TOP 30 COUNTRIES WITH THE
HIGHEST INTERNET PENETRATION RATE
|
|
Country or Region |
Penetration
(% Population) |
Internet Users
Latest Data |
Population
( 2006 Est. ) |
Source and Date
of Latest Data |
1 |
Falkland Islands |
88.0 % |
2,375 |
2,699 |
CWFK - Dec/02 |
2 |
New Zealand |
76.3 % |
3,200,000 |
4,195,729 |
ITU - Sept/05 |
3 |
Iceland |
75.9 % |
225,600 |
297,072 |
ITU - Sept/05 |
4 |
Sweden |
74.9 % |
6,800,000 |
9,076,757 |
ITU - Oct/05 |
5 |
Denmark |
69.4 % |
3,762,500 |
5,425,373 |
ITU - Sept/05 |
6 |
Hong Kong |
69.2 % |
4,878,713 |
7,054,867 |
Nielsen//NR Feb./05 |
7 |
Australia |
68.4 % |
14,189,544 |
20,750,052 |
Nielsen//NR Dec/05 |
8 |
United States |
68.1 % |
203,824,428 |
299,093,237 |
Nielsen//NR Dec/05 |
9 |
Canada |
67.9 % |
21,900,000 |
32,251,238 |
eTForecasts Dec/05 |
10 |
Norway |
67.8 % |
3,140,000 |
4,632,911 |
C.I.Almanac Mar/05 |
11 |
Singapore |
67.2 % |
2,421,800 |
3,601,745 |
ITU - Oct/05 |
12 |
Japan |
67.2 % |
86,300,000 |
128,389,000 |
eTForecasts Dec/05 |
13 |
Korea, (South) |
67.0 % |
33,900,000 |
50,633,265 |
eTForecasts Dec/05 |
14 |
Greenland |
66.5 % |
38,000 |
57,185 |
ITU - Oct/05 |
15 |
Switzerland |
66.0 % |
4,944,438 |
7,488,533 |
Nielsen//NR Dec/05 |
16 |
Netherlands |
65.9 % |
10,806,328 |
16,386,216 |
Nielsen//NR Jun/04 |
17 |
United Kingdom |
62.9 % |
37,800,000 |
60,139,274 |
ITU - Oct/05 |
18 |
Finland |
62.5 % |
3,286,000 |
5,260,970 |
ITU - Sept/05 |
19 |
Faroe Islands |
62.5 % |
32,000 |
49,598 |
ITU - Dec/05 |
20 |
Bermuda |
60.7 % |
39,000 |
64,211 |
ITU - Oct/05 |
21 |
Taiwan |
60.3 % |
13,800,000 |
22,896,488 |
C.I.Almanac Mar/05 |
22 |
Germany |
59.0 % |
48,722,055 |
82,515,988 |
Nielsen//NR Dec/05 |
23 |
Luxembourgh |
58.9 % |
270,800 |
459,393 |
ITU - Sept/05 |
24 |
Portugal |
58.0 % |
6,090,000 |
10,501,051 |
C.I.Almanac Mar/05 |
25 |
Austria |
56.8 % |
4,650,000 |
8,188,806 |
C.I.Almanac Mar/05 |
26 |
Liechtenstein |
56.7 % |
20,000 |
35,276 |
CIA - Dec/02 |
27 |
Guernsey & Alder. |
56.5 % |
36,000 |
63,683 |
ITU - Oct/05 |
28 |
Barbados |
56.2 % |
150,000 |
266,731 |
ITU - Sept/05 |
29 |
Ireland |
50.7 % |
2,060,000 |
4,065,631 |
C.I.Almanac Mar./05 |
30 |
Estonia |
50.0 % |
670,000 |
1,339,157 |
ITU - Sept/05 |
TOP 30 in Penetration |
66.0 % |
518,257,206 |
785,564,745 |
IWS - Dec/05 |
Rest of the World |
8.7 % |
499,800,183 |
5,714,132,315 |
IWS - Dec/05 |
World Total Users |
15.7 % |
1,018,057,389 |
6,499,697,060 |
IWS - Dec/05 |
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