Linux Counter Logo Linux Counter Summary Report

This is the Linux Counter summary as of Fri Mar 12 00:32:24 2010

There are 123790 persons registered.
There are 137658 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 2,475,800 and 61,895,000 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
1GSSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands21100000.00 0K
2AQAntarctica116628189.60 4K
3PNPitcairn Islands1022222.20 0K
4CCCocos (Keeling) Islands13021346.50 1K
5CXChristmas Island16010716.70 1K
6SHSaint Helena4706930.11 7K
7TVTuvalu5305888.89 9K
8VAVatican City State (Holy See)474761.90 1K
9AIAnguilla4404221.03 10K
10NRNauru2902822.93 10K
11TKTokelau402699.06 1K
12FKFalkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)602527.38 2K
13MSMontserrat2421879.26 13K
14GIGibraltar5531877.13 29K
15LILiechtenstein5571774.19 31K
16ADAndorra101241578.12 64K
17MCMonaco4681533.33 30K
18SMSan Marino35101346.15 26K
19FOFaroe Islands (Føroyar)50211032.80 48K
20GLGreenland4918841.88 58K
21CKCook Islands151789.47 19K
22AGAntigua and Barbuda537768.12 69K
23SJSvalbard and Jan Mayen20736.65 3K
24AWAruba614670.33 91K
25KYCayman Islands160461.81 35K
26NFNorfolk Island10452.69 2K
27ISIceland124111430.25 288K
28WFWallis and Futuna Islands60396.59 15K
29FIFinland18822702363.46 5.2M
30VGVirgin Islands (British)40303.14 13K
31EEEstonia398569293.51 1.4M
32BMBermuda171283.33 60K
33DKDenmark14881984277.15 5.4M
34NONorway12652127270.23 4.7M
35LULuxembourg10597238.76 440K
36SCSeychelles178223.68 76K
37SESweden16932717190.01 8.9M
38MTMalta6336160.71 392K
39PLPoland61616094159.48 38.6M
40NLNederland25113973152.84 16.4M
41NZNew Zealand (Aotearoa)545866140.46 3.9M
42TCTurks and Caicos Islands20139.84 14K
43CHSwitzerland9911773138.22 7.2M
44SISlovenia269346135.45 2.0M
45CLChile20741414134.67 15.4M
46ESSpain56875349133.12 42.7M
47BEBelgium13181862128.72 10.2M
48ATAustria9991799123.72 8.1M
49BBBarbados333123.13 268K
50ITItaly69917699121.58 57.5M
51KNSaint Kitts and Nevis50119.05 42K
52IEIreland443542115.33 3.8M
53BGBulgaria8451025114.42 7.4M
54BSBahamas3512113.64 308K
55CRCosta Rica435203105.76 4.1M
56CACanada31734374102.31 31.0M
57BNBrunei33298.51 335K
58UYUruguay32829297.59 3.4M
59QAQatar56797.39 575K
60AUAustralia1851270195.71 19.3M
61BZBelize221495.24 231K
62HUHungary960144695.09 10.1M
63DEGermany74581255090.54 82.4M
64BHBahrain571187.56 651K
65CZCzech Republic882114885.96 10.3M
66CYCyprus624578.38 791K
67GBUnited Kingdom4462635175.80 58.9M
68PTPortugal71083770.76 10.0M
69FRFrance4454657469.53 64.1M
70VEVenezuela169198668.65 24.6M
71ANNetherlands Antilles141464.52 217K
72USUnited States Of America187442491261.69 303.8M
73SKSlovakia33034961.07 5.4M
74ILIsrael36140158.48 6.2M
75HRCroatia27223958.43 4.7M
76ARArgentina2131165156.85 37.5M
77FMMicronesia, Federated States of6056.60 106K
78RORomania1175139754.17 21.7M
79KIKiribati4151.95 77K
80LVLatvia12313951.12 2.4M
81BRBrasil9706653250.58 191.9M
82LTLithuania18219549.34 3.7M
83GRGreece51856248.76 10.6M
84SRSuriname202147.73 419K
85MQMartinique193847.38 401K
86MVMaldives14546.67 300K
87RSSerbia441046.42 9.5M
88MEMontenegro29045.31 640K
89CUCuba45321440.31 11.2M
90SGSingapore16513040.17 4.1M
91MKMacedonia806640.00 2.0M
92DMDominica3239.47 76K
93STSao Tome and Principe5239.37 127K
94BABosnia and Herzegovina1488838.97 3.8M
95CVCape Verde17138.90 437K
96EHWestern Sahara10438.46 260K
97NCNew Caledonia81236.36 220K
98GFFrench Guiana6335.09 171K
99REReunion251934.20 731K
100ALAlbania1051433.39 3.1M
101GDGrenada3531.58 95K
102GTGuatemala36817531.49 11.7M
103AEUnited Arab Emirates824030.91 2.7M
104PAPanama894730.70 2.9M
105PFFrench Polynesia71029.54 237K
106SVEl Salvador18611129.06 6.4M
107PRPuerto Rico1097627.58 4.0M
108COColombia120577227.06 44.5M
109TNTunisia2639826.89 9.8M
110NINicaragua1288124.58 5.2M
111MXMexico2378190521.63 110.0M
112ECEcuador25816921.22 12.2M
113PSPalestine551021.15 2.6M
114PYParaguay1168520.58 5.6M
115UAUkraine96782320.34 47.5M
116BYBelarus20614420.30 10.1M
117RURussia2837262020.16 140.7M
118LCSaint Lucia3020.13 149K
119TLEast Timor (Timor Leste)15020.03 749K
120KWKuwait391419.79 2.0M
121PEPeru50426519.32 26.1M
122KMComoros14019.26 727K
123TOThe Kingdom of Tonga2118.79 106K
124LBLebanon653018.28 3.6M
125VCSaint Vincent and the Grenadines2017.86 112K
126JOJordan902217.82 5.1M
127BOBolivia14712117.77 8.3M
128MDMoldova606317.72 3.4M
129MYMalaysia38726717.10 22.6M
130FJFiji141017.03 822K
131MUMauritius191616.23 1.2M
132DZAlgeria4994016.18 30.8M
133TTTrinidad and Tobago201715.38 1.3M
134AMArmenia572215.05 3.8M
135DODominican Republic1276914.93 8.5M
136VUVanuatu3014.93 201K
137SASaudi Arabia2995814.22 21.0M
138ZASouth Africa57772013.01 44.3M
139OMOman34812.96 2.6M
140WSSamoa2012.58 159K
141BWBotswana17010.94 1.6M
142NANamibia194110.63 1.8M
143CGCongo33110.61 3.1M
144GYGuyana8510.48 763K
145PHPhilippines89855610.25 87.6M
146YTMayotte10 9.92 101K
147TRTurkey692424 9.63 71.9M
148LYLibya496 9.06 5.4M
149IDIndonesia1968824 8.29 237.5M
150JMJamaica204 7.70 2.6M
151TW台灣 - Taiwan176167 7.63 23.1M
152MAMorocco24248 7.17 33.8M
153HNHonduras4718 7.15 6.6M
154BTBhutan141 6.54 2.1M
155EGEgypt449128 5.49 81.7M
156LKSri Lanka10440 5.44 19.1M
157EREritrea200 5.24 3.8M
158SYSyria8618 5.18 16.6M
159KZKazakhstan7854 4.85 16.1M
160AFAfghanistan1081 4.81 22.5M
161IRIran314156 4.77 65.9M
162GAGabon65 4.75 1.3M
163DJDjibouti30 4.67 643K
164GEGeorgia2468 4.58 5.2M
165AZAzerbaijan357 4.32 8.1M
166AOAngola5810 4.29 13.5M
167SZSwaziland40 4.26 938K
168GQEquatorial Guinea20 4.26 470K
169BIBurundi270 4.15 6.5M
170RWRwanda328 4.03 7.9M
171IQIraq938 3.94 23.6M
172CFCentral African Republic120 3.17 3.8M
173MNMongolia86 3.13 2.6M
174BJBenin202 3.10 6.4M
175KGKyrgyzstan144 2.81 5.0M
176NPNepal5833 2.46 23.6M
177BFBurkina Faso290 2.45 11.9M
178INIndia25531313 2.221148.0M
179KRKorea, Republic of10461 2.20 47.3M
180SBSolomon Islands10 2.16 463K
181KHCambodia286 2.08 13.4M
182LALaos111 2.04 5.4M
183LSLesotho42 1.94 2.1M
184THThailand125102 1.91 65.5M
185ZWZimbabwe247 1.87 12.9M
186SDSudan572 1.79 31.8M
187KEKenya5622 1.79 31.3M
188TDChad140 1.72 8.1M
189CMCameroon2619 1.71 15.2M
190UZUzbekistan4327 1.70 25.3M
191GWGuinea-Bissau21 1.63 1.2M
192YEYemen313 1.62 19.1M
193LRLiberia50 1.61 3.1M
194MLMali188 1.54 11.7M
195TJTajikistan90 1.47 6.1M
196JPJapan186264 1.46 127.3M
197MRMauritania40 1.46 2.7M
198ZMZambia141 1.31 10.6M
199TGTogo63 1.29 4.7M
200VNVietNam [Vie^.t Nam]11045 1.28 86.1M
201SNSenegal122 1.24 9.7M
202TMTurkmenistan60 1.24 4.8M
203PGPapua New Guinea63 1.22 4.9M
204PKPakistan187118 1.11 167.8M
205UGUganda240 1.00 24.0M
206MGMadagascar165 0.97 16.4M
207BDBangladesh13751 0.89 153.5M
208SLSierra Leone422 0.87 4.6M
209HTHaiti72 0.85 8.3M
210GMGambia10 0.75 1.3M
211GHGhana138 0.66 19.7M
212TZTanzania2310 0.64 36.0M
213NENiger74 0.62 11.2M
214MMMyanmar289 0.58 48.4M
215CICote d'Ivoire91 0.55 16.3M
216CDDemocratic Republic of Congo3516 0.53 66.5M
217GNGuinea40 0.48 8.3M
218MWMalawi52 0.43 11.6M
219MZMozambique85 0.43 18.6M
220XWSomewhere24637 0.416069.2M
221CNChina526279 0.401330.0M
222ETEthiopia2621 0.33 78.3M
223SOSomalia31 0.33 9.2M
224NGNigeria4016 0.29 138.3M
225KPKorea (North)30 0.13 22.4M
226TFFrench Southern Territories153 0.00 0K
227BVBouvet Island200 0.00 0K
228HMHeard and McDonald Islands40 0.00 0K

WHERE PEOPLE USE LINUX

Place UsersPercent
not specified 3456 2.79%
work 66842 54.00%
not used 1 0.00%
school 30964 25.01%
home 113480 91.67%
somewhere 805 0.65%

The total number of answers is 215548 for 123790 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.