armed civilian population as of 2017, with over 17.5 million individuals holding at least one firearm. Mexico ranked second, with an estimated 16.8 million civilians in possession of a gun. The Dominican Republic, in turn, was the Caribbean nation with the largest armed civilian population, at 795 thousand.
Brazil, the most populated Latin American country, had the highest number of Number of civilian population with firearms in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2017, by country or territory (in 1,000s)
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Small Arms Survey. (June 18, 2018). Number of civilian population with firearms in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2017, by country or territory (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181482/civilian-gun-possession-latin-america-caribbean-country/
Small Arms Survey. "Number of civilian population with firearms in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2017, by country or territory (in 1,000s)." Chart. June 18, 2018. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181482/civilian-gun-possession-latin-america-caribbean-country/
Small Arms Survey. (2018). Number of civilian population with firearms in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2017, by country or territory (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181482/civilian-gun-possession-latin-america-caribbean-country/
Small Arms Survey. "Number of Civilian Population with Firearms in Latin America and The Caribbean in 2017, by Country or Territory (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181482/civilian-gun-possession-latin-america-caribbean-country/
Small Arms Survey, Number of civilian population with firearms in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2017, by country or territory (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181482/civilian-gun-possession-latin-america-caribbean-country/ (last visited June 01, 2024)
Number of civilian population with firearms in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2017, by country or territory (in 1,000s) [Graph], Small Arms Survey, June 18, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181482/civilian-gun-possession-latin-america-caribbean-country/