The world camera market in 2009 (source: photoscala.de)

source: photoscala
(click here for the google english translation).

– A total of 130 million digital cameras will be sold worldwide in 2009 (decrease of 7% -> about 140 million pieces in 2008)

– one of eleven of them is a SLR camera

– Western Europeans do buy more expensive cameras

– About 70% of all digital cameras were sold in Europe and North America (each 35%). Each 8% went to Japan and China, the remaining 14% in the rest of the world.