This is the Linux Counter summary as of Fri May 9 18:53:14 2008 There are 141410 persons registerd. 738 users have been registered by friends. There are 154416 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 2,828,200 and 70,705,000 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 PN Pitcairn Islands 1 0 1 22222.2 0.0 2 AQ Antarctica 20 0 4 4860.3 0.0 3 TK Tokelau 1 0 0 674.8 0.0 4 FO Faroe Islands (Føroyar) 32 0 18 661.0 0.0 5 AD Andorra 40 0 17 625.0 0.1 6 NF Norfolk Island 1 0 0 452.7 0.0 7 FI Finland 2315 18 3167 447.1 5.2 8 IS Iceland 123 0 128 426.8 0.3 9 DK Denmark 2009 5 2354 374.2 5.4 10 SJ Svalbard and Jan Mayen 1 0 0 368.3 0.0 11 EE Estonia 483 6 685 356.2 1.4 12 NO Norway 1567 17 2631 334.7 4.7 13 LI Liechtenstein 10 0 11 322.6 0.0 14 SM San Marino 8 0 7 307.7 0.0 15 NL Nederland 3064 12 4520 274.3 11.2 16 SE Sweden 2243 25 3168 251.7 8.9 17 MS Montserrat 3 0 1 234.9 0.0 18 TV Tuvalu 2 0 0 222.2 0.0 19 PL Poland 7751 18 7162 200.6 38.6 20 LU Luxembourg 81 0 171 184.2 0.4 21 NZ New Zealand (Aotearoa) 682 0 1029 175.8 3.9 22 CH Switzerland 1233 9 2179 172.0 7.2 23 AT Austria 1334 11 2156 165.2 8.1 24 SI Slovenia 322 1 413 162.1 2.0 25 BE Belgium 1614 5 2254 157.6 10.2 26 ES Spain 6548 11 5694 153.3 42.7 27 BG Bulgaria 1125 1 1210 152.3 7.4 28 CL Chile 2121 0 1387 137.7 15.4 29 GL Greenland 8 0 17 137.4 0.1 30 GI Gibraltar 4 0 4 136.5 0.0 31 IT Italy 7730 23 7664 134.4 57.5 32 CA Canada 4051 11 5194 130.6 31.0 33 IE Ireland 501 1 583 130.4 3.8 34 HU Hungary 1311 20 1830 129.9 10.1 35 AU Australia 2291 15 3135 118.5 19.3 36 MT Malta 46 0 34 117.3 0.4 37 DE Germany 9633 72 15015 116.7 82.5 38 AG Antigua and Barbuda 7 0 5 101.4 0.1 39 MC Monaco 3 1 9 100.0 0.0 40 CR Costa Rica 404 0 182 98.2 4.1 41 NR Nauru 1 0 0 97.3 0.0 42 CZ Czech Republic 959 9 1211 93.5 10.3 43 FR France 5547 36 7436 92.2 60.2 44 GB United Kingdom 5389 34 7139 91.6 58.9 45 AW Aruba 8 0 6 87.9 0.1 46 PT Portugal 876 2 918 87.3 10.0 47 UY Uruguay 272 0 226 80.9 3.4 48 US United States Of America 24270 224 29710 80.9 300.0 49 VG Virgin Islands (British) 1 0 0 75.8 0.0 50 MV Maldives 22 0 6 73.3 0.3 51 IL Israel 435 3 444 70.5 6.2 52 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 1 0 0 69.9 0.0 53 FM Micronesia, Federated States 7 0 0 66.0 0.1 54 DM Dominica 5 0 5 65.8 0.1 55 VE Venezuela 1619 0 867 65.7 24.6 56 LV Latvia 152 0 162 63.2 2.4 57 RO Romania 1370 10 1488 63.2 21.7 58 LT Lithuania 226 2 226 61.3 3.7 59 SK Slovakia 321 0 378 59.4 5.4 60 HR Croatia 271 0 245 58.2 4.7 61 CY Cyprus 46 0 35 58.2 0.8 62 BR Brasil 9945 22 6647 57.6 172.6 63 BZ Belize 13 0 15 56.3 0.2 64 GR Greece 576 5 562 54.2 10.6 65 AR Argentina 1974 1 1579 52.7 37.5 66 CK Cook Islands 1 0 1 52.6 0.0 67 SG Singapore 210 1 148 51.1 4.1 68 AN Netherlands Antilles 11 0 13 50.7 0.2 69 BM Bermuda 3 0 1 50.0 0.1 70 BH Bahrain 31 0 12 47.6 0.7 71 MK Macedonia 95 0 48 47.5 2.0 72 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 171 0 82 45.0 3.8 73 CU Cuba 505 1 222 44.9 11.2 74 RE Reunion 32 0 19 43.8 0.7 75 SR Suriname 18 0 19 43.0 0.4 76 GF French Guiana 7 0 4 40.9 0.2 77 SC Seychelles 3 0 11 39.5 0.1 78 QA Qatar 22 1 8 38.3 0.6 79 MQ Martinique 15 0 39 37.4 0.4 80 RS Serbia 344 0 0 36.2 9.5 81 PR Puerto Rico 134 0 86 33.9 4.0 82 BN Brunei 11 0 3 32.8 0.3 83 AE United Arab Emirates 85 0 46 32.0 2.7 84 NC New Caledonia 7 0 9 31.8 0.2 85 EC Ecuador 343 0 171 28.2 12.2 86 SV El Salvador 176 0 125 27.5 6.4 87 BB Barbados 7 0 3 26.1 0.3 88 CO Colombia 1163 0 686 26.1 44.5 89 BS Bahamas 8 0 10 26.0 0.3 90 PF French Polynesia 6 0 5 25.3 0.2 91 GT Guatemala 279 0 149 23.9 11.7 92 MX Mexico 2319 5 1918 23.1 100.4 93 MU Mauritius 27 0 23 23.1 1.2 94 UA Ukraine 1020 3 867 21.5 47.5 95 PA Panama 62 0 50 21.4 2.9 96 TL East Timor (Timor Leste) 16 0 0 21.4 0.7 97 KW Kuwait 42 0 16 21.3 2.0 98 LB Lebanon 75 1 40 21.1 3.6 99 PS Palestine 53 0 15 20.4 2.6 100 RU Russia 2941 8 2567 20.2 145.5 101 YT Mayotte 2 0 2 19.8 0.1 102 TO The Kingdom of Tonga 2 0 0 18.8 0.1 103 ME Montenegro 12 0 0 18.8 0.6 104 TT Trinidad and Tobago 24 1 18 18.5 1.3 105 BY Belarus 186 0 113 18.3 10.1 106 BO Bolivia 146 0 108 17.6 8.3 107 MD Moldova 59 0 55 17.4 3.4 108 PE Peru 453 0 222 17.4 26.1 109 NI Nicaragua 90 0 57 17.3 5.2 110 ZA South Africa 737 0 858 16.6 44.3 111 EH Western Sahara 4 0 3 15.4 0.3 112 TN Tunisia 146 0 74 14.9 9.8 113 MY Malaysia 337 1 257 14.9 22.6 114 DO Dominican Republic 120 0 74 14.1 8.5 115 JO Jordan 71 0 14 14.1 5.1 116 PY Paraguay 79 0 59 14.0 5.6 117 LC Saint Lucia 2 0 1 13.4 0.1 118 PH Philippines 1087 2 604 13.1 82.7 119 KI Kiribati 1 0 1 13.0 0.1 120 SA Saudi Arabia 251 0 55 11.9 21.0 121 TR Turkey 773 1 461 11.4 67.6 122 DZ Algeria 325 0 28 10.5 30.8 123 GD Grenada 1 0 3 10.5 0.1 124 TW 台灣 - Taiwan 229 0 185 9.9 23.1 125 CV Cape Verde 4 0 1 9.2 0.4 126 OM Oman 24 0 14 9.1 2.6 127 NA Namibia 16 0 33 8.9 1.8 128 FJ Fiji 7 0 10 8.5 0.8 129 ST Sao Tome and Principe 1 0 2 7.9 0.1 130 JM Jamaica 20 0 4 7.7 2.6 131 AL Albania 22 1 12 7.0 3.1 132 AM Armenia 26 0 19 6.9 3.8 133 ID Indonesia 1469 9 722 6.8 215.0 134 GY Guyana 5 0 4 6.6 0.8 135 GE Georgia 32 0 70 6.1 5.2 136 HN Honduras 34 0 26 5.2 6.6 137 EG Egypt 386 0 111 5.1 76.1 138 LK Sri Lanka 94 0 32 4.9 19.1 139 KZ Kazakhstan 77 0 66 4.8 16.1 140 LY Libya 25 0 4 4.6 5.4 141 MA Morocco 152 0 45 4.5 33.8 142 IR Iran 285 0 123 4.0 71.4 143 SY Syria 64 0 12 3.9 16.6 144 KR Korea, Republic of 163 1 92 3.4 47.3 145 AZ Azerbaijan 23 0 14 2.8 8.1 146 IN India 2829 2 1278 2.8 1025.1 147 NP Nepal 61 0 27 2.6 23.6 148 MN Mongolia 6 0 8 2.3 2.6 149 TH Thailand 147 1 122 2.3 63.6 150 SB Solomon Islands 1 0 3 2.2 0.5 151 PK Pakistan 305 0 143 2.1 145.0 152 BW Botswana 3 0 0 1.9 1.6 153 JP Japan 238 1 338 1.9 127.3 154 UZ Uzbekistan 46 0 24 1.8 25.3 155 KE Kenya 56 0 18 1.8 31.3 156 TJ Tajikistan 10 0 2 1.6 6.1 157 ER Eritrea 6 0 0 1.6 3.8 158 YE Yemen 27 0 1 1.4 19.1 159 KG Kyrgyzstan 7 0 4 1.4 5.0 160 SD Sudan 43 0 8 1.4 31.8 161 AO Angola 18 0 6 1.3 13.5 162 ZW Zimbabwe 17 0 8 1.3 12.9 163 IQ Iraq 29 0 4 1.2 23.6 164 SN Senegal 11 0 1 1.1 9.7 165 LA Laos 6 0 5 1.1 5.4 166 SZ Swaziland 1 0 0 1.1 0.9 167 GH Ghana 21 0 12 1.1 19.7 168 ML Mali 12 0 8 1.0 11.7 169 VN VietNam [Vie^.t Nam] 85 0 39 1.0 83.5 170 LS Lesotho 2 0 2 1.0 2.1 171 AF Afghanistan 21 0 0 0.9 22.5 172 BT Bhutan 2 0 2 0.9 2.1 173 MW Malawi 10 0 2 0.9 11.6 174 CI Cote d'Ivoire 14 0 6 0.9 16.3 175 ZM Zambia 9 0 3 0.8 10.6 176 GA Gabon 1 0 5 0.8 1.3 177 BD Bangladesh 106 0 42 0.8 140.4 178 CM Cameroon 11 0 18 0.7 15.2 179 TG Togo 3 0 0 0.6 4.7 180 PG Papua New Guinea 3 0 3 0.6 4.9 181 GN Guinea 5 0 0 0.6 8.3 182 NG Nigeria 67 0 25 0.6 116.9 183 CN China 726 1 318 0.6 1285.0 184 MG Madagascar 9 0 5 0.5 16.4 185 SO Somalia 5 0 1 0.5 9.2 186 TZ Tanzania 19 0 9 0.5 36.0 187 UG Uganda 12 0 0 0.5 24.0 188 TD Chad 4 0 1 0.5 8.1 189 HT Haiti 4 0 2 0.5 8.3 190 XW Somewhere 2749 65 3 0.5 6069.2 191 KH Cambodia 6 0 5 0.4 13.4 192 MM Myanmar 21 0 9 0.4 48.4 193 MR Mauritania 1 0 0 0.4 2.7 194 BF Burkina Faso 4 0 1 0.3 11.9 195 MZ Mozambique 6 0 6 0.3 18.6 196 CG Congo 1 0 0 0.3 3.1 197 BJ Benin 2 0 0 0.3 6.4 198 ET Ethiopia 17 0 40 0.3 64.5 199 RW Rwanda 2 0 8 0.3 7.9 200 SL Sierra Leone 1 0 18 0.2 4.6 201 TM Turkmenistan 1 0 0 0.2 4.8 202 NE Niger 2 0 11 0.2 11.2 203 BI Burundi 1 0 0 0.2 6.5 204 CD Democratic Republic of Congo 4 0 16 0.1 52.5 205 KP Korea (North) 1 0 0 0.0 22.4 206 TF French Southern Territories 2 0 3 0.0 0.0 207 HM Heard and McDonald Islands 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 WHERE PEOPLE USE LINUX Place Users Percent ============================== not used 2 0.00% school 35526 25.78% work 75404 54.72% home 130206 94.50% somewhere 552 0.40% ============================== TOTAL 137790 100.00% NOTE: The total is the 137790 users who answered this question. Some gave more than one answer, so the number of answers is 241690