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Field Listing :: Internet users

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This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
Country Comparison to the World

Country	Internet users


Afghanistan	500,000 (2008)


Albania	471,000 (2008)


Algeria	4.1 million (2008)


American Samoa	NA


Andorra	59,100 (2008)


Angola	550,000 (2008)


Anguilla	4,500 (2008)


Antigua and Barbuda	65,000 (2008)


Argentina	11.212 million (2008)


Armenia	191,000 (2008)


Aruba	24,000 (2008)


Australia	15.17 million (2008)


Austria	5.937 million (2008)


Azerbaijan	1.485 million (2008)


Bahamas, The	106,500 (2008)


Bahrain	402,900 (2008)


Bangladesh	556,000 (2008)


Barbados	188,000 (2008)


Belarus	3.107 million (2008)


Belgium	7.292 million (2008)


Belize	34,000 (2008)


Benin	160,000 (2008)


Bermuda	51,000 (2008)


Bhutan	40,000 (2008)


Bolivia	1 million (2008)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.308 million (2008)


Botswana	120,000 (2008)


Brazil	64.948 million (2008)


British Virgin Islands	4,000 (2002)


Brunei	217,000 (2008)


Bulgaria	2.647 million (2008)


Burkina Faso	140,000 (2008)


Burma	108,900 (2008)


Burundi	65,000 (2008)


Cambodia	74,000 (2008)


Cameroon	725,000 (2008)


Canada	25.086 million (2008)


Cape Verde	102,800 (2008)


Cayman Islands	23,000 (2008)


Central African Republic	19,000 (2008)


Chad	130,000 (2008)


Chile	5.456 million (2008)


China	298 million (2008)


Christmas Island	464 (2001)


Colombia	17.117 million (2008)


Comoros	23,000 (2008)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	290,000 (2008)


Congo, Republic of the	155,000 (2008)


Cook Islands	5,000 (2008)


Costa Rica	1.46 million (2008)


Cote d'Ivoire	660,000 (2008)


Croatia	1.88 million (2008)


Cuba	1.45 million note: private citizens are prohibited from buying computers or accessing the Internet without special authorization; foreigners may access the Internet in large hotels but are subject to firewalls; some Cubans buy illegal passwords on the black market or take advantage of public outlets to access limited email and the government-controlled "intranet" (2008)


Cyprus	334,400 (2008)


Czech Republic	6.028 million (2008)


Denmark	4.579 million (2008)


Djibouti	13,000 (2008)


Dominica	27,500 (2008)


Dominican Republic	2.147 million (2008)


Ecuador	1.31 million (2008)


Egypt	11.414 million (2008)


El Salvador	826,000 (2008)


Equatorial Guinea	12,000 (2008)


Eritrea	200,000 (2008)


Estonia	888,100 (2008)


Ethiopia	360,000 (2008)


European Union	247 million (2006)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,800 (2008)


Faroe Islands	37,500 (2008)


Fiji	103,000 (2008)


Finland	4.383 million (2008)


France	42.912 million; 42.315 million (metropolitan France) (2008)


French Polynesia	90,000 (2008)


Gabon	90,000 (2008)


Gambia, The	114,200 (2008)


Gaza Strip	356,000 (includes West Bank) (2008)


Georgia	1.024 million (2008)


Germany	61.973 million (2008)


Ghana	997,000 (2008)


Gibraltar	6,500 (2008)


Greece	4.253 million (2008)


Greenland	36,000 (2008)


Grenada	24,000 (2008)


Guam	85,000 (2008)


Guatemala	1.96 million (2008)


Guernsey	46,100 (2008)


Guinea	90,000 (2008)


Guinea-Bissau	37,100 (2008)


Guyana	205,000 (2008)


Haiti	1 million (2008)


Honduras	658,500 (2008)


Hong Kong	4.124 million (2008)


Hungary	5.873 million (2008)


Iceland	250,000 (2008)


India	81 million (2008)


Indonesia	30 million (2008)


Iran	23 million (2008)


Iraq	300,000 (2008)


Ireland	2.83 million (2008)


Israel	2.106 million (2008)


Italy	24.992 million (2008)


Jamaica	1.54 million (2008)


Japan	90.91 million (2008)


Jersey	29,000 (2008)


Jordan	1.5 million (2008)


Kazakhstan	2.3 million (2008)


Kenya	3.36 million (2008)


Kiribati	2,000 (2008)


Korea, South	37.476 million (2008)


Kuwait	1 million (2008)


Kyrgyzstan	850,000 (2008)


Laos	130,000 (2008)


Latvia	1.254 million (2008)


Lebanon	2.19 million (2008)


Lesotho	73,300 (2008)


Liberia	20,000 (2008)


Libya	323,000 (2008)


Liechtenstein	23,000 (2008)


Lithuania	1.777 million (2008)


Luxembourg	387,000 (2008)


Macau	259,000 (2008)


Macedonia	847,900 (2008)


Madagascar	316,100 (2008)


Malawi	316,100 (2008)


Malaysia	16.903 million (2008)


Maldives	71,700 (2008)


Mali	200,000 (2008)


Malta	198,800 (2008)


Marshall Islands	2,200 (2008)


Mauritania	45,000 (2008)


Mauritius	380,000 (2008)


Mexico	23.26 million (2008)


Micronesia, Federated States of	16,000 (2008)


Moldova	850,000 (2008)


Monaco	22,000 (2008)


Mongolia	330,000 (2008)


Montenegro	294,000 (2008)


Montserrat	1,200 (2008)


Morocco	10.3 million (2008)


Mozambique	350,000 (2008)


Namibia	113,500 (2008)


Nepal	499,000 (2008)


Netherlands	14.273 million (2008)


New Caledonia	85,000 (2008)


New Zealand	3.047 million (2008)


Nicaragua	185,000 (2008)


Niger	80,000 (2008)


Nigeria	11 million (2008)


Niue	1,000 (2008)


Norway	3.935 million (2008)


Oman	465,000 (2008)


Pakistan	18.5 million (2008)


Panama	934,500 (2008)


Papua New Guinea	120,000 (2008)


Paraguay	894,200 (2008)


Peru	7.128 million (2008)


Philippines	5.618 million (2008)


Poland	18.679 million (2008)


Portugal	4.476 million (2008)


Puerto Rico	1 million (2008)


Qatar	436,000 (2008)


Romania	6.132 million (2008)


Russia	45.25 million (2008)


Rwanda	300,000 (2008)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	1,100; note - includes Ascension Island (2008)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	16,000 (2008)


Saint Lucia	100,000 (2008)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	66,000 (2008)


Samoa	9,000 (2008)


San Marino	17,000 (2008)


Sao Tome and Principe	24,800 (2008)


Saudi Arabia	7.7 million (2008)


Senegal	1.02 million (2008)


Serbia	2.936 million (2008)


Seychelles	32,000 (2008)


Sierra Leone	13,900 (2008)


Singapore	3.37 million (2008)


Slovakia	3.566 million (2008)


Slovenia	1.126 million (2008)


Solomon Islands	10,000 (2008)


Somalia	102,000 (2008)


South Africa	4.187 million (2008)


Spain	25.24 million (2008)


Sri Lanka	1.164 million (2008)


Sudan	4.2 million (2008)


Suriname	50,000 (2008)


Swaziland	48,200 (2008)


Sweden	8.1 million (2008)


Switzerland	5.739 million (2008)


Syria	3.565 million (2008)


Taiwan	15.143 million (2008)


Tajikistan	600,000 (2008)


Tanzania	520,000 (2008)


Thailand	16.1 million (2008)


Timor-Leste	1,800 (2008)


Togo	350,000 (2008)


Tokelau	800 (2008)


Tonga	8,400 (2008)


Trinidad and Tobago	227,000 (2008)


Tunisia	2.8 million (2008)


Turkey	24.483 million (2008)


Turkmenistan	75,000 (2008)


Tuvalu	4,200 (2008)


Uganda	2.5 million (2008)


Ukraine	10.354 million (2008)


United Arab Emirates	2.922 million (2008)


United Kingdom	48.755 million (2008)


United States	231 million (2008)


Uruguay	1.34 million (2008)


Uzbekistan	2.469 million (2008)


Vanuatu	17,000 (2008)


Venezuela	7.167 million (2008)


Vietnam	20.834 million (2008)


Virgin Islands	30,000 (2008)


Wallis and Futuna	1,200 (2008)


West Bank	356,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2008)


World	1.604 billion (2008)


Yemen	370,000 (2008)


Zambia	700,000 (2008)


Zimbabwe	1.421 million (2008)

The online Factbook is updated bi-weekly. ISSN 1553-8133
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