List of countries by number of Internet users

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List of countries by number of Internet users

Below is a sortable list of countries by number of Internet users as of 2024. Internet users are defined as persons who accessed the Internet in the last 12 months from any device, including mobile phones.[Note 1] Percentage is the percentage of a country's population that are Internet users. Estimates are derived either from household surveys or from Internet subscription data.[4]

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Internet users per 100 inhabitants
Source: International Telecommunication Union.[1][2]
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Internet users in 2023 as a percentage of a country's population
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Number of Internet users in 2012
Source: International Telecommunication Union.[3]
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All United Nations member states are included, except North Korea, whose number of internet users is estimated at a few thousand.[5]

Data from Statista and Internet World Stats estimates that the total number of internet users at the end of 2023 is around 5.3 billion.[6][7]

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Worldwide Internet users[8]
2005201020172023
World population (billions)[9] 6.5 6.9 7.4 8.0
Worldwide 16% 30% 48% 67%
In developing world 8% 21% 41.3% 60%
In developed world 51% 67% 81% 93%
Internet users by region[8]
Region 2005 2010 2017 2023
Africa 2% 10% 21.8% 37%
Americas 36% 49% 65.9% 87%
Arab States 8% 26% 43.7% 69%
Asia and Pacific 9% 23% 43.9% 66%
Commonwealth of
Independent States
10% 34% 67.7% 89%
Europe 46% 67% 79.6% 91%
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Notes

  1. the statistics for numbers of Internet users were obtained by multiplying an estimated percentage of people using the Internet in a given country, obtained from one source (usually the ITU), by the total population from another source (usually the U.S. Census Bureau). There are not enough significant figures in the percentage estimate for the precise Internet user counts found in the table to be meaningful. As a result, they should not be treated as precise figures or even reliable estimates.
  1. CIA data combines 2020 estimate for Gaza Strip and 2021 estimate for the West Bank.
  2. ITU entry averages 2012 estimates for Saint Helena (41.0%) and Ascension (37.6%), weighted with 2016 population figures (4534 and 806, respectively). Estimate for Tristan de Cuna not listed.

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