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WORLD INTERNET
STATISTICS
COUNTRIES WITH
HIGHEST INTERNET PENETRATION RATE
| TOP
36 COUNTRIES WITH THE
HIGHEST INTERNET PENETRATION RATE |
| # |
Country
|
Penetration
(% Population) |
Internet
Users
Latest Data |
Population
( 2007 Est. ) |
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| 1 |
Iceland |
86.3
% |
258,000 |
299,076 |
| 2 |
Sweden |
75.6
% |
6,890,000 |
9,107,795 |
| 3 |
New
Zealand |
74.9
% |
3,200,000 |
4,274,588 |
| 4 |
Portugal |
73.8
% |
7,782,760 |
10,539,564 |
| 5 |
Netherlands |
73.3
% |
12,060,000 |
16,447,682 |
| 6 |
Australia |
71.9
% |
15,085,600 |
20,984,595 |
| 6 |
United
States |
69.7
% |
210,575,287 |
301,967,681 |
| 8 |
Falkland
Islands |
69.4
% |
1,900 |
2,736 |
| 9 |
Denmark |
69.2
% |
3,762,500 |
5,438,698 |
| 10 |
Hong
Kong |
68.2
% |
4,878,713 |
7,150,254 |
| 11 |
Luxembourgh |
68.0
% |
315,000 |
463,273 |
| 12 |
Switzerland |
67.8
% |
5,097,822 |
7,523,024 |
| 13 |
Canada |
67.8
% |
22,000,000 |
32,440,970 |
| 14 |
Norway |
67.4
% |
3,140,000 |
4,657,321 |
| 15 |
Japan |
67.1
% |
86,300,000 |
128,646,345 |
| 16 |
Korea,
South |
66.5
% |
34,120,000 |
51,300,989 |
| 17 |
Singapore |
66.3
% |
2,421,800 |
3,654,103 |
| 18 |
Greenland |
66.3
% |
38,000 |
57,327 |
| 19 |
Faroe
Islands |
66.3
% |
33,000 |
49,760 |
| 20 |
Bermuda |
65.0
% |
42,000 |
64,574 |
| 21 |
Taiwan |
63.0
% |
14,500,000 |
23,001,442 |
| 22 |
United
Kingdom |
62.3
% |
37,600,000 |
60,363,602 |
| 23 |
Finland |
62.3
% |
3,286,000 |
5,275,491 |
| 24 |
Liechtenstein |
61.8
% |
22,000 |
35,622 |
| 25 |
Germany |
61.1
% |
50,426,117 |
82,509,367 |
| 26 |
Barbados |
59.8
% |
160,000 |
267,353 |
| 27 |
Austria |
56.6
% |
4,650,000 |
8,213,947 |
| 28 |
Guernsey
|
56.3
% |
36,000 |
63,908 |
| 29 |
Slovenia |
55.5
% |
1,090,000 |
1,962,856 |
| 30 |
Monaco |
53.8
% |
18,000 |
33,443 |
| 31 |
France |
53.7
% |
32,925,953 |
61,350,009 |
| 32 |
Italy |
52.9
% |
31,481,928 |
59,546,696 |
| 33 |
Estonia |
51.8
% |
690,000 |
1,332,987 |
| 34 |
Israel |
51.1
% |
3,700,000 |
7,237,384 |
| 35 |
Ireland |
50.2
% |
2,060,000 |
4,104,354 |
| 36 |
Czeck
Republic |
50.0
% |
5,100,000 |
10,209,643 |
| TOP
36 in Penetration |
65.1
% |
605,748,380 |
930,578,459 |
| Rest
of the World |
10.1
% |
567,361,545 |
5,644,087,958 |
| World
Total Users |
17.8
% |
1,173,109,925 |
6,574,666,417 |
INTERNET USAGE STATISTICS
| WORLD
INTERNET USAGE AND POPULATION STATISTICS |
| World
Regions |
Population
( 2007 Est.) |
Population
% of World |
Internet
Usage,
Latest Data |
%
Population
( Penetration ) |
Usage
% of World |
Usage
Growth
2000-2007 |
| Africa |
933,448,292 |
14.2
% |
43,995,700 |
4.7
% |
3.5
% |
874.6
% |
| Asia |
3,712,527,624 |
56.5
% |
459,476,825 |
12.4
% |
36.9
% |
302.0
% |
| Europe |
809,624,686 |
12.3
% |
337,878,613 |
41.7
% |
27.2% |
221.5
% |
| Middle
East |
193,452,727 |
2.9
% |
33,510,500 |
17.3
% |
2.7
% |
920.2
% |
| North
America |
334,538,018 |
5.1
% |
234,788,864 |
70.2
% |
18.9% |
117.2
% |
| Latin
America |
556,606,627 |
8.5
% |
115,759,709 |
20.8
% |
9.3
% |
540.7
% |
| Oceania
/ Australia |
34,468,443 |
0.5
% |
19,039,390 |
55.2
% |
1.5
% |
149.9
% |
| WORLD
TOTAL |
6,574,666,417 |
100.0
% |
1,244,449,601 |
18.9
% |
100.0
% |
244.7
% |
China's Internet Usage and Population Statistics:
| YEAR |
Users |
Population |
% Pen. |
Usage
Source |
| 2000 |
22,500,000 |
1,288,307,100 |
1.7
% |
ITU |
| 2001 |
33,700,000 |
1,288,307,100 |
2.6
% |
ITU |
| 2002 |
59,100,000 |
1,288,307,100 |
4.6
% |
ITU |
| 2003 |
69,000,000 |
1,288,307,100 |
5.4
% |
CNNIC |
| 2004 |
94,000,000 |
1,288,307,100 |
7.3
% |
CNNIC |
| 2005 |
103,000,000 |
1,289,664,808 |
7.9
% |
|
| 2006 |
137,000,000 |
1,317,431,495 |
10.4
% |
CNNIC |
| 2007 |
162,000,000 |
1,317,431,495 |
12.3
% |
CNNIC |
Gross National Income:
GNI per capita is US$ 1,290
('04) according to World Bank.
China Broadband Usage:
122 million broadband users
as of June/2007 per CNNIC.
The number of broadband subscribers is estimated at 48.5 million people.
Top Ten Languages Used in the Web
| TOP
TEN LANGUAGES
IN THE INTERNET |
%
of all
Internet Users |
Internet
Users
by Language |
Internet
Penetration
by Language |
Language
Growth
in Internet
( 2000 - 2007 ) |
2007
Estimated
World Population
for the Language |
| English |
31.2
% |
365,893,996 |
17.9
% |
157.7
% |
2,042,963,129 |
| Chinese |
15.7
% |
184,001,513 |
13.6
% |
469.6
% |
1,351,737,925 |
| Spanish |
8.7
% |
101,539,204 |
22.9
% |
311.4
% |
442,525,601 |
| Japanese |
7.4
% |
86,300,000 |
67.1
% |
83.3
% |
128,646,345 |
| French |
5.0
% |
59,207,849
|
15.3
% |
385.4
% |
387,820,873 |
| German |
5.0
% |
58,981,592 |
61.1
% |
112.9
% |
96,488,326 |
| Portuguese |
4.0
% |
47,326,760 |
20.2
% |
524.7
% |
234,099,347 |
| Korean |
2.9
% |
34,120,000 |
45.6
% |
79.2
% |
74,811,368 |
| Italian |
2.7
% |
31,481,928
|
52.9
% |
138.5
% |
59,546,696 |
| Arabic |
2.5
% |
28,782,300 |
8.5
% |
940.5
% |
340,548,157 |
| TOP
TEN LANGUAGES |
85.0
% |
997,635,142 |
19.3
% |
203.7
% |
5,159,187,766 |
| Rest
of World Languages |
15.0
% |
175,474,783 |
12.4
% |
440.3
% |
1,415,478,651 |
| WORLD
TOTAL |
100.0
% |
1,173,109,925
|
17.8
% |
225.0
% |
6,574,666,417 |
|
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