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Number of current of tobacco users, estimate by country

Countries reporting
166
Highest
282.14 million
China (People’s Republic of)
Lowest
2,000
Cook Islands
Median
995,000
Years covered
31
2000–2030
Data points
1,903

What the numbers show

Number of current of tobacco users, estimate is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 282.14 million in China (People’s Republic of); the lowest is 2,000 in Cook Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 995,000, and the mean is 6.78 million.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 57.7%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 40.4%).

Number of current of tobacco users, estimate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China (People’s Republic of) 282.14 million 2030 down 2.6% rising
2 India 219.79 million 2030 down 15.7% falling
3 Indonesia 69.59 million 2030 up 8.8% rising
4 Bangladesh 37.13 million 2030 down 1.7% falling
5 United States 36.77 million 2030 down 26.6% falling
6 Russia 24.78 million 2030 down 16.1% falling
7 Pakistan 24.29 million 2030 down 8.1% falling
8 Egypt 23.52 million 2030 up 37.9% rising
9 Türkiye 21.71 million 2030 up 4.7% rising
10 Brazil 17.71 million 2030 down 18.7% falling
11 Myanmar 16.97 million 2030 down 4.4% falling
12 Viet Nam 15.85 million 2030 down 3.9% rising
13 Philippines 15.77 million 2030 down 4.8% flat
14 France 15.67 million 2030 up 0.4% flat
15 Mexico 15.18 million 2030 up 0.1% rising
16 Japan 13.98 million 2030 down 27.3% falling
17 South Africa 11.87 million 2030 up 19.5% rising
18 Germany 11.83 million 2030 down 22.0% falling
19 Italy 9.84 million 2030 down 10.1% falling
20 Thailand 9.72 million 2030 down 14.2% falling
21 Spain 9.18 million 2030 down 11.1% falling
22 Algeria 8.40 million 2030 up 25.3% rising
23 Iran, Islamic Republic of 8.28 million 2030 down 6.6% falling
24 Argentina 7.84 million 2030 down 4.9% falling
25 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 7.01 million 2030 up 15.9% rising
26 Korea 6.82 million 2030 down 23.8% falling
27 Iraq 6.38 million 2030 up 29.3% rising
28 Ukraine 6.10 million 2030 down 30.9% falling
29 Poland 5.68 million 2030 down 25.3% falling
30 Afghanistan 5.59 million 2030 up 13.1% rising
31 United Kingdom 5.34 million 2030 down 31.7% falling
32 Saudi Arabia 5.20 million 2030 up 23.1% rising
33 Nepal 4.99 million 2030 down 13.7% falling
34 Madagascar 4.90 million 2030 up 6.9% rising
35 Malaysia 4.71 million 2030 down 3.9% rising
36 Ethiopia 4.16 million 2030 up 28.4% rising
37 Romania 3.81 million 2030 down 16.3% falling
38 Chile 3.79 million 2030 down 15.8% falling
39 Uzbekistan 3.78 million 2030 down 5.8% falling
40 Sri Lanka 3.63 million 2030 down 1.4% falling
41 Nigeria 3.36 million 2030 down 16.4% falling
42 Morocco 3.33 million 2030 down 8.3% falling
43 Colombia 3.13 million 2030 down 8.4% falling
44 Jordan 3.11 million 2030 up 25.1% rising
45 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 2.96 million 2030 down 19.8% falling
46 Canada 2.92 million 2030 down 26.4% falling
47 Papua New Guinea 2.92 million 2030 up 9.2% rising
48 Kazakhstan 2.87 million 2030 down 7.4% falling
49 Kenya 2.83 million 2030 down 1.9% rising
50 Netherlands 2.66 million 2030 down 15.1% falling
51 Peru 2.52 million 2030 down 23.8% falling
52 Lebanon 2.36 million 2030 up 30.5% rising
53 Greece 2.27 million 2030 down 26.0% falling
54 Tunisia 2.20 million 2030 down 2.4% flat
55 Czechia 2.18 million 2030 down 9.1% falling
56 Portugal 2.13 million 2030 up 3.6% rising
56 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.13 million 2030 down 17.8% falling
58 Hungary 2.10 million 2030 down 13.0% falling
59 Australia 2.08 million 2030 down 20.7% falling
60 Belgium 2.04 million 2030 down 6.4% falling
61 Cambodia 2.00 million 2030 down 7.8% flat
62 Serbia 1.96 million 2030 down 9.3% falling
63 Bulgaria 1.84 million 2030 down 12.8% falling
64 Belarus 1.80 million 2030 down 19.8% falling
65 Zambia 1.73 million 2030 up 30.6% rising
66 Mozambique 1.56 million 2030 down 8.5% falling
67 Switzerland 1.49 million 2030 down 8.3% falling
68 Guatemala 1.46 million 2030 up 11.5% rising
69 Uganda 1.44 million 2030 down 5.8% falling
70 Sweden 1.43 million 2030 down 26.2% falling
71 Israel 1.39 million 2030 up 2.4% rising
72 Burkina Faso 1.38 million 2030 down 5.2% falling
73 Azerbaijan 1.35 million 2030 down 9.3% falling
74 Ecuador 1.34 million 2030 up 2.0% rising
75 Libya 1.33 million 2030 up 2.9% flat
76 Austria 1.31 million 2030 down 27.5% falling
77 Cuba 1.26 million 2030 down 31.1% falling
78 Niger 1.25 million 2030 up 33.9% rising
79 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.25 million 2030 down 6.7% falling
80 Côte d'Ivoire 1.22 million 2030 down 13.8% falling
81 Slovak Republic 1.19 million 2030 down 6.0% falling
82 Kyrgyzstan 1.05 million 2030 up 3.7% rising
83 Kuwait 1.02 million 2030 up 29.6% rising
84 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 965,000 2030 down 10.1% falling
85 Croatia 960,000 2030 down 7.1% falling
86 United Arab Emirates 935,000 2030 down 2.6% rising
87 Mali 932,000 2030 up 2.0% falling
88 Honduras 930,000 2030 up 8.3% rising
89 Georgia 894,000 2030 up 0.2% falling
90 Zimbabwe 881,000 2030 up 1.5% falling
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 837,000 2030 down 17.7% falling
92 Malawi 832,000 2030 down 1.9% falling
93 Chad 803,000 2030 up 26.5% rising
94 Cameroon 775,000 2030 down 9.6% falling
95 Finland 765,000 2030 down 21.4% falling
96 Mongolia 751,000 2030 up 13.6% rising
97 Congo 749,000 2030 up 57.7% rising
98 Singapore 678,000 2030 down 4.1% rising
99 Burundi 660,000 2030 down 2.8% falling
100 Ireland 657,000 2030 down 14.5% falling
101 Denmark 635,000 2030 down 27.8% falling
102 Ghana 623,000 2030 down 6.6% falling
103 Republic of Moldova 618,000 2030 up 1.8% falling
104 Haiti 595,000 2030 up 5.3% rising
104 Lithuania 595,000 2030 down 14.3% falling
106 North Macedonia 580,000 2030 down 3.7% falling
107 Benin 565,000 2030 up 4.8% rising
108 Oman 562,000 2030 up 48.7% rising
109 Senegal 539,000 2030 down 9.9% falling
110 Armenia 526,000 2030 down 9.3% falling
111 Timor-Leste 506,000 2030 up 28.8% rising
112 Qatar 495,000 2030 up 14.1% rising
113 Rwanda 474,000 2030 down 32.2% falling
114 Lesotho 450,000 2030 up 25.7% rising
115 Norway 449,000 2030 down 35.6% falling
116 Uruguay 443,000 2030 down 18.9% falling
117 Sierra Leone 438,000 2030 down 24.1% falling
118 Latvia 435,000 2030 down 14.7% falling
119 Albania 433,000 2030 down 20.0% falling
120 Cyprus 349,000 2030 down 2.2% rising
121 El Salvador 328,000 2030 down 14.1% falling
122 Slovenia 323,000 2030 down 8.2% falling
123 Botswana 297,000 2030 up 0.7% falling
124 Mauritania 291,000 2030 up 7.0% flat
125 New Zealand 280,000 2030 down 34.4% falling
126 Costa Rica 278,000 2030 down 21.2% falling
127 Togo 273,000 2030 down 9.0% falling
128 Gabon 243,000 2030 up 24.6% rising
129 Bahrain 240,000 2030 up 4.8% rising
130 Turkmenistan 233,000 2030 down 16.2% falling
131 Solomon Islands 227,000 2030 up 27.5% rising
132 Paraguay 226,000 2030 down 40.4% falling
133 Jamaica 225,000 2030 down 14.1% falling
134 Estonia 224,000 2030 down 22.5% falling
135 Montenegro 184,000 2030 up 2.8% rising
136 Gambia 171,000 2030 up 8.2% rising
137 Fiji 164,000 2030 down 4.7% falling
138 Mauritius 160,000 2030 down 19.6% falling
139 Panama 137,000 2030 down 23.0% falling
140 Luxembourg 133,000 2030 up 5.6% rising
141 Liberia 130,000 2030 down 21.2% falling
142 Bhutan 123,000 2030 down 4.7% flat
143 Maldives 120,000 2030 down 7.0% rising
144 Malta 101,000 2030 down 6.5% rising
145 Eswatini 97,000 2030 up 26.0% rising
146 Guinea-Bissau 85,000 2030 down 9.6% falling
147 Bahamas 60,000 2030 up 22.4% rising
148 Vanuatu 59,000 2030 up 28.3% rising
149 Brunei Darussalam 56,000 2030 down 1.8% rising
150 Guyana 53,000 2030 down 25.4% falling
151 Comoros 37,000 2030 down 28.8% falling
151 Cape Verde 37,000 2030 down 9.8% falling
153 Kiribati 30,000 2030 down 6.2% falling
154 Samoa 28,000 2030 down 9.7% falling
155 Belize 25,000 2030 unchanged rising
156 Andorra 24,000 2030 up 9.1% rising
157 Iceland 23,000 2030 down 30.3% falling
158 Tonga 20,000 2030 down 4.8% flat
159 Saint Lucia 19,000 2030 down 9.5% falling
160 Seychelles 18,000 2030 down 5.3% rising
161 Sao Tome and Principe 13,000 2030 up 44.4% rising
162 Marshall Islands 7,000 2030 down 22.2% falling
163 Palau 3,000 2030 unchanged falling
164 Naoero 2,000 2030 down 33.3% falling
164 Tuvalu 2,000 2030 unchanged falling
164 Cook Islands 2,000 2030 down 33.3% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Number of current of tobacco users, estimate
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
173 places, 1,903 data points, 2000–2030
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