	4,700	6,300
138	Azerbaijan	3.6	Asia	Western Asia	9,974,000	362,000	2	N/A	N/A
139	China	3.6	Asia	East Asia	1,388,233,000	49,735,000	2	680,000	49,055,000
140	Macau	3.6	Asia	East Asia	606,000	22,000	3	N/A	N/A
141	Hong Kong	3.6	Asia	East Asia	7,402,000	265,000	3	N/A	N/A
142	Philippines	3.6	Asia	South-East Asia	103,797,000	3,776,000	2	1,739,000	2,037,000
143	Barbados	3.5	Americas	Caribbean	286,000	10,000	3	3,000	7,000
144	Gabon	3.4	Africa	Central Africa	1,801,000	61,000	2	N/A	N/A
145	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3.4	Americas	Caribbean	57,000	2,000	3	N/A	N/A
146	Saint Lucia	3.4	Americas	Caribbean	188,000	6,000	3	N/A	N/A
147	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.4	Americas	Caribbean	110,000	4,000	3	2,865	1,135
148	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.4	Africa	Central Africa	198,000	7,000	3	N/A	N/A
149	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.3	Americas	Caribbean	35,000	1,000	2	300	700
150	Nigeria	3.2	Africa	West Africa	191,836,000	6,154,000	2	N/A	N/A
151	Trinidad and Tobago	3.2	Americas	Caribbean	1,369,000	43,000	2	10,550	32,450
152	Djibouti	3.1	Africa	East Africa	911,000	28,000	2	N/A	N/A
153	Laos	3.0	Asia	South-East Asia	7,038,000	215,000	3	N/A	N/A
154	Moldova	3.0	Europe	Eastern Europe	4,055,000	121,000	2	54,663	66,337
155	Kazakhstan	2.8	Asia	Central Asia	18,064,000	504,000	2	284,000	220,000
156	Kyrgyzstan	2.8	Asia	Central Asia	6,125,000	171,000	3	29,237	141,763
157	Mauritania	2.8	Africa	West Africa	4,266,000	120,000	2	N/A	N/A
158	Zimbabwe	2.8	Africa	East Africa	16,338,000	455,000	2	190,685	264,315
159	Aruba	2.6	Americas	Caribbean	105,000	3,000	3	N/A	N/A
160	Curaçao	2.6	Americas	Caribbean	160,000	4,000	3	N/A	N/A
161	Haiti	2.6	Americas	Caribbean	10,983,000	291,000	2	20,379	270,621
162	Netherlands	2.6	Europe	Western Europe	17,033,000	442,000	1	205,347	236,653
163	Northern Mariana Islands	2.6	Oceania	Micronesia	56,000	1,000	2	N/A	N/A
164	Romania	2.6	Europe	Eastern Europe	19,238,000	506,000	2	210,000	296,000
165	French Polynesia	2.5	Oceania	Polynesia	289,000	7,000	2	N/A	N/A
166	Poland	2.5	Europe	Eastern Europe	38,564,000	968,000	1	380,000	588,000	^[note 8]
167	Congo	2.4	Africa	Central Africa	4,866,000	119,000	2	N/A	N/A
168	Ecuador	2.4	Americas	South America	16,626,000	402,000	2	167,102	234,898
169	Sri Lanka	2.4	Asia	South Asia	20,905,000	494,000	2	35,000	459,000
170	Algeria	2.1	Africa	North Africa	41,064,000	877,000	2	200,000	677,000
171	Cameroon	2.1	Africa	Central Africa	24,514,000	510,000	2	N/A	N/A
172	Cuba	2.1	Americas	Caribbean	11,390,000	234,000	2	58,150	175,850
173	Liberia	2.1	Africa	West Africa	4,730,000	97,000	2	N/A	N/A
174	Bolivia	2.0	Americas	South America	11,053,000	218,000	3	10,982	207,018
175	Burundi	2.0	Africa	East Africa	11,936,000	238,000	2	N/A	N/A
176	Peru	2.0	Americas	South America	32,166,000	633,000	2	365,845	267,155
177	Senegal	2.0	Africa	West Africa	16,054,000	323,000	2	7,053	315,947
178	Central African Republic	1.8	Africa	Central Africa	5,099,000	94,000	2	N/A	N/A
179	Myanmar	1.6	Asia	South-East Asia	54,836,000	877,000	3	N/A	N/A
180	Vietnam	1.6	Asia	South-East Asia	95,415,000	1,562,000	2	N/A	N/A
181	Comoros	1.5	Africa	East Africa	826,000	12,000	2	N/A	N/A
182	Guinea-Bissau	1.5	Africa	West Africa	1,933,000	29,000	2	N/A	N/A
183	Kenya	1.5	Africa	East Africa	48,467,000	750,000	2	8,136	741,864
184	Nepal	1.5	Asia	South Asia	29,187,000	444,000	2	34,315	409,685
185	Brunei	1.4	Asia	South-East Asia	434,000	6,000	2	N/A	N/A
186	DR Congo	1.2	Africa	Central Africa	82,243,000	946,000	2	216	945,784
187	Tuvalu	1.2	Oceania	Polynesia	10,000	100	2	50	50
188	Mali	1.1	Africa	West Africa	18,690,000	206,000	2	N/A	N/A
189	Palestine	1.1	Asia	Western Asia	4,952,000	56,000	2	N/A	N/A
190	Tunisia	1.1	Africa	North Africa	11,495,000	123,000	3	3,408	119,592
191	Chad	1.0	Africa	Central Africa	14,965,000	151,000	2	N/A	N/A
192	Guinea	1.0	Africa	West Africa	13,291,000	130,000	2	N/A	N/A
193	Papua New Guinea	1.0	Oceania	Melanesia	7,934,000	79,000	2	27,043	51,957
194	Burkina Faso	0.9	Africa	West Africa	19,173,000	175,000	2	N/A	N/A
195	Zambia	0.9	Africa	East Africa	17,238,000	158,000	2	86,642	71,358
196	Bhutan	0.8	Asia	South Asia	793,000	6,000	3	4,309	1,691
197	Kiribati	0.8	Oceania	Melanesia	116,000	900	2	N/A	N/A
198	Tanzania	0.8	Africa	East Africa	56,878,000	427,000	2	115,850	311,150
199	Togo	0.8	Africa	West Africa	7,692,000	58,000	2	10,000	48,000
200	Uganda	0.8	Africa	East Africa	41,653,000	331,000	2	21,156	309,844
201	British Virgin Islands	0.8	Americas	Caribbean	31,000	300	2	48	252
202	American Samoa	0.7	Oceania	Polynesia	56,000	400	2	250	150
203	Madagascar	0.7	Africa	East Africa	25,613,000	168,000	2	N/A	N/A
204	Malaysia	0.7	Asia	South-East Asia	31,164,000	217,000	2	142,038	74,962
205	Micronesia	0.7	Oceania	Micronesia	106,000	700	2	N/A	N/A
206	Fiji	0.5	Oceania	Melanesia	903,000	5,000	2	1,538	3,462
207	Marshall Islands	0.5	Oceania	Melanesia	53,000	300	2	N/A	N/A
208	Niger	0.5	Africa	West Africa	21,564,000	117,000	2	2,000	115,000
209	Palau	0.5	Oceania	Melanesia	22,000	100	2	N/A	N/A
210	Rwanda	0.5	Africa	East Africa	12,160,000	66,000	2	N/A	N/A
211	Sierra Leone	0.5	Africa	West Africa	6,733,000	35,000	2	N/A	N/A
212	Bangladesh	0.4	Asia	South Asia	164,828,000	659,000	2	185,000	474,000
213	Eritrea	0.4	Africa	East Africa	5,482,000	23,000	2	N/A	N/A
214	Ethiopia	0.4	Africa	East Africa	104,345,000	377,000	2	N/A	N/A
215	Tajikistan	0.4	Asia	Central Asia	8,858,000	37,000	2	9,863	27,137
216	Turkmenistan	0.4	Asia	Central Asia	5,503,000	23,000	3	N/A	N/A
217	Uzbekistan	0.4	Asia	Central Asia	30,691,000	127,000	3	N/A	N/A
218	Benin	0.3	Africa	West Africa	11,459,000	33,000	2	N/A	N/A
219	Japan	0.3	Asia	East Asia	126,045,000	377,000	2	175,221	201,779
220	North Korea	0.3	Asia	East Asia	25,405,000	76,000	3	N/A	N/A
221	Malawi	0.3	Africa	East Africa	18,299,000	47,000	2	12,500	34,500
222	Singapore	0.3	Asia	South-East Asia	5,785,000	20,000	3	795	19,205
223	East Timor	0.3	Asia	South-East Asia	1,237,000	3,000	2	N/A	N/A
224	South Korea	0.2	Asia	East Asia	50,705,000	79,000	2	39,530	39,470
225	Solomon Islands	0.2	Oceania	Melanesia	606,000	1,000	2	N/A	N/A
226	Christmas Island	0.0	Asia	South-East Asia	2,000	–	2	N/A	N/A
227	Holy See	0.0	Europe	Southern Europe	1,000	–	2	N/A	N/A
228	Indonesia	0.0	Asia	South-East Asia	263,510,000	82,000	2	41,102	40,898
229	Nauru	0.0	Oceania	Melanesia	10,000	–	2	N/A	N/A
230	Taiwan	0.0	Asia	East Asia	23,405,000	10,000	2	5,000	5,000

Notes

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Some of the notes below refer to a previous version of the table that used numbers from Small Arms Survey 2007.^[17] So some of the info below may be out of date.

1.   United Kingdom. A GunPolicy.org page has a rate of 5.03 firearms per 100 people in 2017. 3.44 registered plus 1.59 illicit. That totals 5.03 per 100 people.^[2]
2.   United States. According to the Congressional Research Service, as of 2009^[update] there were roughly twice as many guns per capita in the United States as there were in 1968: more than 300 million guns in all.^[4][5]
3.   Finland. 1.5 million guns in 2016 in the official registry.^[6]
4.   Norway. 1.49 million guns in 2017 in the official registry.^[7]
5.   Sweden. According to the Swedish National Police Agency in 2006, there were a total of 656,000 individuals who had a license for one or more guns;^[8] 6.5% of the population. There were 2,032,000 guns or 21 guns per 100 residents. Of the 2,032,000 guns, 959,000 were rifles, 726,000 shotguns, 122,000 combination rifles, 88,000 pistols, 55,000 revolvers, 3,000 automatic guns and 78,000 weapons parts.
6.   Germany. The number of legal guns in Germany is about 7 per 100 residents.^[9] There are no reliable figures on the number of illegal guns in Germany.^[10] The figure of 20 million illicit guns (~24 per 100 residents) that is often cited on the web is an estimate attributed to the GdP, Germany's largest police union.^[11] This number is wildly out of range with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime's estimate on illicit guns (10% of the number of legal guns, corresponding to 0.5 million illicit guns or ~0.7 per 100 residents).^[12]
7.   Venezuela. The number displayed in this table is very likely a significant underestimation. The actual number of guns per 100 persons may vary to more, with an unestimated number of illegal firearms held by civilians, around to 9 to 15 million.^[13]
8.   Poland.The number of registered firearms in 2017 survey (380k) is taken from official data for the year 2014,^[14] even if data for the year 2016 (426k) should have been already available.^[15] As of 2021 there's 658k registered firearms.^[16]

See also

• List of countries by firearm-related death rate
• List of countries by guns and homicide

References

1. .^{[dead link]} June 2018 by Aaron Karp. Of Small Arms Survey. See box 4 on page 8 for detailed explanation of "Computation methods for civilian firearms holdings". See country table in annex PDF: . See publications home.
2. Guns in the United Kingdom — Firearms, gun law and gun control.
3. "M49 – Standard country or area codes for statistical use". United Nations Statistics Division. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
4. "Guns in America, By The Numbers". National Public Radio. 5 January 2016.
5. "Gun Control Legislation" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. 14 November 2012. p. 9.
6. "Aseiden määrä Suomessa vähenee – katso, missä ovat maan 1,5 miljoonaa asetta". Yle Uutiset. 18 January 2016.
7. (unverifiable) "Revisjonsrapport for 2017 om politiets behandling av våpensaker" (PDF). Riksrevisjonen.
8. "Arms legislation etc" (PDF) (in Swedish). National Police control ice. 31 May 2006.
9. "Deutschland, deine Waffen". 16 January 2018.
10. "Illegale Waffe im Schrank? Zeit, sie loszuwerden Seite 2/2: Die Zahl Illegaler Waffen – nichts als eine Dunkelziffer".
11. "Guns in Germany". Der Spiegel. 22 February 2013.
12. "Number of Privately Owned Firearms".
13. P.G. (7 July 2014). "Crime in Venezuela: Guns and money". The Economist. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
14. "Liczba osób, którym wydano pozwolenie na broń (stan na 31 grudnia 2014 r.)" [Number of persons, who were issued a firearms license (as of 31 December 2014)] (PDF) (in Polish). Polish Police. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
15. "Liczba osób, którym wydano pozwolenie na broń (stan na 31 grudnia 2016 r.)" [Number of persons, who were issued a firearms license (as of 31 December 2016)] (PDF) (in Polish). Polish Police. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
16. "Liczba osób, którym wydano pozwolenie na broń (stan na 31 grudnia 2021 r.)" [Number of persons, who were issued a firearms license (as of 31 December 2021)] (PDF) (in Polish). Polish Police. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
17. Keith Krause; Eric G. Berman, eds. (July 2022). "Small Arms Survey 2007 – Chapter 2. Completing the Count: Civilian Firearms". Geneva, Switzerland: Small Arms Survey. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

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