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This is a list of countries by estimated number of privately owned guns per 100 persons. The '' Small Arms Survey 2017''Briefing Paper. Estimating Global Civilian-Held Firearms Numbers
June 2018 by Aaron Karp. Of Small Arms Survey. See box 4 on page 8 for detailed explanation of "Computation methods for civilian firearms holdings". See country table in annex PDF
Civilian Firearms Holdings, 2017
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provides estimates of the total number of civilian-owned guns in a country. It then calculates the number per 100 persons. This number for a country does not indicate the percentage of the population that owns guns. This is because individuals can own more than one gun. See also:
All the numbers in the main column of the table below are from the annex table of '' Small Arms Survey 2017''. The briefing paper for it says: "Numbers provided here include all firearms in civilian hands, both licit and illicit." The annex table where all the numbers in the main column come from also includes some sub-national areas and territories such as Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, Scotland, etc.
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This is a list of countries by estimated number of privately owned guns per 100 persons. The '' Small Arms Survey 2017''Briefing Paper. Estimating Global Civilian-Held Firearms NumbersJune 2018 by Aaron Karp. Of Small Arms Survey. See box 4 on page 8 for detailed explanation of "Computation methods for civilian firearms holdings". See country table in annex PDF
Civilian Firearms Holdings, 2017
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provides estimates of the total number of civilian-owned guns in a country. It then calculates the number per 100 persons. This number for a country does not indicate the percentage of the population that owns guns. This is because individuals can own more than one gun. See also:
Percent of households with guns by country
This is a list of countries that gives the percent of households with guns. It is further broken down by the percent of households with handguns. Also, by the percent of adults living in armed households. The data is from GunPolicy.org which is ...
. It gives the percent of households with guns. It is further broken down by the percent of households with handgun
A handgun is a short- barrelled gun, typically a firearm, that is designed to be usable with only one hand. It is distinguished from a long gun (i.e. rifle, shotgun or machine gun, etc.), which needs to be held by both hands and also braced ...
s. Also, by the percent of adults living in armed households.
List of countries by estimated number of guns per 100 people
All the numbers in the main column of the table below are from the annex table of '' Small Arms Survey 2017''. The briefing paper for it says: "Numbers provided here include all firearms in civilian hands, both licit and illicit." The annex table where all the numbers in the main column come from also includes some sub-national areas and territories such as Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, Scotland, etc.
Notes
'' Return to top of table.'' Some of the notes below refer to a previous version of the table that used numbers from '' Small Arms Survey 2007.'' So some of the info below may be out of date.See also
* List of countries by firearm-related death rate * List of countries by guns and homicideReferences
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