A new study regarding the total number of guns owned per country has found that Pakistani civilians own as many as 43.9 million firearms! More surprisingly, this figure is considered as the 4th largest worldwide. The United States, unsurprisingly, topped the list – with 393 million guns owned by civilians.
The study included 1 billion firearms in total, breaking down gun ownership figures by country, the number of firearms owned by civilians and the number of guns in use by the military. Out of this total, 857 million guns are being used by civilians in as many as 133 countries.
US citizens happen to be the most dominant owners of firearms. The Small Arms Survey revealed that Americans, who make up only 4% of the global population, own 46% of the total firearms.
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva carried out the study. It collected data by carrying out a survey in 56 countries and obtaining firearms registration data from 133 countries.
To calculate the number of military-owned firearms, the study used these two approaches:
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The survey listed the top 25 countries where the civilians hold the most number of firearms. This includes both legal and illegal weapons surveyed for the year 2017.
Here is how the top 25 countries rank on the list:
The United States has the highest guns-per-100-people ratio with 121 firearms for every 100 US citizens. Japan and Indonesia are on the other end of the list with less than one firearm per 100 people.
Russia takes the top spot when it comes to the list of largest military-owned firearms holdings.
Here is how the top 10 countries on that list stand:
Note: The military data included in the list was provided by 28 countries only.