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The Small Arms Survey 2017 [1] provides estimates of the total number of civilian-owned guns in a country. It then calculates the number per 100 people. This number for a country does not indicate the percentage of the population that owns guns, because single individuals can own multiple guns. See also Percent of households with guns by country.
From 1994 to 2023, gun ownership increased 28% in America. In 2023, about 16.7 million firearms were sold in the U.S. In the first four months of 2024, nearly 5.5 million firearms were sold, averaging around 1.3 million per month. About 72% of gun owners say they own a gun primarily for protection. [3]
See also: Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country. It provides estimates of the total number of civilian guns in a country. It then calculates the number per 100 persons. This number for a country does not indicate the percentage of the population that possesses guns. This is because individuals can possess more than one gun.
Canada follows with 34.7 guns per 100 people—less than a third of the gun ownership rate of Americans. In fact, the United States accounts for 4.4 percent of the world’s population but owns 42 ...
But with an estimated 62 guns per 100 people, its gun ownership rate is almost half that of the US. Yemen – a country in the throes of a seven-year conflict – has the third-highest gun ...
In any case, the gun industry in the United States is an anomaly compared to other nations.Overall, the U.S. has an estimated 393.3 million firearms — an average of 120.5 guns per 100 residents.
Homicide rate. Firearm ownership. Death rate from firearms (all causes). Location Region Subregion Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 inhabitants Estimate of civilian firearms per 100 persons Total firearm-related death rate per 100,000 inhabitants Afghanistan * Asia Southern Asia Albania * Europe Southern Europe Algeria
Roughly 7.5 million American adults became new gun owners during the pandemic, and most of them had previously lived in a home without a gun, according to data from the 2021 National Firearms Survey.