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A gun store in Wenatchee, Washington, United States
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A gun store in Prague, Czech Republic

In 2018, the Small Arms Survey reported that there are over one billion small arms distributed globally, of which 857 million (about 85 percent) are in civilian hands.[1][2] The survey stated that USA civilians account for an estimated 393 million (about 46 percent) of the worldwide total of civilian held firearms,[2] or about 120.5 firearms for every 100 American residents.[2]

From 1994 to 2023, gun ownership increased 28% in America. In 2023, about 16.7 million firearms were sold in the U.S. In the first four months of 2024, nearly 5.5 million firearms were sold, averaging around 1.3 million per month. About 72% of gun owners say they own a gun primarily for protection.[3]

The world's armed forces control about 133 million (approximately 13 percent) of the global total of small arms, of which over 43 percent belong to two countries: Russia (30.3 million) and China (27.5 million).[1] Law enforcement agencies control about 23 million (about 2 percent) of the global total of small arms.[1] Gun ownership is a protected right in countries such as the United States and Yemen.[4]

Global distribution of civilian-held firearms

The following data comes from the Small Arms Survey. For more tables see: Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country and Percent of households with guns by country.

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World wide civilian firearms holdings, 2017 estimates.[5][6]
Countries and territories Firearms in civilian possession Population 2017 Civilian firearms per 100 people
Template:Flagcountry 4,270,000 34,169,000 12.5
Template:Flagcountry 350,000 2,911,000 12.0
Template:Flagcountry 877,000 41,064,000 2.1
Template:Flagcountry (United States) 400 56,000 0.7
Template:Flagcountry 10,000 69,000 14.1
Template:Flagcountry 2,982,000 26,656,000 11.2
Template:Flagcountry 5,000 94,000 5.4
Template:Flagcountry 3,256,000 44,272,000 7.4
Template:Flagcountry 186,000 3,032,000 6.1
Template:Flagcountry (Netherlands) 3,000 105,000 2.6
Template:Flagcountry 3,573,000 24,642,000 14.5
Template:Flagcountry 2,577,000 8,592,000 30.0
Template:Flagcountry 362,000 9,974,000 3.6
Template:Flagcountry 74,000 397,000 18.8
Template:Flagcountry 181,000 1,419,000 12.8
Template:Flagcountry 659,000 164,828,000 0.4
Template:Flagcountry 10,000 286,000 3.5
Template:Flagcountry 581,000 9,459,000 6.1
Template:Flagcountry 1,451,000 11,444,000 12.7
Template:Flagcountry 37,000 375,000 10.0
Template:Flagcountry 33,000 11,459,000 0.3
Template:Flagcountry (United Kingdom) 3,000 61,000 4.6
Template:Flagcountry 6,000 793,000 0.8
Template:Flagcountry 218,000 11,053,000 2.0
Template:Flagcountry 1,185,000 3,793,000 31.2
Template:Flagcountry 97,000 2,344,000 4.1
Template:Flagcountry 17,510,000 211,243,000 8.3
Template:Flagcountry 6,000 434,000 1.4
Template:Flagcountry 590,000 7,045,000 8.4
Template:Flagcountry 175,000 19,173,000 0.9
Template:Flagcountry 238,000 11,936,000 2.0
Template:Flagcountry 717,000 16,076,000 4.5
Template:Flagcountry 510,000 24,514,000 2.1
Template:Flagcountry 12,708,000 36,626,000 34.7
Template:Flagcountry (Cabo Verde) 31,000 533,000 5.7
Template:Flagcountry (United Kingdom) 6,000 62,000 9.2
Template:Flagcountry 94,000 5,099,000 1.8
Template:Flagcountry 151,000 14,965,000 1.0
Template:Flagcountry 23,000 165,000 14.0
Template:Flagcountry 2,220,000 18,313,000 12.1
Template:Flagcountry 49,735,000 1,388,233,000 3.6
Template:Flagcountry 0 2,000 0.0
Template:Flagcountry 4,971,000 49,068,000 10.1
Template:Flagcountry 12,000 826,000 1.5
Template:Flagcountry 493,000 4,906,000 10.0
Template:Flagcountry 576,000 4,210,000 13.7
Template:Flagcountry 234,000 11,390,000 2.1
Template:Flagcountry 4,000 160,000 2.6
Template:Flagcountry 285,000 839,000 34.0
Template:Flagcountry 1,323,000 10,555,000 12.5
Template:Flagcountry 946,000 82,243,000 1.2
Template:Flagcountry 567,000 5,712,000 9.9
Template:Flagcountry 28,000 911,000 3.1
Template:Flagcountry 5,000 73,000 6.2
Template:Flagcountry 795,000 10,767,000 7.4
Template:Flagcountry 402,000 16,626,000 2.4
Template:Flagcountry 3,931,000 95,215,000 4.1
Template:Flagcountry 737,000 6,167,000 12.0
Template:Flagcountry and Wales 2,731,000 58,877,000 4.6
Template:Flagcountry 112,000 894,000 12.5
Template:Flagcountry 23,000 5,482,000 0.4
Template:Flagcountry 65,000 1,306,000 5.0
Template:Flagcountry 377,000 104,345,000 0.4
Template:Flagcountry (United Kingdom) 2,000 3,000 66.7
Template:Flagcountry (Denmark) 5,000 49,000 9.9
Template:Flagcountry 5,000 903,000 0.5
Template:Flagcountry 1,793,000 5,541,000 32.4
Template:Flagcountry 12,732,000 64,939,000 19.6
Template:Flagcountry (France) 55,000 283,000 19.6
Template:Flagcountry (France) 7,000 289,000 2.5
Template:Flagcountry 61,000 1,801,000 3.4
Template:Flagcountry 137,000 2,120,000 6.5
Template:Flagcountry 402,000 3,973,000 10.1
Template:Flagcountry 15,822,000 80,636,000 19.6
Template:Flagcountry 2,280,000 28,657,000 8.0
Template:Flagcountry (United Kingdom) 1,000 32,000 4.1
Template:Flagcountry 1,920,000 10,893,000 17.6
Template:Flagcountry (Denmark) 13,000 56,000 22.3
Template:Flagcountry 5,000 108,000 4.6
Template:Flagcountry (France) 40,000 472,000 8.5
Template:Flagcountry (United States) 20,000 174,000 11.5
Template:Flagcountry 2,062,000 17,005,000 12.1
Template:Flagcountry 130,000 13,291,000 1.0
Template:Flagcountry 29,000 1,933,000 1.5
Template:Flagcountry 122,000 774,000 15.8
Template:Flagcountry 291,000 10,983,000 2.6
Template:Flagcountry 0 1,000 0.0
Template:Flagcountry 1,171,000 8,305,000 14.1
Template:Flagcountry (China) 265,000 7,402,000 3.6
Template:Flagcountry 1,023,000 9,788,000 10.5
Template:Flagcountry 106,000 334,000 31.7
Template:Flagcountry 71,101,000 1,342,513,000 5.3
Template:Flagcountry 82,000 263,510,000 0.03
Template:Flagcountry 5,890,000 80,946,000 7.3
Template:Flagcountry 7,588,000 38,654,000 19.6
Template:Flagcountry 342,000 4,749,000 7.2
Template:Flagcountry 557,000 8,323,000 6.7
Template:Flagcountry 8,609,000 59,798,000 14.4
Template:Flagcountry (Côte d'Ivoire) 1,049,000 23,816,000 4.4
Template:Flagcountry 246,000 2,813,000 8.8
Template:Flagcountry 377,000 126,045,000 0.3
Template:Flagcountry 1,473,000 7,877,000 18.7
Template:Flagcountry 504,000 18,064,000 2.8
Template:Flagcountry 750,000 48,467,000 1.5
Template:Flagcountry 900 116,000 0.8
Template:Flagcountry 436,000 1,831,000 23.8
Template:Flagcountry 685,000 4,100,000 16.7
Template:Flagcountry 171,000 6,125,000 2.8
Template:Flagcountry 215,000 7,038,000 3.0
Template:Flagcountry 205,000 1,945,000 10.5
Template:Flagcountry 1,927,000 6,039,000 31.9
Template:Flagcountry 105,000 2,185,000 4.8
Template:Flagcountry 97,000 4,730,000 2.1
Template:Flagcountry 851,000 6,409,000 13.3
Template:Flagcountry 11,000 38,000 28.8
Template:Flagcountry 385,000 2,831,000 13.6
Template:Flagcountry 110,000 584,000 18.9
Template:Flagcountry (China) 22,000 606,000 3.6
Template:Flagcountry 168,000 25,613,000 0.7
Template:Flagcountry 47,000 18,299,000 0.3
Template:Flagcountry 217,000 31,164,000 0.7
Template:Flagcountry 23,000 376,000 6.2
Template:Flagcountry 206,000 18,690,000 1.1
Template:Flagcountry 119,000 421,000 28.3
Template:Flagcountry 300 53,000 0.5
Template:Flagcountry (France) 34,000 396,000 8.5
Template:Flagcountry 120,000 4,266,000 2.8
Template:Flagcountry 106,000 1,281,000 8.3
Template:Flagcountry 16,809,000 130,223,000 12.9
Template:Flagcountry 700 106,000 0.7
Template:Flagcountry 121,000 4,055,000 3.0
Template:Flagcountry 7,000 38,000 18.4
Template:Flagcountry 242,000 3,052,000 7.9
Template:Flagcountry 245,000 626,000 39.1
Template:Flagcountry (United Kingdom) 300 5,000 5.4
Template:Flagcountry 1,690,000 35,241,000 4.8
Template:Flagcountry 1,337,000 29,538,000 4.5
Template:Flagcountry 877,000 54,836,000 1.6
Template:Flagcountry 396,000 2,569,000 15.4
Template:Flagcountry 0 10,000 0.0
Template:Flagcountry 444,000 29,187,000 1.5
Template:Flagcountry 442,000 17,033,000 2.6
Template:Flagcountry (France) 115,000 270,000 42.5
Template:Flagcountry 1,212,000 4,605,000 26.3
Template:Flagcountry 323,000 6,218,000 5.2
Template:Flagcountry 117,000 21,564,000 0.5
Template:Flagcountry 6,154,000 191,836,000 3.2
Template:Flagcountry 206,000 1,873,000 11.0
Template:Flagcountry (United States) 1,000 56,000 2.6
Template:Flagcountry 76,000 25,405,000 0.3
Template:Flagcountry 1,537,000 5,331,000 28.8
Template:Flagcountry 792,000 4,741,000 16.7
Template:Flagcountry 43,917,000 196,744,000 22.3
Template:Flagcountry 100 22,000 0.5
Template:Flagcountry 56,000 4,952,000 1.1
Template:Flagcountry 436,000 4,051,000 10.8
Template:Flagcountry 79,000 7,934,000 1.0
Template:Flagcountry 1,140,000 6,812,000 16.7
Template:Flagcountry 633,000 32,166,000 2.0
Template:Flagcountry 3,776,000 103,797,000 3.6
Template:Flagcountry 968,000 38,564,000 2.5
Template:Flagcountry 2,186,000 10,265,000 21.3
Template:Flagcountry (United States) 422,000 3,679,000 11.5
Template:Flagcountry 246,000 1,995,000 12.3
Template:Flagcountry 390,000 2,338,000 16.7
Template:Flagcountry 119,000 4,866,000 2.4
Template:Flagcountry (France) 171,000 873,000 19.6
Template:Flagcountry 506,000 19,238,000 2.6
Template:Flagcountry 17,620,000 143,375,000 12.3
Template:Flagcountry 66,000 12,160,000 0.5
Template:Flagcountry 2,000 57,000 3.4
Template:Flagcountry 6,000 188,000 3.4
Template:Flagcountry (France) 3,000 32,000 8.5
Template:Flagcountry 4,000 110,000 3.4
Template:Flagcountry 20,000 196,000 10.1
Template:Flagcountry 5,000 32,000 15.6
Template:Flagcountry 7,000 198,000 3.4
Template:Flagcountry 12,564,000 32,743,000 53.7
Template:Flagcountry 305,000 5,436,000 5.6
Template:Flagcountry 323,000 16,054,000 2.0
Template:Flagcountry 2,719,000 6,946,000 39.1
Template:Flagcountry 4,000 98,000 4.1
Template:Flagcountry 35,000 6,733,000 0.5
Template:Flagcountry 20,000 5,785,000 0.3
Template:Flagcountry (Netherlands) 2,000 40,000 4.2
Template:Flagcountry 355,000 5,432,000 6.5
Template:Flagcountry 324,000 2,071,000 15.6
Template:Flagcountry 1,000 606,000 0.2
Template:Flagcountry 1,145,000 9,225,000 12.4
Template:Flagcountry 456,000 3,823,000 11.9
Template:Flagcountry 5,351,000 55,436,000 9.7
Template:Flagcountry 79,000 50,705,000 0.2
Template:Flagcountry 1,255,000 13,096,000 9.6
Template:Flagcountry 3,464,000 46,070,000 7.5
Template:Flagcountry 494,000 20,905,000 2.4
Template:Flagcountry 2,768,000 42,166,000 6.6
Template:Flagcountry 88,000 552,000 15.9
Template:Flagcountry 64,000 1,320,000 4.8
Template:Flagcountry 2,296,000 9,921,000 23.1
Template:Flagcountry 2,332,000 8,454,000 27.6
Template:Flagcountry 1,547,000 18,907,000 8.2
Template:Flagcountry 10,000 23,405,000 0.04
Template:Flagcountry 37,000 8,858,000 0.4
Template:Flagcountry 427,000 56,878,000 0.8
Template:Flagcountry 10,342,000 68,298,000 15.1
Template:Flagcountry 3,000 1,237,000 0.3
Template:Flagcountry 58,000 7,692,000 0.8
Template:Flagcountry 9,000 108,000 8.0
Template:Flagcountry 43,000 1,369,000 3.2
Template:Flagcountry 123,000 11,495,000 1.1
Template:Flagcountry 13,249,000 80,418,000 16.5
Template:Flagcountry 23,000 5,503,000 0.4
Template:Flagcountry (United Kingdom) 1,000 35,000 3.3
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Template:Flagcountry 331,000 41,653,000 0.8
Template:Flagcountry 4,396,000 44,405,000 9.9
Template:Flagcountry 1,569,000 9,398,000 16.7
Template:Flagcountry 393,347,000 326,474,000 120.5
Template:Flagcountry 1,198,000 3,457,000 34.7
Template:Flagcountry 127,000 30,691,000 0.4
Template:Flagcountry 11,000 276,000 3.9
Template:Flagcountry 5,895,000 31,926,000 18.5
Template:Flagcountry 1,562,000 95,415,000 1.6
Template:Flagcountry 300 31,000 0.8
Template:Flagcountry 18,000 107,000 16.6
Template:Flagcountry 14,859,000 28,120,000 52.8
Template:Flagcountry 158,000 17,238,000 0.9
Template:Flagcountry 455,000 16,338,000 2.8

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Association with rates of violence in times of peace

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Some studies suggest that higher rates of gun ownership are associated with higher homicide rates,[7][8][9] although Gary Kleck argues that the highest-quality studies show that gun ownership does not increase homicide rates.[10] Higher rates of gun ownership are also associated with higher suicide rates[11][12] and higher accidental gun death rates.[13][14][15] The availability of illegal guns, but not that of legal guns, is associated with higher rates of violent crime.[16]

An international study by UNICRI researchers from 2001 examined the link between household gun ownership and overall homicide, overall suicide, as well as gun homicide and gun suicide rates amongst 21 countries. Significant correlations between household gun ownership and rates of gun suicides for both genders, and gun homicide rates involving female victims were found. There were no significant correlations detected for total homicide and suicide rates, as well as gun homicide rates involving male victims.[17] This study has been criticized for combining high-income countries (like the United States) with middle-income countries (like Estonia); if middle-income countries are excluded from the analysis, a strong relationship emerges between gun ownership and homicide.[18] However the Hemenway study has been criticized in response as well. When removing the United States as an outlier and using the superior proxy of gun ownership in the study (percentage of firearm suicides over all suicides), the relationship ceases to be significant. The association between gun ownership and homicide rates across nations is dependent on the inclusion of the U.S.[19] Studies in Canada that examined the levels of gun ownership by province have found no correlations with provincial overall suicide rates.[20] A 2011 study conducted looking at the effects of gun control legislation passed in Canada and the associated effects in homicide rates found no significant reductions in homicide rates as a result of legislation.[21] A case-control study conducted in New Zealand looking at household gun ownership and the risk of suicides found no significant associations.[22]

Maps

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Map of countries by estimated civilian firearms per capita
File:Map. Percent of households with guns by US state in 2016. RAND Corporation.svg
Percent of households with guns in 2016. RAND Corporation.[23][24]

Gallery

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3 pistols and a silencer in a glass case
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A gun store in Lisbon, Portugal
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Person at a shooting range

See also

References

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  1. ↑ a b c smallarmssurvey.org Small Arms Survey reveals: More than one billion firearms in the world
  2. ↑ a b c smallarmssurvey.org Estimating Global CivilianHELD Firearms Numbers. Aaron Karp. June 2018
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  5. ↑ smallarmssurvey.org June 2018, Estimating Global Civilian Held Firearms Numbers by Aaron Karp
  6. ↑ Civilian Firearms Holdings, 2017. smallarmssurvey.org. Archived on 29 June 2018.
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  23. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Click on "Download the Database", extract the xlsx file, and choose the data tab at the bottom. Select state data for particular year from the HFR column. There is 2016 data for all states. Sort the year column.
  24. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". See 1980-2016 timeline graph: "This figure displays three-year rolling averages for household gun ownership rates in each state and the nation overall." Hover over state lines for year and percent. There is also a form to select state lines to show. Add one at a time.

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Further reading

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  • The Washington Post article (June 2018) [1]
  • Time article (June 2018) [2]
  • The New York Times (June 2018) [3]
  • The Guardian article (June 2018) [4]
  • Newsweek article (June 2018) [5]
  • The Star Tribune article (June 2018) [6] Template:Webarchive
  • The Associated Press article (June 2018) [7]
  • Reuters article (June 2018) [8]
  • New York Daily News article (June 2018) [9]

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