Apple has reported a 95 per cent jump in net profit to $5.99 billion in the January-March quarter of 2011 on strong sales of iPhone and Mac computers. In the year-ago period, it had a net income of $3.07 billion, Apple said in a statement.

Its total sales increased to $24.66 billion in the second quarter ended March 26, 2011 from $13.49 billion in the same quarter previous year, a gain of 83 per cent. During the quarter, Apple sold 18.65 million iPhones, representing 113 per cent unit growth over the year-ago period.

In addition, the company sold 3.76 million Macs, a 28 per cent unit rise over the year-ago period. It also sold 4.69 million iPads during the quarter.

The company has registered a decline in iPod's sale. It sold 9.02 million iPods, a drop of 17 per cent from the year-ago quarter.