Linux Counter Logo Linux Counter Summary Report

This is the Linux Counter summary as of Tue Feb 9 18:32:28 2010

There are 124722 persons registered.
There are 138562 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 2,494,440 and 62,361,000 people.

The history of the Linux user count


The top curve shows the number of registered Linux users.
The bottom curve shows the number of "active" Linux users - those who have visited their account on the counter in the last 2 years.
In November 2001, "inactive" users were removed from the count; since January, the inactive users are removed continuously.

WHERE LINUX USERS LIVE

The table is sorted by number of users divided by population
No Country Pers Mach P/Mpop People
1AQAntarctica107626002.40 4K
2CCCocos (Keeling) Islands8013136.30 1K
3CXChristmas Island1409377.09 1K
4SHSaint Helena3304865.82 7K
5TVTuvalu3303666.67 9K
6VAVatican City State (Holy See)373571.43 1K
7AIAnguilla3002877.97 10K
8MSMontserrat2321800.96 13K
9TKTokelau201349.53 1K
10GIGibraltar3931331.06 29K
11ADAndorra83231296.88 64K
12MCMonaco3881266.67 30K
13NRNauru1301265.45 10K
14FKFalkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)301263.69 2K
15LILiechtenstein3871225.81 31K
16FOFaroe Islands (Føroyar)4522929.52 48K
17SMSan Marino2110807.69 26K
18GLGreenland3718635.71 58K
19CKCook Islands111578.95 19K
20AGAntigua and Barbuda376536.23 69K
21AWAruba446483.52 91K
22ISIceland117113405.97 288K
23SJSvalbard and Jan Mayen10368.32 3K
24FIFinland18962723366.17 5.2M
25KYCayman Islands120346.36 35K
26EEEstonia395570291.30 1.4M
27DKDenmark15042007280.13 5.4M
28NONorway12732155271.94 4.7M
29BMBermuda151250.00 60K
30VGVirgin Islands (British)30227.36 13K
31LULuxembourg9197206.93 440K
32WFWallis and Futuna Islands30198.29 15K
33SESweden17112745192.03 8.9M
34SCSeychelles149184.21 76K
35PLPoland62086172160.69 38.6M
36NLNederland25443985154.85 16.4M
37MTMalta6035153.06 392K
38NZNew Zealand (Aotearoa)542866139.69 3.9M
39CHSwitzerland9951767138.77 7.2M
40SISlovenia269350135.45 2.0M
41CLChile20851414135.38 15.4M
42ESSpain57225350133.94 42.7M
43ITItaly75857909131.91 57.5M
44BEBelgium13171858128.63 10.2M
45ATAustria10021801124.09 8.1M
46IEIreland448542116.64 3.8M
47BGBulgaria8531043115.50 7.4M
48CRCosta Rica438202106.49 4.1M
49BBBarbados283104.48 268K
50CACanada31944391102.98 31.0M
51HUHungary980147897.07 10.1M
52AUAustralia1847268895.51 19.3M
53UYUruguay32028195.21 3.4M
54BSBahamas291294.16 308K
55BNBrunei31292.54 335K
56DEGermany75551270291.72 82.4M
57QAQatar51688.70 575K
58BZBelize201486.58 231K
59CZCzech Republic883116686.06 10.3M
60BHBahrain521179.88 651K
61GBUnited Kingdom4488637376.25 58.9M
62CYCyprus594074.59 791K
63PTPortugal71083970.76 10.0M
64FRFrance4485658170.01 64.1M
65TCTurks and Caicos Islands1069.92 14K
66VEVenezuela170099969.02 24.6M
67USUnited States Of America191662506663.08 303.8M
68SKSlovakia33035561.07 5.4M
69ILIsrael36439858.97 6.2M
70HRCroatia27224058.43 4.7M
71ARArgentina2142165957.14 37.5M
72RORomania1170139553.94 21.7M
73ANNetherlands Antilles111450.69 217K
74BRBrasil9707651250.58 191.9M
75GRGreece52257049.13 10.6M
76LVLatvia11813849.04 2.4M
77LTLithuania17919648.52 3.7M
78KNSaint Kitts and Nevis2047.62 42K
79RSSerbia450047.37 9.5M
80FMMicronesia, Federated States of5047.17 106K
81MEMontenegro28043.75 640K
82MVMaldives13543.33 300K
83CUCuba45721440.67 11.2M
84SRSuriname172140.57 419K
85SGSingapore16613040.41 4.1M
86BABosnia and Herzegovina1509139.49 3.8M
87MKMacedonia776538.50 2.0M
88MQMartinique143834.91 401K
89REReunion252034.20 731K
90TLEast Timor (Timor Leste)24032.04 749K
91NCNew Caledonia71031.82 220K
92GTGuatemala36417231.15 11.7M
93ALAlbania971830.84 3.1M
94EHWestern Sahara8430.77 260K
95CVCape Verde13129.75 437K
96PAPanama854629.32 2.9M
97AEUnited Arab Emirates773829.02 2.7M
98SVEl Salvador18410928.75 6.4M
99PRPuerto Rico1077627.07 4.0M
100COColombia119176826.75 44.5M
101TNTunisia2589726.38 9.8M
102DMDominica2226.32 76K
103KIKiribati2125.97 77K
104NINicaragua1277724.39 5.2M
105PSPalestine571021.91 2.6M
106MXMexico2381191121.65 110.0M
107PFFrench Polynesia5921.10 237K
108GDGrenada2521.05 95K
109ECEcuador25316420.81 12.2M
110PYParaguay1148620.22 5.6M
111UAUkraine96183220.21 47.5M
112RURussia2832261020.13 140.7M
113PEPeru50426219.32 26.1M
114BYBelarus19414219.12 10.1M
115KWKuwait371418.77 2.0M
116MDMoldova616118.02 3.4M
117LBLebanon633017.72 3.6M
118GFFrench Guiana3317.54 171K
119BOBolivia14512317.52 8.3M
120JOJordan882117.42 5.1M
121MYMalaysia39327317.36 22.6M
122KMComoros12016.51 727K
123DZAlgeria4863715.76 30.8M
124MUMauritius181615.37 1.2M
125SASaudi Arabia3125814.84 21.0M
126TTTrinidad and Tobago191714.62 1.3M
127DODominican Republic1236814.46 8.5M
128LCSaint Lucia2013.42 149K
129ZASouth Africa59072213.31 44.3M
130AMArmenia502113.20 3.8M
131OMOman33812.58 2.6M
132WSSamoa2012.58 159K
133FJFiji101012.17 822K
134PHPhilippines89755510.24 87.6M
135NANamibia183910.07 1.8M
136VUVanuatu20 9.95 201K
137BWBotswana150 9.65 1.6M
138TRTurkey691431 9.61 71.9M
139TOThe Kingdom of Tonga11 9.39 106K
140VCSaint Vincent and the Grenadines10 8.93 112K
141LYLibya466 8.51 5.4M
142IDIndonesia1998877 8.41 237.5M
143CGCongo261 8.36 3.1M
144STSao Tome and Principe12 7.87 127K
145GYGuyana65 7.86 763K
146TW台灣 - Taiwan175164 7.58 23.1M
147JMJamaica194 7.31 2.6M
148MAMorocco24346 7.20 33.8M
149HNHonduras4518 6.85 6.6M
150EGEgypt463128 5.67 81.7M
151BTBhutan121 5.60 2.1M
152LKSri Lanka9838 5.13 19.1M
153SYSyria8418 5.06 16.6M
154IRIran311157 4.72 65.9M
155GEGeorgia2470 4.58 5.2M
156EREritrea170 4.46 3.8M
157AFAfghanistan981 4.36 22.5M
158KZKazakhstan6853 4.22 16.1M
159AOAngola5610 4.14 13.5M
160IQIraq948 3.99 23.6M
161AZAzerbaijan2812 3.46 8.1M
162RWRwanda268 3.27 7.9M
163SZSwaziland30 3.20 938K
164BIBurundi200 3.08 6.5M
165BJBenin182 2.79 6.4M
166CFCentral African Republic100 2.64 3.8M
167NPNepal5933 2.50 23.6M
168GAGabon35 2.38 1.3M
169MNMongolia67 2.34 2.6M
170INIndia25701316 2.241148.0M
171KRKorea, Republic of10163 2.14 47.3M
172GQEquatorial Guinea10 2.13 470K
173BFBurkina Faso250 2.11 11.9M
174KHCambodia266 1.93 13.4M
175THThailand123110 1.88 65.5M
176ZWZimbabwe246 1.87 12.9M
177KGKyrgyzstan94 1.81 5.0M
178SDSudan542 1.70 31.8M
179KEKenya5322 1.69 31.3M
180LALaos91 1.67 5.4M
181CMCameroon2419 1.58 15.2M
182DJDjibouti10 1.56 643K
183UZUzbekistan3826 1.50 25.3M
184TDChad120 1.48 8.1M
185MLMali178 1.46 11.7M
186JPJapan182255 1.43 127.3M
187YEYemen273 1.41 19.1M
188TJTajikistan80 1.30 6.1M
189VNVietNam [Vie^.t Nam]10845 1.25 86.1M
190SNSenegal122 1.24 9.7M
191PKPakistan192120 1.14 167.8M
192MRMauritania30 1.09 2.7M
193TGTogo53 1.07 4.7M
194TMTurkmenistan50 1.03 4.8M
195ZMZambia111 1.03 10.6M
196LSLesotho22 0.97 2.1M
197LRLiberia30 0.97 3.1M
198BDBangladesh13452 0.87 153.5M
199GWGuinea-Bissau11 0.81 1.2M
200PGPapua New Guinea43 0.81 4.9M
201MGMadagascar125 0.73 16.4M
202UGUganda150 0.62 24.0M
203TZTanzania2210 0.61 36.0M
204MMMyanmar269 0.54 48.4M
205GHGhana108 0.51 19.7M
206XWSomewhere24997 0.416069.2M
207CNChina537282 0.401330.0M
208CICote d'Ivoire61 0.37 16.3M
209HTHaiti32 0.36 8.3M
210GNGuinea30 0.36 8.3M
211NENiger44 0.36 11.2M
212ETEthiopia2519 0.32 78.3M
213CDDemocratic Republic of Congo2116 0.32 66.5M
214NGNigeria4117 0.30 138.3M
215MZMozambique55 0.27 18.6M
216MWMalawi32 0.26 11.6M
217SOSomalia21 0.22 9.2M
218SLSierra Leone123 0.22 4.6M
219KPKorea (North)10 0.04 22.4M
220BVBouvet Island180 0.00 0K
221TFFrench Southern Territories123 0.00 0K
222HMHeard and McDonald Islands10 0.00 0K

WHERE PEOPLE USE LINUX

Place UsersPercent
not specified 3056 2.45%
work 67411 54.05%
not used 1 0.00%
school 31356 25.14%
home 115066 92.26%
somewhere 540 0.43%

The total number of answers is 217430 for 124722 registered users.

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.