As of July 2020, 21.6 percent of Australia's population had downloaded a government endorsed app made for COVID-19-related contact tracing. In comparison, only 0.4 percent of the Vietnamese population has adopted the use of such apps. Contact tracing apps were also popular in India - the country's 12.5 percent usage penetration of a government-approved app translated to approximately 128 million downloads.
Adoption of government endorsed COVID-19 contact tracing apps in selected countries as of July 2020
Characteristic
Share of smartphone using population
Australia
21.6%
Turkey
17.3%
Germany
14.4%
India
12.5%
Italy
7.2%
Peru
6.8%
Japan
5%
Saudi Arabia
4.9%
France
3.1%
Indonesia
2.3%
Thailand
0.7%
Vietnam
0.4%
Philippines
0.2%
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of smartphone using population21.6%21.6%17.3%17.3%14.4%14.4%12.5%12.5%7.2%7.2%6.8%6.8%5%5%4.9%4.9%3.1%3.1%2.3%2.3%0.7%0.7%0.4%0.4%0.2%0.2%AustraliaTurkeyGermanyIndiaItalyPeruJapanSaudi ArabiaFranceIndonesiaThailandVietnamPhilippines
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Sensor Tower. (July 14, 2020). Adoption of government endorsed COVID-19 contact tracing apps in selected countries as of July 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 16, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134669/share-populations-adopted-covid-contact-tracing-apps-countries/
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