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The World's Online Populations

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.

The population statistics and the number of ISPs in each of the countries listed is taken from the CIA's World Factbook. The number of active users is available for Internet users in the more than 20 nations tracked by the Nielsen//NetRatings service, 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

Nation

Population

Internet Users
(Source)

Active Users
(Nielsen//NetRatings)

ISPs

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Argentina

37.4 million

2.0 million
(D'Alessio IROL)

1.9 million

33

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Australia

19.4 million

5 million
(eMarketer)

5.6 million

718

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Austria

8.2 million

2.7 million
(Austrian Internet Monitor)

1.3 million

37

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Bahrain

645,361

<40,000
(DIT.net)

NA

1

 

 

Belarus

10.4 million

100,000
(Belarus Embassy)

NA

4

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Belgium

10.3 million

2.7 million
(InSites)

1.6 million

61

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Brazil

174.5 million

6.1 million
(eMarketer)

6.0 million

50

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Bulgaria

7.7 million

585,000
(GFK-Bulgaria)
386,000
(BBSSGallup)

NA

26

 

 

Canada

31.6 million

14.2 million
(Media Metrix Canada)

8.8 million

760

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Chile

15.3 million

1.8 million
(Int'l Telecom. Union)

NA

7

 

 

China

1.3 billion

22.5 million
(CNNIC)

NA

3

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Colombia

40.3 million

700,000
(IDC)

NA

18

 

 

Croatia

4.3 million

300,000
(IDC)

NA

9

 

 

Cuba

11.2 million

40,000
(Cuban Government)
60,000
(Int'l Telecom. Union)

NA

4

 

 

Czech Republic

10.2 million

2.2 million
(GfK)

NA

>300

 

 

Denmark

5.4 million

1.6 million
(NetValue)

1.6 million

13

 

 

Egypt

70 million

455,000
(DIT.net)

NA

50

 

 

Estonia

1.4 million

462,000
(TNS Interactive)

NA

28

 

 

Finland

5.2 million

2.0 million
(eMarketer)
2.15 million
(Taloustutkimus)

1.0 million

23

 

 

France

60 million

11 million
(Nielsen//NetRatings)

5.5 million

62

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Germany

83 million

26 million
(Forsa)

15.1 million

123

 

 

Hong Kong

7.2 million

3.9 million
(Nielsen//NetRatings)

NA

17

 

 

Hungary

10.1 million

730,000
(NetSurvey)

NA

16

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Iceland

278,000

167,000
(Int'l Telecom. Union)

NA

7

 

 

India

1 billion

5.0 million
(NASSCOM)

NA

43

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Ireland

4.0 million

1.0 million
(Amarach)

560,000

22

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Israel

6.0 million

1.2 million
(eMarketer)

976,000

21

 

 

Italy

57.7 million

11.0 million
(Nielsen//NetRatings)

8.3 million

93

 

 

Japan

126.8 million

22 million
(eMarketer)

20 million

73

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Jordan

5.2 million

25,000 to 30,000
(Human Rights Watch)

NA

5

 

 

Kuwait

2 million

63,000
(eMarketer)

NA

3

 

 

Lebanon

3.6 million

approx. 240,000
(Visa International)

NA

22

 

 

Libya

5.2 million

7,500
(Internet Arab World)

NA

1

 

 

Lithuania

3.6 million

320,000
(SIC Gallup Media)

NA

14

 

 

Malaysia

22.2 million

2 million
(IDC Malaysia)

NA

7

 

 

Mexico

101.8 million

2.3 million
(eMarketer)

1.7 million

51

 

 

Morocco

30.6 million

50,000
(Internet Arab World)

NA

8

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New Zealand

3.8 million

1.3 million
(Nielsen//NetRatings)

1 million

36

 

 

Norway

4.5 million

2.2 million
(Norsk Gallup)

1.4 million

13

 

 

The Netherlands

16 million

6.8 million
(Nielsen//NetRatings)

4.5 million

52

 

 

Oman

2.6 million

50,000
(DIT.net)

NA

1

 

 

Philippines

82.8 million

2.0 million
(DigitalFilipino.com)

NA

33

 

 

Portugal

10.1 million

approx. 2.0 million
(Marktest)

NA

16

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Qatar

769,000

47,000
(Internet Arab World)

NA

1

 

 

Romania

22.4 million

630,000
(European Survey of the Info. Society)

NA

38

 

 

Russia

145 million

7.5 million
(Computer Industry Almanac)

NA

35

 

 

Saudi Arabia

22.8 million

300,000
(Internet Arab World)

NA

42

 

 

Singapore

4.3 million

1.3 million
(Singapore IDA)

956,000

9

 

 

Slovakia

5.4 million

approx. 700,000
(TNS Factum)

NA

6

 

 

Slovenia

1.9 million

approx. 400,000
(RINE Project)

NA

11

 

 

South Africa

43.6 million

1.5 million
(Nielsen//NetRatings)

611,000

44

 

 

South Korea

47.9 million

16.7 million
(Gartner Dataquest)

13.1 million

11

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Spain

40.0 million

7 million
(Telefonica)

4 million

56

 

 

Sri Lanka

19.4 million

<50,000
(NUA)

NA

5

 

 

Sudan

36.0 million

10,000
(Internet Arab World)

NA

1

 

 

Sweden

8.9 million

4.5 million
(Nielsen//NetRatings)

3.0 million

29

 

 

Switzerland

7.3 million

3.4 million
(Nielsen//NetRatings)

1.8 million

44

 

 

Syria

16.7 million

20,000
(Internet Arab World)

NA

1

 

 

Taiwan

22.3 million

6.4 million
(iamasia)

5.0 million

8

 

 

Thailand

61.8 million

4.6 million
(Bangkok Poll Center)

NA

15

 

 

Tunisia

9.7 million

<120,000
(Internet Arab World)

NA

1

 

 

Turkey

66.5 million

3.7 million
(IBS)

NA

22

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UAE

2.4 million

400,000
(Internet Arab World)

NA

1

 

 

Ukraine

48.8 million

750,000
(Committee on Comm.
and Info.)

NA

32

 

 

United Kingdom

59.6 million

33.0 million
(Jupiter MMXI)

13.0 million

245

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United States

278.0 million

168 million
(Nielsen//NetRatings)

102.0 million

7,800

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Vietnam

80.0 million

22,000
(CommerceNet)

NA

5

 

 

Yemen

18.0 million

12,600
(Internet Arab World)

NA

1

 

 

October 26, 2001

 

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