This is the Linux Counter summary as of Tue Feb 9 18:32:25 2010 There are 124721 persons registerd. 738 users have been registered by friends. 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 2,494,420 and 62,360,500 people. WHERE LINUX USERS LIVE The table is sorted by number of Linux users divided by population No Country Pers Fri Mach P/Mpop Mpop ====================================================================== 1 AQ Antarctica 107 0 6 26002.4 0.0 2 CC Cocos (Keeling) Islands 8 0 0 13136.3 0.0 3 CX Christmas Island 14 1 0 9377.1 0.0 4 SH Saint Helena 33 0 0 4865.8 0.0 5 TV Tuvalu 33 0 0 3666.7 0.0 6 VA Vatican City State (Holy See 3 0 7 3571.4 0.0 7 AI Anguilla 30 0 0 2878.0 0.0 8 MS Montserrat 23 0 2 1801.0 0.0 9 TK Tokelau 2 0 0 1349.5 0.0 10 GI Gibraltar 39 0 3 1331.1 0.0 11 AD Andorra 83 0 23 1296.9 0.1 12 MC Monaco 38 1 8 1266.7 0.0 13 NR Nauru 13 0 0 1265.5 0.0 14 FK Falkland Islands (Islas Malv 3 0 0 1263.7 0.0 15 LI Liechtenstein 38 0 7 1225.8 0.0 16 FO Faroe Islands (Føroyar) 45 0 22 929.5 0.0 17 SM San Marino 21 0 10 807.7 0.0 18 GL Greenland 37 0 18 635.7 0.1 19 CK Cook Islands 11 0 1 578.9 0.0 20 AG Antigua and Barbuda 37 0 6 536.2 0.1 21 AW Aruba 44 0 6 483.5 0.1 22 IS Iceland 117 0 113 406.0 0.3 23 SJ Svalbard and Jan Mayen 1 0 0 368.3 0.0 24 FI Finland 1896 18 2723 366.2 5.2 25 KY Cayman Islands 12 0 0 346.4 0.0 26 EE Estonia 395 6 570 291.3 1.4 27 DK Denmark 1504 5 2007 280.1 5.4 28 NO Norway 1273 17 2155 271.9 4.7 29 BM Bermuda 15 0 1 250.0 0.1 30 VG Virgin Islands (British) 3 0 0 227.4 0.0 31 LU Luxembourg 91 0 97 206.9 0.4 32 WF Wallis and Futuna Islands 3 0 0 198.3 0.0 33 SE Sweden 1710 25 2745 191.9 8.9 34 SC Seychelles 14 0 9 184.2 0.1 35 PL Poland 6208 18 6172 160.7 38.6 36 NL Nederland 2544 12 3985 154.9 16.4 37 MT Malta 60 0 35 153.1 0.4 38 NZ New Zealand (Aotearoa) 542 0 866 139.7 3.9 39 CH Switzerland 995 9 1767 138.8 7.2 40 SI Slovenia 269 1 350 135.4 2.0 41 CL Chile 2085 0 1414 135.4 15.4 42 ES Spain 5722 11 5350 133.9 42.7 43 IT Italy 7586 23 7909 131.9 57.5 44 BE Belgium 1317 5 1858 128.6 10.2 45 AT Austria 1002 11 1801 124.1 8.1 46 IE Ireland 448 1 542 116.6 3.8 47 BG Bulgaria 853 1 1043 115.5 7.4 48 CR Costa Rica 438 0 202 106.5 4.1 49 BB Barbados 28 0 3 104.5 0.3 50 CA Canada 3194 11 4391 103.0 31.0 51 HU Hungary 980 20 1478 97.1 10.1 52 AU Australia 1847 15 2688 95.5 19.3 53 UY Uruguay 320 0 281 95.2 3.4 54 BS Bahamas 29 0 12 94.2 0.3 55 BN Brunei 31 0 2 92.5 0.3 56 DE Germany 7555 72 12702 91.7 82.4 57 QA Qatar 51 1 6 88.7 0.6 58 BZ Belize 20 0 14 86.6 0.2 59 CZ Czech Republic 883 9 1166 86.1 10.3 60 BH Bahrain 52 0 11 79.9 0.7 61 GB United Kingdom 4490 34 6373 76.3 58.9 62 CY Cyprus 59 0 40 74.6 0.8 63 PT Portugal 714 2 839 71.2 10.0 64 FR France 4485 36 6581 70.0 64.1 65 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 1 0 0 69.9 0.0 66 VE Venezuela 1700 0 999 69.0 24.6 67 US United States Of America 19161 224 25066 63.1 303.8 68 SK Slovakia 330 0 355 61.1 5.4 69 IL Israel 364 3 398 59.0 6.2 70 HR Croatia 272 0 240 58.4 4.7 71 AR Argentina 2142 1 1659 57.1 37.5 72 RO Romania 1170 10 1395 53.9 21.7 73 AN Netherlands Antilles 11 0 14 50.7 0.2 74 BR Brasil 9713 22 6512 50.6 191.9 75 GR Greece 522 5 570 49.1 10.6 76 LV Latvia 118 0 138 49.0 2.4 77 LT Lithuania 179 2 196 48.5 3.7 78 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 0 0 47.6 0.0 79 RS Serbia 450 0 0 47.4 9.5 80 FM Micronesia, Federated States 5 0 0 47.2 0.1 81 ME Montenegro 28 0 0 43.8 0.6 82 MV Maldives 13 0 5 43.3 0.3 83 CU Cuba 457 1 214 40.7 11.2 84 SR Suriname 17 0 21 40.6 0.4 85 SG Singapore 166 1 130 40.4 4.1 86 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 150 0 91 39.5 3.8 87 MK Macedonia 77 0 65 38.5 2.0 88 MQ Martinique 14 0 38 34.9 0.4 89 RE Reunion 25 0 20 34.2 0.7 90 TL East Timor (Timor Leste) 24 0 0 32.0 0.7 91 NC New Caledonia 7 0 10 31.8 0.2 92 GT Guatemala 364 0 172 31.1 11.7 93 AL Albania 97 1 18 30.8 3.1 94 EH Western Sahara 8 0 4 30.8 0.3 95 CV Cape Verde 13 0 1 29.7 0.4 96 PA Panama 85 0 46 29.3 2.9 97 AE United Arab Emirates 77 0 38 29.0 2.7 98 SV El Salvador 184 0 109 28.8 6.4 99 PR Puerto Rico 107 0 76 27.1 4.0 100 CO Colombia 1191 0 768 26.7 44.5 101 TN Tunisia 258 0 97 26.4 9.8 102 DM Dominica 2 0 2 26.3 0.1 103 KI Kiribati 2 0 1 26.0 0.1 104 NI Nicaragua 127 0 77 24.4 5.2 105 PS Palestine 57 0 10 21.9 2.6 106 MX Mexico 2381 5 1911 21.7 110.0 107 PF French Polynesia 5 0 9 21.1 0.2 108 GD Grenada 2 0 5 21.1 0.1 109 EC Ecuador 253 0 164 20.8 12.2 110 PY Paraguay 114 0 86 20.2 5.6 111 UA Ukraine 961 3 832 20.2 47.5 112 RU Russia 2834 8 2610 20.1 140.7 113 PE Peru 504 0 262 19.3 26.1 114 BY Belarus 194 0 142 19.1 10.1 115 KW Kuwait 37 0 14 18.8 2.0 116 MD Moldova 61 0 61 18.0 3.4 117 LB Lebanon 63 1 30 17.7 3.6 118 GF French Guiana 3 0 3 17.5 0.2 119 BO Bolivia 145 0 123 17.5 8.3 120 JO Jordan 88 0 21 17.4 5.1 121 MY Malaysia 393 1 273 17.4 22.6 122 KM Comoros 12 0 0 16.5 0.7 123 DZ Algeria 486 0 37 15.8 30.8 124 MU Mauritius 18 0 16 15.4 1.2 125 SA Saudi Arabia 312 0 58 14.8 21.0 126 TT Trinidad and Tobago 19 1 17 14.6 1.3 127 DO Dominican Republic 123 0 68 14.5 8.5 128 LC Saint Lucia 2 0 0 13.4 0.1 129 ZA South Africa 590 0 722 13.3 44.3 130 AM Armenia 50 0 21 13.2 3.8 131 OM Oman 33 0 8 12.6 2.6 132 WS Samoa 2 0 0 12.6 0.2 133 FJ Fiji 10 0 10 12.2 0.8 134 PH Philippines 897 2 555 10.2 87.6 135 NA Namibia 18 0 39 10.1 1.8 136 VU Vanuatu 2 0 0 10.0 0.2 137 BW Botswana 15 0 0 9.7 1.6 138 TR Turkey 691 1 431 9.6 71.9 139 TO The Kingdom of Tonga 1 0 1 9.4 0.1 140 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenad 1 0 0 8.9 0.1 141 LY Libya 46 0 6 8.5 5.4 142 ID Indonesia 1998 9 877 8.4 237.5 143 CG Congo 26 0 1 8.4 3.1 144 ST Sao Tome and Principe 1 0 2 7.9 0.1 145 GY Guyana 6 0 5 7.9 0.8 146 TW 台灣 - Taiwan 175 0 164 7.6 23.1 147 JM Jamaica 19 0 4 7.3 2.6 148 MA Morocco 243 0 46 7.2 33.8 149 HN Honduras 45 0 18 6.8 6.6 150 EG Egypt 463 0 128 5.7 81.7 151 BT Bhutan 12 0 1 5.6 2.1 152 LK Sri Lanka 98 0 38 5.1 19.1 153 SY Syria 84 0 18 5.1 16.6 154 IR Iran 311 0 157 4.7 65.9 155 GE Georgia 24 0 70 4.6 5.2 156 ER Eritrea 17 0 0 4.5 3.8 157 AF Afghanistan 98 0 1 4.4 22.5 158 KZ Kazakhstan 68 0 53 4.2 16.1 159 AO Angola 56 0 10 4.1 13.5 160 IQ Iraq 94 0 8 4.0 23.6 161 AZ Azerbaijan 28 0 12 3.5 8.1 162 RW Rwanda 26 0 8 3.3 7.9 163 SZ Swaziland 3 0 0 3.2 0.9 164 BI Burundi 20 0 0 3.1 6.5 165 BJ Benin 18 0 2 2.8 6.4 166 CF Central African Republic 10 0 0 2.6 3.8 167 NP Nepal 59 0 33 2.5 23.6 168 GA Gabon 3 0 5 2.4 1.3 169 MN Mongolia 6 0 7 2.3 2.6 170 IN India 2570 2 1316 2.2 1148.0 171 KR Korea, Republic of 101 1 63 2.1 47.3 172 GQ Equatorial Guinea 1 0 0 2.1 0.5 173 BF Burkina Faso 25 0 0 2.1 11.9 174 KH Cambodia 26 0 6 1.9 13.4 175 TH Thailand 123 1 110 1.9 65.5 176 ZW Zimbabwe 24 0 6 1.9 12.9 177 KG Kyrgyzstan 9 0 4 1.8 5.0 178 SD Sudan 54 0 2 1.7 31.8 179 KE Kenya 53 0 22 1.7 31.3 180 LA Laos 9 0 1 1.7 5.4 181 CM Cameroon 24 0 19 1.6 15.2 182 DJ Djibouti 1 0 0 1.6 0.6 183 UZ Uzbekistan 38 0 26 1.5 25.3 184 TD Chad 12 0 0 1.5 8.1 185 ML Mali 17 0 8 1.5 11.7 186 JP Japan 182 1 255 1.4 127.3 187 YE Yemen 27 0 3 1.4 19.1 188 TJ Tajikistan 8 0 0 1.3 6.1 189 VN VietNam [Vie^.t Nam] 108 0 45 1.3 86.1 190 SN Senegal 12 0 2 1.2 9.7 191 PK Pakistan 192 0 120 1.1 167.8 192 MR Mauritania 3 0 0 1.1 2.7 193 TG Togo 5 0 3 1.1 4.7 194 TM Turkmenistan 5 0 0 1.0 4.8 195 ZM Zambia 11 0 1 1.0 10.6 196 LS Lesotho 2 0 2 1.0 2.1 197 LR Liberia 3 0 0 1.0 3.1 198 BD Bangladesh 134 0 52 0.9 153.5 199 GW Guinea-Bissau 1 0 1 0.8 1.2 200 PG Papua New Guinea 4 0 3 0.8 4.9 201 MG Madagascar 12 0 5 0.7 16.4 202 UG Uganda 15 0 0 0.6 24.0 203 TZ Tanzania 22 0 10 0.6 36.0 204 MM Myanmar 26 0 9 0.5 48.4 205 GH Ghana 10 0 8 0.5 19.7 206 XW Somewhere 2499 65 7 0.4 6069.2 207 CN China 537 1 282 0.4 1330.0 208 CI Cote d'Ivoire 6 0 1 0.4 16.3 209 HT Haiti 3 0 2 0.4 8.3 210 GN Guinea 3 0 0 0.4 8.3 211 NE Niger 4 0 4 0.4 11.2 212 ET Ethiopia 25 0 19 0.3 78.3 213 CD Democratic Republic of Congo 21 0 16 0.3 66.5 214 NG Nigeria 41 0 17 0.3 138.3 215 MZ Mozambique 5 0 5 0.3 18.6 216 MW Malawi 3 0 2 0.3 11.6 217 SO Somalia 2 0 1 0.2 9.2 218 SL Sierra Leone 1 0 23 0.2 4.6 219 KP Korea (North) 1 0 0 0.0 22.4 220 TF French Southern Territories 12 0 3 0.0 0.0 221 BV Bouvet Island 18 0 0 0.0 0.0 222 HM Heard and McDonald Islands 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 WHERE PEOPLE USE LINUX Place Users Percent ============================== not used 1 0.00% school 31356 25.77% work 67411 55.41% home 115065 94.58% somewhere 540 0.44% ============================== TOTAL 121665 100.00% NOTE: The total is the 121665 users who answered this question. Some gave more than one answer, so the number of answers is 214373