The number of phone users out there is expected to grow to 5.5 billion by the year 2020. That equates to 70 percent of the global population[1], according to today’s release of the Cisco Visual Networking Index™ (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast (2015 to 2020).
Take a minute and let that staggering number sink in! It is hard to put that number into perspective. So, let’s compare it to some other recent statistics:
- 1.3 billion cars are in the world as of 2015
- 3.8 billion people have running water in their homes.
- 5.3 billion have access to electricity.
- 5.8 billion people have brown eyes.
- 10 billion ants (all varieties)
Check out this article and graph on how we are using all those phones.