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The World Factbook 2002

  Field Listing - Internet Service Providers (ISPs)


This entry supplies the number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
Country
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Afghanistan 1 (2000)
Albania 10 (2001)
Algeria 2 (2000)
American Samoa 1 (2000)
Andorra 1 (2000)
Angola 1 (2000)
Anguilla 16 (2000)
Antarctica NA
Antigua and Barbuda 16 (2000)
Argentina 33 (2000)
Armenia 9 (2001)
Aruba NA
Australia 603 (2001)
Austria 37 (2000)
Azerbaijan 2 (2000)
Bahamas, The 19 (2000)
Bahrain 1 (2000)
Bangladesh 10 (2000)
Barbados 19 (2000)
Belarus 23 (2002)
Belgium 61 (2000)
Belize 2 (2000)
Benin 4 (2002)
Bermuda 20 (2000)
Bhutan NA
Bolivia 9 (2000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 (2000)
Botswana 11 (2001)
Brazil 50 (2000)
British Indian Ocean Territory 1 (2000)
British Virgin Islands 16 (2000)
Brunei 2 (2000)
Bulgaria 200 (2001)
Burkina Faso 4 (2001)
Burma 1
note: as of September 2000, Internet connections were legal only for the government, tourist offices, and a few large businesses (2000)
Burundi 1 (2000)
Cambodia 2 (2000)
Cameroon 29 (2002)
Canada 760 (2000 est.)
Cape Verde 1 (2000)
Cayman Islands 16 (2000)
Central African Republic 1 (2000)
Chad 1 (2000)
Chile 7 (2000)
China 3 (2000)
Christmas Island 2 (2000)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2 (2000)
Colombia 18 (2000)
Comoros 1 (2000)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2 (2000)
Congo, Republic of the 1 (2000)
Cook Islands 3 (2000)
Costa Rica 3 (of which only one is legal) (2000)
Cote d'Ivoire 5 (2001)
Croatia 9 (2000)
Cuba 5 (2001)
Cyprus 6 (2000)
Czech Republic more than 300 (2000)
Denmark 13 (2000)
Djibouti 1 (2000)
Dominica 16 (2000)
Dominican Republic 24 (2000)
East Timor NA
Ecuador 31 (2001)
Egypt 50 (2000)
El Salvador 4 (2000)
Equatorial Guinea 1 (2000)
Eritrea 5 (2001)
Estonia 38 (2001)
Ethiopia 1 (2002)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2 (2000)
Faroe Islands 2 (2000)
Fiji 2 (2000)
Finland 23 (2000)
France 62 (2000)
French Guiana 2 (2000)
French Polynesia 2 (2000)
Gabon 4 (2001)
Gambia, The 2 (2001)
Gaza Strip 3 (1999)
Georgia 6 (2000)
Germany 200 (2001)
Ghana 12 (2000)
Gibraltar 2 (2000)
Greece 27 (2000)
Greenland 1 (2000)
Grenada 14 (2000)
Guadeloupe 3 (2000)
Guam 20 (2000)
Guatemala 5 (2000)
Guernsey NA
Guinea 4 (2001)
Guinea-Bissau 2 (2002)
Guyana 3 (2000)
Haiti 3 (2000)
Holy See (Vatican City) NA
Honduras 8 (2000)
Hong Kong 17 (2000)
Hungary 16 (2000)
Iceland 7 (2000)
India 43 (2000)
Indonesia 24 (2000)
Iran 8 (2000)
Iraq 1 (2000)
Ireland 22 (2000)
Israel 21 (2000)
Italy 93 (Italy and Holy See) (2000)
Jamaica 21 (2000)
Jan Mayen 13 (Jan Mayen and Svalbard) (2000)
Japan 73 (2000)
Jersey NA
Johnston Atoll NA
Jordan 5 (2000)
Kazakhstan 10 (with their own international channels) (2001)
Kenya 65 (2001)
Kiribati 1 (2000)
Korea, North 1 (2000)
Korea, South 11 (2000)
Kuwait 3 (2000)
Kyrgyzstan NA
Laos 1 (2000)
Latvia 41 (2001)
Lebanon 22 (2000)
Lesotho 1 (2000)
Liberia 2 (2001)
Libya 1 (2000)
Liechtenstein 44 (Liechtenstein and Switzerland) (2000)
Lithuania 32 (2001)
Luxembourg 8 (2000)
Macau 1 (2000)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 6 (2000)
Madagascar 2 (2000)
Malawi 7 (2001)
Malaysia 7 (2000)
Maldives 1 (2000)
Mali 13 (2001)
Malta 2 (2000)
Man, Isle of NA
Marshall Islands 1 (2002)
Martinique 2 (2000)
Mauritania 5 (2001)
Mauritius 2 (2000)
Mayotte NA
Mexico 51 (2000)
Micronesia, Federated States of 1 (2000)
Moldova 2 (1999)
Monaco 2 (2000)
Mongolia 5 (2001)
Montserrat 17 (2000)
Morocco 8 (2000)
Mozambique 11 (2002)
Namibia 2 (2000)
Nauru 1 (2000)
Nepal 6 (2000)
Netherlands 52 (2000)
Netherlands Antilles 6
New Caledonia 1 (2000)
New Zealand 36 (2000)
Nicaragua 3 (2000)
Niger 1 (2000)
Nigeria 11 (2000)
Niue 1 (2000)
Norfolk Island 2 (2000)
Northern Mariana Islands 1 (2001)
Norway 13 (2000)
Oman 1 (2000)
Pakistan 30 (2000)
Palau 1 (2002)
Panama 6 (2000)
Papua New Guinea 3 (2000)
Paraguay 4 (2000)
Peru 10 (2000)
Philippines 33 (2000)
Pitcairn Islands NA
Poland 19 (2000)
Portugal 16 (2000)
Puerto Rico 76 (2000)
Qatar 1 (2000)
Reunion 1 (2000)
Romania 38 (2000)
Russia 35 (2000)
Rwanda 1 (2000)
Saint Helena 1 (2000)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 16 (2000)
Saint Lucia 15 (2000)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1 (2000)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15 (2000)
Samoa 2 (2000)
San Marino 2 (2000)
Sao Tome and Principe 2 (2000)
Saudi Arabia 42 (2001)
Senegal 15 (2002)
Seychelles 1 (2000)
Sierra Leone 1 (2000)
Singapore 9 (2000)
Slovakia 6 (2000)
Slovenia 11 (2000)
Solomon Islands 1 (2000)
Somalia 3 (one each in Boosaaso, Hargeisa, and Mogadishu) (2000)
South Africa 150 (2001)
Spain 56 (2000)
Sri Lanka 5 (2000)
Sudan 2 (2002)
Suriname 2 (2000)
Svalbard 13 (Svalbard and Jan Mayen) (2000)
Swaziland 6 (2001)
Sweden 29 (2000)
Switzerland 44 (Switzerland and Liechtenstein) (2000)
Syria 1 (2000)
Taiwan 8 (2000)
Tajikistan 5 (2001)
Tanzania 6 (2000)
Thailand 15 (2000)
Togo 3 (2001)
Tokelau 1 (2000)
Tonga 2 (2000)
Trinidad and Tobago 17 (2000)
Tunisia 1 (2000)
Turkey 50 (2001)
Turkmenistan NA
Turks and Caicos Islands 14 (2000)
Tuvalu 1 (2000)
Uganda 2 (2000)
Ukraine 260 (2001)
United Arab Emirates 1 (2000)
United Kingdom 245 (2000)
United States 7,800 (2000 est.)
Uruguay 14 (2001)
Uzbekistan 42 (2000)
Vanuatu 1 (2000)
Venezuela 16 (2000)
Vietnam 5 (2000)
Virgin Islands 50 (2000)
Wallis and Futuna 1 (2000)
West Bank 8 (1999)
Western Sahara 1 (2000)
World 10,350 (2000 est.)
Yemen 1 (2000)
Yugoslavia 9 (2000)
Zambia 5 (2001)
Zimbabwe 6 (2000)

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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