Es calcula que existeixen entre 35 i 50 milions de fusells d'aquest tipus, sense comptar els que es fabriquen cada any de manera il·legal.
It is estimated that there are 35-to-50 million AK-47s in existence, not counting those that are manufactured illegally each year. "First of all, the AK-47 has caused the most deaths by any weapon on the planet.