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 provides estimates of the total number of civilian-owned guns in a country. It then calculates the number per 100 persons. This number for a country does not indicate the percentage of the population that owns guns.

List of countries by estimated number of guns per 100 people

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.
Country Estimate of civilian firearms per 100 personsRegionSubregionPopulation 2017Estimate of firearms in civilian possessionCompu-tation methodRegistered firearmsUnregistered firearmsNotes

1United States of America120.5AmericasNorth America326,474,000393,347,00011,073,743392,273,257
2Falkland Islands62.1AmericasSouth America3,0002,00021,705295
3Yemen52.8AsiaWestern Asia28,120,00014,859,0002N/AN/A
4New Caledonia42.5OceaniaMelanesia270,000115,000255,00060,000
5Montenegro39.1EuropeSouthern Europe626,000245,0003103,536141,464
6Serbia39.1EuropeSouthern Europe6,946,0002,719,00021,186,0861,532,914
7Canada34.7AmericasNorth America36,626,00012,708,00022,081,44210,626,558
8Uruguay34.7AmericasSouth America3,457,0001,198,0002605,313592,687
9Cyprus, Rep. of34.0AsiaWestern Asia839,000285,0002154,327130,673
10Finland32.4EuropeNorthern Europe5,541,0001,793,00011,542,396250,604
11Lebanon31.9AsiaWestern Asia6,039,0001,927,0002N/AN/A
12Iceland31.7EuropeNorthern Europe334,000106,000273,00033,000
13Bosnia and Herzegovina31.2EuropeSouthern Europe3,793,0001,185,0002353,000832,000
14Austria30.0EuropeWestern Europe8,592,0002,577,0001837,0001,740,000
15North Macedonia29.8EuropeSouthern Europe2,083,000621,0002169,687451,313
16Liechtenstein28.8EuropeWestern Europe38,00011,0003N/AN/A
17Norway28.8EuropeNorthern Europe5,331,0001,537,00021,254,638282,362
18Malta28.3EuropeSouthern Europe421,000119,000296,42522,575
19Switzerland27.6EuropeWestern Europe8,454,0002,332,0002791,7191,540,281
20New Zealand26.3OceaniaAustralasia4,605,0001,212,00021,200,00012,000
21Kosovo23.8EuropeSouthern Europe1,831,000436,000243,206392,794
22Sweden23.1EuropeNorthern Europe9,921,0002,296,00011,955,478340,522
23Greenland22.3AmericasNorth America56,00013,0003N/AN/A
24Pakistan22.3AsiaSouth Asia196,744,00043,917,00026,000,00037,917,000
25Portugal21.3EuropeSouthern Europe10,265,0002,186,00011,400,000786,000
26France19.6EuropeWestern Europe64,939,00012,732,00014,501,2358,230,765
27French Guiana19.6AmericasSouth America283,00055,0003N/AN/A
28Germany19.6EuropeWestern Europe80,636,00015,822,00015,830,0009,992,000
29Iraq19.6AsiaWestern Asia38,654,0007,588,0002N/AN/A
30Monaco19.6EuropeWestern Europe38,0007,0003N/AN/A
31Réunion19.6AfricaEast Africa873,000171,0003N/AN/A
32Luxembourg18.9EuropeWestern Europe584,000110,000186,00024,000
33Bahamas, The18.8AmericasCaribbean397,00074,000217,11056,890
34Jordan18.7AsiaWestern Asia7,877,0001,473,0002120,0001,353,000
35Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of18.5AmericasSouth America31,926,0005,895,0002N/AN/A
36Greece17.6EuropeSouthern Europe10,893,0001,920,00011,010,000910,000
37Cyprus, North17.4AsiaWestern Asia349,00061,000249,14211,858
38Kuwait16.7AsiaWestern Asia4,100,000685,000339,000646,000
39Oman16.7AsiaWestern Asia4,741,000792,0003N/AN/A
40Paraguay16.7AmericasSouth America6,812,0001,140,0002392,000748,000
41Qatar16.7AsiaWestern Asia2,338,000390,0003N/AN/A
42Saudi Arabia16.7AsiaWestern Asia32,743,0005,468,0003N/AN/A
43United Arab Emirates16.7AsiaWestern Asia9,398,0001,569,0003N/AN/A
44Virgin Islands 16.6AmericasCaribbean107,00018,0002N/AN/A
45Turkey16.5AsiaWestern Asia80,418,00013,249,00022,500,00010,749,000
46Suriname15.9AmericasSouth America552,00088,000230,00058,000
47Guyana15.8AmericasSouth America774,000122,00024,000118,000
48Slovenia15.6EuropeSouthern Europe2,071,000324,0001127,094196,906
49Namibia15.4AfricaSouthern Africa2,569,000396,0002200,010195,990
50Thailand15.1AsiaSouth-East Asia68,298,00010,342,00026,221,1804,120,820
51Australia14.5OceaniaAustralasia24,642,0003,573,00023,158,795414,205
52Italy14.4EuropeSouthern Europe59,798,0008,609,00012,000,0006,609,000
53San Marino14.4EuropeSouthern Europe32,0005,0003N/AN/A
54Andorra14.1EuropeSouthern Europe69,00010,00037,5992,401
55Honduras14.1AmericasCentral America8,305,0001,171,0002475,000696,000
56Channel Islands14.0EuropeWestern Europe165,00023,000214,5508,450
57Croatia13.7EuropeSouthern Europe4,210,000576,0002390,000186,000
58Lithuania13.6EuropeNorthern Europe2,831,000385,0002127,984257,016
59Libya13.3AfricaNorth Africa6,409,000851,0002N/AN/A
60Mexico12.9AmericasCentral America130,223,00016,809,00023,118,59213,690,408
61Bahrain12.8AsiaWestern Asia1,419,000181,0003N/AN/A
62Belgium12.7EuropeWestern Europe11,444,0001,451,0001426,9391,024,061
63Afghanistan12.5AsiaSouth Asia34,169,0004,270,0002N/AN/A
64Czech Republic12.5EuropeEastern Europe10,555,0001,323,0002806,895516,105
65Equatorial Guinea12.5AfricaCentral Africa894,000112,0002N/AN/A
66Somalia 12.4AfricaEast Africa9,225,0001,145,0002N/AN/A
67Puntland12.3AfricaEast Africa1,995,000246,0002N/AN/A
68Russian Federation12.3EuropeEastern Europe143,375,00017,620,00026,600,00011,020,000
69Chile12.1AmericasSouth America18,313,0002,220,0002763,1821,456,818
70Guatemala12.1AmericasCentral America17,005,0002,062,0002520,7921,541,208
71Albania12.0EuropeSouthern Europe2,911,000350,000265,747284,253
72El Salvador12.0AmericasCentral America6,167,000737,0002344,587392,413
73Somaliland11.9AfricaEast Africa3,823,000456,0002N/AN/A
74Guam11.5OceaniaMelanesia174,00020,0003N/AN/A
75Puerto Rico11.5AmericasCaribbean3,679,000422,0002N/AN/A
76Angola11.2AfricaCentral Africa26,656,0002,982,0002N/AN/A
7711.0EuropeWestern Europe1,873,000206,0001153,00053,000
78Panama10.8AmericasCentral America4,051,000436,0002180,000256,000
79Hungary10.5EuropeEastern Europe9,788,0001,023,0001211,300811,700
80Latvia10.5EuropeNorthern Europe1,945,000205,000270,000135,000
81Colombia10.1AmericasSouth America49,068,0004,971,0002706,2104,264,790
82Georgia10.1AsiaWestern Asia3,973,000402,0002159,000243,000
83Samoa10.1OceaniaPolynesia196,00020,00024,00016,000
84Belize10.0AmericasCentral America375,00037,000210,75526,245
85Costa Rica10.0AmericasCentral America4,906,000493,0002235,631257,369
86Denmark9.9EuropeNorthern Europe5,712,000567,0001340,000227,000
87Faroe Islands9.9EuropeNorthern Europe49,0005,0003N/AN/A
88Ukraine9.9EuropeEastern Europe44,405,0004,396,0002800,0003,596,000
89South Africa9.7AfricaSouthern Africa55,436,0005,351,00023,000,0002,351,000
90South Sudan9.6AfricaEast Africa13,096,0001,255,0002N/AN/A
91Cayman Islands9.2AmericasCaribbean62,0006,00031,5564,444
92Jamaica8.8AmericasCaribbean2,813,000246,000245,915200,085
93Guadeloupe8.5AmericasCaribbean472,00040,00025,50034,500
94Martinique8.5AmericasCaribbean396,00034,0003N/AN/A
95Saint Martin 8.5AmericasCaribbean32,0003,0003N/AN/A
96Bulgaria8.4EuropeEastern Europe7,045,000590,0001345,733244,267
97Brazil8.3AmericasSouth America211,243,00017,510,00028,080,2959,429,705
98Mauritius8.3AfricaEast Africa1,281,000106,0002N/AN/A
99Syrian Arab Republic8.2AsiaWestern Asia18,907,0001,547,0002N/AN/A
100Ghana8.0AfricaWest Africa28,657,0002,280,00021,236,1281,043,872
101Tonga8.0OceaniaPolynesia108,0009,0002N/AN/A
102Mongolia7.9AsiaEast Asia3,052,000242,000346,982195,018
103Spain7.5EuropeSouthern Europe46,070,0003,464,00012,683,542780,458
104Argentina7.4AmericasSouth America44,272,0003,256,00021,562,3321,693,668
105Dominican Republic7.4AmericasCaribbean10,767,000795,0002333,426461,574
106Iran, Islamic Republic of7.3AsiaSouth Asia80,946,0005,890,0002N/AN/A
107Ireland7.2EuropeWestern Europe4,749,000342,0002200,000142,000
108Israel6.7AsiaWestern Asia8,323,000557,0002290,000267,000
109Sudan6.6AfricaNorth Africa42,166,0002,768,00026,7242,761,276
110Gambia6.5AfricaWest Africa2,120,000137,0002N/AN/A
111Slovakia6.5EuropeEastern Europe5,432,000355,0002280,00075,000
112Dominica6.2AmericasCaribbean73,0005,0003N/AN/A
113Maldives6.2AsiaSouth Asia376,00023,0002N/AN/A
114Armenia6.1AsiaWestern Asia3,032,000186,000345,822140,178
115Belarus6.1EuropeEastern Europe9,459,000581,0003130,000451,000
116Cabo Verde 5.7AfricaWest Africa533,00031,0002N/AN/A
117Scotland5.6EuropeWestern Europe5,436,000305,0001187,000118,000
118Antigua and Barbuda5.4AmericasCaribbean94,0005,00021,4493,551
119Montserrat5.4AmericasCaribbean5,0003003N/AN/A
120India5.3AsiaSouth Asia1,342,513,00071,101,00029,700,00061,401,000
121Nicaragua5.2AmericasCentral America6,218,000323,0002142,260180,740
122Estonia5.0EuropeNorthern Europe1,306,00065,000147,00018,000
123Lesotho4.8AfricaSouthern Africa2,185,000105,0003N/AN/A
124Morocco4.8AfricaNorth Africa35,241,0001,690,0002N/AN/A
125Swaziland4.8AfricaSouthern Africa1,320,00064,000310,00054,000
126Bermuda4.6AmericasNorth America61,0003,0003N/AN/A
127England & Wales4.6EuropeWestern Europe58,877,0002,731,00011,870,735860,265
128Grenada4.6AmericasCaribbean108,0005,0003N/AN/A
129Cambodia4.5AsiaSouth-East Asia16,076,000717,0002N/AN/A
130Mozambique4.5AfricaEast Africa29,538,0001,337,00027,0001,330,000
131Côte d'Ivoire 4.4AfricaWest Africa23,816,0001,049,00032,5001,046,500
132Sint Maarten 4.2AmericasCaribbean40,0002,0003N/AN/A
133Botswana4.1AfricaSouthern Africa2,344,00097,000232,90164,099
134Egypt4.1AfricaNorth Africa95,215,0003,931,0002250,0003,681,000
135Gibraltar4.1EuropeSouthern Europe32,0001,0001N/AN/A
136Seychelles4.1AfricaEast Africa98,0004,0002N/AN/A
137Vanuatu3.9OceaniaMelanesia276,00011,00024,7006,300
138Azerbaijan3.6AsiaWestern Asia9,974,000362,0002N/AN/A
139China3.6AsiaEast Asia1,388,233,00049,735,0002680,00049,055,000
140China, Macao SAR3.6AsiaEast Asia606,00022,0003N/AN/A
141Hong Kong SAR, China3.6AsiaEast Asia7,402,000265,0003N/AN/A
142Philippines3.6AsiaSouth-East Asia103,797,0003,776,00021,739,0002,037,000
143Barbados3.5AmericasCaribbean286,00010,00033,0007,000
144Gabon3.4AfricaCentral Africa1,801,00061,0002N/AN/A
145Saint Kitts and Nevis3.4AmericasCaribbean57,0002,0003N/AN/A
146Saint Lucia3.4AmericasCaribbean188,0006,0003N/AN/A
147Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3.4AmericasCaribbean110,0004,00032,8651,135
148São Tomé and Principe3.4AfricaCentral Africa198,0007,0003N/AN/A
149Turks and Caicos Islands3.3AmericasCaribbean35,0001,0002300700
150Nigeria3.2AfricaWest Africa191,836,0006,154,0002N/AN/A
151Trinidad and Tobago3.2AmericasCaribbean1,369,00043,000210,55032,450
152Djibouti3.1AfricaEast Africa911,00028,0002N/AN/A
153Lao People's Democratic Republic3.0AsiaSouth-East Asia7,038,000215,0003N/AN/A
154Moldova, Republic of3.0EuropeEastern Europe4,055,000121,000254,66366,337
155Kazakhstan2.8AsiaCentral Asia18,064,000504,0002284,000220,000
156Kyrgyzstan2.8AsiaCentral Asia6,125,000171,000329,237141,763
157Mauritania2.8AfricaWest Africa4,266,000120,0002N/AN/A
158Zimbabwe2.8AfricaEast Africa16,338,000455,0002190,685264,315
159Aruba2.6AmericasCaribbean105,0003,0003N/AN/A
160Curaçao2.6AmericasCaribbean160,0004,0003N/AN/A
161Haiti2.6AmericasCaribbean10,983,000291,000220,379270,621
162Netherlands2.6EuropeWestern Europe17,033,000442,0001205,347236,653
163Northern Mariana Islands2.6OceaniaMicronesia56,0001,0002N/AN/A
164Romania2.6EuropeEastern Europe19,238,000506,0002210,000296,000
165French Polynesia2.5OceaniaPolynesia289,0007,0002N/AN/A
166Poland2.5EuropeEastern Europe38,564,000968,0001380,000588,000
167Congo, Republic of2.4AfricaCentral Africa4,866,000119,0002N/AN/A
168Ecuador2.4AmericasSouth America16,626,000402,0002167,102234,898
169Sri Lanka2.4AsiaSouth Asia20,905,000494,000235,000459,000
170Algeria2.1AfricaNorth Africa41,064,000877,0002200,000677,000
171Cameroon2.1AfricaCentral Africa24,514,000510,0002N/AN/A
172Cuba2.1AmericasCaribbean11,390,000234,000258,150175,850
173Liberia2.1AfricaWest Africa4,730,00097,0002N/AN/A
174Bolivia, Plurinational State of2.0AmericasSouth America11,053,000218,000310,982207,018
175Burundi2.0AfricaEast Africa11,936,000238,0002N/AN/A
176Peru2.0AmericasSouth America32,166,000633,0002365,845267,155
177Senegal2.0AfricaWest Africa16,054,000323,00027,053315,947
178Central African Republic1.8AfricaCentral Africa5,099,00094,0002N/AN/A
179Myanmar1.6AsiaSouth-East Asia54,836,000877,0003N/AN/A
180Vietnam1.6AsiaSouth-East Asia95,415,0001,562,0002N/AN/A
181Comoros1.5AfricaEast Africa826,00012,0002N/AN/A
182Guinea-Bissau1.5AfricaWest Africa1,933,00029,0002N/AN/A
183Kenya1.5AfricaEast Africa48,467,000750,00028,136741,864
184Nepal1.5AsiaSouth Asia29,187,000444,000234,315409,685
185Brunei Darussalam1.4AsiaSouth-East Asia434,0006,0002N/AN/A
186Democratic Republic of Congo1.2AfricaCentral Africa82,243,000946,0002216945,784
187Tuvalu1.2OceaniaPolynesia10,00010025050
188Mali1.1AfricaWest Africa18,690,000206,0002N/AN/A
189Palestinian Territories1.1AsiaWestern Asia4,952,00056,0002N/AN/A
190Tunisia1.1AfricaNorth Africa11,495,000123,00033,408119,592
191Chad1.0AfricaCentral Africa14,965,000151,0002N/AN/A
192Guinea1.0AfricaWest Africa13,291,000130,0002N/AN/A
193Papua New Guinea1.0OceaniaMelanesia7,934,00079,000227,04351,957
194Burkina Faso0.9AfricaWest Africa19,173,000175,0002N/AN/A
195Zambia0.9AfricaEast Africa17,238,000158,000286,64271,358
196Bhutan0.8AsiaSouth Asia793,0006,00034,3091,691
197Kiribati0.8OceaniaMelanesia116,0009002N/AN/A
198Tanzania, United Republic of0.8AfricaEast Africa56,878,000427,0002115,850311,150
199Togo0.8AfricaWest Africa7,692,00058,000210,00048,000
200Uganda0.8AfricaEast Africa41,653,000331,000221,156309,844
201Virgin Islands 0.8AmericasCaribbean31,000300248252
202American Samoa0.7OceaniaPolynesia56,0004002250150
203Madagascar0.7AfricaEast Africa25,613,000168,0002N/AN/A
204Malaysia0.7AsiaSouth-East Asia31,164,000217,0002142,03874,962
205Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0.7OceaniaMicronesia106,0007002N/AN/A
206Fiji0.5OceaniaMelanesia903,0005,00021,5383,462
207Marshall Islands0.5OceaniaMelanesia53,0003002N/AN/A
208Niger0.5AfricaWest Africa21,564,000117,00022,000115,000
209Palau0.5OceaniaMelanesia22,0001002N/AN/A
210Rwanda0.5AfricaEast Africa12,160,00066,0002N/AN/A
211Sierra Leone0.5AfricaWest Africa6,733,00035,0002N/AN/A
212Bangladesh0.4AsiaSouth Asia164,828,000659,0002185,000474,000
213Eritrea0.4AfricaEast Africa5,482,00023,0002N/AN/A
214Ethiopia0.4AfricaEast Africa104,345,000377,0002N/AN/A
215Tajikistan0.4AsiaCentral Asia8,858,00037,00029,86327,137
216Turkmenistan0.4AsiaCentral Asia5,503,00023,0003N/AN/A
217Uzbekistan0.4AsiaCentral Asia30,691,000127,0003N/AN/A
218Benin0.3AfricaWest Africa11,459,00033,0002N/AN/A
219Japan0.3AsiaEast Asia126,045,000377,0002175,221201,779
220Korea, DPR 0.3AsiaEast Asia25,405,00076,0003N/AN/A
221Malawi0.3AfricaEast Africa18,299,00047,000212,50034,500
222Singapore0.3AsiaSouth-East Asia5,785,00020,000379519,205
223Timor-Leste 0.3AsiaSouth-East Asia1,237,0003,0002N/AN/A
224Korea, Republic of 0.2AsiaEast Asia50,705,00079,000239,53039,470
225Solomon Islands0.2OceaniaMelanesia606,0001,0002N/AN/A
226Christmas Island0.0AsiaSouth-East Asia2,0002N/AN/A
227Holy See0.0EuropeSouthern Europe1,0002N/AN/A
228Indonesia0.0AsiaSouth-East Asia263,510,00082,000241,10240,898
229Nauru0.0OceaniaMelanesia10,0002N/AN/A
230Taiwan 0.0AsiaEast Asia23,405,00010,00025,0005,000