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SienaPopescu
Mrs.Lucarelli
ComparativeCivilizations
13January2016
EstimatedNumberofSmartphoneUsersPerCountryin2015GoingInto2016
Country

NumberofSmartphoneUsers

China

624.7Million

UnitedStates

198.5Million

Japan

61.2Million

India

204.1Million

Canada

21.7Million

UK

42.4Million

Russia

65.1Million

Brazil

58.5Million

France

37.8Million

Witheverydaythatpasses,itbecomesmoreandmoreapparenthosmartphoneshave
takenovermuchofthepopulationslives.Thewaypeoplecommunicate,forexample,has
changeddramaticallyfacetofaceconversationshavebeenquicklyreplacedwiththefamiliar
talkandtext,aswellasinteractionoversocialmedia.Asofnow,oneineveryfivepeopleowns
asmartphoneworldwide(Heggestuen1).However,itisexpectedthatby2020,fouryearsfrom

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now,seventypercentofthepopulationwillownone(Lunden1).Thisshowshowrapidlythe
smartphonerevolutionisprogressing.

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WorksCited

Heggestuen,John."OneInEvery5PeopleInTheWorldOwnASmartphone,OneInEvery17
OwnATablet[CHART]."BusinessInsider.BusinessInsider,Inc,15Dec.2013.Web.9Jan.
2016.

Phillips,Casey."HowSmartphonesRevolutionizedSocietyinLessthanaDecade."How
SmartphonesRevolutionizedSocietyinLessthanaDecade.N.p.,n.d.Web.8Jan.2016.

"WorldwideActiveSmartphoneUsersForecast20142018:MoreThan2BillionBy2016."
Dazeinfo.N.p.,18Dec.2014.Web.8Jan.2016.

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