is a report that estimates the amount of firearms held by civilians worldwide. The report was created for “small arms survey” and published on their website on june 2018.
Key findings [edit]
There were approximately 857 million civilian-held firearms in the world at the end of 2017.
Roughly 100 million civilian firearms were reported as registered, accounting for some 12 per cent of the global total.
National ownership rates vary from about 120.5 firearms for every 100 residents in the United States to less than 1 firearm for every 100 residents in countries like Indonesia, Japan, Malawi, and several Pacific island states.
There are regional or national surveys concerning civilian holdings for 56 countries and territories.
USA Firearms Numbers [edit]
The report estimates that in the US there are 393,300,000 firearms held by civilians.
Reference [edit]
“Estimating Global Civilian Held Firearms Numbers.” n.d. http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/T-Briefing-Papers/SAS-BP-Civilian-Firearms-Numbers.pdf .
