Smartphone penetration rate in selected countries 2022

The United States had one of the highest smartphone penetration rates in the world as of 2022, with 81.6 percent of the population using a smartphone. France recored the highest smartphone penetration rate, 82.6 percent.

Smartphone user numbers are growing

The number of global smartphone users has constantly been growing ever since the first smartphones hit the market, surpassing the three billion mark for the first time in 2019. This growth trend is forecast to continue over the next few years, adding several hundred million smartphone users annually to the global user base. As the sales of new smartphones have plateaued at around 1.5 billion units annually, the growth in user numbers is supported by a growing market for used and refurbished phones. Some estimates put the global market for used phones at 39 to 52 billion U.S. dollars by the early to mid 2020s.