How many people smoke worldwide?
World medium Data from 2023
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The answer
1,250,000,000 smokers
Roughly 1.3B.
About 1.25 billion adults smoke, roughly one in five people over 15. The number has fallen for a decade even as world population grew, but tobacco still kills over 8 million people a year — more than malaria, tuberculosis and HIV combined.
Where this number comes from
| Source | World Health Organization |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | smokers |
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