Computer Shipments Worldwide


The PC and mobile phone worldwide sales are given in the following table according to various market research reports (data may not be consistent). It shows smartphones outperformed other devices for many years. The sales of tablet PCs peaked in 2014 and become steady afterwards.

Year Numbers of Units Shipped (Million)
Feature phones Smartphones PCs Servers Tablet PCs PDAs (without phone capabilities)
Total Android iOS
2002 432 — — — 135.0 4.6 — 115.1
2003 520 — — — 164.7 5.3 — 11.5
2004 713 — — — 189.0 6.3 — 115.5
2005 813 — — — 209.0 7.6 — 15.9
2006 927 64 — — 239.0 8.2 — 17.7
2007 1,031 122 — 1.4 271.0 8.0 — —
2008 1,081 139 — 13 302.0 8.1 — —
2009 1,055 166 6.8 25 306.0 7.0 1 —
2010 1,609 286 22.9 47.5 346.0 8.8 17 —
2011 1,323 486 238.9 93.2 357.4 7.6 73 —
2012 1,048 698 479 (68.8%) 135.8 (19.0%) 343.9 8.1 128 —
2013 838 968 781.2 (79%) 153.4 (15.8%) 296.0 9.0 195 —
2014 634 1,245 1,042.7 (81.2%) 192.7 (15%) 314.0 9.2 227 —
2015 486 1,424 1,150 (80%) 231.5 (17%) 290.0 9.9 196 —
2016 396 1,495 1,485 (83.7%) 215.5 (14.5%) 270.0 12.12 169 —
2017 — 1,537 1,320 (85.9%) 214.9 (14%) 263.0 12.10 160 —
2018 — 1,555 1,100 (75.45%) 217.72 (20.47%) 259.0 12.42 146 —
2019 — 1,541 1,260 (75.47%) 194 (14%) 261.2 11.74 145 —
2020 — 1,348 1,050 (72.92%) 206.1 (26.35%) 275.0 13.2 164 —
2021 — 1,434 980 (71.93%) 236 (27.35%) 348.8 13.5 169 —
2022 — 1,395 880 (71.6%) 232.2 (27.7%) 286.0 13.8 137 —
2023 — 1,167 932.3 (75%) 234.6 (20.1%) 247.0 14.0 135 —
2024 — 1,236 1,010 (71.3%) 232.1 (28.5%) 262.7 12.1 148 —
2025 — 1,260 1,010 (80%) 244 (20%) 284.7 15.0 156 —




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