China will overtake the United States as the world's largest smart device market

It is expected that as of the end of February, the number of Android and iOS smartphones and tablets that have been activated in the Chinese market will be 246 million, compared with 230 million in the United States.

According to the latest data released by mobile analytics firm Flurry, after becoming the world’s fastest growing smart device market a year ago, China is expected to have 246 million Android and iOS smartphones and tablets by the end of February this year. In contrast, the United States will have 230 million such phones and tablets. This figure will change the ranking in January this year. In January of this year, the United States ranked first with 222 million smart devices, and China had 221 million smart devices.

Flurry calculates this figure based on the 2.4 billion application processes tracked daily. Flurry said that China will not lose its number one position in a short period of time.

Peter Farago, Flurry’s vice president of marketing, said that taking into account the huge population gap in the two countries, the United States will not regain the top position from China. China has more than 1.3 billion people, while the United States has only 310 million people. Considering that the United States has the third largest population in the world, the only country that may exceed China at some time in the future is India. India has a population of more than 1.2 billion.

However, despite its large population, India’s number of smart devices in January alone was only 19 million units, tied for ninth with Russia and Brazil. The UK ranked third, with 43 million smart devices in January. South Korea ranks fourth with 30 million smart devices. Japan ranks fifth and owns 29 million smart devices.

The country with the fastest growth rate in January this year is Colombia, with a growth rate of 278%, which exceeds the growth rate of 209% in China. Vietnam's growth rate is 266%. Turkey's growth rate is 247%. Ukraine's growth rate is 237%. The growth rate in Egypt is 211%.