List of countries by number of Internet users

Internet users per 100 inhabitantsSource: International Telecommunications Union.[1][2] Internet users in 2012 as a percentage of a country's populationSource: International Telecommunications Union.[3] Number of Internet users in 2012Source: International Telecommunications Union.[3] Internet penetration across the world in 2014Source: World Bank [4]

Below is a sortable list of countries by number of Internet users as of 2013. 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 from either household surveys or from Internet subscription data.^[5]

Non-countries and disputed areas are shown in italics. All United Nations member states are included, except South Sudan and North Korea. Taiwan is listed as a sovereign country.

Worldwide Internet users   2005 2010 2014^a World population[6] 6.5 billion 6.9 billion 7.2 billion Not using the Internet 84% 70% 60% Using the Internet 16% 30% 40% Users in the developing world 8% 21% 32% Users in the developed world 51% 67% 78% ^a Estimate. Source: International Telecommunications Union.[7]

Internet users by region   2005 2010 2014^a Africa       2%             10%             19%       Americas 36% 49% 65% Arab States 8% 26% 41% Asia and Pacific 9% 23% 32% Commonwealth of Independent States   10%   34%   56% Europe 46% 67% 75% ^a Estimate. Source: International Telecommunications Union.[7]

List

Country or area	Internet users[8][Note 1]	Rank	Percentage[9]	Rank
China	721,434,547[10]	1	52.2%	85
India	462,124,989[11][12]	2	34.8%	126
United States	286,942,362	3	88.5%	22
Brazil	139,111,118	4	66.4%	18
Japan	115,111,595	5	89.8%	17
Russia	102,258,256[13]	6	71.3%	67
Nigeria	86,219,965[14]	7	46.1%	154
Germany	71,016,244	8	88%	23
Bangladesh	63,354,000[15][16]	10	39.20%	112
Mexico	62,954,584	11	50.84%	88
United Kingdom	54,027,428	12	81.92%	27
Indonesia	53,236,719[17]	13	20.4%	143
France	51,638,402	14	89.46%	14
Egypt	42,271,899	15	49.56%	92
South Korea	41,499,326	16	84.77%	21
Vietnam	40,597,779	17	43.90%	104
Philippines	39,116,638	18	37.00%	121
Turkey	37,321,199	19	46.25%	97
Italy	35,942,120	20	58.46%	75
Pakistan	34,342,400[18][19]	21	17.8%	147
Spain	36 721 233	22	84.00%	46
Canada	29,659,525	23	85.8%	19
Argentina	25,523,978	24	59.90%	71
Iran	25,074,125	25	31.4%	130
Poland	24,123,917	26	62.85%	65
South Africa	23,765,937	27	48.90%	93
Colombia	23,650,570	28	51.70%	86
Malaysia	19,842,134	29	66.97%	52
Thailand	19,533,675	30	28.94%	132
Taiwan	18,639,773	31	80.00%	29
Ukraine	18,631,600	32	41.80%	109
Australia	18,477,876	33	83.00%	24
Morocco	18,283,513	34	56.00%	79
Kenya	17,174,686	35	39.00%	113
Saudi Arabia	16,298,500	36	60.50%	69
Netherlands	15,789,408	37	93.96%	7
Venezuela	15,624,038	38	54.90%	80
Peru	11,700,927	39	39.2%	112
Chile	11,449,268	40	66.5%	54
Uzbekistan	10,948,745	41	38.20%	115
Romania	10,843,923	42	49.76%	91
Nepal	10,690,000	43	40.30%	62 [20]
Kazakhstan	9,577,924	44	54.00%	83
Sweden	9,144,140	45	94.78%	4
Belgium	8,582,076	46	82.17%	26
Sudan	7,910,476	47	22.70%	140
Czech Republic	7,862,937	48	74.11%	39
Hungary	7,220,419	49	72.64%	44
Switzerland	6,932,555	50	86.70%	17
Portugal	6,705,872	51	62.10%	66
Austria	6,628,192	52	80.62%	28
Greece	6,449,377	53	59.87%	72
Algeria	6,284,489	54	15.2%	149
Ecuador	6,230,378	55	40.35%	110
Syria	5,883,822	56	26.20%	134
Uganda	5,630,927	57	16.20%	152
Azerbaijan	5,629,423	58	58.70%	74
Israel	5,456,586	59	70.80%	47
Denmark	5,258,054	60	94.63%	5
Hong Kong	5,255,078	61	74.20%	38
Belarus	5,214,344	62	54.17%	82
Yemen	5,067,692	63	20.0%	143
Norway	4,834,019	64	95.05%	3
Finland	4,819,253	65	91.51%	10
United Arab Emirates	4,817,095	66	88.00%	15
Sri Lanka	4,746,967	67	21.90%	141
Tunisia	4,746,112	68	43.80%	105
Dominican Republic	4,690,810	69	45.90%	99
Slovakia	4,274,461	70	77.88%	34
Bolivia	4,132,116	71	39.50%	111
Singapore	3,986,020	72	73.00%	42
Ireland	3,737,096	73	78.25%	33
Serbia	5,105,488	74	71.82%	46
Bulgaria	3,704,564	75	53.06%	84
New Zealand	3,613,441	76	82.78%	25
Angola	3,545,966	77	19.10%	145
Ghana	3,099,552	77	12.30%	164
Croatia	2,987,663	78	66.75%	53
Iraq	2,930,980	79	9.20%	172
Lebanon	2,912,766	80	70.50%	48
Jordan	2,865,080	81	44.20%	102
Cuba	2,843,893	82	25.71%	135
Guatemala	2,831,574	83	19.70%	144
Senegal	2,779,786	84	20.90%	142
Puerto Rico	2,694,134	85	73.90%	41
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,631,616	86	67.90%	51
Paraguay	2,443,980	87	36.90%	123
Zimbabwe	2,438,838	88	18.50%	146
Lithuania	2,406,707	89	68.45%	50
Zambia	2,190,224	90	15.40%	156
Costa Rica	2,158,255	91	45.96%	98
Georgia	2,130,070	92	43.10%	107
Tanzania	2,123,525	93	4.40%	190
Oman	2,095,922	94	66.45%	55
Palestinian Authority[21]	2,069,099	95	46.60%	95
Kuwait	2,033,885	96	75.46%	35
Uruguay	1,931,511	97	58.10%	76
Afghanistan	1,835,377	98	5.90%	183
Albania	1,809,854	99	60.10%	70
Ethiopia	1,783,663	100	1.90%	199
Moldova	1,766,523	101	48.80%	94
Qatar	1,742,205	102	85.30%	20
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,661,161	103	2.20%	197
Latvia	1,638,939	104	75.23%	36
Panama	1,526,986	105	42.90%	108
Honduras	1,503,827	106	17.80%	148
Slovenia	1,448,199	107	72.68%	43
Cameroon	1,442,210	108	6.40%	180
Armenia	1,418,756	109	46.30%	96
El Salvador	1,411,652	110	23.11%	138
Mozambique	1,301,220	111	5.40%	184
Kyrgyzstan	1,298,242	112	23.40%	137
Macedonia	1,277,349	113	61.20%	68
Tajikistan	1,265,607	114	16.00%	153
Bahrain	1,153,199	115	90.00%	12
Jamaica	1,099,872	116	37.80%	117
Haiti	1,048,757	117	10.60%	169
Rwanda	1,045,095	118	8.70%	174
Estonia	1,013,154	119	80.00%	29
Libya	990,387	120	16.50%	149
Cambodia	912,332	121	6.00%	182
Malawi	905,988	122	5.40%	184
Nicaragua	897,222	123	15.50%	155
Laos	836,896	124	12.50%	163
Burkina Faso	783,770	125	4.40%	190
Trinidad and Tobago	781,694	126	63.80%	63
Cyprus	756,267	127	65.45%	59
Myanmar	662,008	128	1.20%	205
Ivory Coast	582,422	129	2.60%	194
Mauritius	515,673	130	39.00%	113
Mongolia	521,520	131	16.4%	149
Madagascar	497,180	132	2.20%	197
Turkmenistan	490,852	133	9.60%	170
Benin	483,987	134	4.90%	187
Luxembourg	482,820	135	93.78%	9
Papua New Guinea	418,074	136	6.50%	177
Macau	383,616	137	65.80%	57
Montenegro	371,173	138	56.80%	77
Mali	336,059	139	2.2%	195
Swaziland	346,630	140	24.70%	136
Fiji	332,697	141	37.10%	120
Togo	321,941	142	4.50%	189
Botswana	319,174	143	15.00%	159
Iceland	304,394	144	96.55%	1
Namibia	303,416	145	13.90%	161
Republic of the Congo	301,891	146	6.60%	176
Niger	287,289	147	1.70%	200
Malta	283,427	148	68.91%	49
Brunei	268,137	150	64.50%	62
The Gambia	263,627	151	14.00%	160
Chad	257,449	152	2.30%	195
Guyana	243,146	153	33.00%	127
The Bahamas	229,702	153	72.00%	45
Bhutan	216,864	155	29.90%	131
Barbados	216,544	156	75.00%	37
Mauritania	213,132	157	6.20%	181
Suriname	212,000	158	37.40%	119
Cabo Verde	199,142	159	37.50%	118
Liberia	183,526	160	4.60%	188
Central African Republic	180,828	161	3.50%	192
Guinea	178,816	162	1.60%	202
New Caledonia	174,255	163	66.00%	56
Maldives	173,749	164	44.10%	103
French Polynesia	157,502	165	56.80%	77
Somalia	153,774	166	1.50%	203
Gabon	150,906	167	9.20%	172
Burundi	130,789	168	1.30%	204
Equatorial Guinea	115,456	169	16.40%	151
Belize	105,972	170	31.70%	-
Guam	104,887	171	65.40%	60
Lesotho	96,809	172	5.00%	186
Sierra Leone	95,416	173	1.70%	200
Aruba	86,122	174	78.90%	32
Andorra	80,175	175	94.00%	6
Djibouti	75,259	176	9.50%	171
Bermuda	66,202	177	95.30%	2
Saint Lucia	57,299	178	35.20%	124
Antigua and Barbuda	57,159	179	63.40%	64
Eritrea	56,103	180	0.90%	207
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	53,674	181	52.00%	85
Guinea-Bissau	51,487	182	3.10%	193
Comoros	48,899	183	6.50%	177
Solomon Islands	47,780	184	8.00%	175
Seychelles	45,786	185	50.40%	90
Faroe Islands	44,738	186	90.00%	12
Dominica	43,239	187	59.00%	73
São Tomé and Príncipe	42,968	188	23.00%	139
Saint Kitts and Nevis	40,907	189	80.00%	29
Cayman Islands	39,819	190	74.10%	40
Jersey[3][Note 2]	38,958	-	41.03%	-
Grenada	38,357	190	35.00%	125
Greenland	37,976	191	65.80%	57
Tonga	37,213	192	35.00%	125
Liechtenstein	34,714	193	93.80%	8
U.S. Virgin Islands	34,040	194	32.50%	128
Samoa	29,908	195	15.30%	157
Vanuatu	29,557	196	11.30%	167
Micronesia, Federated States of	29,497	197	27.80%	133
Monaco	27,664	198	90.70%	11
Gibraltar[3][Note 2]	18,878	-	65.02%	-
San Marino	16,484	199	50.80%	89
British Virgin Islands	14,456	200	45.30%	101
East Timor	12,896	201	1.10%	206
Kiribati	11,874	202	11.50%	166
Anguilla	10,209	203	64.80%	61
Marshall Islands	8,160	204	11.70%	165
Tuvalu	3,958	205	37.00%	121
Saint Helena[3][Note 2]	2,906	-	37.6%	-
Falkland Islands[22][Note 2]	2,842	-	96.9%	-
Montserrat	2,833	206	54.60%	81
Wallis and Futuna[3][Note 2]	1,383	-	8.95%	-
Niue[23]	1,034	207	86.90%	16
Ascension[24][Note 2]	361	-	41.0%	-

Number of Internet users in 2011This map illustrates the total number of Internet users in a country as well as the percentage of the population that has Internet access in 2011. Source: Information Geographies at the Oxford Internet Institute.^[25]

See also

• List of countries by Internet connection speeds
• National broadband plans from around the world
• Global digital divide
• Project Loon, a Google research and development project to provide Internet access to rural and remote areas
• List of social networking websites
• List of cable Internet providers
• List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions
• List of countries by number of telephone lines in use
• List of countries by smartphone penetration
• List of mobile network operators
• List of multiple-system operators
• List of telephone operating companies

Notes

1. Please note that the data for the number of Internet users is based on multiplying an estimate for the percentage of people using the Internet in a given country from one source (usually the ITU) by the 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 precise estimates.
2. Most of the Internet usage data included in this list comes from 2013 ITU estimates for Internet percentage. However, while they are included on this list, Ascension, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Jersey, Saint Helena, and Wallis and Futuna do not have ITU percentage estimates for 2013. Therefore, the data seen for the aforementioned jurisdictions comes from earlier estimates (some of which are not by the ITU). In order to ensure consistency in the rankings, those jurisdictions are not ranked.

References

1. "Individuals using the Internet 2005 to 2014", Key ICT indicators for developed and developing countries and the world (totals and percentage rates), International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 25 May 2015.
2. "Internet users per 100 inhabitants 1997 to 2007", ICT Data and Statistics (IDS), International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 25 May 2015.
3. "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012", International Telecommunications Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013
4. Worldbank - Internet users (per 100 people)
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6. "Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050", International Programs Center for Demographic and Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
7. ICT Facts and Figures 2005, 2010, 2014, Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 24 May 2015.
8. Calculated using percentagerate per 2013 International Telecommunication Union (ITU) estimates and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2013", Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
9. "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2013", International Telecommunications Union (Geneva). Retrieved 7 June 2015.
10. "我国网民数量达6.68亿 _滚动新闻_新浪财经_新浪网". Finance.sina.com.cn. 2015-07-27. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
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13. "Europe Internet Stats and 2015 Population Statistics". Internetworldstats.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
14. "Asia Internet Stats and 2015 Population Statistics". Internetworldstats.com. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
15. "Internet Subscribers in Bangladesh February, 2016". btrc.gov.bd. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
16. "Internet users now 50m.". theindependentbd.com. 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
18. "30m internet users in Pakistan, half on mobile". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
19. "Pakistan Facebook Users crosses the landmark of 20 Million users | Facebook Marketing". Umairqureshi.com. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
20. "The Kathmandu Post :: 40pc of Nepalis connected to Internet". Ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
21. Population data combines the 2013 figures for the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
22. "Falkland Islands Census 2012: Headline Results", Falkland Islands Government Policy Unit, 12 September 2012, retrieved 26 June 2013
23. Population data is the estimate for 2013 from the Population, People and Society section of the Niue entry in the CIA World Factbook, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, retrieved 26 June 2013.
24. Population data is for 2010 and is taken from the Wikipedia article on Ascension Island, retrieved 26 June 2013.
25. "Internet Population and Percentage 2011", Information Geographies at the Oxford Internet Institute

External links

• "Internet Monitor", a research project of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University to evaluate, describe, and summarize the means, mechanisms, and extent of Internet access, content controls and activity around the world.
• Number Of Internet Users Worldwide (Live-Counter)