Linux Counter Summary Report

This is the Linux Counter summary as of Fri Jan 7 14:56:15 2005

There are 132455 persons registerd.
738 users have been registered by friends.
There are 124335 machines registered.

I guesstimate that between 0.2% and 5% of all Linux users have registered with the Linux Counter. So the total number of Linux users is probably between 2,649,100 and 66,227,500 people.

The history of the Linux user count

WHERE LINUX USERS LIVE

The table is sorted by number of Linux users divided by population

No		Country	Pers	P/Mpop	Mpop
1	FO	Faroe Islands (Føroyar)	47	1014.3	0.0
2	FI	Finland	3076	594.1	5.2
3	IS	Iceland	161	558.6	0.3
4	EE	Estonia	693	503.3	1.4
5	AQ	Antarctica	2	486.0	0.0
6	DK	Denmark	2365	440.5	5.4
7	NO	Norway	1950	427.8	4.6
8	FK	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	1	421.2	0.0
9	SE	Sweden	3074	345.0	8.9
10	LU	Luxembourg	113	257.0	0.4
11	AD	Andorra	15	234.4	0.1
12	MC	Monaco	7	233.3	0.0
13	NL	Nederland	3416	210.7	16.2
14	SI	Slovenia	410	206.4	2.0
15	GL	Greenland	11	189.0	0.1
16	AT	Austria	1496	185.3	8.1
17	NZ	New Zealand (Aotearoa)	716	184.5	3.9
18	PL	Poland	7095	183.7	38.6
19	CH	Switzerland	1271	177.3	7.2
20	GI	Gibraltar	5	170.6	0.0
21	BE	Belgium	1728	168.8	10.2
22	HU	Hungary	1706	167.3	10.2
23	SH	Saint Helena	1	147.4	0.0
24	ES	Spain	5660	141.8	39.9
25	CA	Canada	4341	140.0	31.0
26	IE	Ireland	516	134.3	3.8
27	DE	Germany	10871	131.7	82.5
28	AU	Australia	2365	122.3	19.3
29	PW	Palau	2	117.6	0.0
30	SM	San Marino	3	115.4	0.0
31	FR	France	6419	106.7	60.2
32	AS	American Samoa	5	106.4	0.0
33	LI	Liechtenstein	3	96.8	0.0
34	US	United States Of America	26129	91.4	285.9
35	MT	Malta	34	86.7	0.4
36	GB	United Kingdom	4976	84.5	58.9
37	MV	Maldives	25	83.3	0.3
38	LV	Latvia	200	83.1	2.4
39	IL	Israel	499	80.8	6.2
40	IT	Italy	4636	80.6	57.5
41	PT	Portugal	805	80.2	10.0
42	AW	Aruba	7	76.9	0.1
43	AG	Antigua and Barbuda	5	72.5	0.1
44	RO	Romania	1525	70.3	21.7
45	SG	Singapore	276	67.2	4.1
46	CZ	Czech Republic	675	65.8	10.3
47	CL	Chile	973	63.2	15.4
48	LT	Lithuania	228	61.8	3.7
49	BG	Bulgaria	465	59.1	7.9
50	KY	Cayman Islands	2	57.7	0.0
51	BR	Brasil	9428	54.6	172.6
52	NC	New Caledonia	12	54.5	0.2
53	RE	Reunion	39	53.4	0.7
54	MQ	Martinique	20	51.8	0.4
55	CY	Cyprus	40	50.6	0.8
56	BM	Bermuda	3	50.0	0.1
57	UY	Uruguay	163	48.5	3.4
58	MP	Northern Mariana Islands	2	45.5	0.0
59	BS	Bahamas	14	45.5	0.3
60	GU	Guam	7	44.3	0.2
61	CR	Costa Rica	181	44.0	4.1
62	HR	Croatia	199	42.7	4.7
63	SK	Slovakia	224	41.5	5.4
64	GR	Greece	435	40.9	10.6
65	DM	Dominica	3	39.5	0.1
66	BZ	Belize	9	39.0	0.2
67	PF	French Polynesia	9	38.0	0.2
68	MK	Macedonia	74	37.0	2.0
69	AR	Argentina	1293	34.5	37.5
70	AE	United Arab Emirates	90	33.9	2.7
71	BN	Brunei	11	32.8	0.3
72	CS	Serbia and Montenegro	339	32.2	10.5
73	BB	Barbados	8	29.9	0.3
74	FM	Micronesia, Federated States of	3	28.3	0.1
75	VC	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	26.8	0.1
76	BA	Bosnia and Herzegovina	108	26.6	4.1
77	MO	Macau	13	26.2	0.5
78	SV	El Salvador	167	26.1	6.4
79	QA	Qatar	15	26.1	0.6
80	PR	Puerto Rico	101	25.6	4.0
81	KR	Korea, Republic of	1182	25.1	47.1
82	TT	Trinidad and Tobago	32	24.6	1.3
83	KN	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	23.8	0.0
84	VE	Venezuela	586	23.8	24.6
85	MX	Mexico	2187	21.8	100.4
86	BH	Bahrain	14	21.5	0.7
87	MU	Mauritius	25	21.3	1.2
88	CU	Cuba	236	21.0	11.2
89	LB	Lebanon	72	20.2	3.6
90	PS	Palestine	51	19.6	2.6
91	PA	Panama	52	17.9	2.9
92	MY	Malaysia	399	17.6	22.6
93	BY	Belarus	173	17.0	10.1
94	TN	Tunisia	159	16.4	9.7
95	KW	Kuwait	32	16.2	2.0
96	ST	Sao Tome and Principe	2	15.7	0.1
97	UA	Ukraine	769	15.7	49.1
98	ZA	South Africa	666	15.2	43.8
99	TW	Taiwan	312	14.5	21.5
100	CO	Colombia	588	13.7	42.8
101	SC	Seychelles	1	13.2	0.1
102	KI	Kiribati	1	13.0	0.1
103	RU	Russia	1877	12.9	145.5
104	BO	Bolivia	102	12.0	8.5
105	GD	Grenada	1	11.8	0.1
106	GF	French Guiana	2	11.7	0.2
107	EH	Western Sahara	3	11.5	0.3
108	JM	Jamaica	28	10.8	2.6
109	PY	Paraguay	59	10.5	5.6
110	YT	Mayotte	1	9.9	0.1
111	GT	Guatemala	113	9.7	11.7
112	SR	Suriname	4	9.5	0.4
113	DO	Dominican Republic	80	9.4	8.5
114	TO	The Kingdom of Tonga	1	9.4	0.1
115	AN	Netherlands Antilles	2	9.2	0.2
116	PH	Philippines	694	9.0	77.1
117	EC	Ecuador	109	8.5	12.9
118	MD	Moldova	35	8.2	4.3
119	TR	Turkey	495	7.3	67.6
120	FJ	Fiji	6	7.3	0.8
121	AL	Albania	22	7.0	3.1
122	PE	Peru	177	6.8	26.1
123	NA	Namibia	12	6.7	1.8
124	JO	Jordan	30	5.9	5.1
125	ID	Indonesia	1084	5.2	209.4
126	KZ	Kazakhstan	75	4.7	16.1
127	NI	Nicaragua	24	4.6	5.2
128	CV	Cape Verde	2	4.6	0.4
129	SA	Saudi Arabia	90	4.3	21.0
130	AM	Armenia	15	4.0	3.8
131	HN	Honduras	26	4.0	6.6
132	GE	Georgia	20	3.8	5.2
133	OM	Oman	10	3.8	2.6
134	DZ	Algeria	115	3.7	30.8
135	TH	Thailand	217	3.4	63.6
136	LK	Sri Lanka	55	2.9	19.1
137	IN	India	2746	2.7	1025.1
138	IR	Iran	190	2.7	71.4
139	GY	Guyana	2	2.6	0.8
140	GA	Gabon	3	2.4	1.3
141	AZ	Azerbaijan	18	2.2	8.1
142	NP	Nepal	50	2.1	23.6
143	JP	Japan	256	2.0	127.3
144	KG	Kyrgyzstan	10	2.0	5.0
145	EG	Egypt	134	1.9	69.1
146	BW	Botswana	3	1.9	1.6
147	PK	Pakistan	256	1.8	145.0
148	TJ	Tajikistan	10	1.6	6.1
149	MN	Mongolia	4	1.6	2.6
150	KM	Comoros	1	1.4	0.7
151	SY	Syria	22	1.3	16.6
152	CM	Cameroon	20	1.3	15.2
153	LA	Laos	7	1.3	5.4
154	LY	Libya	7	1.3	5.4
155	MA	Morocco	35	1.2	30.4
156	ZW	Zimbabwe	14	1.1	12.9
157	VN	VietNam [Vie^.t Nam]	82	1.0	78.7
158	UZ	Uzbekistan	26	1.0	25.3
159	KE	Kenya	31	1.0	31.3
160	ZM	Zambia	10	0.9	10.6
161	SN	Senegal	9	0.9	9.7
162	CN	China	1063	0.8	1285.0
163	AO	Angola	11	0.8	13.5
164	ER	Eritrea	3	0.8	3.8
165	CI	Cote d'Ivoire	12	0.7	16.3
166	RW	Rwanda	5	0.6	7.9
167	GH	Ghana	11	0.6	19.7
168	MG	Madagascar	9	0.5	16.4
169	UG	Uganda	12	0.5	24.0
170	BD	Bangladesh	70	0.5	140.4
171	LS	Lesotho	1	0.5	2.1
172	HT	Haiti	4	0.5	8.3
173	BT	Bhutan	1	0.5	2.1
174	KH	Cambodia	6	0.4	13.4
175	TG	Togo	2	0.4	4.7
176	MM	Myanmar	20	0.4	48.4
177	NG	Nigeria	48	0.4	116.9
178	PG	Papua New Guinea	2	0.4	4.9
179	GN	Guinea	3	0.4	8.3
180	SD	Sudan	11	0.3	31.8
181	MW	Malawi	4	0.3	11.6
182	SO	Somalia	3	0.3	9.2
183	LR	Liberia	1	0.3	3.1
184	CG	Congo	1	0.3	3.1
185	TZ	Tanzania	10	0.3	36.0
186	YE	Yemen	5	0.3	19.1
187	AF	Afghanistan	5	0.2	22.5
188	IQ	Iraq	4	0.2	23.6
189	BJ	Benin	1	0.2	6.4
190	BI	Burundi	1	0.2	6.5
191	BF	Burkina Faso	1	0.1	11.9
192	ET	Ethiopia	4	0.1	64.5
193	MZ	Mozambique	1	0.1	18.6
194	KP	Korea (North)	1	0.0	22.4
195	XW	Somewhere	169	0.0	6069.2
196	CD	Democratic Republic of Congo	1	0.0	52.5

WHERE PEOPLE USE LINUX

Place	Users	Percent
not specified	2532	1.91%
work	63221	47.73%
school	27104	20.46%
home	119540	90.25%
somewhere	476	0.36%
TOTAL	132455	100.00%

NOTE: Some people gave more than one answer, so the number of answers is 212873

WHEN PEOPLE STARTED USING LINUX

This graph shows when people say they started to use Linux, and also the rate of registration with the Linux Counter.

Note: This is based on the people who answered this question, less the answers that were not computable or wildly wrong (such as starttimes before 1991 or after the current year).

The peaks in December occur because unknown month names are moved to December, in order to avoid giving an impression of too early adoption of Linux.

The two first large peaks in the registration rate probably correspond to the opening of the counter and the introduction of Web-based registration.

Among the implications one can read out of this graph is that it may take a while from the time someone starts using Linux until he registers with the counter.

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Harald@Alvestrand.no