Population Explosion!
By
CyberAtlas staff
There are countless sources for the number of Internet users in any given country. CyberAtlas tries to maintain an updated list of the latest statistics on Internet users we've seen for countries around the world. Often, there are widely differing counts. We do our best to check on the accuracy of counts by comparing them to regional growth patterns and other projections.
Unless otherwise specified, the population statistics, number of Internet users, and the number of ISPs come from the CIA's World Factbook.
Nielsen//NetRatings tracks the number of active users for approximately 20 nations, which account for more than 90 percent of the world's Internet users. The number of active users is an estimate of the number of people that actually go online in a given month, rather than the number of people with access.
If you know of a study that tracks the number of Internet users for a country that is not on this list, send it to the CyberAtlas editor so we can examine the study and possibly add it to this chart.
| Global Online Populations |
Worldwide Internet Population 2002:
580 million (Nielsen//NetRatings)
655 million (ITU)
|
Projection for 2004:
709.1 million (eMarketer)
945 million (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 |
27.8 million |
NA |
NA |
1 |
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| Albania |
3.54 million |
12,000 |
NA |
10 |
|
| Andorra |
68,400 |
24,500 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Angola |
10.6 million |
60,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Anguilla |
12,400 |
919 |
NA |
16 |
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
67,400 |
5,000 |
NA |
16 |
|
| Argentina |
37.8 million |
3.88 million
(D'Alessio IROL) |
NA |
33 |
Read more |
| Armenia |
3.30 million |
30,000 |
NA |
9 |
|
| Aruba |
70,400 |
24,000 |
NA |
NA |
Read more |
| Australia |
19.5 million |
10.63 million
(Nielsen//NetRatings) |
6.6 million
(April 2003, at-home) |
571 |
Read more |
| Austria |
8.2 million |
3.7 million |
1.3 million |
37 |
Read more |
| Azerbaijan |
7.8 million |
25,000 |
NA |
2 |
Read more |
| The Bahamas |
300,500 |
16,900 |
NA |
19 |
Read more |
| Bahrain |
656,000 |
140,200 |
NA |
1 |
Read more |
| Bangladesh |
133.3 million |
150,000 |
NA |
10 |
|
| Barbados |
276,600 |
6,000 |
NA |
19 |
|
| Belarus |
10.33 million |
422,000 |
NA |
23 |
Read more |
| Belgium |
10.3 million |
3.76 million |
1.6 million |
61 |
Read more |
| Belize |
263,000 |
18,000 |
NA |
2 |
Read more |
| Benin |
6.7 million |
25,000 |
NA |
4 |
|
| Bhutan |
2.1 million |
2,500 |
NA |
NA |
|
| Bolivia |
8.4 million |
78,000 |
NA |
9 |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovian |
4 million |
45,000 |
NA |
3 |
|
| Brazil |
176 million |
13.9 million
(Nielsen//NetRatings) |
7.77 million
(April 2003, at-home) |
50 |
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| Brunei |
351,000 |
35,000 |
NA |
2 |
|
| Bulgaria |
7.7 million |
585,000
(GFK-Bulgaria)
386,000
(BBSSGallup) |
NA |
200 |
Read more |
| Burkina Faso |
12.6 million |
25,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Burma |
42.2 million |
10,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Burundi |
6.4 million |
6,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Cambodia |
12.8 million |
10,000 |
NA |
2 |
|
| Canada |
31.9 million |
16.84 million |
8.8 million |
760 |
Read more |
| Cape Verde |
409,000 |
12,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Cayman Islands |
6,200 |
NA |
NA |
16 |
|
| Central African Republic |
3.6 million |
2,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Chad |
9 million |
4,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Chile |
15.5 million |
3.1 million |
NA |
7 |
Read more |
| China |
1.3 billion |
45.8 million |
NA |
3 |
Read more |
| Colombia |
41 million |
1.15 million |
NA |
18 |
Read more |
| Comoros |
614,000 |
2,500 |
NA |
1 |
|
Congo, Democratic
Republic of the |
55.2 million |
6,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Cook Islands |
20,811 |
NA |
NA |
3 |
|
| Costa Rica |
3.8 million |
384,000 |
NA |
3 |
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| Cote d'Ivoire |
16.8 million |
70,000 |
NA |
5 |
|
| Croatia |
4.4 million |
480,000 |
NA |
9 |
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| Cuba |
11.2 million |
120,000 |
NA |
5 |
Read more |
| Cyprus |
767,000 |
150,000 |
NA |
6 |
|
| Czech Republic |
10.25 million |
2.7 million
(GfK) |
NA |
300 |
Read more |
| Denmark |
5.4 million |
3.37 million |
NA |
13 |
Read more |
| Djibouti |
472,800 |
3,300 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Dominica |
70,100 |
2,000 |
NA |
16 |
|
| Dominican Republic |
8.7 million |
186,000 |
NA |
24 |
|
| Ecuador |
13.4 million |
328,000 |
NA |
31 |
Read more |
| Egypt |
70.7 million |
600,000 |
NA |
50 |
Read more |
| El Salvador |
6.3 million |
40,000 |
NA |
4 |
Read more |
| Equatorial Guinea |
498,100 |
900 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Eritrea |
4.46 million |
10,000 |
NA |
5 |
|
| Estonia |
1.4 million |
429,700 |
NA |
38 |
Read more |
| Ethiopia |
67.67 million |
20,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Faroe Islands |
46,011 |
3,000 |
NA |
2 |
|
| Fiji |
856,300 |
15,000 |
NA |
2 |
|
| Finland |
5.2 million |
2.69 million |
NA |
3 |
Read more |
| France |
59.76 million |
16.97 million |
10.97 million
(April 2003, at-home) |
62 |
Read more |
| French Guiana |
182,333 |
2,000 |
NA |
2 |
|
| French Polynesia |
257,800 |
16,000 |
NA |
2 |
|
| Gabon |
1.2 million |
18,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Georgia |
4.96 million |
25,000 |
NA |
6 |
|
| Germany |
83.2 million |
32.1 million
(Nielsen//NetRatings) |
22.83 million
(April 2003, at-home) |
200 |
Read more |
| Ghana |
20.2 million |
200,000 |
NA |
12 |
|
| Gilbraltar |
27,700 |
NA |
NA |
2 |
|
| Greece |
10.6 million |
1.4 million |
NA |
27 |
|
| Greenland |
56,400 |
20,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Grenada |
89,200 |
5,200 |
NA |
14 |
|
| Guadeloupe |
435,700 |
4,000 |
NA |
3 |
|
| Guam |
160,700 |
5,000 |
NA |
20 |
|
| Guatemala |
13.3 million |
200,000 |
NA |
5 |
Read more |
| Guernsey |
64,587 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
| Guinea |
7.77 million |
15,000 |
NA |
4 |
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
1.345 million |
4,000 |
NA |
2 |
|
| Guyana |
698,000 |
95,000 |
NA |
3 |
Read more |
| Haiti |
7 million |
30,000 |
NA |
3 |
|
| Honduras |
6.5 million |
40,000 |
NA |
8 |
Read more |
| Hong Kong |
7.3 million |
4.35 million |
2.44 million
(April 2003, at-home) |
17 |
Read more |
| Hungary |
10.1 million |
1.2 million |
NA |
16 |
Read more |
| Iceland |
279,000 |
220,000 |
NA |
20 |
Read more |
| India |
1 billion |
7 million |
NA |
43 |
Read more |
| Indonesia |
231 million |
4.4 million |
NA |
24 |
Read more |
| Iran |
66.6 million |
420,000 |
NA |
8 |
|
| Iraq |
24 million |
12,500 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Ireland |
3.88 million |
1.31 million |
NA |
22 |
Read more |
| Isle of Man |
73,800 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
| Islas Malvinas (Falkland Islands) |
2,967 |
NA |
NA |
2 |
|
| Israel |
6.0 million |
1.9 million |
976,000 |
21 |
Read more |
| Italy |
57.7 million |
19.25 million
(Nielsen//NetRatings) |
11.66 million
(April 2003, at-home) |
93 |
Read more |
| Jamaica |
2.68 million |
100,000 |
NA |
21 |
|
| Japan |
127 million |
56 million |
27 million
(April 2003, at-home) |
73 |
Read more |
| Jersey |
89,775 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
| Jordan |
5.3 million |
212,000 |
NA |
5 |
Read more |
| Kazakhstan |
16.7 million |
100,000 |
NA |
10 |
Read more |
| Kenya |
31.1 million |
500,000 |
NA |
65 |
|
| Kiribati |
96,300 |
1,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Kuwait |
2.1 million |
200,000 |
NA |
3 |
Read more |
| Kyrgyzstan |
4.8 million |
51,600 |
NA |
NA |
|
| Laos |
5.77 million |
10,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Latvia |
2.36 million |
312,000 |
NA |
41 |
|
| Lebanon |
3.6 million |
300,000 |
NA |
22 |
|
| Lesotho |
2.2 million |
5,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Libya |
5.2 million |
7,500
(Internet Arab World) |
NA |
1 |
|
| Liechtenstein |
32,842 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
| Lithuania |
3.6 million |
341,000 |
NA |
32 |
|
| Luxembourg |
448,569 |
100,000 |
NA |
8 |
|
| Macau |
461,900 |
101,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Macedonia |
2.05 million |
100,000 |
NA |
6 |
|
| Madagascar |
16.47 million |
35,000 |
NA |
2 |
|
| Malawi |
10.7 million |
35,000 |
NA |
7 |
|
| Malaysia |
22.6 million |
5.7 million |
NA |
7 |
Read more |
| Mali |
11.34 million |
30,000 |
NA |
13 |
|
| Malta |
398,500 |
59,000 |
NA |
6 |
|
| Marshall Islands |
73,630 |
900 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Martinique |
422,200 |
5,000 |
NA |
2 |
|
| Mauritius |
1.2 million |
158,000 |
NA |
2 |
|
| Mexico |
103.4 million |
3.5 million |
NA |
51 |
Read more |
| Micronesia |
135,800 |
2,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Moldova |
4.43 million |
15,000 |
NA |
2 |
|
| Monaco |
31,987 |
NA |
NA |
2 |
|
| Mongolia |
2.7 million |
40,000 |
NA |
5 |
|
| Montserrat |
8,400 |
NA |
NA |
17 |
|
| Morocco |
31.1 million |
400,000 |
NA |
8 |
Read more |
| Namibia |
1.8 million |
45,000 |
NA |
2 |
|
| Nauru |
12,300 |
NA |
NA |
1 |
|
| Nepal |
25.87 million |
60,000 |
NA |
6 |
|
| The Netherlands |
16 million |
9.73 million |
6.5 million
(April 2003, at-home) |
52 |
Read more |
| Netherlands Antilles |
214,200 |
2,000 |
NA |
6 |
|
| New Caledonia |
207,800 |
24,000 |
NA |
1 |
Read more |
| New Zealand |
3.9 million |
2.06 million |
NA |
36 |
Read more |
| Nicaragua |
5 million |
20,000 |
NA |
3 |
Read more |
| Niue |
2,100 |
NA |
NA |
1 |
|
| Niger |
10.6 million |
12,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Norfolk Island |
1,800 |
NA |
NA |
2 |
|
| Northern Mariana Islar |
77,300 |
NA |
NA |
1 |
|
| Norway |
4.5 million |
2.68 million |
NA |
13 |
Read more |
| Oman |
2.7 million |
120,000 |
NA |
1 |
Read more |
| Pakistan |
147.6 million |
1.2 million |
NA |
30 |
|
| Palau |
19,400 |
NA |
NA |
1 |
|
| Panama |
2.8 million |
45,000 |
NA |
6 |
Read more |
| Papua New Guinea |
5.17 million |
135,000 |
NA |
3 |
|
| Paraguay |
5.8 million |
20,000 |
NA |
4 |
|
| Peru |
27.95 million |
3 million |
NA |
10 |
Read more |
| Philippines |
84.5 million |
4.5 million |
NA |
33 |
Read more |
| Pitcairn Islands |
47 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
| Poland |
39.0 million |
6.4 million |
NA |
19 |
|
| Portugal |
10.08 million |
4.4 million |
NA |
16 |
Read more |
| Puerto Rico |
3.957 million |
600,000 |
NA |
76 |
Read more |
| Qatar |
793,000 |
75,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Romania |
22.3 million |
1 million |
NA |
38 |
|
| Russia |
145 million |
18 million |
NA |
35 |
Read more |
| Rwanda |
7.398 million |
20,000 |
NA |
2 |
|
| St. Kitts and Nevis |
38,700 |
2,000 |
NA |
16 |
|
| St. Lucia |
160,145 |
3,000 |
NA |
15 |
|
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
116,394 |
3,500 |
NA |
15 |
|
| Samoa |
178,631 |
3,000 |
NA |
2 |
|
| San Marino |
27,730 |
NA |
NA |
2 |
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
170,372 |
9,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Saudi Arabia |
23.5 million |
570,000 |
NA |
42 |
|
| Senegal |
10.589 million |
100,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Seychelles |
80,098 |
9,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Singapore |
4.452 million |
2.31 million
(Nielsen//NetRatings) |
956,000 |
9 |
|
| Slovakia |
5.4 million |
700,000 |
NA |
6 |
|
| Slovenia |
1.9 million |
600,000 |
NA |
11 |
|
| Solomon Islands |
494,786 |
8,400 |
NA |
1 |
|
| South Africa |
43.6 million |
3.068 million |
NA |
150 |
Read more |
| South Korea |
48.3 million |
25.6 million |
NA |
11 |
Read more |
| Spain |
40.077 million |
7.89 million |
6.9 million
(April 2003, at-home) |
56 |
|
| Sri Lanka |
19.4 million |
<50,000
(NUA) |
NA |
5 |
|
| Sudan |
37.0 million |
56,000 |
NA |
2 |
|
| Suriname |
436,494 |
14,500 |
NA |
2 |
|
| Svalbard |
2,868 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
| Swaziland |
1.1 million |
14,000 |
NA |
6 |
|
| Sweden |
8.9 million |
6.02 million
(Nielsen//NetRatings) |
3.9 million
(April 2003, at-home) |
29 |
Read more |
| Switzerland |
7.3 million |
3.85 million |
2.6 million
(April 2003, at-home) |
44 |
Read more |
| Syria |
17.15 million |
60,000 |
NA |
1 |
Read more |
| Taiwan |
22.3 million |
6.4 million
(iamasia) |
5.0 million |
8 |
|
| Tajilistan |
6.7 million |
5,000 |
NA |
4 |
|
| Tanzania |
d37.18 million |
300,000 |
NA |
6 |
|
| Thailand |
61.8 million |
4.6 million
(Bangkok Poll Center) |
NA |
15 |
|
| Togo |
5.285 million |
50,000 |
NA |
3 |
|
| Tokelau |
1,400 |
NA |
NA |
1 |
|
| Tonga |
106,100 |
1,000 |
NA |
2 |
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
1.163 million |
120,000 |
NA |
17 |
|
| Tunisia |
9.81 million |
400,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Turkey |
67.308 million |
2.5 million |
NA |
50 |
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| Turks and Caicos |
18,738 |
NA |
NA |
14 |
|
| Turkmenistan |
4.6 million |
2,000 |
NA |
NA |
|
| Tuvalu |
11,100 |
NA |
NA |
1 |
|
| Uganda |
24.7 million |
60,000 |
NA |
2 |
|
| Ukraine |
48.39 million |
750,000 |
NA |
260 |
|
| United Arab Emirates |
2.445 million |
900,000 |
NA |
1 |
Read more |
| United Kingdom |
59.8 million |
34.3 million |
17.67 million
(April 2003, at-home) |
<400 |
Read more |
| United States |
280.5 million |
165.7 million
(Nielsen//NetRatings) |
121.93 million
(April 2003, at-home) |
7,000 |
Read more |
| Uruguay |
3.386 million |
400,000 |
NA |
14 |
Read more |
| Uzbekistan |
25.563 million |
100,000 |
NA |
42 |
|
| Vanuatu |
196,100 |
3,000 |
NA |
1 |
|
| Venezuela |
24.287 million |
1.3 million
(CIA's World Factbook) |
NA |
16 |
Read more |
| Vietnam |
81.098 million |
400,000 |
NA |
5 |
|
| Virgin Islands |
123,498 |
12,000 |
NA |
50 |
|
| Wallis and Futuna |
15,500 |
NA |
NA |
1 |
|
| Yemen |
18.701 million |
17,000 |
NA |
1 |
Read more |
| Zambia |
9.959 million |
25,000 |
NA |
5 |
|
| Zimbabwe |
11.376 million |
100,000 |
NA |
6 |
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June 6, 2003
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