List of countries by number of Internet users

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

Further information: Global Internet usage
Worldwide Internet users
  2005 2010 2014a
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 2014a
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 2011
This 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

Notes

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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

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  2. "Internet users per 100 inhabitants 1997 to 2007", ICT Data and Statistics (IDS), International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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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  7. 1 2 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.
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  14. "Asia Internet Stats and 2015 Population Statistics". Internetworldstats.com. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
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  16. "Internet users now 50m.". theindependentbd.com. 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
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  20. Population data combines the 2013 figures for the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
  21. "Falkland Islands Census 2012: Headline Results", Falkland Islands Government Policy Unit, 12 September 2012, retrieved 26 June 2013
  22. 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.
  23. Population data is for 2010 and is taken from the Wikipedia article on Ascension Island, retrieved 26 June 2013.
  24. "Internet Population and Percentage 2011", Information Geographies at the Oxford Internet Institute

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