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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