In July, we released data around the current versions of Android OS in use across the globe, broken down by continent.
It proved a useful guide for anyone, app developers specifically, who needs to make decisions around which minimum API to cater for, and where to find the right balance between market reach, feature utilisation, resource management and future-proofing.
Here's a wider look at both Android and iOS versions in the wild.
Mobile OS updates
iPhone users are familiar with new releases of their phone's operating system. As it comes from a single source - Apple - they're released regularly, and reach every device. Android however, due to its fragmentation and the sheer number of manufacturers using it, is a lot different in terms of frequency and reach. OEMs have long been criticised for their lack of timely updates, Samsung particularly, with AndroidCentral noting:
"No Android manufacturer is good at updates, but Samsung's prolonged cycles impact the most people at once"
Google's Project Treble seeks to get around this cycle delay by limiting the amount or work required by each OEM and allowing updates to be pushed to every Android device straight from source.
"Project Treble will make it easier, faster and less costly for device maker partners when these devices are updated in the future."
All devices launched with Android 9 Pie or higher will be Treble-compliant, meaning there is - and will remain - a huge number of Android devices without the latest OS version for quite some time.
With that sobering fact in tow, we've listed the most commonly seen mobile operating system version across 36 countries during Q2 2019.
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Argentina
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Argentina |
1 |
Android 6 |
19.57% |
Argentina |
2 |
Android 8.1 |
13.60% |
Argentina |
3 |
Android 8 |
13.44% |
Argentina |
4 |
Android 7 |
12.71% |
Argentina |
5 |
Android 5.1 |
8.78% |
Argentina |
6 |
Android 9 |
8.03% |
Argentina |
7 |
iOS 12.2 |
5.12% |
Argentina |
8 |
Android 7.1 |
4.34% |
Argentina |
9 |
Android 5 |
3.41% |
Argentina |
10 |
Android 4.4 |
3.27% |
Australia
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Australia |
1 |
iOS 12.2 |
24.45% |
Australia |
2 |
Android 9 |
15.50% |
Australia |
3 |
iOS 12.1 |
13.10% |
Australia |
4 |
Android 8 |
11.25% |
Australia |
5 |
iOS 12.3 |
10.89% |
Australia |
6 |
Android 6 |
4.53% |
Australia |
7 |
Android 7 |
3.22% |
Australia |
8 |
Android 8.1 |
2.69% |
Australia |
9 |
iOS 11.4 |
2.61% |
Australia |
10 |
Android 7.1 |
2.49% |
Brazil
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Brazil |
1 |
Android 6 |
16.30% |
Brazil |
2 |
Android 8 |
12.71% |
Brazil |
3 |
Android 9 |
12.26% |
Brazil |
4 |
Android 8.1 |
12.19% |
Brazil |
5 |
iOS 12.2 |
11.93% |
Brazil |
6 |
Android 7 |
6.52% |
Brazil |
7 |
Android 5.1 |
5.72% |
Brazil |
8 |
Android 7.1 |
5.08% |
Brazil |
9 |
iOS 12.3 |
4.80% |
Brazil |
10 |
iOS 12.1 |
3.87% |
Canada
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Canada |
1 |
iOS 12.2 |
24.16% |
Canada |
2 |
Android 9 |
20.60% |
Canada |
3 |
Android 8 |
15.34% |
Canada |
4 |
iOS 12.1 |
10.43% |
Canada |
5 |
iOS 12.3 |
10.03% |
Canada |
6 |
Android 7 |
4.40% |
Canada |
7 |
Android 6 |
2.89% |
Canada |
8 |
Android 8.1 |
2.19% |
Canada |
9 |
iOS 11.4 |
1.70% |
Canada |
10 |
Android 5.1 |
1.40% |
Colombia
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Colombia |
1 |
Android 8 |
15.94% |
Colombia |
2 |
Android 6 |
13.29% |
Colombia |
3 |
iOS 12.2 |
12.94% |
Colombia |
4 |
Android 8.1 |
10.80% |
Colombia |
5 |
Android 9 |
8.13% |
Colombia |
6 |
Android 7 |
7.25% |
Colombia |
7 |
iOS 12.1 |
6.98% |
Colombia |
8 |
iOS 12.3 |
6.31% |
Colombia |
9 |
Android 5.1 |
5.53% |
Colombia |
10 |
Android 7.1 |
3.64% |
Denmark
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Denmark |
1 |
iOS 12.2 |
26.08% |
Denmark |
2 |
Android 9 |
16.77% |
Denmark |
3 |
Android 8 |
12.41% |
Denmark |
4 |
iOS 12.1 |
10.72% |
Denmark |
5 |
iOS 12.3 |
10.45% |
Denmark |
6 |
Android 6 |
5.89% |
Denmark |
7 |
Android 7 |
3.46% |
Denmark |
8 |
Android 8.1 |
2.71% |
Denmark |
9 |
iOS 11.4 |
1.65% |
Denmark |
10 |
iOS 10.3 |
1.61% |
Egypt
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Egypt |
1 |
Android 6 |
20.67% |
Egypt |
2 |
Android 8.1 |
12.67% |
Egypt |
3 |
Android 5.1 |
11.20% |
Egypt |
4 |
Android 9 |
8.46% |
Egypt |
5 |
Android 7 |
7.87% |
Egypt |
6 |
Android 4.4 |
7.80% |
Egypt |
7 |
Android 8 |
7.31% |
Egypt |
8 |
iOS 12.2 |
5.17% |
Egypt |
9 |
Android 7.1 |
4.08% |
Egypt |
10 |
iOS 12.1 |
3.06% |
Finland
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Finland |
1 |
Android 9 |
18.91% |
Finland |
2 |
Android 8 |
14.89% |
Finland |
3 |
iOS 12.2 |
12.89% |
Finland |
4 |
Android 6 |
10.12% |
Finland |
5 |
iOS 12.1 |
9.68% |
Finland |
6 |
Android 7 |
7.24% |
Finland |
7 |
Android 8.1 |
6.35% |
Finland |
8 |
iOS 12.3 |
3.62% |
Finland |
9 |
iOS 11.4 |
3.32% |
Finland |
10 |
iOS 11 |
3.29% |
France
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
France |
1 |
Android 8 |
16.06% |
France |
2 |
iOS 12.2 |
15.02% |
France |
3 |
Android 9 |
13.78% |
France |
4 |
iOS 12.1 |
8.04% |
France |
5 |
Android 6 |
7.53% |
France |
6 |
Android 7 |
7.33% |
France |
7 |
Android 8.1 |
6.97% |
France |
8 |
iOS 12.3 |
6.47% |
France |
9 |
Android 5.1 |
4.27% |
France |
10 |
Android 7.1 |
2.11% |
Germany
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Germany |
1 |
Android 8 |
30.59% |
Germany |
2 |
Android 9 |
25.94% |
Germany |
3 |
iOS 12.2 |
9.31% |
Germany |
4 |
Android 7 |
7.44% |
Germany |
5 |
iOS 12.3 |
7.17% |
Germany |
6 |
Android 6 |
4.63% |
Germany |
7 |
iOS 12.1 |
2.40% |
Germany |
8 |
Android 8.1 |
1.95% |
Germany |
9 |
Android 5.1 |
1.62% |
Germany |
10 |
Android 7.1 |
1.28% |
India
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
India |
1 |
Android 8.1 |
27.60% |
India |
2 |
Android 6 |
15.87% |
India |
3 |
Android 9 |
11.45% |
India |
4 |
Android 7.1 |
10.38% |
India |
5 |
Android 7 |
9.58% |
India |
6 |
Android 5.1 |
9.33% |
India |
7 |
Android 8 |
6.83% |
India |
8 |
iOS 12.2 |
1.88% |
India |
9 |
Android 4.4 |
1.53% |
India |
10 |
iOS 12.1 |
1.11% |
Indonesia
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Indonesia |
1 |
Android 8.1 |
13.54% |
Indonesia |
2 |
Android 6 |
13.38% |
Indonesia |
3 |
Android 5.1 |
7.89% |
Indonesia |
4 |
Android 7.1 |
7.38% |
Indonesia |
5 |
Android 9 |
6.69% |
Indonesia |
6 |
Android 7 |
6.32% |
Indonesia |
7 |
Android 8 |
5.83% |
Indonesia |
8 |
Android 4.4 |
5.59% |
Indonesia |
9 |
Android 5 |
5.08% |
Indonesia |
10 |
iOS 12.2 |
4.52% |
Ireland
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Ireland |
1 |
Android 8 |
20.06% |
Ireland |
2 |
iOS 12.2 |
17.92% |
Ireland |
3 |
Android 9 |
15.96% |
Ireland |
4 |
iOS 12.1 |
7.96% |
Ireland |
5 |
iOS 12.3 |
7.82% |
Ireland |
6 |
Android 7 |
7.14% |
Ireland |
7 |
Android 6 |
6.68% |
Ireland |
8 |
Android 8.1 |
4.12% |
Ireland |
9 |
Android 5.1 |
3.49% |
Ireland |
10 |
iOS 11.4 |
2.10% |
Israel
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Israel |
1 |
Android 9 |
24.37% |
Israel |
2 |
Android 8 |
15.63% |
Israel |
3 |
iOS 12.2 |
15.04% |
Israel |
4 |
Android 8.1 |
7.86% |
Israel |
5 |
Android 6 |
7.37% |
Israel |
6 |
Android 7 |
6.27% |
Israel |
7 |
iOS 12.3 |
5.91% |
Israel |
8 |
iOS 12.1 |
5.82% |
Israel |
9 |
Android 7.1 |
2.05% |
Israel |
10 |
Android 5.1 |
1.62% |
Italy
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Italy |
1 |
Android 8 |
19.99% |
Italy |
2 |
Android 9 |
15.27% |
Italy |
3 |
iOS 12.2 |
12.26% |
Italy |
4 |
Android 7 |
10.61% |
Italy |
5 |
Android 8.1 |
8.50% |
Italy |
6 |
Android 6 |
7.83% |
Italy |
7 |
iOS 12.3 |
6.84% |
Italy |
8 |
iOS 12.1 |
5.24% |
Italy |
9 |
Android 5.1 |
3.70% |
Italy |
10 |
Android 7.1 |
2.42% |
Japan
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Japan |
1 |
iOS 12.2 |
28.43% |
Japan |
2 |
iOS 12.1 |
14.10% |
Japan |
3 |
Android 8 |
13.39% |
Japan |
4 |
Android 9 |
12.59% |
Japan |
5 |
iOS 12.3 |
8.16% |
Japan |
6 |
Android 7 |
3.65% |
Japan |
7 |
Android 6 |
3.19% |
Japan |
8 |
iOS 11.4 |
2.91% |
Japan |
9 |
Android 8.1 |
2.85% |
Japan |
10 |
Android 7.1 |
2.03% |
Malaysia
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Malaysia |
1 |
Android 8.1 |
15.38% |
Malaysia |
2 |
Android 9 |
14.18% |
Malaysia |
3 |
Android 6 |
12.59% |
Malaysia |
4 |
Android 5.1 |
9.56% |
Malaysia |
5 |
Android 8 |
9.55% |
Malaysia |
6 |
iOS 12.2 |
8.23% |
Malaysia |
7 |
Android 7 |
7.25% |
Malaysia |
8 |
iOS 12.1 |
5.31% |
Malaysia |
9 |
Android 7.1 |
5.00% |
Malaysia |
10 |
iOS 12.3 |
3.46% |
Mexico
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Mexico |
1 |
iOS 12.2 |
15.71% |
Mexico |
2 |
Android 9 |
12.81% |
Mexico |
3 |
Android 6 |
12.02% |
Mexico |
4 |
Android 8 |
11.88% |
Mexico |
5 |
Android 7 |
9.88% |
Mexico |
6 |
Android 8.1 |
7.92% |
Mexico |
7 |
iOS 12.3 |
6.85% |
Mexico |
8 |
iOS 12.1 |
6.85% |
Mexico |
9 |
Android 5.1 |
5.16% |
Mexico |
10 |
Android 7.1 |
3.32% |
Netherlands
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Netherlands |
1 |
Android 9 |
22.74% |
Netherlands |
2 |
iOS 12.2 |
20.09% |
Netherlands |
3 |
Android 8 |
18.05% |
Netherlands |
4 |
iOS 12.3 |
8.28% |
Netherlands |
5 |
iOS 12.1 |
8.06% |
Netherlands |
6 |
Android 7 |
6.29% |
Netherlands |
7 |
Android 6 |
3.97% |
Netherlands |
8 |
Android 8.1 |
3.74% |
Netherlands |
9 |
Android 5.1 |
1.73% |
Netherlands |
10 |
iOS 11.4 |
1.42% |
Nigeria
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Nigeria |
1 |
Android 7 |
18.51% |
Nigeria |
2 |
Android 8.1 |
18.26% |
Nigeria |
3 |
Android 6 |
13.50% |
Nigeria |
4 |
iOS 12.1 |
6.77% |
Nigeria |
5 |
Android 8 |
6.63% |
Nigeria |
6 |
Android 5.1 |
6.48% |
Nigeria |
7 |
iOS 12.2 |
5.88% |
Nigeria |
8 |
Android 9 |
5.38% |
Nigeria |
9 |
iOS 11.4 |
3.35% |
Nigeria |
10 |
Android 4.4 |
2.42% |
Norway
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Norway |
1 |
iOS 12.2 |
23.57% |
Norway |
2 |
Android 9 |
20.66% |
Norway |
3 |
iOS 12.3 |
12.23% |
Norway |
4 |
Android 8 |
12.01% |
Norway |
5 |
iOS 12.1 |
10.31% |
Norway |
6 |
Android 7 |
3.90% |
Norway |
7 |
Android 8.1 |
2.51% |
Norway |
8 |
Android 6 |
2.37% |
Norway |
9 |
iOS 11.4 |
2.29% |
Norway |
10 |
Android 7.1 |
1.65% |
Philippines
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Philippines |
1 |
iOS 12.2 |
14.55% |
Philippines |
2 |
Android 8.1 |
13.84% |
Philippines |
3 |
Android 6 |
10.25% |
Philippines |
4 |
Android 9 |
10.06% |
Philippines |
5 |
Android 8 |
8.36% |
Philippines |
6 |
iOS 12.1 |
8.27% |
Philippines |
7 |
Android 5.1 |
7.86% |
Philippines |
8 |
Android 7 |
4.86% |
Philippines |
9 |
iOS 12.3 |
4.22% |
Philippines |
10 |
Android 7.1 |
4.06% |
Poland
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Poland |
1 |
Android 8 |
19.19% |
Poland |
2 |
Android 9 |
16.21% |
Poland |
3 |
iOS 12.2 |
10.93% |
Poland |
4 |
Android 7 |
10.11% |
Poland |
5 |
Android 8.1 |
8.56% |
Poland |
6 |
iOS 12.1 |
8.17% |
Poland |
7 |
Android 6 |
6.91% |
Poland |
8 |
iOS 12.3 |
5.15% |
Poland |
9 |
Android 7.1 |
3.79% |
Poland |
10 |
Android 5.1 |
3.21% |
Romania
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Romania |
1 |
Android 8 |
18.70% |
Romania |
2 |
Android 9 |
17.42% |
Romania |
3 |
Android 7 |
12.07% |
Romania |
4 |
iOS 12.2 |
10.25% |
Romania |
5 |
Android 8.1 |
8.67% |
Romania |
6 |
Android 6 |
6.13% |
Romania |
7 |
iOS 12.1 |
4.67% |
Romania |
8 |
Android 5.1 |
4.24% |
Romania |
9 |
Android 4.4 |
4.04% |
Romania |
10 |
iOS 10.3 |
3.54% |
Russia
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Russia |
1 |
iOS 12.2 |
14.38% |
Russia |
2 |
Android 8 |
10.36% |
Russia |
3 |
Android 9 |
10.07% |
Russia |
4 |
Android 6 |
8.84% |
Russia |
5 |
iOS 12.1 |
8.64% |
Russia |
6 |
Android 7 |
7.40% |
Russia |
7 |
Android 8.1 |
7.38% |
Russia |
8 |
Android 5.1 |
6.35% |
Russia |
9 |
iOS 12.3 |
5.33% |
Russia |
10 |
Android 7.1 |
5.10% |
Singapore
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Singapore |
1 |
iOS 12.2 |
24.81% |
Singapore |
2 |
Android 9 |
22.10% |
Singapore |
3 |
iOS 12.1 |
9.87% |
Singapore |
4 |
iOS 12.3 |
9.02% |
Singapore |
5 |
Android 8 |
7.01% |
Singapore |
6 |
Android 8.1 |
5.89% |
Singapore |
7 |
Android 6 |
5.68% |
Singapore |
8 |
Android 7 |
4.23% |
Singapore |
9 |
Android 7.1 |
2.56% |
Singapore |
10 |
iOS 11.4 |
2.01% |
South Africa
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
South Africa |
1 |
Android 8 |
19.11% |
South Africa |
2 |
Android 6 |
12.71% |
South Africa |
3 |
Android 9 |
12.12% |
South Africa |
4 |
iOS 12.2 |
11.29% |
South Africa |
5 |
Android 7 |
7.82% |
South Africa |
6 |
Android 8.1 |
7.69% |
South Africa |
7 |
iOS 12.1 |
5.84% |
South Africa |
8 |
Android 5.1 |
4.42% |
South Africa |
9 |
iOS 12.3 |
3.29% |
South Africa |
10 |
Android 4.4 |
2.47% |
South Korea
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
South Korea |
1 |
Android 9 |
22.38% |
South Korea |
2 |
Android 8 |
19.30% |
South Korea |
3 |
Android 8.1 |
12.54% |
South Korea |
4 |
iOS 12.2 |
11.88% |
South Korea |
5 |
iOS 12.1 |
6.21% |
South Korea |
6 |
Android 7 |
5.04% |
South Korea |
7 |
iOS 12.3 |
4.71% |
South Korea |
8 |
Android 4.4 |
4.32% |
South Korea |
9 |
Android 6 |
3.89% |
South Korea |
10 |
Android 5 |
2.39% |
Spain
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Spain |
1 |
Android 8 |
17.58% |
Spain |
2 |
Android 9 |
16.56% |
Spain |
3 |
iOS 12.2 |
13.30% |
Spain |
4 |
Android 8.1 |
10.64% |
Spain |
5 |
Android 7 |
8.80% |
Spain |
6 |
Android 6 |
7.60% |
Spain |
7 |
iOS 12.3 |
6.00% |
Spain |
8 |
Android 7.1 |
5.84% |
Spain |
9 |
iOS 12.1 |
5.33% |
Spain |
10 |
Android 5.1 |
3.03% |
Sweden
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Sweden |
1 |
Android 9 |
21.09% |
Sweden |
2 |
iOS 12.2 |
20.04% |
Sweden |
3 |
Android 8 |
14.66% |
Sweden |
4 |
iOS 12.1 |
11.93% |
Sweden |
5 |
iOS 12.3 |
11.81% |
Sweden |
6 |
Android 7 |
4.29% |
Sweden |
7 |
Android 6 |
3.64% |
Sweden |
8 |
Android 8.1 |
3.01% |
Sweden |
9 |
iOS 11.4 |
1.59% |
Sweden |
10 |
iOS 11.3 |
1.22% |
Thailand
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Thailand |
1 |
iOS 12.2 |
21.31% |
Thailand |
2 |
Android 9 |
15.31% |
Thailand |
3 |
iOS 12.1 |
11.04% |
Thailand |
4 |
Android 8.1 |
8.82% |
Thailand |
5 |
Android 8 |
8.16% |
Thailand |
6 |
iOS 12.3 |
7.98% |
Thailand |
7 |
Android 6 |
7.80% |
Thailand |
8 |
Android 7 |
4.03% |
Thailand |
9 |
Android 5.1 |
3.40% |
Thailand |
10 |
Android 7.1 |
3.02% |
Turkey
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Turkey |
1 |
iOS 12.2 |
15.45% |
Turkey |
2 |
Android 8 |
15.11% |
Turkey |
3 |
Android 8.1 |
10.61% |
Turkey |
4 |
Android 9 |
10.20% |
Turkey |
5 |
Android 6 |
10.19% |
Turkey |
6 |
Android 7 |
8.40% |
Turkey |
7 |
iOS 12.1 |
7.83% |
Turkey |
8 |
iOS 12.3 |
5.75% |
Turkey |
9 |
Android 5.1 |
3.21% |
Turkey |
10 |
Android 7.1 |
2.38% |
Ukraine
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
Ukraine |
1 |
Android 8.1 |
16.66% |
Ukraine |
2 |
Android 6 |
11.37% |
Ukraine |
3 |
Android 7 |
9.18% |
Ukraine |
4 |
Android 7.1 |
9.18% |
Ukraine |
5 |
Android 9 |
9.05% |
Ukraine |
6 |
Android 5.1 |
8.43% |
Ukraine |
7 |
iOS 12.2 |
7.37% |
Ukraine |
8 |
Android 8 |
6.98% |
Ukraine |
9 |
iOS 12.3 |
4.05% |
Ukraine |
10 |
iOS 12.1 |
3.72% |
United Kingdom
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
United Kingdom |
1 |
iOS 12.2 |
24.90% |
United Kingdom |
2 |
Android 9 |
19.18% |
United Kingdom |
3 |
Android 8 |
13.52% |
United Kingdom |
4 |
iOS 12.3 |
10.56% |
United Kingdom |
5 |
iOS 12.1 |
9.31% |
United Kingdom |
6 |
Android 6 |
5.53% |
United Kingdom |
7 |
Android 7 |
4.69% |
United Kingdom |
8 |
Android 8.1 |
3.06% |
United Kingdom |
9 |
iOS 11.4 |
1.72% |
United Kingdom |
10 |
Android 5.1 |
1.50% |
United States
Country |
|
OS Version |
Share |
United States |
1 |
iOS 12.2 |
28.81% |
United States |
2 |
Android 9 |
16.37% |
United States |
3 |
iOS 12.3 |
13.68% |
United States |
4 |
iOS 12.1 |
11.30% |
United States |
5 |
Android 8 |
10.91% |
United States |
6 |
Android 7 |
4.05% |
United States |
7 |
Android 8.1 |
3.54% |
United States |
8 |
Android 6 |
2.61% |
United States |
9 |
iOS 11.4 |
1.77% |
United States |
10 |
Android 7.1 |
1.72% |
Main Image By Microsiervos via Flickr.