Global Internet usage

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Internet users

Internet users per 100 inhabitants
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[1][2]

Worldwide Internet users
  2005 2010 2013a
World population[1] 6.5 billion 6.9 billion 7.1 billion
Not using the Internet 84% 70% 61%
Using the Internet 16% 30% 39%
Users in the developing world 8% 21% 31%
Users in the developed world 51% 67% 77%
a Estimate.
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[2]

 

Internet users by region
  2005b 2010b 2013a,b
Africa       2%             10%             16%      
Americas 36% 49% 61%
Arab States 8% 26% 38%
Asia and Pacific 9% 23% 32%
Commonwealth of
Independent States
 
10%
 
34%
 
52%
Europe 46% 67% 75%
a Estimate. b Per 100 inhabitants.
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[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]

Broadband usage

Worldwide broadband subscriptions
  2007a 2010a 2013a,b
World population 6.6 billion 6.9 billion 7.1 billion
Fixed broadband 5.2% 7.6% 9.8%
Developing world 2.3% 4.2% 6.1%
Developed world 18.0% 23.6% 27.2%
Mobile broadband 4.0% 11.3% 29.5%
Developing world 0.8% 4.4% 19.8%
Developed world 18.5% 42.9% 74.8%
a Per 100 inhabitants. b Estimate.
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[2]
   
Broadband subscriptions by region
Fixed subscriptions: 2007a 2010a 2013a,b
Africa 0.1% 0.2% 0.3%
Americas 10.9% 14.1% 17.1%
Arab States 0.9% 1.9% 3.3%
Asia and Pacific 3.2% 5.5% 7.6%
Commonwealth of
Independent States
 
2.3%
 
8.2%
 
13.5%
Europe 18.4% 23.6% 27.0%
Mobile subscriptions: 2007a 2010a 2013a,b
Africa 0.2% 1.8% 10.9%
Americas 6.4% 22.9% 48.0%
Arab States 0.8% 5.1% 18.9%
Asia and Pacific 3.1% 7.4% 22.4%
Commonwealth of
Independent States
 
0.2%
 
22.3%
 
46.0%
Europe 14.7% 28.7% 67.5%
a Per 100 inhabitants. b Estimate.
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[3][2]
 
Fixed broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012
as a percentage of a country's population
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[5]
   
Mobile broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012
as a percentage of a country's population
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[4]

Internet hosts

IPv4 addresses

The Carna Botnet was a botnet of 420,000 devices created by hackers to measure the extent of the Internet in what the creators called the “Internet Census of 2012”.[4][5]


Languages

   

Censorship

Internet censorship by country

  Pervasive censorship
  Substantial censorship
  Selective censorship

  Changing situation
  Little or no censorship
  Not classified / No data

Source: OpenNet Initiative,[10][11] Reporters Without Borders.[12]

Internet users in Europe

Internet penetration in European countries in 2012
as a percentage of a country's population
[6]
  0-30%
  30-60%
  above 60%

See also

References

  1. "Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050", International Programs Center for Demographic and Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, Retrieved 25 May 2013
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Key ICT indicators for developed and developing countries and the world (totals and penetration rates)", International Telecommunications Unions (ITU), Geneva, 27 February 2013
  3. "Key Global Telecom Indicators for the World Telecommunication Service Sector", International Telecommunications Unions (ITU), Geneva, 2011
  4. Stöcker, Christian; Horchert, Judith (2013-03-22). "Mapping the Internet: A Hacker's Secret Internet Census". Spiegel Online. 
  5. Kleinman, Alexis (2013-03-22). "The Most Detailed, GIF-Based Map Of The Internet Was Made By Hacking 420,000 Computers". Huffington Post. 
  6. Source: InternetWorldStats for countries of Europe, Asia updated for June 30, 2012

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