Below is a sortable list of countries by number of Internet users, for 2020.
Internet
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users are defined as persons who accessed the Internet in the last 12 months from any device, including
mobile phone
A mobile phone, cellular phone, cell phone, cellphone, handphone, hand phone or pocket phone, sometimes shortened to simply mobile, cell, or just phone, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link whi ...
s.
[The statistics for numbers of Internet users were obtained by multiplying an estimated percentage of people using the Internet in a given country, obtained from one source (usually the ITU), by the total population from another source (usually the U.S. Census Bureau). There are not enough ]significant figures
Significant figures (also known as the significant digits, ''precision'' or ''resolution'') of a number in positional notation are digits in the number that are reliable and necessary to indicate the quantity of something.
If a number expres ...
in the percentage estimate for the precise Internet user counts found in the table to be meaningful. As a result, they should not be treated as precise figures or even reliable estimates. Percentage is the percentage of a country's population that are Internet users. Estimates are derived either from household surveys or from Internet subscription data.
All
United Nations member states are included, except
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...
, whose number of internet users is estimated at a few thousand.
Data from Statista and Internet World Stats estimates the total number of internet users in 2021 is between 4.3 billion to 5 billion active users.
Table
See also
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Global digital divide
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National broadband plan
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Loon LLC, a
Google
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research and development project to provide
Internet access
Internet access is the ability of individuals and organizations to connect to the Internet using computer terminals, computers, and other devices; and to access services such as email and the World Wide Web. Internet access is sold by Interne ...
to rural and remote areas
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List of social networking services
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List of countries by Internet connection speeds
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List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions
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List of countries by number of telephone lines in use
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List of countries by smartphone penetration
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List of mobile network operators
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List of multiple-system operators
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List of telephone operating companies
Notes
References
External links
"Internet Monitor" a research project of the
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of highe ...
to evaluate, describe, and summarize the means, mechanisms, and extent of Internet access, content controls and activity around the world.
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