> According to [Asianometry], in 1986 the Soviet Union had about 10,000 computers. At the same time, the United States had 1.3 million!
That probably also depends on what you define as a computer? I'm not sure if the number for the US includes PCs and home computers (8 bit, 16 bit?), and also in the USSR and in other east bloc states during the eighties there was a flurry of home computer "clones" being built, however mostly only in small numbers - such as this one from my then-home city: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIM-S (list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ZX_Spectrum_clones). But if you were to include these, the number of 10.000 definitely appears too small...
That probably also depends on what you define as a computer? I'm not sure if the number for the US includes PCs and home computers (8 bit, 16 bit?), and also in the USSR and in other east bloc states during the eighties there was a flurry of home computer "clones" being built, however mostly only in small numbers - such as this one from my then-home city: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIM-S (list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ZX_Spectrum_clones). But if you were to include these, the number of 10.000 definitely appears too small...