Countries With The Most Smokers 1980 - 2026

Welcome to Wolf Data, From 1980 to 2026, the global number of smokers changed significantly as population growth, tobacco marketing, public health campaigns, taxation, and smoking regulations reshaped consumption patterns. China remained the country with the largest number of smokers because of its enormous population, while India, Indonesia, the United States, Russia, Bangladesh, Japan, Brazil, Pakistan, and several European nations also recorded large smoking populations during different periods. Although smoking prevalence declined in many high-income countries, the total number of smokers remained high in several developing nations due to demographic growth and continued tobacco use among men. Governments increasingly introduced advertising restrictions, smoke-free laws, health warnings, higher taxes, and cessation programs to reduce tobacco consumption. By 2026, the ranking reflects the absolute number of smokers rather than the percentage of the population, meaning large countries can rank highly even when their smoking rates are lower than those of smaller nations. 🚬 ⛲Sources: ▫️World Health Organization ▫️Global Burden of Disease ▫️Our World in Data ▫️Tobacco Atlas 💻Editor: ▫️Filmora 🖼️Thumbnails: ▫️Canva Countries featured in the video: China India Indonesia United States Bangladesh Russia Pakistan Türkiye Egypt Brazil France Japan Myanmar Philippines Vietnam Mexico Germany Spain South Africa Italy Thailand Argentina Iran South Korea Algeria DR Congo Ukraine United Kingdom Poland Iraq Nepal Afghanistan Yemen Madagascar Malaysia Romania Ethiopia Saudi Arabia Chile Nigeria Syria Uzbekistan Canada Morocco Sri Lanka Kenya Colombia North Korea Peru Netherlands Kazakhstan Sudan Tanzania Papua New Guinea Jordan Portugal Greece Czechia Australia Hungary Belgium Tunisia Venezuela Cambodia Serbia Belarus Lebanon Bulgaria Angola Uganda Mozambique Zambia Austria Switzerland Sweden Burkina Faso Israel Azerbaijan Guatemala Ecuador Cuba Laos Slovakia Côte d'Ivoire Tajikistan Libya Palestine Hong Kong SAR, China Croatia Niger Malawi Kyrgyzstan Zimbabwe Bolivia Georgia Somalia, Fed. Rep. Dominican Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina Finland Mali Cameroon Honduras United Arab Emirates Guinea Chad Rwanda Kuwait Ireland Burundi Lithuania Singapore Denmark South Sudan Mongolia Ghana Congo Haiti Armenia Benin North Macedonia Senegal Sierra Leone Moldova Norway Nicaragua Latvia Uruguay Timor-Leste Lesotho Albania Puerto Rico (US) El Salvador Slovenia Oman Cyprus New Zealand Kosovo Qatar Costa Rica Botswana Mauritania Estonia Paraguay Togo Central African Republic Turkmenistan Jamaica Djibouti Gabon Eritrea Solomon Islands Equatorial Guinea Bahrain Montenegro Namibia Gambia Mauritius Fiji Liberia Trinidad and Tobago Panama Luxembourg Malta Bhutan Guinea-Bissau Maldives Macao SAR, China Eswatini Guyana Bahamas Suriname Brunei Darussalam Vanuatu Comoros New Caledonia French Polynesia Cabo Verde Channel Islands Barbados Kiribati Samoa Iceland Andorra Belize Tonga Guam Saint Lucia Micronesia Curaçao Isle of Man Seychelles São Tomé and Principe Aruba Virgin Islands (US) Greenland Grenada Antigua and Barbuda Faroe Islands Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cayman Islands Liechtenstein Gibraltar Monaco San Marino Marshall Islands Bermuda Dominica Northern Mariana Islands American Samoa Turks and Caicos Islands Saint Kitts and Nevis Sint Maarten (Dutch part) British Virgin Islands Palau St. Martin (French part) Nauru Tuvalu