According to the Society for Consumer Research, globally 57% of consumers own pets. Dogs are the most popular pet globally owned by 33% of respondents with cats next at 23%. The top pet countries are Argentina with 82%, which I think means that 82% of people who took the survey from Argentina had pets. Mexico with 81%, and Brazil with 76%. They have the highest rates of overall pet ownership among the 22 countries surveyed. America in top place in terms of cat population, nearly 75 million cats in the USA, about 53 million cats in China,. Nearly 18 million cats in Russia, Brazilian 4th place with about 12 and a half million cats. UK are in 1, 2, 7