How many smartphones are in use worldwide?

Technology easy Data from 2024

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Answer in smartphones. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

7,200,000,000 smartphones

Roughly 7.2B.

There are roughly 7.2 billion smartphones in use — very close to one per person alive, though ownership is concentrated and many people have two. More people have a mobile phone than have a flushing toilet.

Where this number comes from

Source GSMA Intelligence
Figure refers to 2024
Last checked
Unit smartphones

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