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Field Listing :: Internet users

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	1 million (2009)


Albania	1.3 million (2009)


Algeria	4.7 million (2009)


American Samoa	NA


Andorra	67,100 (2009)


Angola	606,700 (2009)


Anguilla	3,700 (2009)


Antigua and Barbuda	65,000 (2009)


Argentina	13.694 million (2009)


Armenia	208,200 (2009)


Aruba	24,000 (2009)


Australia	15.81 million (2009)


Austria	6.143 million (2009)


Azerbaijan	2.42 million (2009)


Bahamas, The	115,800 (2009)


Bahrain	419,500 (2009)


Bangladesh	617,300 (2009)


Barbados	188,000 (2008)


Belarus	2.643 million (2009)


Belgium	8.113 million (2009)


Belize	36,000 (2009)


Benin	200,100 (2009)


Bermuda	54,000 (2009)


Bhutan	50,000 (2009)


Bolivia	1.103 million (2009)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.422 million (2009)


Botswana	120,000 (2009)


Brazil	75.982 million (2009)


British Virgin Islands	4,000 (2002)


Brunei	314,900 (2009)


Bulgaria	3.395 million (2009)


Burkina Faso	178,100 (2009)


Burma	110,000 (2009)


Burundi	157,800 (2009)


Cambodia	78,500 (2009)


Cameroon	749,600 (2009)


Canada	26.96 million (2009)


Cape Verde	150,000 (2009)


Cayman Islands	23,000 (2008)


Central African Republic	22,600 (2009)


Chad	168,100 (2009)


Chile	7.009 million (2009)


China	389 million (2009)


Christmas Island	464 (2001)


Colombia	22.538 million (2009)


Comoros	24,300 (2009)


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


Congo, Republic of the	245,200 (2009)


Cook Islands	6,000 (2009)


Costa Rica	1.485 million (2009)


Cote d'Ivoire	967,300 (2009)


Croatia	2.234 million (2009)


Cuba	1.606 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" (2009)


Curacao	NA


Cyprus	433,900 (2009)


Czech Republic	6.681 million (2009)


Denmark	4.75 million (2009)


Djibouti	25,900 (2009)


Dominica	28,000 (2009)


Dominican Republic	2.701 million (2009)


Ecuador	3.352 million (2009)


Egypt	20.136 million (2009)


El Salvador	746,000 (2009)


Equatorial Guinea	14,400 (2009)


Eritrea	200,000 (2008)


Estonia	971,700 (2009)


Ethiopia	447,300 (2009)


European Union	247 million (2006)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,900 (2009)


Faroe Islands	37,500 (2009)


Fiji	114,200 (2009)


Finland	4.393 million (2009)


France	45.262 million; 44.625 million (metropolitan France) (2009)


French Polynesia	120,000 (2009)


Gabon	98,800 (2009)


Gambia, The	130,100 (2009)


Gaza Strip	1.379 million (includes West Bank) (2009)


Georgia	1.3 million (2009)


Germany	65.125 million (2009)


Ghana	1.297 million (2009)


Gibraltar	20,200 (2009)


Greece	4.971 million (2009)


Greenland	36,000 (2009)


Grenada	25,000 (2009)


Guam	90,000 (2009)


Guatemala	2.279 million (2009)


Guernsey	48,300 (2009)


Guinea	95,000 (2009)


Guinea-Bissau	37,100 (2009)


Guyana	189,600 (2009)


Haiti	1 million (2009)


Honduras	731,700 (2009)


Hong Kong	4.873 million (2009)


Hungary	6.176 million (2009)


Iceland	301,600 (2009)


India	61.338 million (2009)


Indonesia	20 million (2009)


Iran	8.214 million (2009)


Iraq	325,900 (2009)


Ireland	3.042 million (2009)


Israel	4.525 million (2009)


Italy	29.235 million (2009)


Jamaica	1.581 million (2009)


Japan	99.182 million (2009)


Jersey	29,500 (2009)


Jordan	1.642 million (2009)


Kazakhstan	5.299 million (2009)


Kenya	3.996 million (2009)


Kiribati	7,800 (2009)


Korea, South	39.4 million (2009)


Kuwait	1.1 million (2009)


Kyrgyzstan	2.195 million (2009)


Laos	300,000 (2009)


Latvia	1.504 million (2009)


Lebanon	1 million (2009)


Lesotho	76,800 (2009)


Liberia	20,000 (2009)


Libya	353,900 (2009)


Liechtenstein	23,000 (2009)


Lithuania	1.964 million (2009)


Luxembourg	424,500 (2009)


Macau	270,200 (2009)


Macedonia	1.057 million (2009)


Madagascar	319,900 (2009)


Malawi	716,400 (2009)


Malaysia	15.355 million (2009)


Maldives	86,400 (2009)


Mali	249,800 (2009)


Malta	240,600 (2009)


Marshall Islands	2,200 (2009)


Mauritania	75,000 (2009)


Mauritius	290,000 (2009)


Mexico	31.02 million (2009)


Micronesia, Federated States of	17,000 (2009)


Moldova	1.333 million (2009)


Monaco	23,000 (2009)


Mongolia	330,000 (2008)


Montenegro	280,000 (2009)


Montserrat	1,200 (2009)


Morocco	13.213 million (2009)


Mozambique	613,600 (2009)


Namibia	127,500 (2009)


Nepal	577,800 (2009)


Netherlands	14.872 million (2009)


New Caledonia	85,000 (2009)


New Zealand	3.4 million (2009)


Nicaragua	199,800 (2009)


Niger	115,900 (2009)


Nigeria	43.989 million (2009)


Niue	1,100 (2009)


Norway	4.431 million (2009)


Oman	1.465 million (2009)


Pakistan	20.431 million (2009)


Panama	959,800 (2009)


Papua New Guinea	125,000 (2009)


Paraguay	1.105 million (2009)


Peru	9.158 million (2009)


Philippines	8.278 million (2009)


Poland	22.452 million (2009)


Portugal	5.168 million (2009)


Puerto Rico	1 million (2009)


Qatar	563,800 (2009)


Romania	7.787 million (2009)


Russia	40.853 million (2009)


Rwanda	450,000 (2009)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	900 (2009)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	17,000 (2009)


Saint Lucia	142,900 (2009)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	76,000 (2009)


Samoa	9,000 (2009)


San Marino	17,000 (2009)


Sao Tome and Principe	26,700 (2009)


Saudi Arabia	9.774 million (2009)


Senegal	1.818 million (2009)


Serbia	4.107 million (2009)


Seychelles	32,000 (2008)


Sierra Leone	14,900 (2009)


Singapore	3.235 million (2009)


Sint Maarten	NA


Slovakia	4.063 million (2009)


Slovenia	1.298 million (2009)


Solomon Islands	10,000 (2009)


Somalia	106,000 (2009)


South Africa	4.42 million (2009)


Spain	28.119 million (2009)


Sri Lanka	1.777 million (2009)


Sudan	4.2 million (2008)


Suriname	163,000 (2009)


Swaziland	90,100 (2009)


Sweden	8.398 million (2009)


Switzerland	6.152 million (2009)


Syria	4.469 million (2009)


Taiwan	16.147 million (2009)


Tajikistan	700,000 (2009)


Tanzania	678,000 (2009)


Thailand	17.483 million (2009)


Timor-Leste	2,100 (2009)


Togo	356,300 (2009)


Tokelau	800 (2008)


Tonga	8,400 (2009)


Trinidad and Tobago	593,000 (2009)


Tunisia	3.5 million (2009)


Turkey	27.233 million (2009)


Turkmenistan	80,400 (2009)


Tuvalu	4,200 (2008)


Uganda	3.2 million (2009)


Ukraine	7.77 million (2009)


United Arab Emirates	3.449 million (2009)


United Kingdom	51.444 million (2009)


United States	245 million (2009)


Uruguay	1.405 million (2009)


Uzbekistan	4.689 million (2009)


Vanuatu	17,000 (2009)


Venezuela	8.918 million (2009)


Vietnam	23.382 million (2009)


Virgin Islands	30,000 (2009)


Wallis and Futuna	1,300 (2009)


West Bank	1.379 million (includes Gaza Strip) (2009)


World	2.1 billion (2010)


Yemen	2.349 million (2009)


Zambia	816,200 (2009)


Zimbabwe	1.423 million (2009)

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