CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest camera production data (orange: 2024, black: 2023, blue: 2022):
April 2024 CIPA numbers by ZoetMB
April was another solid month for the industry. Compared to last April (just for that one month), mirrorless units were up 5.2% and lens shipments were up 7.7%. Year-do-date unit and shipped value numbers are up far more.
CIPA has predicted 5.89m ILCs, 1.52m compacts and 9.57m lenses for calendar 2024. Based on 2023 shipping patterns, ILC’s could conceivably come in at 6.7-7.1m units. Lenses might hit 10 million for the first time since 2019.
That compares to:*
2023: 6.001 million bodies (+1.25%), 9.639 million lenses (-0.92%).
2022: 5.927 million bodies (+10.8%), 9.7 million lenses (+1.6%).
2021: 5.348 million bodies (+0.75%), 9.55 million lenses (+6.1%)
2020: 5.308 million bodies (-37.3%), 9 million lenses (-36.6%)
2019: 8.462 million bodies (-21.4%), 14.2 million lenses (-21.1%)
2018: 10.76 million bodies (-7.9%), 18 million lenses (-6.4%)
2017: 11.68 million bodies (+0.6%) 19.22 million lenses (+0.156%)
2016: 11.61 million bodies (-11.1%), 19.19 million lenses (-11.6%)
2015: 13.06 million bodies (-5.6%), 21.7 million lenses (-5.2%)
2014: 13.84 million bodies (-19.2%), 22.9 million lenses (-14.2%)
2013: 17.13 million bodies (-15%), 26.7 million lenses (-12.2%)
2012: 20.16 million bodies (+28.5%), 30.4 million lenses (+16.9%)
2011: 15.69 million bodies (+21.7%), 26.0 million lenses (+19.9%)
2010: 12.89 million bodies (+30%), 21.69 million lenses (+34.7%)
2009: 9.91 million bodies (+2.2%), 16.1 million lenses (+2.5%)
2008: 9.7 million bodies (+17.4%), 15.7 million lenses (+25.6%)
2007: 8.26 million bodies, 12.5 million lenses
*Bodies = ILC bodies
April 2024: Cumulative Units & Shipped Value:
(All comparisons to YTD 2023)
DSLR Units : 290.7K -16% YTD
DSLR Shipped Value: ¥14.3 billion -9% YTD
Mirrorless Units: 1447K +20% YTD
Mirrorless Shipped Value: ¥173.7 billion +19% YTD
Compact Units: 535K +5% YTD
Compact Shipped Value: ¥27.99 billion +37% YTD
Lenses for smaller than 35mm sensors Units: 1490K +14% YTD
Lenses for smaller than 35mm sensor Shipped Value: ¥31.6 billion +32% YTD
Lenses for 35mm and larger sensors Units: 1440K +9% YTD
Lenses for 35mm and larger sensors Shipped Value: ¥124.2 billion +23% YTD
Cumulative 2024 Mirrorless unit share (of Mirrorless + DSLR): 83.3% (was 77.7% YTD 2023)
Cumulative 2024 Mirrorless Shipped Value share: 92.4% (was 90.3% YTD 2023)
The ratio of lenses shipped to bodies shipped is 1.69 for YTD 2024. (was 1.70 for YTD 2023).
Full-year 2024 Geographic Share: (Asia doesn’t include China or Japan)
DSLR:
Units: China 09.8%, Asia 07.3%, Japan 4.2%, Europe 36.6%, Americas 40.4%, Other 1.6%
Shipped Value: China 16.7%, Asia 09.3%, Japan 4.9%, Europe 30.1%, Americas 37.7%, Other 1.3%
Mirrorless:
Units: China 28.7%, Asia 16.2%, Japan 09.9%, Europe 19.2%, Americas 22.5%, Other 3.4%
Shipped Value: China 31.1%, Asia 16.1%, Japan 08.3%, Europe 18.1%, Americas 22.2%, Other 4.2%
Compacts:
Units: China 09.9%, Asia 11.9%, Japan 23.3%, Europe 21.7%, Americas 28.5%, Other 4.8%
Shipped Value: China 13.6%, Asia 14.5%, Japan 14.4%, Europe 23.3%, Americas 28.8%, Other 5.4%
Lenses:
Units: China 22.3%, Asia 14.4%, Japan 11.8%, Europe 22.8%, Americas 25.3%, Other 3.5%
Shipped Value: China 26.6%, Asia 15.2%, Japan 11.1%, Europe 20.7%, Americas 21.8%, Other 4.6%
Approximate shipped value per unit (at ¥156=$1):
DSLR: $314
Mirrorless: $769
Compact: $335
Lenses: $341