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Number of current cigarette smokers, estimate by country

Countries reporting
166
Highest
281.17 million
China
Lowest
2,000
Cook Islands
Median
771,000
Years covered
31
2000–2030
Data points
1,914

What the numbers show

Number of current cigarette smokers, estimate is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 281.17 million in China; the lowest is 2,000 in Cook Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 771,000, and the mean is 4.78 million.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 59.7%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 44.4%).

Number of current cigarette smokers, estimate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 281.17 million 2030 down 2.5% rising
2 Indonesia 68.08 million 2030 up 9.8% rising
3 India 33.79 million 2030 down 35.7% falling
4 Russia 24.49 million 2030 down 15.9% falling
5 United States 21.67 million 2030 down 31.3% falling
6 Turkey 20.35 million 2030 up 4.0% rising
7 Egypt 18.91 million 2030 up 41.0% rising
8 Brazil 15.00 million 2030 down 21.1% falling
9 Pakistan 14.37 million 2030 down 1.2% flat
10 Bangladesh 14.33 million 2030 down 7.9% falling
11 France 14.03 million 2030 up 0.7% flat
12 Mexico 13.82 million 2030 down 0.2% rising
13 Philippines 13.47 million 2030 down 8.1% falling
14 Japan 13.25 million 2030 down 27.9% falling
15 Vietnam 11.63 million 2030 down 3.9% rising
16 Italy 9.60 million 2030 down 9.9% falling
17 Germany 9.00 million 2030 down 25.1% falling
18 South Africa 8.73 million 2030 up 19.4% rising
19 Thailand 8.61 million 2030 down 16.8% falling
20 Spain 8.52 million 2030 down 11.6% falling
21 Argentina 6.95 million 2030 down 6.4% falling
22 South Korea 6.44 million 2030 down 24.5% falling
23 Ukraine 5.63 million 2030 down 29.5% falling
24 Algeria 5.52 million 2030 up 21.6% rising
25 Iraq 5.33 million 2030 up 30.8% rising
26 Poland 5.33 million 2030 down 24.8% falling
27 Myanmar 5.26 million 2030 down 13.8% falling
28 Democratic Republic of Congo 5.09 million 2030 up 24.5% rising
29 Malaysia 4.68 million 2030 down 3.5% rising
30 Iran 4.58 million 2030 down 12.0% falling
31 United Kingdom 3.50 million 2030 down 37.8% falling
32 Saudi Arabia 3.33 million 2030 up 24.6% rising
33 Romania 3.31 million 2030 down 16.4% falling
34 Chile 3.29 million 2030 down 18.2% falling
35 Nigeria 3.04 million 2030 down 4.4% falling
36 Madagascar 2.94 million 2030 up 21.6% rising
37 Colombia 2.64 million 2030 down 10.9% falling
38 North Korea 2.58 million 2030 down 19.8% falling
39 Kazakhstan 2.56 million 2030 down 8.3% falling
40 Nepal 2.45 million 2030 down 16.2% falling
41 Jordan 2.44 million 2030 up 25.3% rising
42 Morocco 2.40 million 2030 down 13.7% falling
43 Ethiopia 2.29 million 2030 up 24.3% rising
44 Canada 2.19 million 2030 down 31.7% falling
45 Papua New Guinea 2.12 million 2030 up 8.8% rising
46 Hungary 1.95 million 2030 down 13.3% falling
47 Uzbekistan 1.93 million 2030 down 3.4% flat
48 Netherlands 1.91 million 2030 down 18.9% falling
49 Peru 1.90 million 2030 down 27.2% falling
50 Portugal 1.90 million 2030 up 3.6% rising
51 Czechia 1.88 million 2030 down 8.8% falling
52 Lebanon 1.87 million 2030 up 37.1% rising
53 Kenya 1.86 million 2030 down 8.8% falling
54 Greece 1.85 million 2030 down 27.8% falling
55 Tunisia 1.77 million 2030 down 1.7% flat
56 Serbia 1.77 million 2030 down 9.2% falling
57 Belgium 1.75 million 2030 down 7.7% falling
58 Afghanistan 1.73 million 2030 down 1.9% rising
59 Bulgaria 1.70 million 2030 down 12.9% falling
60 Sri Lanka 1.65 million 2030 down 0.2% flat
61 Tanzania 1.44 million 2030 down 23.7% falling
62 Belarus 1.43 million 2030 down 20.2% falling
63 Cambodia 1.39 million 2030 down 10.2% falling
64 Australia 1.38 million 2030 down 27.8% falling
65 Zambia 1.34 million 2030 up 30.1% rising
66 Guatemala 1.29 million 2030 up 12.0% rising
67 Israel 1.26 million 2030 up 2.4% rising
68 Switzerland 1.20 million 2030 down 10.1% falling
69 Mozambique 1.14 million 2030 down 7.6% falling
70 Ecuador 1.12 million 2030 up 2.0% rising
71 Cote d'Ivoire 1.10 million 2030 down 10.7% falling
72 Slovakia 1.01 million 2030 down 6.4% falling
73 Uganda 1.00 million 2030 down 4.4% falling
74 Niger 1.00 million 2030 up 39.2% rising
75 Azerbaijan 992,000 2030 down 9.7% falling
76 Austria 966,000 2030 down 32.2% falling
77 Laos 936,000 2030 down 7.7% falling
78 Libya 921,000 2030 down 0.1% falling
79 Croatia 895,000 2030 down 6.9% falling
80 Kyrgyzstan 855,000 2030 up 4.3% rising
81 Burkina Faso 837,000 2030 up 0.5% flat
82 Honduras 826,000 2030 up 8.7% rising
83 Cuba 779,000 2030 down 36.5% falling
84 Georgia 763,000 2030 up 0.7% falling
85 Bolivia 758,000 2030 down 13.7% falling
86 Kuwait 757,000 2030 up 28.1% rising
87 Mali 733,000 2030 up 7.0% rising
88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 673,000 2030 down 16.9% falling
89 Zimbabwe 671,000 2030 up 0.1% falling
90 Mongolia 662,000 2030 up 14.1% rising
91 Malawi 635,000 2030 unchanged falling
92 Cameroon 610,000 2030 down 10.3% falling
93 Singapore 595,000 2030 down 5.4% rising
94 Chad 589,000 2030 up 27.5% rising
95 North Macedonia 580,000 2030 down 3.7% falling
96 Moldova 569,000 2030 up 1.8% falling
97 Congo 559,000 2030 up 59.7% rising
98 United Arab Emirates 554,000 2030 down 10.9% rising
99 Ireland 510,000 2030 down 19.0% falling
100 Lithuania 497,000 2030 down 8.8% falling
101 Senegal 490,000 2030 down 2.6% falling
102 Armenia 488,000 2030 down 9.6% falling
103 Haiti 465,000 2030 up 4.3% rising
104 Burundi 459,000 2030 up 13.3% rising
105 Oman 447,000 2030 up 53.1% rising
106 Finland 429,000 2030 down 23.9% falling
107 Denmark 409,000 2030 down 33.3% falling
108 East Timor 402,000 2030 up 33.1% rising
109 Uruguay 389,000 2030 down 20.4% falling
110 Sierra Leone 372,000 2030 down 20.0% falling
111 Albania 366,000 2030 down 19.4% falling
112 Ghana 365,000 2030 down 9.9% falling
113 Lesotho 361,000 2030 up 38.3% rising
114 Sweden 359,000 2030 down 39.9% falling
115 Latvia 340,000 2030 down 16.5% falling
116 Qatar 330,000 2030 up 8.2% rising
117 Benin 321,000 2030 up 8.8% rising
118 Slovenia 305,000 2030 down 7.9% falling
119 Cyprus 302,000 2030 down 1.6% rising
120 El Salvador 286,000 2030 down 14.4% falling
121 New Zealand 280,000 2030 down 34.4% falling
121 Rwanda 280,000 2030 down 19.3% falling
123 Costa Rica 252,000 2030 down 20.8% falling
124 Botswana 245,000 2030 up 15.0% rising
125 Mauritania 230,000 2030 up 17.3% rising
126 Norway 213,000 2030 down 42.1% volatile
127 Togo 200,000 2030 down 0.5% flat
128 Gabon 196,000 2030 up 22.5% rising
129 Estonia 188,000 2030 down 21.7% falling
130 Solomon Islands 185,000 2030 up 28.5% rising
131 Turkmenistan 183,000 2030 down 16.4% falling
132 Montenegro 165,000 2030 up 2.5% flat
133 Bahrain 163,000 2030 down 0.6% rising
133 Jamaica 163,000 2030 down 16.8% falling
135 Fiji 149,000 2030 up 3.5% rising
136 Mauritius 146,000 2030 down 18.9% falling
137 Paraguay 144,000 2030 down 44.4% volatile
138 Gambia 143,000 2030 up 12.6% rising
139 Luxembourg 111,000 2030 up 4.7% rising
140 Panama 110,000 2030 down 23.1% falling
141 Liberia 103,000 2030 down 15.6% falling
142 Maldives 93,000 2030 down 6.1% rising
143 Malta 91,000 2030 down 6.2% rising
144 Guinea-Bissau 80,000 2030 up 3.9% rising
145 Eswatini 70,000 2030 up 22.8% rising
146 Vanuatu 53,000 2030 up 29.3% rising
147 Brunei 47,000 2030 down 6.0% rising
148 Bahamas 41,000 2030 up 24.2% rising
148 Guyana 41,000 2030 down 28.1% falling
150 Bhutan 36,000 2030 down 10.0% falling
151 Kiribati 27,000 2030 down 6.9% falling
152 Samoa 23,000 2030 down 11.5% falling
153 Comoros 22,000 2030 down 21.4% falling
154 Belize 21,000 2030 unchanged rising
154 Cape Verde 21,000 2030 down 4.5% falling
156 Andorra 19,000 2030 up 5.6% rising
157 Tonga 17,000 2030 down 5.6% flat
158 Seychelles 16,000 2030 unchanged rising
159 Saint Lucia 14,000 2030 down 12.5% falling
160 Iceland 11,000 2030 down 38.9% falling
161 Sao Tome and Principe 6,000 2030 up 20.0% rising
162 Marshall Islands 5,000 2030 down 16.7% falling
163 Nauru 2,000 2030 unchanged falling
163 Palau 2,000 2030 unchanged falling
163 Tuvalu 2,000 2030 unchanged flat
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 cigarette smokers, estimate
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
174 places, 1,914 data points, 2000–2030
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