Internet Users By Country & Gender

The term "Internet users" includes subscribers who pay for Internet access (dial-up, leased line and fixed broadband) and people who have access without paying directly, either as a member of a household or from work, school, a public library or Internet café. 


According to the UN’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) the world had three billion Internet users (40% of the world’s population) at the end of 2014, with two-thirds coming from the developing world.

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In developing countries, the number of Internet users will have doubled in 5 years, from 974 million in 2009 to 1.9 billion in 2014.

Internet user penetration has reached 40% globally, 78% in developed countries and 32% in developing countries. 2014 growth rates in developed countries remain relatively low, at 3.3% compared with 8.7% in developing countries.

Globally, there are 4 billion people not yet using the Internet and more than 90% of them are from the developing world, so this is the main growth area.

TYPE

2001

2005

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014*

Developed
29.4
50.9
67.1
70.5
73.1
75.7
78.3
World
8.0
15.8
29.4
32.5
35.5
37.9
40.4
Developing
2.8
7.8
21.2
24.3
27.4
29.9
32.4

In Africa, almost 20% of the population will be online by end 2014, up from 10% in 2010, while in the Americas, close to two out of three people will be using the Internet by the end 2014, the second highest penetration rate after Europe.

Europe’s Internet penetration will be reaching 75% (or three out of four people) by the end 2014, the highest worldwide.


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One third of the population in Asia-Pacific will be online by end 2014 and around 45% of the world’s Internet users will be from the Asia- Pacific region.

By end 2014, 44% of the world’s households will have Internet access at home. Close to one third (31%) of households in developing countries will be connected to the Internet, compared with 78% in developed countries.

2013/14 growth rates in the developing world will be more than three times as high as those in the developed world (12.5% growth compared with 4%). Household Internet access is approaching saturation levels in developed countries.


The number of households with Internet access in developing countries surpassed those in developed countries in 2013, and doubled between 2010 and 2014.

By end 2014, more than one out of two households in the CIS will be connected to the Internet. In Africa, only about one out of ten households will be connected to the Internet. However, household Internet access in Africa continues to grow at double-digit rates (at 18% in 2014, more than twice the growth of the world average).

According to recent research by The Boston Consulting Group easy access and use of the Internet can dramatically affect the growth of national economies, while a report, Lion’s Go Digital by McKinsey&Company estimates that Internet usage could add $300 billion a year to Africa’s GDP each year by 2025.

“The Internet is a catalyst for economic growth: in China, India, and Brazil, it has contributed more than 10% of total GDP growth over the past five years. Its impact in Africa to date has been much smaller, but is likely to accelerate in the coming decade — and could have a transformative effect the continent’s development,” says Johannesburg based McKinsey director and co-author of the report, Saf Yeboah-Amankwah.

 

Percentage of Individuals Using Internet By Country

 


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Country

2000

2005

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Afghanistan
 
1.22
4.00
5.00
5.45
5.90
6.39
Albania
0.11
6.04
45.00
49.00
54.66
57.20
60.10
Algeria
0.49
5.84
12.50
14.00
15.23
16.50
18.09
American Samoa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Andorra
10.54
37.61
81.00
81.00
86.43
94.00
95.90
Angola
0.11
1.14
10.00
14.78
16.94
19.10
21.26
Anguilla
22.41
29.00
49.60
53.64
59.21
64.80
70.39
Antigua & Barbuda
6.48
27.00
47.00
52.00
58.00
63.40
64.00
Argentina
7.04
17.72
45.00
51.00
55.80
59.90
64.70
Armenia
1.30
5.25
25.00
32.00
37.50
41.90
46.30
Aruba
15.44
25.40
62.00
69.00
74.00
78.90
83.78
Ascension
34.94
 
35.00
36.00
41.03
 
 
Australia
46.76
63.00
76.00
79.49
79.00
83.00
84.56
Austria
33.73
58.00
75.17
78.74
80.03
80.62
81.00
Azerbaijan
0.15
8.03
46.00
50.00
54.20
58.70
61.00
Bahamas
8.00
25.00
43.00
65.00
71.75
72.00
76.92
Bahrain
6.15
21.30
55.00
77.00
88.00
90.00
91.00
Bangladesh
0.07
0.24
3.70
4.50
5.00
6.63
9.60
Barbados
3.97
52.50
65.10
67.00
70.00
73.00
76.67
Belarus
1.86
 
31.80
39.65
46.91
54.17
59.02
Belgium
29.43
55.82
75.00
81.61
80.72
82.17
85.00
Belize
5.96
17.00
28.20
30.70
31.00
33.60
38.70
Benin
0.23
1.27
3.13
4.15
4.50
4.90
5.30
Bermuda
42.95
65.45
84.21
88.34
91.30
95.30
96.80
Bhutan
0.40
3.85
13.60
21.00
24.00
29.90
34.37
Bolivia
1.44
5.23
22.40
30.00
35.34
36.94
39.02
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.08
21.33
42.75
47.77
52.78
57.79
60.80
Botswana
2.90
3.26
6.00
8.00
11.50
15.00
18.50
Brazil
2.87
21.02
40.65
45.69
48.56
51.04
57.60
British Virgin Islands
 
 
37.00
37.40
37.60
38.00
38.50
Brunei Darussalam
9.00
36.47
53.00
56.00
60.27
64.50
68.77
Bulgaria
5.37
19.97
46.23
47.98
51.90
53.06
55.49
Burkina Faso
0.08
0.47
2.40
3.00
3.73
9.10
9.40
Burundi
0.08
0.54
1.00
1.11
1.22
1.30
1.38
Cambodia
0.05
0.32
1.26
3.10
4.94
6.80
9.00
Cameroon
0.25
1.40
4.30
5.00
5.70
6.40
11.00
Canada
51.30
71.66
80.30
83.00
83.00
85.80
87.12
Cape Verde
1.82
6.07
30.00
32.00
34.74
37.50
40.26
Cayman Islands
 
38.03
66.00
69.47
74.13
74.10
74.10
Central African Rep.
0.05
0.27
2.00
2.20
3.00
3.50
4.03
Chad
0.04
0.40
1.70
1.90
2.10
2.30
2.50
Chile
16.60
31.18
45.00
52.25
61.42
66.50
72.35
China
1.78
8.52
34.30
38.30
42.30
45.80
49.30
Cocos Keeling Islands
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Colombia
2.21
11.01
36.50
40.35
48.98
51.70
52.57
Comoros
0.27
2.00
5.10
5.50
5.98
6.50
6.98
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
0.01
0.24
0.72
1.20
1.68
2.20
3.00
Congo (Rep.)
0.03
1.46
5.00
5.60
6.11
6.60
7.11
Costa Rica
5.80
22.07
36.50
39.21
47.50
45.96
49.41
Côte d’Ivoire
0.23
1.04
2.70
2.90
5.00
8.40
14.60
Croatia
6.64
33.14
56.55
57.79
61.94
66.75
68.57
Cuba
0.54
9.74
15.90
16.02
21.20
27.93
30.00
Cyprus
15.26
32.81
52.99
56.86
60.69
65.45
69.33
Czech Republic
9.78
35.27
68.82
70.49
73.43
74.11
79.71
D.P.R. Korea
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
 
0.00
Denmark
39.17
82.74
88.72
89.81
92.26
94.63
95.99
Djibouti
0.19
0.95
6.50
7.00
8.27
9.50
10.71
Dominica
8.81
38.54
47.45
51.31
55.18
59.00
62.86
Dominican Rep.
3.70
11.48
31.40
38.00
41.20
45.90
49.58
Ecuador
1.46
5.99
29.03
31.37
35.14
40.35
43.00
Egypt
0.64
12.75
21.60
25.60
26.40
29.40
31.70
El Salvador
1.18
4.20
15.90
18.90
20.32
23.11
29.70
Equatorial Guinea
0.13
1.15
6.00
11.50
13.94
16.40
18.86
Eritrea
0.14
 
0.61
0.70
0.80
0.90
0.99
Estonia
28.58
61.45
74.10
76.50
78.39
79.40
84.24
Ethiopia
0.02
0.22
0.75
1.10
1.48
1.90
2.90
Falkland (Malvinas) Is.
58.62
84.01
95.84
96.38
96.92
96.90
97.60
Faroe Islands
32.92
67.90
75.20
80.73
85.34
90.00
94.66
Fiji
1.50
8.45
20.00
28.00
33.74
37.10
41.80
Finland
37.25
74.48
86.89
88.71
89.88
91.51
92.38
France
14.31
42.87
77.28
77.82
81.44
81.92
83.75
French Polynesia
6.36
21.54
49.00
49.00
52.88
56.80
60.68
Gabon
1.22
4.89
7.23
8.00
8.62
9.20
9.81
Gambia
0.92
3.80
9.20
10.87
12.45
14.00
15.56
Georgia
0.48
6.08
26.90
31.52
36.94
43.30
48.90
Germany
30.22
68.71
82.00
81.27
82.35
84.17
86.19
Ghana
0.15
1.83
7.80
9.00
10.60
12.30
18.90
Gibraltar
19.13
39.07
65.00
65.00
65.02
 
 
Greece
9.14
24.00
44.40
51.65
55.07
59.87
63.21
Greenland
31.75
57.70
63.00
64.00
64.90
65.80
66.70
Grenada
4.06
20.49
27.00
30.00
32.00
35.00
37.38
Guam
16.11
38.56
54.04
57.70
61.53
65.40
69.27
Guatemala
0.71
5.70
10.50
12.30
16.00
19.70
23.40
Guernsey
31.90
73.57
 
83.63
 
 
 
Guinea
0.10
0.54
1.00
1.30
1.49
1.60
1.72
Guinea-Bissau
0.23
1.90
2.45
2.67
2.89
3.10
3.32
Guyana
6.61
 
29.90
31.00
33.00
35.00
37.35
Haiti
0.23
6.38
8.37
9.00
9.80
10.60
11.40
Honduras
1.20
6.50
11.09
15.90
18.12
17.80
19.08
Hong Kong, China
27.83
56.90
72.00
72.20
72.90
74.20
74.56
Hungary
7.00
38.97
65.00
68.02
70.58
72.64
76.13
Iceland
44.47
87.00
93.39
94.82
96.21
96.55
98.16
India
0.53
2.39
7.50
10.07
12.58
15.10
18.00
Indonesia
0.93
3.60
10.92
12.28
14.52
14.94
17.14
Iran (I.R.)
0.93
8.10
15.90
19.00
22.73
29.95
39.35
Iraq
 
0.90
2.50
5.00
7.10
9.20
11.30
Ireland
17.85
41.61
69.85
74.89
76.92
78.25
79.69
Israel
20.87
25.19
67.50
68.87
70.80
70.80
71.45
Italy
23.11
35.00
53.68
54.39
55.83
58.46
61.96
Jamaica
3.12
12.80
27.67
37.44
33.79
37.10
40.50
Japan
29.99
66.92
78.21
79.05
79.50
89.71
90.58
Jersey
9.22
31.25
 
36.00
41.03
 
 
Jordan
2.62
12.93
27.20
34.90
37.00
41.00
44.00
Kazakhstan
0.67
2.96
31.60
50.60
53.32
54.00
54.89
Kenya
0.32
3.10
14.00
28.00
32.10
39.00
43.40
Kiribati
1.79
4.00
9.07
10.00
10.75
11.50
12.25
Korea (Rep.)
44.70
73.50
83.70
83.76
84.07
84.77
84.33
Kuwait
6.73
25.93
61.40
65.77
70.45
75.46
78.70
Kyrgyzstan
1.04
10.53
16.30
17.50
19.80
23.00
28.30
Lao P.D.R.
0.11
0.85
7.00
9.00
10.75
12.50
14.26
Latvia
6.32
46.00
68.42
69.75
73.12
75.23
75.83
Lebanon
7.95
10.14
43.68
52.00
61.25
70.50
74.70
Lesotho
0.21
2.58
3.86
4.22
4.59
5.00
11.00
Liberia
0.02
 
2.30
2.50
2.60
3.20
5.41
Libya
0.19
3.92
14.00
14.00
 
16.50
17.76
Liechtenstein
36.52
63.37
80.00
85.00
89.41
93.80
95.21
Lithuania
6.43
36.22
62.12
63.64
67.23
68.45
72.13
Luxembourg
22.89
70.00
90.62
90.03
91.95
93.78
94.67
Macao, China
13.61
34.86
55.20
60.20
61.31
65.80
69.78
Madagascar
0.20
0.57
1.70
1.90
2.30
3.00
3.70
Malawi
0.13
0.38
2.26
3.33
4.35
5.05
5.83
Malaysia
21.38
48.63
56.30
61.00
65.80
66.97
67.50
Maldives
2.20
6.87
26.53
34.00
38.93
44.10
49.28
Mali
0.14
0.51
2.00
2.20
2.80
3.50
7.00
Malta
13.11
41.24
63.00
68.02
68.20
68.91
73.17
Marshall Islands
1.53
3.88
7.00
10.00
12.50
14.00
16.80
Mauritania
0.19
0.67
4.00
4.50
5.00
6.20
10.70
Mauritius
7.28
15.17
28.33
34.95
35.42
39.00
41.44
Mayotte
1.21
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico
5.08
17.21
31.05
37.18
39.75
43.46
44.39
Micronesia
3.73
11.88
20.00
22.80
25.97
27.80
29.65
Moldova
1.28
14.63
32.30
38.00
43.37
45.00
46.60
Monaco
42.18
55.46
75.00
80.30
87.00
90.70
92.40
Mongolia
1.26
 
10.20
12.50
16.40
20.00
27.00
Montenegro
 
27.10
37.50
35.61
56.84
60.31
61.00
Montserrat
 
 
35.00
54.55
 
54.60
54.60
Morocco
0.69
15.08
52.00
46.11
55.42
56.00
56.80
Mozambique
0.11
0.85
4.17
4.30
4.85
5.40
5.94
Myanmar
 
0.07
0.25
0.98
1.07
1.60
2.10
Namibia
1.64
4.01
11.60
12.00
12.94
13.90
14.84
Nauru
 
 
 
54.00
 
 
 
Nepal
0.20
0.83
7.93
9.00
11.15
13.30
15.44
Neth. Antilles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Netherlands
43.98
81.00
90.72
91.42
92.86
93.96
93.17
New Caledonia
13.94
32.36
42.00
50.00
58.00
66.00
70.00
New Zealand
47.38
62.72
80.46
81.23
82.00
82.78
85.50
Nicaragua
0.98
2.57
10.00
10.60
13.50
15.50
17.60
Niger
0.04
0.22
0.83
1.30
1.41
1.70
1.95
Nigeria
0.06
3.55
24.00
28.43
32.80
38.00
42.68
Niue
26.51
51.70
76.97
79.56
82.22
86.90
91.55
Norfolk Islands
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Northern Marianas
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Norway
52.00
81.99
93.39
93.49
94.65
95.05
96.30
Oman
3.52
6.68
35.83
48.00
60.00
66.45
70.22
Pakistan
 
6.33
8.00
9.00
9.96
10.90
13.80
Palau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Palestine
1.11
16.01
37.40
41.08
43.40
46.60
53.67
Panama
6.55
11.48
40.10
42.70
40.30
44.03
44.92
Papua New Guinea
0.84
1.72
1.28
2.00
3.50
6.50
9.38
Paraguay
0.75
7.91
19.80
24.76
29.34
36.90
43.00
Peru
3.08
17.10
34.77
36.01
38.20
39.20
40.20
Philippines
1.98
5.40
25.00
29.00
36.24
37.00
39.69
Poland
7.29
38.81
62.32
61.95
62.31
62.85
66.60
Portugal
16.43
34.99
53.30
55.25
60.34
62.10
64.59
Puerto Rico
10.47
23.40
45.30
48.00
69.00
73.90
78.78
Qatar
4.86
24.73
69.00
69.00
69.30
85.30
91.49
Romania
3.61
21.50
39.93
40.01
45.88
49.76
54.08
Russian Federation
1.98
15.23
43.00
49.00
63.80
67.97
70.52
Rwanda
0.06
0.56
8.00
7.00
8.02
9.00
10.60
S. Tomé & Principe
4.64
13.76
18.75
20.16
21.57
23.00
24.41
Samoa
0.57
3.35
7.00
11.00
12.92
15.30
21.20
San Marino
48.80
50.26
 
49.60
 
 
 
Saudi Arabia
2.21
12.71
41.00
47.50
54.00
60.50
63.70
Senegal
0.40
4.79
8.00
9.80
10.80
13.10
17.70
Serbia
 
26.30
40.90
42.20
48.10
51.50
53.50
Seychelles
7.40
25.41
41.00
43.16
47.08
50.40
54.26
Sierra Leone
0.12
0.22
0.58
0.90
1.30
1.70
2.10
Singapore
36.00
61.00
71.00
71.00
72.00
81.00
82.00
Slovakia
9.43
55.19
75.71
74.44
76.71
77.88
79.98
Slovenia
15.11
46.81
70.00
67.34
68.35
72.68
71.59
Solomon Islands
0.48
0.84
5.00
6.00
7.00
8.00
9.00
Somalia
0.02
1.08
 
1.25
1.38
1.50
1.63
South Africa
5.35
7.49
24.00
33.97
41.00
46.50
49.00
South Sudan
 
 
7.00
 
 
14.10
15.90
Spain
13.62
47.88
65.80
67.60
69.81
71.64
76.19
Sri Lanka
0.65
1.79
12.00
15.00
18.29
21.90
25.80
St. Helena
5.92
15.91
24.94
33.00
37.60
 
 
St. Kitts and Nevis
5.86
34.00
63.00
63.20
64.00
64.60
65.40
St. Lucia
5.09
21.57
43.30
44.00
45.90
46.20
51.00
St. Pierre & Miquelon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
3.25
9.20
38.50
43.01
47.52
52.00
56.48
Sudan
0.03
1.29
16.70
17.30
21.00
22.70
24.64
Suriname
2.51
6.40
31.59
32.00
34.68
37.40
40.08
Swaziland
0.93
3.70
11.04
18.13
20.78
24.70
27.10
Sweden
45.69
84.83
90.00
92.77
93.18
94.78
92.52
Switzerland
47.10
70.10
83.90
85.19
85.20
86.34
87.00
Syria
0.18
5.65
20.70
22.50
24.30
26.20
28.09
Taiwan, Province of China
28.10
58.01
71.50
72.00
75.99
80.00
83.99
Tajikistan
0.05
0.30
11.55
13.03
14.51
16.00
17.49
Tanzania
0.12
1.10
2.90
3.20
3.95
4.40
4.86
TFYR Macedonia
2.49
26.45
51.90
56.70
57.45
65.24
68.06
Thailand
3.69
15.03
22.40
23.67
26.46
28.94
34.89
Timor-Leste
 
0.10
0.21
0.90
0.91
1.10
1.14
Togo
0.80
1.80
3.00
3.50
4.00
4.50
5.70
Tokelau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tonga
2.43
4.91
16.00
25.00
33.00
35.00
40.00
Trinidad & Tobago
7.72
28.98
48.50
55.20
59.52
63.80
65.10
Tunisia
2.75
9.66
36.80
39.10
41.44
43.80
46.16
Turkey
3.76
15.46
39.82
43.07
45.13
46.25
51.04
Turkmenistan
0.13
1.00
3.00
5.00
7.20
9.60
12.20
Turks & Caicos Is.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tuvalu
5.24
 
25.00
30.00
35.00
37.00
 
Uganda
0.16
1.74
12.50
13.01
14.69
16.20
17.71
Ukraine
0.72
3.75
23.30
28.71
35.27
41.00
43.40
United Arab Emirates
23.63
40.00
68.00
78.00
85.00
88.00
90.40
United Kingdom
26.82
70.00
85.00
85.38
87.48
89.84
91.61
United States
43.08
67.97
71.69
69.73
79.30
84.20
87.36
Uruguay
10.54
20.09
46.40
51.40
54.45
57.69
61.46
Uzbekistan
0.48
3.34
20.00
30.20
36.52
38.20
43.55
Vanuatu
2.11
5.08
8.00
9.20
10.60
11.30
18.80
Vatican
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Venezuela
3.36
12.55
37.37
40.22
49.05
54.90
57.00
Viet Nam
0.25
12.74
30.65
35.07
39.49
43.90
48.31
Virgin Islands (US)
13.82
27.34
31.22
35.60
40.55
45.30
50.07
Wallis and Futuna
4.77
6.70
8.16
8.68
8.95
 
 
Yemen
0.08
1.05
12.35
14.91
17.45
20.00
22.55
Zambia
0.19
2.85
10.00
11.50
13.47
15.40
17.34
Zimbabwe
0.40
8.02
11.50
15.70
17.09
18.50
19.89

 

Percentage of Users By Gender and Country

(latest year available, 2010-2013)

Country

Male

Female

Australia
84.1
82.8
Austria
84.3
77.0
Bahamas
62.3
67.0
Bahrain
82.2
104.6
Bangladesh
8.2
5.1
Belarus
57.9
51.5
Belgium
84.2
80.2
Bolivia
39.9
34.2
Brazil
49.1
52.8
Bulgaria
54.4
51.8
Canada
81.5
79.2
Chile
40.9
36.8
Colombia
52.3
51.1
Costa Rica
48.6
46.5
Croatia
74.2
59.9
Cuba
25.1
29.8
Cyprus
67.3
63.8
Czech Republic
75.3
73.0
Denmark
94.9
94.3
Egypt
23.7
19.4
El Salvador
25.1
21.4
Estonia
80.9
79.2
Finland
92.0
91.0
France
84.0
79.9
Georgia
44.7
42.0
Germany
86.9
81.5
Greece
63.5
56.3
Hong Kong, China
76.9
71.7
Hungary
73.9
71.5
Iceland
97.5
95.6
Indonesia
11.1
8.7
Iran (I.R.)
33.8
25.8
Ireland
78.0
78.5
Israel
73.4
68.4
Italy
63.0
54.0
Jamaica
31.0
36.5
Japan
84.5
78.0
Korea (Rep.)
88.5
81.0
Latvia
75.8
74.8
Lithuania
68.5
68.4
Luxembourg
95.7
91.8
Macao, China
66.2
65.4
Malta
70.9
66.9
Mauritius
37.3
33.5
Mexico
45.3
41.7
Montenegro
38.7
32.5
Morocco
58.3
45.4
Netherlands
95.1
92.8
New Zealand
79.8
79.6
Norway
95.8
94.3
Oman
71.2
59.8
Palestine
44.6
34.4
Panama
38.6
41.9
Paraguay
37.7
36.2
Peru
42.3
36.0
Poland
63.9
61.9
Portugal
66.3
58.2
Romania
51.5
48.1
Russian Federation
69.2
66.8
Senegal
10.7
6.0
Serbia
47.3
36.3
Singapore
72.6
64.5
Slovakia
77.6
78.2
Slovenia
74.0
71.4
Spain
73.7
69.5
Sweden
95.1
94.5
Switzerland
90.4
82.4
TFYR Macedonia
60.7
54.1
Thailand
28.8
29.1
Ukraine
43.5
38.7
United Arab Emirates
85.6
83.2
United Kingdom
90.5
89.2
United States
69.4
70.1
Uruguay
55.2
53.8
Venezuela
47.5
50.6

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