It shows that there is substantial growth in the adoption of Internet across the Globe. The rate of adoption at best can be described as phenomenal. No communication and Collaboration technology has ever seen such a fast rate of adoption in the past.
However, the charts showing percent of population only tell part of the story. If one looks at the absolute number of users another picture emerges:
WORLD INTERNET USAGE AND POPULATION STATISTICS | ||||||
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World Regions | Population | Internet Users | Internet Users | Penetration | Growth | Users % |
991,002,342 | 4,514,400 | 67,371,700 | 6.8 % | 1,392.4 % | 3.9 % | |
3,808,070,503 | 114,304,000 | 738,257,230 | 19.4 % | 545.9 % | 42.6 % | |
803,850,858 | 105,096,093 | 418,029,796 | 52.0 % | 297.8 % | 24.1 % | |
202,687,005 | 3,284,800 | 57,425,046 | 28.3 % | 1,648.2 % | 3.3 % | |
340,831,831 | 108,096,800 | 252,908,000 | 74.2 % | 134.0 % | 14.6 % | |
586,662,468 | 18,068,919 | 179,031,479 | 30.5 % | 890.8 % | 10.3 % | |
34,700,201 | 7,620,480 | 20,970,490 | 60.4 % | 175.2 % | 1.2 % | |
WORLD TOTAL | 6,767,805,208 | 360,985,492 | 1,733,993,741 | 25.6 % | 380.3 % | 100.0 % |
NOTES: (1) Internet Usage and World Population Statistics are for September 30, 2009. (2) CLICK on each world region name for detailed regional usage information. (3) Demographic (Population) numbers are based on data from the US Census Bureau . (4) Internet usage information comes from data published by Nielsen Online, by the International Telecommunications Union, by GfK, local Regulators and other reliable sources. (5) For definitions, disclaimer, and navigation help, please refer to the Site Surfing Guide. (6) Information in this site may be cited, giving the due credit to www.internetworldstats.com. Copyright © 2001 - 2009, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide. |
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We notice that even though Asia is behind in the percentage adoption rate but as absolute numbers 738+million online user versus 418+million online user in Europe, leads the pack in the total number of users. A further breakdown of online users in top countries of the world is shown in the table below:
TOP 20 COUNTRIES WITH HIGHEST NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS
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What we find that China leads the pack in the number of online users while US is behind it. China's neighbor India with similar population shows up at number fourth with substantially less number of users online when compared with China.
We all know that communication and collaboration technology is the life blood of culture and that in turn determines the type of society one will have. Therefore, these numbers become indicative of human development across the globe.
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