how many people use ai
12/1/2025 08:39pm
**Approximately 378 million people globally use AI as of 2025.** This number is expected to grow to 730 million by 2030.
1. **Regular AI Users**: 66% of the global population uses AI regularly for personal, work, or study purposes.
2. **Demographic Breakdown**:
- Millennials: 62% actively use AI.
- Gen Z: 65% are among the fastest-growing user base.
- Young Adults (18-34): 71% are confident users, with a moderate-high level of knowledge.
- Older Adults (55+): 33% have a moderate-high level of knowledge but lag behind youth in usage rates.
- Students: 90% use AI for educational purposes.
- Employees: 58% use AI in their work.
3. **Regional Adoption**:
- India: 57-59% of the population uses AI, leading in business deployment.
- China: 50-58% of the population uses AI, with high adoption in finance, healthcare, and e-commerce.
- Singapore: 53-80% of the population uses AI, driven by a national strategy and high diagnostic AI use.
- UAE: 58% of the population rapidly adopts AI in businesses.
- United States: 25-33% of the population represents the largest absolute user base, with 133 million users.
- Canada: 37% of the population has a high exploration rate of AI.
- EU (UK, Germany, France): 26-37% moderately adopts AI, strong in the public sector.
- Latin America: 47% of the population uses AI, above the global average.
- Australia, Japan, South Korea: 29-40% grow, especially in tech and manufacturing.
These statistics highlight the increasing pervasiveness of AI in daily life and across various demographics and industries.