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OAS Hemispheric Citizen Security Observatory. 2012 ‘Legally Registered Civilian Firearms.’ Report on Citizen Security in the Americas 2012, p. 44. Washington, DC: Organisation of American States. 1 July

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Table 2.14 Legally Registered Civilian Firearms, Latest Available Year

Number of legally‐registered firearms in hands of the civilian population.

Country: Latest available year - Total registered firearms - Rate per 100,000 inhabitants

Antigua and Barbuda: 2010 - 1,671 - 1.88
Argentina: 2010 - 1,240,000 - 3.05
Brazil: 2010 - 5,900,000 - 3.02
Canada: 2010 - 7,621,150 - 22.49
Chile: 2005 - 695,968 - 4.27
Colombia: 2006 - 706,210 - 1.64
Costa Rica: 2006 - 148,000 - 3.37
Ecuador: 2006 - 117,000 - 0.89
El Salvador: 2009 - 215,000 - 3.49
Guatemala: 2006 - 253,514 - 1.95
Guyana: 2007 - 56,000 - 7.33
Haiti: 2006 - 20,379 - 0.21
Honduras: 2006 - 151,003 - 2.15
Jamaica: 2006 - 65,000 - 2.44
Mexico: 2006 - 2,824,231 - 2.71
Nicaragua: 2006 - 90,133 - 1.63
Panama: 2006 - 65,436 - 1.99
Paraguay: 2006 - 330,000 - 5.70
Peru: 2005 - 270,041 - 0.97
Suriname: 2006 - 30,000 - 5.94
Trinidad and Tobago: 2006 - 7,801 - 0.59
Uruguay: 2010 - 450,000 - 13.35

Total: 2010 - 21,258,537 - 3.95

Sub‐regional data: Data for 2010 or latest available year - Total registered firearms - Rate per 100,000 inhabitants

Caribbean (4 countries) (*3): 2010 - 94,851 - 0.70
Central America (6 countries) (*4): 2010 - 923,086 - 2.34
North America (2 countries) (*5): 2010 - 10,445,381 - 7.56
South America (10 countries) (*6): 2010 - 9,795,219 - 2.82

Notes:
*3) Data for Caribbean includes: Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.
*4) Data for Central America includes: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
*5) Data for North America includes: Canada and Mexico.
*6) Data for South America includes: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Uruguay.

[Data for 22 OAS Member States]

ID: Q9208

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