I Googled stats to verify this claim and you're right. Last fall, Windows Phone was on par with iPhone sales in some European countries, and in fact beat Apple in Italy (TIL)

http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/29/kantar-september-2014/

Though it sounds like some of those fortunes are turning since the iPhone 6

http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/05/06/iphone-marketshare...