List of countries by number of Internet users

This is a sortable list of countries by number of Internet users as of 2012. Internet users are persons using the Internet in the last 12 months from any device, including mobile phones. Penetration is the percentage of a country's population that are Internet users. Estimates are derived from either household surveys or from Internet subscription data.^[1]

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

Country or area Internet users[2] Rank Penetration[3] Rank  China 641,601,070[4] 1 45.04% 91  United States 279,834,232[5] 2 85.75% 28  India 243,598,922[6] 3 20.01% 144  Brazil 109,773,650 4 54.02% 86  Japan 109,252,912 5 86.03% 33  Russia 84,437,739 6 59.27% 81  Germany 68,296,919 7 84.0% 22  Nigeria 55,930,391 8 32.9% 128  United Kingdom 54,861,245 9 87.0% 14  France 54,473,474 10 83.0% 24  Mexico 44,173,551 11 38.4% 114  South Korea 45,314,248[7] 12 91.52%[8] 21  Indonesia 38,191,873 13 15.4% 154  Philippines 37,602,976 14 36.2% 118  Egypt 36,881,374 15 44.1% 99  Vietnam 36,140,967 16 39.5% 111  Turkey 35,990,932 17 45.1% 97  Italy 35,531,527 18 58.0% 68  Spain 33,870,948 19 72.0% 45  Canada 29,760,764 20 86.8% 16  Pakistan 29,128,970[9] 21 14.8% 156  Poland 24,969,935 22 65.0% 54  Argentina 23,543,412 23 55.8% 72  Colombia 22,160,055 24 49.0% 87  Iran 20,504,000 25 26.0% 133  South Africa 20,012,275 26 41.0% 108  Malaysia 19,200,408 27 65.8% 51  Australia 18,129,727 28 82.3% 25  Thailand 17,779,139 29 26.5% 132  Morocco 17,770,081 30 55.0% 76  Taiwan 17,656,414 31 76.0% 36  Netherlands 15,559,488 32 93.0% 5  Ukraine 15,115,820 33 33.7% 127  Saudi Arabia 14,111,459 34 54.0% 79  Kenya 13,805,311 35 32.1% 129  Venezuela 12,353,883 36 44.0% 100  Peru 11,287,915 37 38.2% 115  Romania 10,924,252 38 50.0% 85  Chile 10,482,463 39 61.4% 61  Uzbekistan 10,369,924 40 36.5% 117  Bangladesh 10,148,280 41 6.3% 181  Kazakhstan 9,341,977 42 53.3% 80  Belgium 8,559,449 43 82.0% 27  Sweden 8,557,561 44 94.0% 4  Czech Republic 7,632,975 45 75.0% 37  Sudan 7,183,409 46 21.0% 142  Hungary 7,170,086 47 72.0% 45  Portugal 6,900,134 48 64.0% 57   Switzerland 6,752,540 49 85.2% 19  Austria 6,657,992 50 81.0% 29  Tanzania 6,136,331 51 13.1% 161  Greece 6,029,983 52 56.0% 71  Algeria 5,690,291 53 15.2% 155  Israel 5,568,961 54 73.4% 42  Syria 5,474,994 55 24.3% 139  Ecuador 5,348,765 56 35.1% 119  Hong Kong 5,207,762 57 72.8% 44  Denmark 5,155,411 58 93.0% 5  Azerbaijan 5,145,531 59 54.2% 78  Uganda 4,941,704 60 14.7% 157  Finland 4,789,266 61 91.0% 9  Dominican Republic 4,539,869 62 45.0% 98  Belarus 4,523,412 63 46.9% 93  United Arab Emirates 4,517,169 64 85.0% 20  Norway 4,471,907 65 95.0% 3  Tunisia 4,447,885 66 41.4% 104  Slovakia 4,386,470 67 80.0% 30  Yemen 4,321,814 68 17.4% 148  Ghana 4,217,454 69 17.1% 149  Singapore 3,971,318 70 74.2% 38  Sri Lanka 3,927,948 71 18.3% 146  Bulgaria 3,881,287 72 55.1% 74  New Zealand 3,873,982 73 89.5% 10  Ireland 3,730,402 74 79.0% 34  Bolivia 3,517,991 75 34.2% 125  Serbia 3,500,047 76 48.1% 89    Nepal 3,332,602 77 11.1% 167  Angola 3,058,195 78 16.9% 151  Cuba 2,839,881 79 25.6% 135  Croatia 2,822,427 80 63.0% 59  Jordan 2,668,644 81 41.0% 108  Lebanon 2,535,918 82 61.2% 62  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,535,356 83 65.4% 52  Senegal 2,490,631 84 19.2% 145  Lithuania 2,397,517 85 68.0% 50  Guatemala 2,255,845 86 16.0% 153  Iraq 2,210,175 87 7.1% 179  Costa Rica 2,202,308 88 47.5% 91  Zimbabwe 2,156,791 89 17.1% 150  Kuwait 2,095,304 90 79.2% 32  Georgia 2,079,917 91 45.5% 95  Puerto Rico 1,897,555 92 51.4% 83  Zambia 1,860,966 93 13.5% 160  Oman 1,854,090 94 60.0% 65  Uruguay 1,827,781 95 55.1% 75  Palestinian Authority[10][11] 1,779,915 96 41.1% 106  Paraguay 1,771,188 97 27.1% 131  Qatar 1,719,437 98 88.1% 12  Afghanistan 1,659,269 99 5.5% 185  Albania 1,641,241 100 54.7% 77  Latvia 1,621,769 101 74.0% 40  Panama 1,586,537 102 45.2% 96  Moldova 1,585,973 103 43.4% 101  El Salvador 1,553,115 104 25.5% 136  Honduras 1,503,350 105 18.1% 147  Slovenia 1,397,632 106 70.0% 48  Ethiopia 1,352,259 107 1.5% 204  Jamaica 1,343,472 108 46.5% 94  Macedonia 1,314,969 109 63.1% 58  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,236,438 110 1.7% 202  Kyrgyzstan 1,194,084 111 21.7% 140  Armenia 1,163,269 112 39.2% 112  Cameroon 1,147,199 113 5.7% 184  Mozambique 1,140,311 114 4.8% 188  Tajikistan 1,127,193 115 14.5% 157  Libya 1,115,025 116 19.9% 164  Bahrain 1,098,546 117 88.0% 13  Haiti 1,065,470 118 10.9% 168  Estonia 1,007,020 119 79.0% 34  Rwanda 937,964 120 8.0% 177  Nicaragua 773,240 121 13.5% 159  Cambodia 738,641 122 4.9% 187  Trinidad and Tobago 729,897 123 59.5% 66  Malawi 710,150 124 4.4% 190  Laos 707,871 125 10.7% 169  Cyprus 694,223 126 61.0% 63  Burkina Faso 643,504 127 3.7% 194  Burma 583,564 128 1.1% 209  Mauritius 543,550 129 41.4% 105  Ivory Coast 522,231 130 2.4% 197  Mongolia 521,520 131 16.4% 152  Luxembourg 468,348 132 92.0% 7  Madagascar 452,185 133 2.1% 201  Montenegro 418,388 134 63.6% 70  Macau 371,512 135 64.3% 56  Benin 364,534 136 3.8% 192  Turkmenistan 363,735 137 7.2% 178  Mali 336,059 138 2.2% 199  Iceland 300,656 139 96.0% 2  Fiji 300,326 140 33.7% 126  Swaziland 288,225 141 20.8% 143  Malta 286,885 142 70.0% 48  Namibia 280,288 143 12.9% 162  Togo 278,442 144 4.0% 191  Republic of the Congo 266,635 145 6.1% 182  Guyana 254,534 146 34.3% 124  Brunei 246,388 147 60.3% 64  Botswana 241,272 148 11.5% 166  Chad 230,489 149 2.1% 200  Niger 230,084 150 1.4% 205  The Gambia 229,122 151 12.4% 165  The Bahamas 226,855 152 71.7% 47  Barbados 210,994 153 73.3% 43  Suriname 194,269 154 34.7% 123  Bhutan 182,338 155 25.4% 137  Cape Verde 181,905 156 34.7% 122  Mauritania 180,358 157 5.4% 186  Guinea 162,202 158 1.5% 203  Maldives 153,560 159 38.9% 113  Central African Republic 151,716 160 3.0% 195  New Caledonia 150,896 161 58.0% 68  Liberia 147,510 162 3.8% 193  Papua New Guinea 145,256 163 2.3% 198  French Polynesia 145,153 164 52.9% 82  Somalia 138,849 165 1.4% 206  Gabon 138,584 166 8.6% 175  Burundi 128,799 167 1.2% 208  Guam 98,402 168 61.5% 60  Equatorial Guinea 95,649 169 13.9% 158  Lesotho 88,602 170 4.6% 189  Belize 81,930 171 25.0% 138  Aruba 79,650 172 74.0% 40  Saint Lucia 78,864 173 48.6% 88  Antigua and Barbuda 74,586 174 83.8% 23  Andorra 73,540 175 86.4% 17  Sierra Leone 71,318 176 1.3% 207  Djibouti 64,021 177 8.3% 176  Bermuda 63,070 178 91.3% 8  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 49,201 179 47.5% 90  Eritrea 48,692 180 0.8% 211  Guinea-Bissau 47,132 181 2.9% 196  Grenada 45,883 182 42.1% 103  Comoros 44,055 183 6.0% 183  U.S. Virgin Islands 42,687 184 40.5% 110  Seychelles 42,380 185 47.1% 92  Faroe Islands 42,226 186 85.3% 18  Solomon Islands 40,905 187 7.0% 180  Dominica 40,349 188 55.2% 73  Saint Kitts and Nevis 40,251 189 79.3% 31  São Tomé and Príncipe 39,515 190 21.6% 141  Cayman Islands 38,961 191 74.1% 39  Jersey 38,958 192 41.0% 106  Greenland 37,442 193 64.9% 55  Tonga 37,003 194 34.9% 121  Liechtenstein 32,824 195 89.4% 11  Micronesia, Federated States of 27,659 196 26.0% 134  Vanuatu 27,147 197 10.6% 171  Monaco 26,544 198 87.0% 15  Samoa 25,111 199 12.9% 163  Gibraltar 18,877 200 65.0% 53  San Marino 16,354 201 50.9% 84  Kiribati 10,962 202 10.7% 170  East Timor 10,461 203 0.9% 210  Anguilla 9,133 204 59.2% 67  Marshall Islands 6,848 205 10.0% 172  Tuvalu 3,717 206 35.0% 120  Saint Helena 2,906 207 37.6% 116  Falkland Islands[12] 2,842 208 96.9% 1  Montserrat 1,583 209 30.7% 130  Wallis and Futuna 1,383 210 9.0% 174  Niue[13] 1,011 211 82.2% 26  Ascension[14] 361 212 41.0% 106

Worldwide Internet users   2005 2010 2013a World population[15] 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.[16] 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.[17] Internet users per 100 inhabitantsSource: International Telecommunications Union.[18][19] 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] 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.[20]

See also

• List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions
• 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 countries by number of mobile phones in use

References

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)

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