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Number of daily smokers by country

Estimates of the total number of people who smoke cigarettes at least daily (across men and women of all ages).

Countries reporting
183
Highest
281.71 million
China
Lowest
2,236
Antigua and Barbuda
Median
815,755
Years covered
33
1980–2012
Data points
6,138

What the numbers show

Number of daily smokers is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 281.71 million in China; the lowest is 2,236 in Antigua and Barbuda.

The median across all reporting countries is 815,755, and the mean is 5.28 million.

Over the past decade 135 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 353.4%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 32.9%).

Number of daily smokers: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 281.71 million 2012 up 11.3% rising
2 India 110.19 million 2012 down 2.7% rising
3 Indonesia 52.71 million 2012 up 24.3% rising
4 Russia 38.56 million 2012 up 8.6% flat
5 United States 38.33 million 2012 down 9.8% falling
6 Bangladesh 24.01 million 2012 up 19.0% rising
7 Japan 23.34 million 2012 down 24.4% falling
8 Brazil 20.73 million 2012 down 0.5% rising
9 Pakistan 18.08 million 2012 up 13.5% rising
10 Germany 15.84 million 2012 down 6.7% falling
11 Turkey 14.49 million 2012 up 5.4% rising
12 Philippines 14.47 million 2012 up 14.0% rising
13 Vietnam 14.46 million 2012 up 4.5% rising
14 France 14.13 million 2012 down 3.0% flat
15 Italy 11.66 million 2012 up 2.4% falling
16 Thailand 10.74 million 2012 up 4.8% rising
17 Ukraine 10.47 million 2012 down 16.0% falling
18 United Kingdom 10.36 million 2012 down 17.7% falling
19 Egypt 10.19 million 2012 up 43.4% rising
20 South Korea 9.96 million 2012 down 7.2% rising
21 Spain 9.80 million 2012 down 4.3% flat
22 Poland 8.86 million 2012 down 7.6% falling
23 Mexico 8.50 million 2012 up 1.4% falling
24 Iran 7.08 million 2012 up 31.3% rising
25 Myanmar 6.89 million 2012 up 2.1% rising
26 Argentina 5.99 million 2012 down 7.3% rising
27 South Africa 5.49 million 2012 down 2.2% rising
28 Romania 4.87 million 2012 up 8.3% rising
29 North Korea 4.64 million 2012 up 12.0% rising
30 Nepal 4.21 million 2012 down 12.7% rising
31 Canada 4.16 million 2012 down 15.0% falling
32 Malaysia 4.09 million 2012 up 19.3% rising
33 Chile 3.92 million 2012 up 2.4% rising
34 Colombia 3.87 million 2012 up 13.4% rising
35 Nigeria 3.78 million 2012 up 2.3% falling
36 Venezuela 3.53 million 2012 up 20.2% rising
37 Taiwan 3.43 million 2012 down 10.2% rising
38 Greece 3.37 million 2012 down 9.0% rising
39 Iraq 3.22 million 2012 up 29.6% rising
40 Morocco 3.16 million 2012 up 16.8% rising
41 Algeria 3.12 million 2012 down 7.6% rising
42 Saudi Arabia 2.98 million 2012 up 61.5% volatile
43 Australia 2.96 million 2012 down 7.4% falling
44 Kazakhstan 2.96 million 2012 up 40.5% rising
45 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.87 million 2012 up 36.3% rising
46 Netherlands 2.86 million 2012 down 14.3% falling
47 Tanzania 2.44 million 2012 up 13.9% rising
48 Syria 2.42 million 2012 up 42.8% rising
49 Belgium 2.37 million 2012 up 7.5% falling
50 Kenya 2.37 million 2012 up 18.6% rising
51 Peru 2.35 million 2012 up 19.8% rising
52 Hungary 2.28 million 2012 down 13.8% flat
53 Uzbekistan 2.26 million 2012 up 28.5% rising
54 Belarus 2.17 million 2012 down 1.8% flat
55 Czechia 2.12 million 2012 down 3.0% rising
56 Serbia 2.12 million 2012 down 17.6% rising
57 Austria 2.11 million 2012 down 0.8% rising
58 Bulgaria 2.06 million 2012 down 16.3% rising
59 Tunisia 2.04 million 2012 up 20.4% rising
60 Yemen 2.02 million 2012 up 23.4% rising
61 Cambodia 1.99 million 2012 up 21.0% rising
62 Portugal 1.95 million 2012 up 0.9% rising
63 Sri Lanka 1.90 million 2012 up 12.5% rising
64 Ethiopia 1.90 million 2012 up 33.7% rising
65 Afghanistan 1.86 million 2012 up 40.1% rising
66 Madagascar 1.74 million 2012 down 4.2% rising
67 Papua New Guinea 1.67 million 2012 up 29.1% rising
68 Bolivia 1.66 million 2012 down 6.8% rising
69 Azerbaijan 1.62 million 2012 up 36.9% rising
70 Sudan 1.57 million 2012 up 37.4% rising
71 Cuba 1.56 million 2012 down 5.5% rising
72 Mozambique 1.52 million 2012 up 24.1% rising
73 Uganda 1.46 million 2012 down 1.0% rising
74 Switzerland 1.34 million 2012 down 11.5% falling
75 United Arab Emirates 1.24 million 2012 up 237.7% volatile
76 Cote d'Ivoire 1.19 million 2012 up 47.3% rising
77 Jordan 1.19 million 2012 up 54.1% rising
78 Laos 1.17 million 2012 up 17.0% rising
79 Sweden 1.07 million 2012 down 12.6% falling
80 Israel 1.07 million 2012 up 5.7% rising
81 Slovakia 1.04 million 2012 down 2.1% rising
82 Croatia 1.02 million 2012 up 5.6% rising
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.00 million 2012 down 9.6% falling
84 Lebanon 983,600 2012 up 19.9% rising
85 Angola 954,216 2012 up 37.7% rising
86 Burkina Faso 939,331 2012 up 22.9% rising
87 Zimbabwe 929,016 2012 up 15.9% rising
89 Cameroon 865,618 2012 up 23.3% rising
90 Denmark 861,253 2012 down 32.9% falling
91 Zambia 854,674 2012 up 37.7% rising
92 Malawi 842,296 2012 up 12.9% rising
93 Georgia 815,755 2012 down 1.5% falling
94 Mali 808,244 2012 up 36.3% rising
95 Tajikistan 805,645 2012 up 36.2% rising
96 Dominican Republic 794,842 2012 up 12.4% rising
97 Burundi 763,740 2012 up 66.3% rising
98 Finland 743,091 2012 down 18.3% falling
99 Turkmenistan 720,159 2012 up 7.2% rising
100 Lithuania 717,098 2012 up 1.6% rising
101 Kyrgyzstan 692,756 2012 up 20.6% rising
102 Ecuador 685,996 2012 up 19.9% rising
103 Norway 671,237 2012 down 27.7% falling
104 Libya 669,123 2012 up 66.8% rising
105 North Macedonia 645,135 2012 up 5.9% rising
106 Armenia 631,086 2012 up 4.1% flat
107 Sierra Leone 614,196 2012 up 38.8% rising
108 Moldova 611,955 2012 up 3.7% falling
109 Ghana 603,954 2012 up 16.7% rising
110 Kuwait 594,458 2012 up 73.2% rising
111 Uruguay 588,429 2012 down 12.5% falling
112 New Zealand 578,689 2012 down 19.3% falling
113 Honduras 576,585 2012 up 21.7% rising
114 Guatemala 562,527 2012 up 10.5% rising
115 Latvia 561,321 2012 down 6.6% flat
116 Senegal 544,610 2012 up 4.0% rising
117 Paraguay 523,900 2012 up 6.4% rising
118 Palestine 520,680 2012 up 19.1% rising
119 Mongolia 518,930 2012 up 38.5% rising
120 Somalia 513,594 2012 up 24.2% rising
121 Albania 509,040 2012 up 13.0% rising
122 Rwanda 489,280 2012 down 14.0% rising
123 Haiti 467,615 2012 down 1.2% rising
124 Chad 448,334 2012 up 38.4% rising
125 Costa Rica 442,921 2012 up 49.4% rising
126 Benin 439,181 2012 up 32.3% rising
127 Nicaragua 433,250 2012 up 30.4% rising
128 Niger 430,969 2012 up 33.9% rising
129 Singapore 422,659 2012 up 16.0% rising
130 Guinea 414,557 2012 up 29.8% rising
131 El Salvador 401,864 2012 up 7.9% rising
132 Slovenia 393,481 2012 up 4.9% falling
133 Qatar 321,940 2012 up 353.4% volatile
134 Estonia 298,419 2012 down 8.1% flat
135 Mauritania 295,072 2012 up 48.9% rising
136 Jamaica 293,371 2012 up 7.4% rising
137 Togo 237,982 2012 up 37.6% rising
138 Cyprus 233,246 2012 up 22.1% rising
139 Panama 228,869 2012 up 23.0% rising
140 Oman 228,437 2012 up 121.1% rising
141 Central African Republic 227,460 2012 up 26.1% rising
142 Congo 217,553 2012 up 33.3% rising
143 Lesotho 217,171 2012 down 0.9% rising
144 Namibia 209,463 2012 up 12.5% rising
145 Eritrea 207,060 2012 up 37.5% rising
146 Bahrain 200,159 2012 up 211.6% volatile
147 Trinidad and Tobago 186,373 2012 up 9.4% rising
148 Mauritius 180,963 2012 up 16.7% rising
149 Botswana 179,346 2012 up 18.8% rising
150 East Timor 179,232 2012 up 28.0% rising
151 Liberia 150,065 2012 up 20.2% rising
152 Montenegro 133,211 2012 down 1.2% rising
153 Djibouti 122,406 2012 up 27.5% rising
154 Gambia 117,453 2012 up 29.0% rising
155 Gabon 109,938 2012 up 48.2% rising
157 Fiji 88,718 2012 up 11.9% rising
158 Solomon Islands 87,843 2012 up 22.9% rising
160 Guyana 77,164 2012 up 9.3% rising
161 Guinea-Bissau 64,048 2012 up 30.5% rising
162 Bhutan 58,540 2012 up 49.8% rising
163 Eswatini 55,510 2012 up 49.6% rising
164 Maldives 48,450 2012 up 51.7% rising
165 Comoros 43,332 2012 up 4.5% rising
166 Equatorial Guinea 41,515 2012 up 30.9% rising
167 Iceland 36,513 2012 down 28.2% falling
168 Brunei 35,269 2012 up 21.1% rising
169 Bahamas 29,346 2012 up 30.5% rising
170 Kiribati 28,010 2012 up 8.3% rising
171 Samoa 26,316 2012 down 6.5% rising
172 Vanuatu 25,254 2012 up 13.0% rising
173 Suriname 23,631 2012 up 10.8% rising
174 Cape Verde 22,855 2012 up 32.6% rising
175 Tonga 22,029 2012 up 10.5% rising
176 Belize 18,827 2012 up 37.2% rising
177 Andorra 17,757 2012 up 14.4% rising
178 Saint Lucia 14,130 2012 up 30.6% rising
179 Barbados 13,827 2012 up 2.5% rising
180 Seychelles 11,319 2012 up 20.6% rising
181 Marshall Islands 7,478 2012 up 20.3% rising
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7,348 2012 up 5.4% rising
183 Grenada 7,245 2012 up 17.2% rising
184 Sao Tome and Principe 3,649 2012 up 45.6% rising
185 Dominica 2,854 2012 up 2.0% flat
186 Antigua and Barbuda 2,236 2012 up 11.0% flat

About this data

Indicator
Number of daily smokers
Source
IHME (2012) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
186 places, 6,138 data points, 1980–2012
Last refreshed

Estimates of the total number of people who smoke cigarettes at least daily (across men and women of all ages).