Population Explosion!
By ClickZ Stats staff
internetnews.com
September 10, 2004
There are countless sources for the number of Internet users in any
given country. ClickZ Stats 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.
Many of the population statistics, number of Internet users, and
the number of ISPs come from the CIA’s World Factbook, but we’ve
included data from other sources where specified. Computer Industry
Almanac Inc. has also contributed Internet user data for more than
50 countries, and their detailed methodology can be found here.
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 ClickZ Stats Staff
so we can examine the study and possibly add it to this chart.
Global Online Populations
Worldwide Internet Population 2004: 934 million (Computer Industry Almanac)
Projection for 2005: 1.07 billion
(Computer Industry Almanac) Projection for 2006: 1.21 billion
(Computer Industry Almanac) Projection for 2007: 1.35 billion
(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 28.71 million NA NA 1 Read more
Albania 3.58 million 12,000 NA 10
Algeria 32.81 million 180,000 NA 2
Andorra 69,150 24,500 NA 1
Angola 10.76 million 60,000 NA 1
Anguilla 12,738 919 NA 16
Antigua and Barbuda 67,897 5,000 NA 16
Argentina 38.74 million 4.65 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 33 Read more
Armenia 3.32 million 30,000 NA 9
Aruba 70,844 24,000 NA NA Read more
Australia 19.73 million 13.01 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 8.79 million
(July 2004, at home) 571 Read more
Austria 8.18 million 4.65 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 1.3 million 37 Read more
Azerbaijan 7.83 million 25,000 NA 2 Read more
The Bahamas 297,477 16,900 NA 19 Read more
Bahrain 667,238 140,200 NA 1 Read more
Bangladesh 138.44 million 150,000 NA 10
Barbados 277,264 6,000 NA 19
Belarus 10.33 million 422,000 NA 23 Read more
Belgium 10.28 million 4.87 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 1.6 million 61 Read more
Belize 266,440 18,000 NA 2 Read more
Benin 7.04 million 25,000 NA 4
Bhutan 2.13 million 2,500 NA NA
Bolivia 8.58 million 78,000 NA 9 Read more
Bosnia and Herzegovian 3.98 million 45,000 NA 3
Botswana 1.57 million 33,000 NA 11
Brazil 182.03 million 22.32 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 11.61 million
(July 2004, at home) 50 Read more
Brunei 358,098 35,000 NA 2
Bulgaria 7.53 million 1.61 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 200 Read more
Burkina Faso 13.22 million 25,000 NA 1
Burma 42.51 million 10,000 NA 1
Burundi 6.09 million 6,000 NA 1
Cambodia 13.12 million 10,000 NA 2
Cameroon 15.74 million 45,000 NA 1
Canada 32.20 million 20.45 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 8.8 million 760 Read more
Cape Verde 412,137 12,000 NA 1
Cayman Islands 41,934 NA NA 16
Central African Republic 3.68 million 2,000 NA 1
Chad 9.25 million 4,000 NA 1
Chile 15.66 million 5.04 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 7 Read more
China 1.28 billion 99.80 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 3 Read more
Colombia 41.66 million 1.87 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 18 Read more
Comoros 632,948 2,500 NA 1
Congo, Democratic
Republic of the 56.62 million 6,000 NA 1
Congo, Republic 2.95 million 500 NA 1
Cook Islands 21,008 NA NA 3
Costa Rica 3.89 million 384,000 NA 3 Read more
Cote d’Ivoire 16.96 million 70,000 NA 5
Croatia 4.42 million 480,000 NA 9 Read more
Cuba 11.26 million 120,000 NA 5 Read more
Cyprus 771,657 150,000 NA 6
Czech Republic 10.24 million 3.53 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 300 Read more
Denmark 5.38 million 3.72 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 13 Read more
Djibouti 457,130 3,300 NA 1
Dominica 69,655 2,000 NA 16
Dominican Republic 8.71 million 186,000 NA 24
East Timor 977,853 NA NA NA
Ecuador 13.71 million 328,000 NA 31 Read more
Egypt 74.71 million 2.42 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 50 Read more
El Salvador 6.47 million 40,000 NA 4 Read more
Equatorial Guinea 510,473 900 NA 1
Eritrea 4.36 million 10,000 NA 5
Estonia 1.40 million 620,000 NA 38 Read more
Ethiopia 66.55 million 20,000 NA 1
Faroe Islands 46,345 3,000 NA 2
Fiji 856,300 15,000 NA 2
Finland 5.19 million 3.27 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 3 Read more
France 60.18 million 25.47 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 14.29 million
(July 2004, at home) 62 Read more
French Guiana 182,917 2,000 NA 2
French Polynesia 262,125 16,000 NA 2
Gabon 1.32 million 18,000 NA 1
Gambia 1.5 million 5,000 NA 2
Georgia 4.93 million 25,000 NA 6
Germany 82.39 million 41.88 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 29.74 million
(July 2004, at home) 200 Read more
Ghana 20.46 million 200,000 NA 12
Gilbraltar 27,776 NA NA 2
Greece 10.66 million 2.71 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 27
Greenland 56,385 20,000 NA 1
Grenada 89,258 5,200 NA 14
Guadeloupe 440,189 4,000 NA 3
Guam 163,941 5,000 NA 20
Guatemala 13.90 million 200,000 NA 5 Read more
Guernsey 64,818 NA NA NA
Guinea 9.03 million 15,000 NA 4
Guinea-Bissau 1.36 million 4,000 NA 2
Guyana 702,100 95,000 NA 3 Read more
Haiti 7.52 million 30,000 NA 3
Honduras 6.66 million 40,000 NA 8 Read more
Hong Kong 7.39 million 4.58 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 2.73 million
(July 2004, at home) 17 Read more
Hungary 10.04 million 2.94 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 16 Read more
Iceland 200,000 198,000
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 20 Read more
India 1.04 billion 36.97 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 43 Read more
Indonesia 234.89 million 12.86 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 24 Read more
Iran 68.27 million 420,000 NA 8
Iraq 24.68 million 12,500 NA 1
Ireland 3.92 million 1.81 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 22 Read more
Isle of Man 74,261 NA NA NA
Islas Malvinas (Falkland Islands) 2,967 NA NA 2
Israel 6.11 million 3.13 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 976,000 21 Read more
Italy 57.99 million 25.53 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 15.70 million
(July 2004, at home) 93 Read more
Jamaica 2.69 million 100,000 NA 21
Japan 127.21 million 78.05 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 34.71 million
(July 2004, at home) 73 Read more
Jersey 90,156 NA NA NA
Jordan 5.46 million 212,000 NA 5 Read more
Kazakhstan 16.76 million 100,000 NA 10 Read more
Kenya 31.63 million 500,000 NA 65
Kiribati 98,549 1,000 NA 1
Kuwait 2.18 million 200,000 NA 3 Read more
Kyrgyzstan 4.89 million 51,600 NA NA
Laos 5.92 million 10,000 NA 1
Latvia 2.34 million 455,000 NA 41
Lebanon 3.72 million 300,000 NA 22
Lesotho 1.86 million 5,000 NA 1
Liberia 3.31 million 500 NA 2
Libya 5.49 million 20,000 NA 1
Liechtenstein 33,14 NA NA NA
Lithuania 3.59 million 480,000 NA 32
Luxembourg 454,157 100,000 NA 8
Macau 469,903 101,000 NA 1
Macedonia 2.06 million 100,000 NA 6
Madagascar 16.97 million 35,000 NA 2
Malawi 11.65 million 35,000 NA 7
Malaysia 23.09 million 10.04 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 7 Read more
Maldives 329,684 6,000 NA 1
Mali 11.62 million 30,000 NA 13
Malta 400,420 59,000 NA 6
Marshall Islands 56,429 900 NA 1
Martinique 425,966 5,000 NA 2
Mauritania 2.91 million 7,500 NA 5
Mauritius 1.21 million 158,000 NA 2
Mexico 104.90 million 13.88 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 51 Read more
Micronesia 108,143 2,000 NA 1
Moldova 4.43 million 15,000 NA 2
Monaco 32,130 NA NA 2
Mongolia 2.71 million 40,000 NA 5
Montserrat 8,995 NA NA 17
Morocco 31.68 million 400,000 NA 8 Read more
Mozambique 17,47 million 22,500 NA 11
Namibia 1.92 million 45,000 NA 2
Nauru 12,570 NA NA 1
Nepal 26.46 million 60,000 NA 6
The Netherlands 16.15 million 9.79 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 7.78 million
(June 2004, at home) 52 Read more
Netherlands Antilles 216,226 2,000 NA 6
New Caledonia 210,798 24,000 NA 1
New Zealand 3.95 million 2.34 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 36
Nicaragua 5.12 million 20,000 NA 3 Read more
Niger 10.05 million 12,000 NA 1
Nigeria 133.88 million 100,000 NA 11
Niue 2,145 NA NA 1
Norfolk Island 1,853 NA NA 2
North Korea 22.46 million NA NA 1
Northern Mariana Islar 80,006 NA NA 1
Norway 4.54 million 3.03 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 13 Read more
Oman 2.80 million 120,000 NA 1 Read more
Pakistan 150.69 million 1.2 million NA 30
Palau 19,717 NA NA 1
Panama 2.96 million 45,000 NA 6 Read more
Papua New Guinea 5.29 million 135,000 NA 3
Paraguay 6.03 million 20,000 NA 4
Peru 28.40 million 4.57 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 10 Read more
Philippines 84.61 million 5.96 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 33 Read more
Pitcairn Islands 47 NA NA NA
Poland 38.62 million 10.4 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 19
Portugal 10.10 million 6.09 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 16 Read more
Puerto Rico 3.88 million 600,000 NA 76 Read more
Qatar 817,052 75,000 NA 1
Reunion 755,171 10,000 NA 1
Romania 22.27 million 4.94 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 38
Russia 144.52 million 21.23 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 35 Read more
Rwanda 7.81 million 20,000 NA 2
St. Kitts and Nevis 38,763 2,000 NA 16
St. Lucia 162,157 3,000 NA 15
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 116,812 3,500 NA 15
Samoa 178,173 3,000 NA 2
San Marino 28,119 NA NA 2
Sao Tome and Principe 175,883 9,000 NA 2
Saudi Arabia 24.29 million 2.54 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 42
Senegal 10.58 million 100,000 NA 1
Seychelles 80,469 9,000 NA 1
Sierra Leone 5.73 million 20,000 NA 1
Singapore 4.60 million 2.75 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 956,000 9
Slovakia 5.43 million 1.61 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 6
Slovenia 1.93 million 930,000 NA 11
Solomon Islands 509,190 8,400 NA 1
Somalia 8.02 million 200 NA 3
South Africa 43.6 million 4.78 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 150 Read more
South Korea 42.76 million 31.67 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 11 Read more
Spain 40.21 million 13.44 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 7.99 million
(July 2004, at home) 56
Sri Lanka 19.74 million 121,500 NA 5
Sudan 38.11 million 56,000 NA 2
Suriname 435,449 14,500 NA 2
Svalbard 2,811 NA NA NA
Swaziland 1.16 million 14,000 NA 6
Sweden 8.87 million 6.12 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 4.41 million
(July 2004, at home) 29 Read more
Switzerland 7.31 million 4.60 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 3.00 million
(July 2004, at home) 44 Read more
Syria 17.58 million 60,000 NA 1 Read more
Taiwan 22.60 million 9.52 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 5.0 million 8
Tajilistan 6.86 million 5,000 NA 4
Tanzania 35.92 million 300,000 NA 6
Thailand 64.26 million 7.57 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 15
Togo 5.42 million 50,000 NA 3
Tokelau 1,418 NA NA 1
Tonga 108,141 1,000 NA 2
Trinidad and Tobago 1.10 million 120,000 NA 17
Tunisia 9.92 million 400,000 NA 1
Turkey 68.10 million 7.27 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 50 Read more
Turkmenistan 4.77 million 2,000 NA NA
Turks and Caicos 19,350 NA NA 14
Tuvalu 11,305 NA NA 1
Uganda 25.63 million 60,000 NA 2
Ukraine 48.05 million 5.2781 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 260
United Arab Emirates 2.48 million 900,000 NA 1 Read more
United Kingdom 60.09 million 33.11 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 22.41 million
(July 2004, at home) <400 Read more
United States 290.34 million 185.55 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) 136.60 million
(July 2004, at home) 7,000 Read more
Uruguay 3.41 million 600,000
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 14 Read more
Uzbekistan 25.98 million 100,000 NA 42
Vanuatu 199,414 3,000 NA 1
Venezuela 24.65 million 2.31 million
(Computer Industry Almanac) NA 16 Read more
Vietnam 81.62 million 400,000 NA 5
Virgin Islands 124,778 12,000 NA 50
Wallis and Futuna 15,734 NA NA 1
Western Sahara 261,794 NA NA 1
Yemen 19.34 million 17,000 NA 1 Read more
Zambia 10.30 million 25,000 NA 5
Zimbabwe 12.57 million 100,000 NA 6