Population Explosion! Internet
ClickZ Stats has updated its list of the global online populations, with some new figures for the number of Active Internet Users.
There are multiple sources for the Internet-using population of any given country. Because of differences in methodology, measurements for the same location can vary widely depending on the source. ClickZ Stats checks the accuracy of counts by comparing them to regional growth patterns and other projections to provide the most accurate and up-to-date statistics on the world Internet-using population available online.
Most figures in the table below come from the Central Intelligence Agency’s World Factbook, but we’ve included data from other sources where specified. For example, Computer Industry Almanac Inc. compiles Internet user data for over 50 countries, which it releases in an annual report. A detailed methodology for that report can be found here.
Another source is Nielsen//NetRatings, which tracks the number of active Internet users for approximately 20 nations, accounting for over 90 percent of the world’s active Internet population. The term “active Internet user” applies to people who go online at least once in a given month.
If you know of other studies that track the number of Internet users worldwide or in a specific region or country, please send them to ClickZ Stats for possible inclusion in the table below.
| Global Online Populations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide Internet Population 2005: 1.08 billion (Computer Industry Almanac) | |||||
| Projection for 2010: 1.8 billion (Computer Industry Almanac) | |||||
| Nation | Population (CIA’s World Factbook) |
Internet Users (CIA’s World Factbook) |
Active Users (Nielsen//NetRatings) |
ISPs (CIA’s World Factbook) |
More Info. |
| Afghanistan | 31.06 million | 25,000 | NA | 76 | Read more |
| Albania | 3.58 million | 75,000 | NA | 749 | |
| Algeria | 32.93 million | 845,000 | NA | 1,175 | Read more |
| Andorra | 71,201 | 24,500 | NA | 7,058 | |
| Angola | 12.13 million | 172,000 | NA | 2,502 | Read more |
| Anguilla | 13,477 | 3,000 | NA | 395 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 69,108 | 20,000 | NA | 1,143 | |
| Argentina | 39.92 million | 10 million | NA | 1.23 million | Read more |
| Armenia | 2.98 million | 150,000 | NA | 8,852 | |
| Aruba | 71,891 | 24,000 | NA | 5,420 | Read more |
| Australia | 20.26 million | 14.18 million | 10 million | 5.35 million | Read more |
| Austria | 8.19 million | 4.65 million | 1.3 million | 1.81 Million | Read more |
| Azerbaijan | 7.96 million | 408,000 | NA | 460 | Read more |
| The Bahamas | 303,770 | 93,000 | NA | 359 | Read more |
| Bahrain | 698,585 | 152,700 | NA | 1,952 | Read more |
| Bangladesh | 147.37 million | 300,000 | NA | 266 | |
| Barbados | 279,912 | 150,000 | NA | 241 | |
| Belarus | 10.29 million | 1.6 million | NA | 20,973 | Read more |
| Belgium | 10.38 million | 5.1 million | 2.24 million | 61 | Read more |
| Belize | 287,730 | 35,000 | NA | 3,846 | Read more |
| Benin | 7.86 million | 100,000 | NA | 814 | Read more |
| Bhutan | 2.28 million | 20,000 | NA | 3 | |
| Bolivia | 8.99 million | 350,000 | NA | 16,045 | Read more |
| Bosnia and Herzegovian | 4.50 million | 225,000 | NA | 8,525 | |
| Botswana | 1.63 million | 60,000 | NA | 1,621 | Read more |
| Brazil | 188.10 million | 25.9 million | 12 million | 4.39 million | Read more |
| Brunei | 379,444 | 56,000 | NA | 27 | |
| Bulgaria | 7.39 million | 1.61 million | NA | 95,539 | Read more |
| Burkina Faso | 13.90 million | 53,200 | NA | 373 | Read more |
| Burma | 47.38 million | 63,700 | NA | 43 | |
| Burundi | 8.09 million | 25,000 | NA | 155 | Read more |
| Cambodia | 13.90 million | 41,000 | NA | 1,315 | |
| Cameroon | 17.34 million | 167,000 | NA | 34 | Read more |
| Canada | 33.10 million | 20.9 million | 8.8 million | 3.53 million | Read more |
| Cape Verde | 420,979 | 25,000 | NA | 155 | Read more |
| Cayman Islands | 45,436 | 9,909 | NA | 5,069 | |
| Central African Republic | 4.30 million | 9,000 | NA | 13 | Read more |
| Chad | 9.94 million | 60,000 | NA | 7 | Read more |
| Chile | 16.13 million | 5.6 million | NA | 335,445 | Read more |
| China | 1.31 billion | 111 million | NA | 187,508 | Read more |
| Colombia | 43.60 million | 3.59 million | NA | 386,610 | Read more |
| Comoros | 690,948 | 8,000 | NA | 6 | Read more |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
62.66 million | 50,000 | NA | 188 | Read more |
| Congo, Republic | 3.70 million | 36,000 | NA | 46 | Read more |
| Cook Islands | 21,388 | 3,600 | NA | 542 | |
| Costa Rica | 4.08 million | 1 million | NA | 12,578 | Read more |
| Cote d’Ivoire | 17.65 million | 300,000 | NA | 2,015 | Read more |
| Croatia | 4.49 million | 1.01 million | NA | 19,369 | Read more |
| Cuba | 11.38 million | 150,000 | NA | 1,918 | Read more |
| Cyprus | 784,301 | 298,000 | NA | 46,863 | |
| Czech Republic | 10.24 million | 4.8 million | NA | 819,773 | Read more |
| Denmark | 5.45 million | 3.76 million | NA | 2.11 million | Read more |
| Djibouti | 486,530 | 9,000 | NA | 506 | Read more |
| Dominica | 68,109 | 18,500 | NA | 446 | |
| Dominican Republic | 9.18 million | 800,000 | NA | 81,598 | |
| East Timor | 1.06 million | 1,000 | NA | 215 | |
| Ecuador | 13.55 million | 624,600 | NA | 16,217 | Read more |
| Egypt | 78.89 million | 5 million | NA | 1,702 | Read more |
| El Salvador | 6.82 million | 587,500 | NA | 4,404 | Read more |
| Equatorial Guinea | 540,109 | 5,000 | NA | 18 | Read more |
| Eritrea | 4.79 million | 50,000 | NA | 1,047 | Read more |
| Estonia | 1.32 million | 670,000 | NA | 50,440 | Read more |
| Ethiopia | 74.78 million | 113,000 | NA | 87 | Read more |
| Faroe Islands | 47,246 | 31,000 | NA | 3,146 | |
| Fiji | 905,949 | 61,000 | NA | 1,722 | |
| Finland | 5.23 million | 3.29 million | NA | 1.50 million | Read more |
| France | 60.88 million | 26.21 million | 16.9 million | 2.92 million | Read more |
| French Guiana | 199,509 | 38,000 | NA | 107 | |
| French Polynesia | 274,578 | 61,000 | NA | 6,151 | |
| Gabon | 1.42 million | 40,000 | NA | 310 | Read more |
| The Gambia | 1.64 million | 49,000 | NA | 13 | Read more |
| Georgia | 4.66 million | 175,600 | NA | 8,942 | |
| Germany | 82.42 million | 48.72 million | 31.88 million | 7.66 million | Read more |
| Ghana | 22.41 million | 368,000 | NA | 384 | Read more |
| Gilbraltar | 27,928 | 6,200 | NA | 629 | |
| Greece | 10.69 million | 3.8 million | NA | 414,724 | |
| Greenland | 56,361 | 30,000 | NA | 8,775 | |
| Grenada | 89,703 | 8,000 | NA | 18 | |
| Guadeloupe | 452,776 | 79,000 | NA | 418 | |
| Guam | 171,019 | 79,000 | NA | 95 | |
| Guatemala | 12.29 million | 756,000 | NA | 40,405 | Read more |
| Guernsey | 65,409 | 36,000 | NA | 1,168 | |
| Guinea | 9.70 million | 46,000 | NA | 364 | Read more |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1.44 million | 26,000 | NA | 5 | Read more |
| Guyana | 767,245 | 145,000 | NA | 914 | Read more |
| Haiti | 8.30 million | 500,000 | NA | 3 | |
| Honduras | 7.32 million | 223,000 | NA | 4,763 | Read more |
| Hong Kong | 6.94 million | 4.88 million | 2.60 million | 859,926 | Read more |
| Hungary | 9.98 million | 3.05 million | NA | 261,294 | Read more |
| Iceland | 299,388 | 225,000 | NA | 190,140 | Read more |
| India | 1.1 billion | 50.6 million | NA | 787,543 | Read more |
| Indonesia | 245.45 million | 18 million | NA | 134,735 | Read more |
| Iran | 68.69 million | 7.5 million | NA | 5,246 | |
| Iraq | 26.78 million | 36,000 | NA | 4 | |
| Ireland | 4.06 million | 2.06 million | NA | 238,706 | Read more |
| Isle of Man | 75,441 | NA | NA | 264 | |
| Islas Malvinas (Falkland Islands) | 2,967 | 1,900 | NA | 103 | |
| Israel | 6.35 million | 3.2 million | 976,000 | 1.07 million | Read more |
| Italy | 58.13 million | 28.87 million | 17.36 million | 1.25 million | Read more |
| Jamaica | 2.76 million | 1.07 million | NA | 1,271 | |
| Japan | 127.46 million | 86.3 million | 39.82 million | 21.30 million | Read more |
| Jersey | 91,84 | 27,000 | NA | 1,162 | |
| Jordan | 5.91 million | 600,000 | NA | 2,793 | Read more |
| Kazakhstan | 15.23 million | 400,000 | NA | 20,327 | Read more |
| Kenya | 34.70 million | 1.5 million | NA | 11,645 | Read more |
| Kiribati | 105,432 | 2,000 | NA | 36 | |
| Kuwait | 2.42 million | 600,000 | NA | 2,439 | Read more |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5.21 million | 263,000 | NA | 18,539 | |
| Laos | 6.37 million | 20,900 | NA | 1,152 | |
| Latvia | 2.27 million | 810,000 | NA | 53,251 | Read more |
| Lebanon | 3.87 million | 600,000 | NA | 3,365 | |
| Lesotho | 2.02 million | 43,000 | NA | 154 | |
| Liberia | 3.04 million | 1,000 | NA | 5 | Read more |
| Libya | 5.90 million | 205,000 | NA | 47 | Read more |
| Liechtenstein | 33,987 | 20,000 | NA | 7,491 | |
| Lithuania | 3.59 million | 968,000 | NA | 136,346 | Read more |
| Luxembourg | 474,413 | 270,800 | NA | 70,465 | |
| Macau | 453,125 | 201,000 | NA | 62 | |
| Macedonia | 2.10 million | 392,671 | NA | 3,541 | |
| Madagascar | 18.60 million | 90,000 | NA | 805 | Read more |
| Malawi | 13.01 million | 46,100 | NA | 305 | Read more |
| Malaysia | 24.39 million | 10.04 million | NA | 151,239 | Read more |
| Maldives | 359,008 | 19,000 | NA | 1,343 | |
| Mali | 11.72 million | 50,000 | NA | 270 | Read more |
| Malta | 400,214 | 301,000 | NA | 10,739 | |
| Marshall Islands | 60,422 | 2,000 | NA | 6 | |
| Martinique | 436,131 | 107,000 | NA | 70 | |
| Mauritania | 3.18 million | 14,000 | NA | 21 | Read more |
| Mauritius | 1.24 million | 180,000 | NA | 4,954 | Read more |
| Mexico | 107.45 million | 17 million | NA | 2.03 million | Read more |
| Micronesia | 108,004 | 12,000 | NA | 433 | |
| Moldova | 4.47 million | 406,000 | NA | 30,861 | |
| Monaco | 32,543 | 16,000 | NA | 716 | |
| Mongolia | 2.83 million | 200,000 | NA | 192 | |
| Montserrat | 9,439 | NA | NA | 363 | |
| Morocco | 33.24 million | 3.5 million | NA | 2,538 | Read more |
| Mozambique | 19.69 million | 138,000 | NA | 7,228 | Read more |
| Namibia | 2.04 million | 75,000 | NA | 3,273 | Read more |
| Nauru | 13,287 | 300 | NA | 52 | |
| Nepal | 28.29 million | 175,000 | NA | 7,846 | |
| The Netherlands | 16.49 million | 10.81 million | 7.78 million | 6.78 million | Read more |
| Netherlands Antilles | 221,736 | 2,000 | NA | 1,385 | |
| New Caledonia | 219,246/FONT> | 70,000 | NA | 6,764 | |
| New Zealand | 4.08 million | 3.2 million | NA | 751,719 | |
| Nicaragua | 5.57 million | 125,000 | NA | 12,628 | Read more |
| Niger | 12.53 million | 24,000 | NA | 137 | Read more |
| Nigeria | 131.86 million | 1.77 million | NA | 1,535 | Read more |
| Niue | 2,166 | 900 | NA | 1 | |
| Norfolk Island | 1,828 | 700 | NA | 91 | |
| North Korea | 23.11 million | NA | NA | NA | |
| Northern Mariana Islar | 82,459 | 10,000 | NA | 20 | |
| Norway | 4.61 million | 3.14 million | NA | 1.34 million | Read more |
| Oman | 3.10 million | 245,000 | NA | 3,261 | Read more |
| Pakistan | 165.80 million | 7.5 million | NA | 38,309 | |
| Palau | 20,579 | NA | NA | 3 | |
| Panama | 3.19 million | 300,000 | NA | 7,013 | Read more |
| Papua New Guinea | 5.67 million | 170,000 | NA | 909 | |
| Paraguay | 6.51 million | 150,000 | NA | 10,206 | |
| Peru | 28.30 million | 4.57 million | NA | 205,532 | Read more |
| Philippines | 89.47 million | 7.82 million | NA | 96,500 | Read more |
| Pitcairn Islands | 45 | NA | NA | 5 | |
| Poland | 38.54 million | 10.6 million | NA | 366,898 | Read more |
| Portugal | 10.61 million | 6.09 million | NA | 845,980 | Read more |
| Puerto Rico | 3.93 million | 1 million | NA | 132 | Read more |
| Qatar | 885,359 | 165,000 | NA | 204 | |
| Reunion | 787,584 | 200,000 | NA | 29 | Read more |
| Romania | 22.30 million | 4.50 million | NA | 56,188 | |
| Russia | 142.89 million | 23.70 million | NA | 1.30 million | Read more |
| Rwanda | 8.65 million | 38,000 | NA | 1,588 | Read more |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 39,129 | 10,000 | NA | 48 | |
| St. Lucia | 168,458 | 55,000 | NA | 25 | |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 117,848 | 8,000 | NA | 21 | |
| Samoa | 176,908 | 6,000 | NA | 9,170 | |
| San Marino | 29,251 | 14,300 | NA | 2,166 | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 193,413 | 20,000 | NA | 1,021 | Read more |
| Saudi Arabia | 27.01 million | 2.54 million | NA | 10,335 | |
| Senegal | 11.99 million | 482,000 | NA | 569 | Read more |
| Seychelles | 81,541 | 20,000 | NA | 525 | Read more |
| Sierra Leone | 6.00 million | 2,005 | NA | 277 | Read more |
| Singapore | 4.49 million | 2.42 million | 956,000 | 679,369 | |
| Slovakia | 5.44 million | 2.28 million | NA | 135,991 | |
| Slovenia | 2.01 million | 950,000 | NA | 59,090 | |
| Solomon Islands | 552,438 | 8,400 | NA | 740 | |
| Somalia | 8.86 million | 89,000 | NA | 2 | Read more |
| South Africa | 44.19 million | 3.6 million | NA | 460,572 | Read more |
| South Korea | 48.85 million | 33.90 million | NA | 5.43 million | Read more |
| Spain | 40.40 million | 17.14 million | 11.56 million | 1.38 million | |
| Sri Lanka | 20.22 million | 280,000 | NA | 6,025 | |
| Sudan | 41.24 million | 1.14 million | NA | 1 | Read more |
| Suriname | 439,117 | 30,000 | NA | 122 | |
| Svalbard | 2,701 | NA | NA | NA | |
| Swaziland | 1.14 million | 36,000 | NA | 2,401 | Read more |
| Sweden | 9.02 million | 6.80 million | 4.65 million | 2.70 million | Read more |
| Switzerland | 7.52 million | 4.94 million | 3.60 million | 1.82 million | Read more |
| Syria | 18.88 million | 800,000 | NA | 64 | Read more |
| Taiwan | 23.04 million | 13.80 million | 5.0 million | 3.84 million | |
| Tajikistan | 7.32 million | 5,000 | NA | 63 | |
| Tanzania | 37.45 million | 333,000 | NA | 9,241 | Read more |
| Thailand | 64.63 million | 8.42 million | NA | 786,226 | |
| Togo | 5.55 million | 221,000 | NA | 205 | Read more |
| Tokelau | 1,392 | NA | NA | 303 | |
| Tonga | 114,689 | 3,000 | NA | 18,910 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1.07 million | 160,000 | NA | 17,171 | |
| Tunisia | 10.18 million | 835,000 | NA | 426 | Read more |
| Turkey | 70.41 million | 5.50 million | NA | 753,394 | Read more |
| Turkmenistan | 5.04 million | 36,000 | NA | 557 | |
| Turks and Caicos | 21,152 | NA | NA | 1,488 | |
| Tuvalu | 11,810 | 1,300 | NA | NA | |
| Uganda | 28.20 million | 200,000 | NA | 2,496 | Read more |
| Ukraine | 46.71 million | 5.28 million | NA | 167,501 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 2.60 million | 1.38 million | NA | 118,495 | Read more |
| United Kingdom | 60.61 million | 37.80 million | 24.36 million | 4.69 million | Read more |
| United States | 298.44 million | 203.82 million | 143.43 million | 195.14 million | Read more |
| Uruguay | 3.43 million | 680,000 | NA | 112,968 | Read more |
| Uzbekistan | 27.31 million | 880,000 | NA | 7,124 | |
| Vanuatu | 208,869 | 7,500 | NA | 487 | |
| Venezuela | 25.73 million | 3.04 million | NA | 57,875 | Read more |
| Vietnam | 84.40 million | 5.87 million | NA | 3,611 | |
| Virgin Islands | 108,605 | 30,000 | NA | 3,818 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | 16,025 | 900 | NA | 1 | |
| Western Sahara | 273,008 | NA | NA | NA | Read more |
| Yemen | 21,46 million | 220,000 | NA | 166 | Read more |
| Zambia | 11.50 million | 231,000 | NA | 2,789 | Read more |
| Zimbabwe | 12.24 million | 820,000 | NA | 6,582 | Read more |
