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Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate by country

Countries reporting
166
Highest
282.14 million
China
Lowest
2,000
Cook Islands
Median
947,500
Years covered
31
2000–2030
Data points
1,980

What the numbers show

Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 282.14 million in China; the lowest is 2,000 in Cook Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 947,500, and the mean is 5.62 million.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 60.0%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 40.4%).

Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 282.14 million 2030 down 2.6% rising
2 India 91.61 million 2030 down 13.0% falling
3 Indonesia 68.08 million 2030 up 9.8% rising
4 United States 33.35 million 2030 down 25.7% falling
5 Russia 24.78 million 2030 down 16.1% falling
6 Egypt 23.52 million 2030 up 37.9% rising
7 Turkey 21.71 million 2030 up 4.7% rising
8 Bangladesh 18.65 million 2030 down 8.3% falling
9 Pakistan 18.17 million 2030 down 1.5% flat
10 Brazil 17.71 million 2030 down 18.7% falling
11 Philippines 15.77 million 2030 down 4.8% flat
12 Vietnam 15.73 million 2030 down 1.7% rising
13 France 15.67 million 2030 up 0.4% flat
14 Mexico 15.18 million 2030 up 0.1% rising
15 Japan 13.98 million 2030 down 27.3% falling
16 South Africa 11.87 million 2030 up 19.5% rising
17 Germany 11.83 million 2030 down 22.0% falling
18 Italy 9.84 million 2030 down 10.1% falling
19 Thailand 9.72 million 2030 down 14.2% falling
20 Spain 9.18 million 2030 down 11.1% falling
21 Argentina 7.84 million 2030 down 4.9% falling
22 Myanmar 6.84 million 2030 down 15.2% falling
23 South Korea 6.82 million 2030 down 23.8% falling
24 Algeria 6.44 million 2030 up 21.1% rising
25 Iraq 6.34 million 2030 up 29.5% rising
26 Ukraine 5.97 million 2030 down 29.7% falling
27 Poland 5.68 million 2030 down 25.3% falling
28 Democratic Republic of Congo 5.66 million 2030 up 19.3% rising
29 United Kingdom 5.34 million 2030 down 31.7% falling
30 Iran 5.34 million 2030 down 13.7% falling
31 Malaysia 4.75 million 2030 down 1.7% rising
32 Saudi Arabia 4.71 million 2030 up 24.3% rising
33 Chile 3.79 million 2030 down 15.8% falling
34 Nigeria 3.72 million 2030 down 4.8% falling
35 Romania 3.68 million 2030 down 16.7% falling
36 Madagascar 3.41 million 2030 up 21.3% rising
37 Morocco 3.33 million 2030 down 8.3% falling
38 Colombia 3.13 million 2030 down 8.4% falling
39 Jordan 3.11 million 2030 up 25.1% rising
40 North Korea 2.96 million 2030 down 19.8% falling
41 Canada 2.92 million 2030 down 26.4% falling
42 Papua New Guinea 2.92 million 2030 up 9.2% rising
43 Ethiopia 2.81 million 2030 up 26.9% rising
44 Nepal 2.81 million 2030 down 16.6% falling
45 Kazakhstan 2.73 million 2030 down 8.3% falling
46 Netherlands 2.66 million 2030 down 15.1% falling
47 Peru 2.52 million 2030 down 23.8% falling
48 Uzbekistan 2.40 million 2030 down 4.3% flat
49 Lebanon 2.36 million 2030 up 30.5% rising
50 Sri Lanka 2.29 million 2030 down 0.7% flat
51 Czechia 2.18 million 2030 down 9.1% falling
52 Tunisia 2.18 million 2030 up 0.4% rising
53 Kenya 2.14 million 2030 down 7.9% falling
54 Portugal 2.13 million 2030 up 3.6% rising
55 Hungary 2.10 million 2030 down 13.0% falling
56 Australia 2.08 million 2030 down 20.7% falling
57 Afghanistan 2.05 million 2030 down 4.3% flat
58 Belgium 2.04 million 2030 down 6.4% falling
59 Greece 2.00 million 2030 down 27.9% falling
60 Serbia 1.96 million 2030 down 9.3% falling
61 Bulgaria 1.84 million 2030 down 12.8% falling
62 Tanzania 1.68 million 2030 down 22.5% falling
63 Cambodia 1.64 million 2030 down 6.6% flat
64 Zambia 1.52 million 2030 up 29.1% rising
65 Belarus 1.51 million 2030 down 20.5% falling
66 Switzerland 1.49 million 2030 down 8.3% falling
67 Guatemala 1.46 million 2030 up 11.5% rising
68 Israel 1.39 million 2030 up 2.4% rising
69 Azerbaijan 1.35 million 2030 down 9.3% falling
70 Ecuador 1.34 million 2030 up 2.0% rising
71 Austria 1.31 million 2030 down 27.5% falling
72 Mozambique 1.26 million 2030 down 7.1% falling
73 Cuba 1.26 million 2030 down 31.1% falling
74 Libya 1.25 million 2030 up 3.7% flat
75 Cote d'Ivoire 1.23 million 2030 down 10.6% falling
76 Uganda 1.19 million 2030 down 4.8% falling
77 Slovakia 1.19 million 2030 down 6.0% falling
78 Laos 1.17 million 2030 down 4.9% falling
79 Niger 1.04 million 2030 up 38.1% rising
80 Kuwait 1.02 million 2030 up 29.6% rising
81 Burkina Faso 1.00 million 2030 down 0.6% flat
82 Bolivia 965,000 2030 down 10.1% falling
83 Croatia 960,000 2030 down 7.1% falling
84 United Arab Emirates 935,000 2030 down 2.6% rising
85 Honduras 930,000 2030 up 8.3% rising
86 Kyrgyzstan 855,000 2030 up 4.3% rising
87 Georgia 847,000 2030 up 1.1% falling
88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 837,000 2030 down 17.7% falling
89 Mali 812,000 2030 up 6.3% rising
90 Chad 803,000 2030 up 26.5% rising
91 Zimbabwe 784,000 2030 down 1.3% falling
92 Malawi 762,000 2030 down 2.2% falling
93 Congo 731,000 2030 up 60.0% rising
94 Mongolia 717,000 2030 up 14.5% rising
95 Cameroon 716,000 2030 down 9.5% falling
96 Sweden 682,000 2030 down 33.1% falling
97 Singapore 678,000 2030 down 4.1% rising
98 Ireland 657,000 2030 down 14.5% falling
99 Denmark 635,000 2030 down 27.8% falling
100 Moldova 618,000 2030 up 1.8% falling
101 Finland 596,000 2030 down 20.1% falling
102 Haiti 595,000 2030 up 5.3% rising
103 Burundi 584,000 2030 up 14.5% rising
104 North Macedonia 580,000 2030 down 3.7% falling
105 Senegal 566,000 2030 down 2.9% falling
106 Lithuania 544,000 2030 down 9.0% falling
107 Armenia 525,000 2030 down 9.2% falling
108 Oman 516,000 2030 up 51.8% rising
109 Qatar 461,000 2030 up 12.7% rising
110 Sierra Leone 458,000 2030 down 19.1% falling
110 East Timor 458,000 2030 up 31.6% rising
112 Ghana 450,000 2030 down 9.6% falling
113 Norway 449,000 2030 down 35.6% falling
114 Rwanda 445,000 2030 down 14.9% falling
115 Uruguay 443,000 2030 down 18.9% falling
116 Albania 433,000 2030 down 20.0% falling
117 Benin 394,000 2030 up 7.9% rising
118 Lesotho 382,000 2030 up 31.3% rising
118 Latvia 382,000 2030 down 16.6% 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 Mauritania 295,000 2030 up 17.1% rising
124 New Zealand 280,000 2030 down 34.4% falling
125 Costa Rica 278,000 2030 down 21.2% falling
126 Togo 255,000 2030 unchanged flat
127 Botswana 249,000 2030 up 5.5% rising
128 Bahrain 240,000 2030 up 4.8% rising
129 Solomon Islands 227,000 2030 up 27.5% rising
130 Paraguay 226,000 2030 down 40.4% falling
131 Jamaica 225,000 2030 down 14.1% falling
132 Turkmenistan 215,000 2030 down 16.7% falling
133 Estonia 207,000 2030 down 21.3% falling
134 Gabon 199,000 2030 up 21.3% rising
135 Montenegro 184,000 2030 up 2.8% rising
136 Gambia 166,000 2030 up 11.4% rising
137 Fiji 164,000 2030 down 4.7% falling
138 Mauritius 160,000 2030 down 19.6% falling
139 Luxembourg 133,000 2030 up 5.6% rising
140 Liberia 131,000 2030 down 14.4% falling
141 Panama 127,000 2030 down 23.5% falling
142 Maldives 112,000 2030 down 6.7% rising
143 Malta 101,000 2030 down 6.5% rising
144 Guinea-Bissau 97,000 2030 up 3.2% rising
145 Eswatini 79,000 2030 up 23.4% rising
146 Vanuatu 59,000 2030 up 28.3% rising
147 Brunei 56,000 2030 down 1.8% rising
148 Guyana 53,000 2030 down 25.4% falling
149 Bahamas 46,000 2030 up 17.9% rising
150 Bhutan 44,000 2030 down 12.0% falling
151 Comoros 31,000 2030 down 18.4% falling
152 Kiribati 30,000 2030 down 6.2% falling
153 Samoa 28,000 2030 down 9.7% falling
154 Cape Verde 27,000 2030 down 6.9% 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 9,000 2030 up 28.6% rising
162 Marshall Islands 5,000 2030 down 28.6% falling
163 Nauru 2,000 2030 down 33.3% falling
163 Palau 2,000 2030 down 33.3% falling
163 Tuvalu 2,000 2030 unchanged falling
163 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 tobacco smokers, estimate
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
180 places, 1,980 data points, 2000–2030
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