Estimated number of guns per capita by country

Table columns:
Rank
Country
Guns per 100 residents
Notes

Table rows:
cells: 1
United States
101[5][6]
According to the Congressional Research Service, as of 2009[update] there were roughly twice as many guns per capita in the United States as there were in 1968: more than 300 million guns in all.[5][7]
cells: 2
Serbia
58.21[8]
cells: 3
Yemen
54.8
cells: 4
Cyprus
36.4[9]
cells: 5
Saudi Arabia
35
cells: 6
Iraq
34.2
cells: 7
Uruguay
31.8
cells: 8
Norway
31.3
cells: 9
France
31.2
cells: 10
Canada
30.8
cells: 11
Austria
30.4
The source for this number is a WFSA white paper from 2000,[1] which in turn cites "Personal communication from the head of Austrian Arms Traders Assoziation",[10] actual number may vary significantly.
cells: 12
Iceland
30.3
cells: 13
Germany
30.3
cells: 14
Finland
27.3
1.5 million guns in 2016 in the official registry [11]
cells: 15
Oman
25.5
cells: 16
Bahrain
24.8
cells: 17
Kuwait
24.8
cells: 18
Switzerland
24.45
figures from 2016[12]
cells: 19
Republic of Macedonia
24.1
cells: 20
Australia
24.1[13]
The state of Tasmania has the highest gun ownership in Australia with 28 legal firearms for every 100 people.[14]
cells: 21
Montenegro
23.1
cells: 22
New Zealand
22.6
cells: 23
Greece
22.5
cells: 24
United Arab Emirates
22.1
cells: 25
Croatia
21.7
cells: 26
Panama
21.7
cells: 27
Sweden
21
According to the Swedish National Police Agency in 2006, there were a total of 656,000 individuals who had a license for one or more guns;[15] 6.5% of the population. There were 2,032,000 guns or 21 guns per 100 residents. Of the 2,032,000 guns, 959,000 were rifles, 726,000 shotguns, 122,000 combination rifles, 88,000 pistols, 55,000 revolvers, 3,000 automatic guns and 78,000 weapons parts.
cells: 28
Lebanon
21
cells: 29
Equatorial Guinea
19.9
cells: 30
Qatar
19.2
cells: 31
Latvia
19
cells: 32
Peru
18.8
cells: 33
Angola
17.3
cells: 34
Bosnia and Herzegovina
17.3
cells: 35
Belgium
17.2
cells: 36
Paraguay
17
cells: 37
Czech Republic
16.3
cells: 38
Thailand
15.6
cells: 39
Libya
15.5
cells: 40
Luxembourg
15.3
cells: 41
Mexico
15
cells: 42
Mauritius
14.7
cells: 43
Guyana
14.6
cells: 44
Gabon
14
cells: 45
Slovenia
13.5
cells: 46
Suriname
13.4
cells: 47
Guatemala
13.1
cells: 48
South Africa
12.7
cells: 49
Namibia
12.6
cells: 50
Armenia
12.5
cells: 51
Turkey
12.5
cells: 52
Denmark
12
cells: 53
Italy
11.9
cells: 54
Malta
11.9
cells: 55
Pakistan
11.6
cells: 56
Jordan
11.5
cells: 57
Chile
10.7
cells: 58
Venezuela
10.7
The number displayed in this table is very likely a significant underestimation. The actual number of guns per 100 persons may vary to more, with an unestimated number of illegal firearms held by civilians, around to 9 to 15 million.[16]
cells: 59
Spain
10.4
cells: 60
Argentina
10.2
cells: -
World
10.2
cells: 61
Belize
10
cells: 62
Costa Rica
9.9
cells: 63
Estonia
9.2
cells: 64
Somalia
9.1
cells: 65
Transnistria
9.1
cells: 66
Russia
8.9
cells: 67
Zambia
8.9
cells: 68
Albania
8.6
cells: 69
Portugal
8.5
cells: 70
Slovakia
8.3
cells: 71
Jamaica
8.1
cells: 72
Brazil
8
cells: 73
Barbados
7.8
cells: 74
Nicaragua
7.7
cells: 75
Algeria
7.6
cells: 76
Belarus
7.3
cells: 77
Georgia
7.3
cells: 78
Iran
7.3
cells: 79
Israel
7.3
cells: 80
Moldova
7.1
cells: 81
Ukraine
6.6
cells: 82
United Kingdom
6.2
Data for England and Wales only
cells: 83
Maldives
6.5
cells: 84
Kenya
6.4
cells: 85
Swaziland
6.4
cells: 86
Bulgaria
6.2
cells: 87
Honduras
6.2
cells: 88
Colombia
5.9
cells: 89
El Salvador
5.8
cells: 90
Hungary
5.5
cells: 91
Sudan  South Sudan
5.5
cells: 92
Cape Verde
5.4
cells: 93
Seychelles
5.4
cells: 94
Bahamas
5.3
cells: 95
Dominican Republic
5.1
cells: 96
Mozambique
5.1
cells: 97
Morocco
5
cells: 98
Botswana
4.9
cells: 99
China
4.9
cells: 100
Cuba
4.8
cells: 101
Philippines
4.7
cells: 102
Afghanistan
4.6
cells: 103
Republic of China (Taiwan)
4.6
cells: 104
Zimbabwe
4.6
cells: 105
Cambodia
4.3
cells: 106
Ireland
4.3
cells: 107
India
4.2
cells: 108
Myanmar
4
cells: 109
Netherlands
3.9
cells: 110
Syria
3.9
cells: 111
Turkmenistan
3.8
cells: 112
Azerbaijan
3.5
cells: 113
Egypt
3.5
cells: 114
Bhutan
3.5
cells: 115
Palestine
3.4
cells: 116
Bolivia
2.8
cells: 117
Cameroon
2.8
cells: 118
Djibouti
2.8
cells: 119
Congo
2.7
cells: 120
Lesotho
2.7
cells: 121
Côte d'Ivoire
2.4
cells: 122
Senegal
2
cells: 123
Mongolia
1.9
cells: 124
Comoros
1.8
cells: 125
Vietnam
1.7
cells: 126
Guinea-Bissau
1.6
cells: 127
Liberia
1.6
cells: 128
Mauritania
1.6
cells: 129
Trinidad and Tobago
1.6
cells: 130
Malaysia
1.5
cells: 131
Nigeria
1.5
cells: 132
Sri Lanka
1.5
cells: 133
Uzbekistan
1.5
cells: 134
Benin
1.4
cells: 135
Brunei
1.4
cells: 136
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1.4
cells: 137
Tanzania
1.4
cells: 138
Uganda
1.4
cells: 139
Ecuador
1.3
cells: 140
Kazakhstan
1.3
cells: 141
Poland
1.3
According to police statistics there was 1 gun per 100 people as of 2015.[17]
cells: 142
Burundi
1.2
cells: 143
Laos
1.2
cells: 144
Guinea
1.2
cells: 145
Papua New Guinea
1.2
cells: 146
Burkina Faso
1.1
cells: 147
Chad
1.1
cells: 148
South Korea
1.1
cells: 149
Mali
1.1
cells: 150
Central African Republic
1
cells: 151
Tajikistan
1
cells: 152
Togo
1
cells: 153
Kyrgyzstan
0.9
cells: 154
Gambia
0.8
cells: 155
Madagascar
0.8
cells: 156
Nepal
0.8
cells: 157
Lithuania
0.7
cells: 158
Malawi
0.7
cells: 159
Niger
0.7
cells: 160
Romania
0.7
cells: 161
Haiti
0.6
cells: 162
Japan
0.6
cells: 163
North Korea
0.6
cells: 164
Rwanda
0.6
cells: 165
Sierra Leone
0.6
cells: 166
Bangladesh
0.5
cells: 167
Eritrea
0.5
cells: 168
Fiji
0.5
cells: 169
Indonesia
0.5
cells: 170
Singapore
0.5
cells: 171
Ethiopia
0.4
cells: 172
Ghana
0.4
cells: 173
Solomon Islands
0.4
cells: 174
Timor-Leste
0.3
cells: 175
Tunisia
0.1

Questions about this table:
originalText: how many guns are in the united states
answer: answerTexts: more than 300 million