Friday 11 November 2011

Internet access worldwide

This post  about a list of countries by number of Internet users in 2010, as compiled by the International Telecommunication Union. Internet users are persons using the Internet from any device (including mobile phones) in the last 12 months. Estimates are derived from either household surveys or from Internet subscription data.




Rank Country Internet
users Percentage of
population
1 China 456,238,464               34.30%
2 United States 243,542,822  79.00
3 Japan 102,063,316              80.00
4 India 87,983,101                  7.50
5 Brazil 81,748,504                40.65
6 Germany 66,825,986          81.85
7 Russia 59,937,788              43.00
8 U K 52,996,180                   85.00
9 France 51,879,480              80.10
10 Nigeria 45,944,229           28.43
11 Korea, South 40,708,389 83.70
12 Mexico 34,865,345          31.00
13 Italy 32,610,044               53.68
14 Turkey 30,981,601          39.82
15 Pakistan 30,943,124       16.78
16 Spain 30,940,417            66.53
17 Canada 27,547,949         81.60
18 Philippines 24,975,044  25.00
19 Vietnam 24,685,803       27.56
20 Poland 23,970,571         62.32
21 Indonesia 22,110,119    9.10
22 Egypt 21,518,178           26.74
23 Taiwan 16,462,844        71.50
24 Australia 16,351,973      76.00
25 Colombia 16,134,932     36.50
26 Malaysia 15,635,925      55.30
27 Morocco 15,497,440      49.00
28 Netherlands 15,035,788 90.72
29 Argentina 14,883,552     36.00
30 Thailand 14,063,287       21.20
31 KSA 10,550,028              41.00
32 Ukraine 10,445,587        23.00
33 Iran 10,000,029              13.00
34 Peru 9,929,155               34.30
35 Venezuela 9,699,636     35.63
36 Romania 8,768,340       39.93
37 Kenya 8,568,890           20.98
38 Belgium 8,261,661        79.26
39 Sweden 8,166,650        90.00
40 Chile 7,535,921            45.00
41 Czech Republic 7,020,815 68.82
42 Hungary 6,522,000        65.27
43 Switzerland 6,396,064   83.90
44 South Africa 6,040,420  12.30
45 Austria 5,971,694           72.70
46 Kazakhstan 5,808,838   34.00
47 Bangladesh 5,776,383   33.70
48 Uzbekistan 5,573,148    20.00
49 Portugal 5,485,976        51.10
50 Israel 4,941,878             67.20
Hong Kong 4,920,255        69.40
51 Denmark 4,893,418       88.72
52 Greece 4,772,975         44.40
53 Tanzania 4,608,218      11.00
54 Syria 4,595,009            20.70
55 Finland 4,566,129        86.89
56 Norway 4,367,201        93.39
57 Slovakia 4,344,517       79.42
58 Algeria 4,323,273         12.50
59 Uganda 4,174,835        12.50
60 Dominican Republic 3,883,356 39.53
61 United Arab Emirates 3,880,963 78.00
62 Tunisia 3,873,215             36.80
63 Singapore 3,598,074        70.00
64 Ecuador 3,549,746           24.00
65 New Zealand 3,529,390   83.00
66 Azerbaijan 3,347,672       35.99
67 Bulgaria 3,304,883           46.23
68 Ireland 3,229,108             69.85
69 Belarus 3,047,204            31.70
70 Serbia 3,004,042              40.90
71 Croatia 2,706,487             60.32
72 Yemen 2,549,247             10.85
73 Sri Lanka 2,530,059         12.00
74 Jordan 2,434,692              38.00
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,403,231 52.00
76 Lithuania 2,202,352          62.12
77 Ghana 2,081,056              8.55
78 Bolivia 1,989,484              20.00
79 Senegal 1,971,720           16.00
80 Nepal 1,962,936                6.78
81 Oman 1,857,791               62.60
Puerto Rico 1,802,352          45.30
82 Angola 1,704,287            10.00
83 Cuba 1,678,080               15.12
84 Iraq 1,661,610                  5.60
85 Costa Rica 1,648,420      36.50
Palestinian Authority 1,561,997 37.44
86 Latvia 1,517,534              68.42
87 Paraguay 1,504,696        23.60
88 Moldova 1,492,720          40.00
89 Panama 1,458,064           42.75
90 Uruguay 1,431,016          43.35
91 Guatemala 1,422,796     10.50
92 Slovenia 1,402,195         70.00
93 Albania 1,344,128          45.00
94 Zimbabwe 1,339,964     11.50
95 Lebanon 1,278,827        31.00
96 Georgia 1,242,223         27.00
97 Qatar 1,186,436             69.00
98 Afghanistan 1,164,829  4.00
99 Kyrgyzstan 1,101,725   20.00
100 Armenia 1,097,717      37.00
101 Macedonia, Republic of 1,075,413 51.90
102 Kuwait 972,763           38.25
103 Estonia 956,757          74.10
104 Mozambique 934,808 4.17
105 El Salvador 907,810   15.00
106 Zambia 907,225          6.74
107 Libya 904,604             14.00
108 Honduras 886,026      11.09
109 Tajikistan 864,805      11.55
110 Rwanda 851,310         7.70
111 Haiti 807,615               8.37
112 Cameroon 771,766     4.00
113 Jamaica 743,128        26.10
114 Ethiopia 660,101         0.75
115 Bahrain 649,044          55.00
116 Trinidad and Tobago 595,915 48.50
117 Cyprus 584,309          52.99
118 Nicaragua 560,445     10.00
119 Côte d'Ivoire 547,529  2.60
120 Congo, Democratic Republic of 502,929 0.72
121 Luxembourg 450,869 90.62
122 Laos 445,771               7.00
123 Mali 372,502                2.70
124 Madagascar 361,791 1.70
125 Togo 354,393             5.38
126 Malawi 349,114          2.26
127 Montenegro 346,700 52.00
Macau 322,600                 56.80
128 Mauritius 322,232      24.90
129 Mongolia 314,866      10.20
130 Eritrea 312,821           5.40
131 Iceland 293,465          95.00
132 Benin 283,453            3.13
133 Malta 256,266            63.00
134 Burkina Faso 227,385 1.40
135 Guyana 223,797        29.90
136 Burundi 207,125        2.10
137 Congo, Republic of 206,296 5.00
138 Barbados 200,528     70.20
139 Brunei 197,514          50.00
140 Cambodia 182,116    1.26
141 Chad 179,239            1.70
142 Suriname 172,437     31.59
143 Gambia, The 161,502 9.20
144 Cape Verde 152,598   30.00
145 Namibia 138,351         6.50
146 Bahamas, The 133,483 43.00
147 Niger 131,790             0.83
French Polynesia 131,724 49.00
148 Fiji 129,821                 14.82
149 Botswana 121,758       6.00
150 Maldives 111,969        28.30
151 Gabon 111,722            7.23
152 Central African Republic 111,433 2.30
153 Turkmenistan 108,700 2.20
154 Swaziland 108,595       8.02
155 Guinea 99,111              0.96
156 Mauritania 96,152        3.00
157 Bhutan 95,179 13.60
158 Papua New Guinea 77,626 1.28
159 Lesotho 74,095                    3.86
160 Antigua and Barbuda 69,403 80.00
161 Andorra 68,465                       81.00
Bermuda 57,486                            84.21
162 Djibouti 48,134                       6.50
163 Belize 44,033                         14.00
— Aruba 43,927                            42.00
164 Equatorial Guinea 39,042     6.00
165 Guinea-Bissau 38,346           2.45
— Faroe Islands 36,842               75.10
— Greenland 36,311                    63.00
166 Seychelles 36,219                 41.00
167 Grenada 36,076                    33.46
168 Comoros 36,012                   5.10
169 Dominica 34,550                  47.45
— Cayman Islands 33,138          66.00
170 São Tomé and Príncipe 32,964 18.75
171 Liechtenstein 28,910           80.00
172 Solomon Islands 27,960      5.00
173 Monaco 24,469                     80.00
174 Micronesia, Federated States of 21,431 20.00
175 Vanuatu 17,724                    8.00
176 Samoa 13,440                      7.00
177 Tonga 12,676                       12.00
— Virgin Islands, British 11,560 39.00
178 Kiribati 8,953                        9.00
— Cook Islands 4,102                 35.71
— Falkland Islands 2,875           95.84
179 Tuvalu 2,618                         25.00
180 Liberia 2,580                         0.07
181 Timor-Leste 2,425                 0.21
— Saint Helena 1,913                  24.94
— Montserrat 1,791                     35.00
182 Nauru 556                              6.00



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