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Most Firearms Held by Country

Can you name the twenty countries that hold the most civilian firearms, military firearms, and law enforcement firearms?
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Last updated: October 2, 2018
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Civilian-owned Firearms
393,347,000
United States
71,101,000
India
49,375,000
China
43,917,000
Pakistan
17,620,000
Russia
17,510,000
Brazil
16,809,000
Mexico
15,822,000
Germany
14,859,000
Yemen
13,249,000
Turkey
12,732,000
France
12,708,000
Canada
10,342,000
Thailand
8,609,000
Italy
7,588,000
Iraq
6,154,000
Nigeria
5,895,000
Venezuela
5,890,000
Iran
5,468,000
Saudi Arabia
5,351,000
South Africa
Military-held Firearms
30,272,900
Russia
27,466,400
China
8,363,100
North Korea
6,600,000
Ukraine
4,535,380
United States
3,900,000
India
3,829,200
Vietnam
3,333,550
Iran
2,688,020
South Korea
2,315,480
Pakistan
2,022,150
Taiwan
1,711,450
Indonesia
1,544,750
Egypt
1,390,180
Turkey
1,316,300
Brazil
1,052,815
Thailand
1,016,900
Israel
958,100
Cuba
895,285
Mexico
788,900
Myanmar
Law Enforcement-held Firearms
2,432,000
Russia
1,971,000
China
1,700,000
India
1,530,000
Egypt
1,016,000
United States
944,000
Pakistan
803,000
Brazil
620,000
Turkey
591,000
Mexico
497,000
France
466,000
Germany
429,000
Indonesia
391,000
Argentina
363,000
Algeria
362,400
Nigeria
333,000
Bangladesh
289,000
Ukraine
285,000
Vietnam
283,000
Colombia
273,000
Italy
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Level 71
Nov 17, 2020
Good quiz, it is surprising how some poorer countries can afford to spend millions on guns.
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Level 77
Oct 25, 2021
Isn't that about one per person (men, women and children) for the USA?
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Level 59
Oct 25, 2021
Per Wikipedia, it's actually about 120 guns per 100 people, so 1.2 guns for every person.
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Level 73
Mar 11, 2022
This is really unbelievable. So if 10% of Americans own guns, do each one of them own 12 guns on average?
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Level 85
Mar 11, 2022
Some surveys say 22% of Americans own guns with an average of 5 guns per gun owner.
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Level 59
Mar 11, 2022
The Wikipedia data is from 2017, so it's a little out of date, but there is a survey from the same year that says 42% of American households own a firearm.
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Level 80
Oct 31, 2022
Awesomely diverse set of data and unique quiz! Nominated
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Level 70
Mar 26, 2023
USA #1
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Level 67
Oct 16, 2023
USA! USA!
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Level 85
Mar 26, 2023
per capita ownership is more interesting.