Apple II Clones. How many sold?

[datajerk <datajerk@gmail.com>]

Google has failed me, or I have failed Google.  In either case I
cannot seem to find any statistics on the number of Apple II clones
sold in the US or worldwide.  I had a clone, as did most of my
friends.  It was economics.

I ask this because according to Wikipedia, "During the Commodore 64's
lifetime, sales totalled 17 million units, making it the best-selling
single personal computer model of all time." (Yes totaled was spelled
wrong in the article--fixed now :-).  And according to Wikipedia Apple
II sales sans the IIgs were less than 5 million.  But the number of
clones are not taken into consideration.  AFAIK the C64 was not cloned
(correct me here).

So, was the C64 the best-selling computer "model" of all time?  Can
the ~200 different Apple II clones significantly increase the the
overall volume of the A2 family.  I speculate no.  Simply because my
clone was still 3x the cost of the C64.  But I'd still like to know.

Thanks.

Happy Holidays.

P.S. I no longer have a clone, but a real //c that I acquired via eBay
about 3 months ago.  It's wonderful.