The CIA World Factbook Edition 2019 Communications

Internet users In 26 editions of 36.

Internet users was published in 26 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2000 to 2025. The 2019 edition carries it in 229 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2019 edition
229
the first edition with it
2000
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Internet users” (2001 to 2025), “Internet hosts” (2004 to 2014) and “Internet Service Providers (ISPs)” (2000 to 2003).

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World

1 entry

World

total:
3,174,000,000 (2018 est.)
percent of population:
43%
top ten countries by Internet usage (in millions):
  • 730.7 China;
  • 374.3 India;
  • 246.8 United States;
  • 122.8 Brazil;
  • 116.6 Japan;
  • 108.8 Russia;
  • 73.3 Mexico;
  • 72.3 Germany;
  • 65.5 Indonesia;
  • 61 United Kingdom

Africa

54 entries

Algeria

total:
17,291,463
percent of population:
42.9% (July 2016 est.)

Angola

total:
2,622,403
percent of population:
13% (July 2016 est.)

Benin

total:
1,288,336
percent of population:
12% (July 2016 est.)

Botswana

total:
869,610
percent of population:
39.4% (July 2016 est.)

Burkina Faso

total:
2,723,950
percent of population:
14% (July 2016 est.)

Burundi

total:
574,236
percent of population:
5.2% (July 2016 est.)

Cabo Verde

total:
266,562
percent of population:
48.2% (July 2016 est.)

Cameroon

total:
6,090,201
percent of population:
25% (July 2016 est.)

Central African Republic

total:
246,000
percent of population:
4.6% (July 2016 est.)

Chad

total:
592,623
percent of population:
5% (July 2016 est.)

Comoros

total:
63,084
percent of population:
7.9% (July 2016 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

total:
3.016 million
percent of population:
3.8% (July 2016 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total:
362,000
percent of population:
7.6% (July 2016 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

total:
6,297,676
percent of population:
26.5% (July 2016 est.)

Djibouti

total:
111,212
percent of population:
13.1% (July 2016 est.)

Egypt

total:
39,097,468
percent of population:
41.3% (2016 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total:
180,597
percent of population:
23.8% (July 2016 est.)

Eritrea

total:
69,095
percent of population:
1.2% (July 2016 est.)

Eswatini

total:
414,724
percent of population:
28.6% (July 2016 est.)

Ethiopia

total:
15,731,741
percent of population:
15.4% (July 2016 est.)

Gabon

total:
835,408
percent of population:
48.1% (July 2016 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:
371,785
percent of population:
18.5% (July 2016 est.)

Ghana

total:
9,328,018
percent of population:
34.7% (July 2016 est.)

Guinea

total:
1,185,148
percent of population:
9.8% (July 2016 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total:
66,169
percent of population:
3.8% (July 2016 est.)

Kenya

total:
12,165,597
percent of population:
26% (July 2016 est.)

Lesotho

total:
534,360
percent of population:
27.4% (July 2016 est.)

Liberia

total:
314,717
percent of population:
7.3% (July 2016 est.)

Libya

total:
1,326,194
percent of population:
20.3% (July 2016 est.)

Madagascar

total:
1,151,563
percent of population:
4.7% (July 2016 est.)

Malawi

total:
1,785,369
percent of population:
9.6% (July 2016 est.)

Mali

total:
1,940,978
percent of population:
11.1% (July 2016 est.)

Mauritania

total:
661,913
percent of population:
18% (July 2016 est.)

Mauritius

total:
717,618
percent of population:
53.2% (July 2016 est.)

Morocco

total:
19,611,643
percent of population:
58.3% (July 2016 est.)

Mozambique

total:
4,543,284
percent of population:
17.5% (July 2016 est.)

Namibia

total:
756,118
percent of population:
31% (July 2016 est.)

Niger

total:
805,702
percent of population:
4.3% (July 2016 est.)

Nigeria

total:
47,759,904
percent of population:
25.7% (July 2016 est.)

Rwanda

total:
3,724,678
percent of population:
29.8% (Dec 2017 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total:
1,800
percent of population:
23.1% (July 2016 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total:
50,000
percent of population:
25.8% (July 2016 est.)

Senegal

total:
3,675,209
percent of population:
25.7% (July 2016 est.)

Seychelles

total:
52,664
percent of population:
56.5% (July 2016 est.)

Sierra Leone

total:
708,615
percent of population:
11.8% (July 2016 est.)

Somalia

total:
203,366
percent of population:
1.9% (July 2016 est.)

South Africa

total:
29,322,380
percent of population:
54% (July 2016 est.)

Sudan

total:
10,284,260
percent of population:
28% (July 2016 est.)

Tanzania

total:
6,822,754
percent of population:
13% (July 2016 est.)

Togo

total:
877,310
percent of population:
11.3% (July 2016 est.)

Tunisia

total:
5,665,242
percent of population:
50.9% (July 2016 est.)

Uganda

total:
18,148,923
percent of population:
45.9% (September 2017)

Zambia

total:
3,956,252
percent of population:
25.5% (July 2016 est.)

Zimbabwe

total:
3,363,256
percent of population:
23.1% (July 2016 est.)

Antarctic Region

1 entry

Antarctica

total:
4,400
percent of population:
100% (July 2016 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total:
39,544
percent of population:
68.5% (July 2016 est.)

Iceland

total:
329,967
percent of population:
98.2% (July 2016 est.)

Asia

21 entries

Afghanistan

total:
3,531,770
percent of population:
10.6 (July 2016 est.)

Armenia

total:
1,891,775
percent of population:
62% (July 2016 est.)

Azerbaijan

total:
7,720,502
percent of population:
78.2% (July 2016 est.)

Bangladesh

total:
28,499,324
percent of population:
18.2% (July 2016 est.)

Bhutan

total:
313,347
percent of population:
41.8% (July 2016 est.)

China

total:
730,723,960
percent of population:
53.2% (July 2016 est.)

Georgia

total:
2,464,107
percent of population:
50% (July 2016 est.)

India

total:
374,328,160
percent of population:
29.5% (July 2016 est.)

Japan

total:
116,565,962
percent of population:
92% (July 2016 est.)

Kazakhstan

total:
14,100,751
percent of population:
76.8% (July 2016 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:
44.153 million
percent of population:
89.9% (July 2016 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total:
1,976,006
percent of population:
34.5% (July 2016 est.)

Maldives

total:
232,210
percent of population:
59.1% (July 2016 est.)

Mongolia

total:
674,949
percent of population:
22.3% (July 2016 est.)

Nepal

total:
5,716,419
percent of population:
19.7% (July 2016 est.)

Pakistan

total:
31,338,715
percent of population:
15.5% (July 2016 est.)

Russia

total:
108,772,470
percent of population:
76.4% (July 2016 est.)

Sri Lanka

total:
7,126,540
percent of population:
32.1% (July 2016 est.)

Tajikistan

total:
1,705,345
percent of population:
20.5% (July 2016 est.)

Turkmenistan

total:
951,925 (2019 est.)
percent of population:
24% (July 2016 est.)

Uzbekistan

total:
15,157,210
percent of population:
46.8% (July 2018 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

total:
13,665
percent of population:
81.6% (July 2016 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total:
60,000
percent of population:
65.2% (July 2016 est.)

Aruba

total:
106,309
percent of population:
93.5% (July 2016 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total:
261,853
percent of population:
80% (July 2016 est.)

Barbados

total:
231,883
percent of population:
79.5% (July 2016 est.)

Belize

total:
157,735
percent of population:
44.6% (July 2016 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total:
14,600
percent of population:
43.6% (July 2016 est.)

Cayman Islands

total:
45,242
percent of population:
79% (July 2016 est.)

Costa Rica

total:
3,217,277
percent of population:
66% (July 2016 est.)

Cuba

total:
4,334,022
percent of population:
38.8% (July 2016 est.)

note: private citizens are prohibited from buying computers or accessing the Internet without special authorization; foreigners may access the Internet in large hotels but are subject to firewalls; some Cubans buy illegal passwords on the black market or take advantage of public outlets to access limited email and the government-controlled "intranet"

Curacao

total:
138,750
percent of population:
93.9% (July 2016 est.)

Dominica

total:
49,439
percent of population:
67% (July 2016 est.)

Dominican Republic

total:
6,504,998
percent of population:
61.3% (July 2016 est.)

El Salvador

total:
1,785,254
percent of population:
29% (July 2016 est.)

Grenada

total:
62,123
percent of population:
55.9% (July 2016 est.)

Guatemala

total:
5,241,952
percent of population:
34.5% (July 2016 est.)

Haiti

total:
1,282,686
percent of population:
12.2% (July 2016 est.)

Honduras

total:
2,667,978
percent of population:
30% (July 2016 est.)

Jamaica

total:
1,336,653
percent of population:
45% (July 2016 est.)

Montserrat

total:
2,860
percent of population:
54.6% (July 2016 est.)

Nicaragua

total:
1,466,152
percent of population:
24.6% (July 2016 est.)

Panama

total:
2,000,833
percent of population:
54% (July 2016 est.)

Puerto Rico

total:
2,873,895
percent of population:
80.3% (July 2016 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:
39,000
percent of population:
75.7% (July 2016 est.)

Saint Lucia

total:
86,000
percent of population:
52.4% (July 2016 est.)

Saint Martin

total:
1,100
percent of population:
3.5% (July 2016 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total:
53,000
percent of population:
51.8% (July 2016 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total:
846,000
percent of population:
69.2% (July 2016 est.)

Virgin Islands

total:
57,000
percent of population:
54.8% (July 2016 est.)

Europe

46 entries

Albania

total:
2,016,516
percent of population:
66.4% (July 2016 est.)

Andorra

total:
83,887
percent of population:
97.9% (July 2016 est.)

Austria

total:
7,346,055
percent of population:
84.3% (July 2016 est.)

Belarus

total:
6,805,786
percent of population:
71.1% (July 2016 est.)

Belgium

total:
9,870,734
percent of population:
86.5% (July 2016 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total:
2,677,502
percent of population:
69.3% (July 2016 est.)

Bulgaria

total:
4,274,328
percent of population:
59.8% (July 2016 est.)

Croatia

total:
3,135,949
percent of population:
72.7% (July 2016 est.)

Czechia

total:
8,141,303
percent of population:
76.5% (July 2016 est.)

Denmark

total:
5,424,169
percent of population:
97% (July 2016 est.)

Estonia

total:
1,097,921
percent of population:
87.2% (July 2016 est.)

European Union

total:
398,100,000 (2018 est.)
percent of population:
77%

Faroe Islands

total:
47,988
percent of population:
95.1% (July 2016 est.)

Finland

total:
4,822,132
percent of population:
87.7% (July 2016 est.)

France

total:
57,226,585
percent of population:
85.6% (July 2016 est.)

Germany

total:
72,365,643
percent of population:
89.6% (July 2016 est.)

Gibraltar

total:
27,699
percent of population:
94.4% (July 2016 est.)

Greece

total:
7,443,016
percent of population:
69.1% (July 2016 est.)

Guernsey

total:
55,050
percent of population:
83.3% (July 2016 est.)

Hungary

total:
7,826,695
percent of population:
79.3% (July 2016 est.)

Ireland

total:
4,069,432
percent of population:
82.2% (July 2016 est.)

Italy

total:
38,025,661
percent of population:
61.3% (July 2016 est.)

Jersey

total:
58,000
percent of population:
59.6% (July 2016 est.)

Latvia

total:
1,570,374
percent of population:
79.9% (July 2016 est.)

Liechtenstein

total:
37,214
percent of population:
98.1% (July 2016 est.)

Lithuania

total:
2,122,884
percent of population:
74.4% (July 2016 est.)

Luxembourg

total:
567,698
percent of population:
97.5% (July 2016 est.)

Malta

total:
320,902
percent of population:
77.3% (July 2016 est.)

Moldova

total:
2,492,444
percent of population:
71% (July 2016 est.)

Monaco

total:
29,116
percent of population:
95.2% (July 2016 est.)

Montenegro

total:
450,442
percent of population:
69.9% (July 2016 est.)

Netherlands

total:
15,385,203
percent of population:
90.4% (July 2016 est.)

North Macedonia

total:
1.475 million
percent of population:
70.4% (July 2016 est.)

Norway

total:
5,122,904
percent of population:
97.3% (July 2016 est.)

Poland

total:
28,237,820
percent of population:
73.3% (July 2016 est.)

Portugal

total:
7,629,560
percent of population:
70.4% (July 2016 est.)

Romania

total:
12,852,696
percent of population:
59.5% (July 2016 est.)

San Marino

total:
17,200
percent of population:
52.6% (July 2016 est.)

Serbia

total:
4,790,488
percent of population:
67.1% (July 2016 est.)

Slovakia

total:
4,382,558
percent of population:
80.5% (July 2016 est.)

Slovenia

total:
1,493,382
percent of population:
75.5% (July 2016 est.)

Spain

total:
39,123,384
percent of population:
80.6% (July 2016 est.)

Sweden

total:
9,041,427
percent of population:
91.5% (July 2016 est.)

Switzerland

total:
7,312,744
percent of population:
89.4% (July 2016 est.)

Ukraine

total:
23,202,067
percent of population:
52.5% (July 2016 est.)

United Kingdom

total:
61,064,454
percent of population:
94.8% (July 2016 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total:
1,351,326
percent of population:
98% (July 2016 est.)

Cyprus

total:
915,036
percent of population:
75.9% (July 2016 est.)

Gaza Strip

total:
2.673 million (includes the West Bank)
percent of population:
57.4% (July 2016 est.)

Iran

total:
67.6 million
percent of population:
82% (Dec 2019 est.)

Iraq

total:
8,098,401
percent of population:
21.2% (July 2016 est.)

Israel

total:
6,521,539
percent of population:
79.8% (July 2016 est.)

Jordan

total:
5,099,674
percent of population:
62.3% (July 2016 est.)

Kuwait

total:
2,219,972
percent of population:
78.4% (July 2016 est.)

Lebanon

total:
4,747,542
percent of population:
76.1% (July 2016 est.)

Oman

total:
2,342,483
percent of population:
69.8% (July 2016 est.)

Qatar

total:
2,129,360
percent of population:
94.3% (July 2016 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total:
20,768,456
percent of population:
73.8% (July 2016 est.)

Syria

total:
5,476,850
percent of population:
31.9% (July 2016 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total:
46,838,412
percent of population:
58.3% (July 2016 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total:
5,370,299
percent of population:
90.6% (July 2016 est.)

West Bank

total:
2.673 million (includes Gaza Strip)
percent of population:
57.4% (July 2016 est.)

Yemen

total:
6,732,928
percent of population:
24.6% (July 2016 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total:
69,126
percent of population:
98% (July 2016 est.)

Canada

total:
31,770,034
percent of population:
89.8% (July 2016 est.)

Mexico

total:
73,334,032
percent of population:
59.5% (July 2016 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total:
4,500
percent of population:
79.5% (July 2016 est.)

United States

total:
246,809,221
percent of population:
76.2% (July 2016 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

total:
17,000
percent of population:
31.3% (July 2016 est.)

Australia

total:
20,288,409
percent of population:
88.2% (July 2016 est.)

Cook Islands

total:
5,160
percent of population:
54% (July 2016 est.)

Fiji

total:
425,680
percent of population:
46.5% (July 2016 est.)

French Polynesia

total:
195,275
percent of population:
68.4% (July 2016 est.)

Guam

total:
125,328
percent of population:
77% (July 2016 est.)

Kiribati

total:
14,649
percent of population:
13.7% (July 2016 est.)

Marshall Islands

total:
21,857
percent of population:
29.8% (July 2016 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total:
33,000
percent of population:
31.5% (July 2016 est.)

Nauru

total:
5,100
percent of population:
53.5% (July 2016 est.)

New Caledonia

total:
201,000
percent of population:
74% (July 2016 est.)

New Zealand

total:
3,958,642
percent of population:
88.5% (July 2016 est.)

Niue

total:
1,090
percent of population:
91.6% (July 2016 est.)

Norfolk Island

total:
765
percent of population:
34.6% (July 2016 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

total:
16,000
percent of population:
30.6% (July 2016 est.)

Palau

total:
7,650
percent of population:
36% (July 2016 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total:
652,071
percent of population:
9.6% (July 2016 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

total:
54
percent of population:
100% (July 2016 est.)

Samoa

total:
58,508
percent of population:
29.4% (July 2016 est.)

Solomon Islands

total:
69,859
percent of population:
11% (July 2016 est.)

Tokelau

total:
805
percent of population:
60.2% (July 2016 est.)

Tonga

total:
42,552
percent of population:
40% (July 2016 est.)

Tuvalu

total:
5,042
percent of population:
46% (July 2016 est.)

Vanuatu

total:
66,613
percent of population:
24% (July 2016 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

total:
3,450
percent of population:
22.1% (July 2016 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

total:
30,786,889
percent of population:
70.2% (July 2016 est.)

Bolivia

total:
4,354,678
percent of population:
39.7% (July 2016 est.)

Brazil

total:
122,841,218
percent of population:
59.7% (July 2016 est.)

Chile

total:
11,650,840
percent of population:
66% (July 2016 est.)

Colombia

total:
27,452,550
percent of population:
58.1% (July 2016 est.)

Ecuador

total:
8,693,739
percent of population:
54.1% (July 2016 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total:
3,000
percent of population:
98.3% (July 2016 est.)

Guyana

total:
262,425
percent of population:
35.7% (July 2016 est.)

Paraguay

total:
3,524,045
percent of population:
51.3% (July 2016 est.)

Peru

total:
13,975,422
percent of population:
45.5% (July 2016 est.)

Suriname

total:
265,964
percent of population:
45.4% (July 2016 est.)

Uruguay

total:
2,225,075
percent of population:
66.4% (July 2016 est.)

Venezuela

total:
18,547,381
percent of population:
60% (July 2016 est.)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

total:
410,800 (2019 est.)
percent of population:
94% (Feb 2019 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:
14,264,308
percent of population:
25.1% (July 2016 est.)

Cambodia

total:
4,080,372
percent of population:
25.6% (July 2016 est.)

Christmas Island

total:
790
percent of population:
35.8% (July 2016 est.)

Hong Kong

total:
6.066 million
percent of population:
85% (July 2016 est.)

Indonesia

total:
65,525,226
percent of population:
25.4% (July 2016 est.)

Laos

total:
1.258 million
percent of population:
18.2% (July 2016 est.)

Macau

total:
460,000
percent of population:
77.6% (July 2016 est.)

Malaysia

total:
24,384,952
percent of population:
78.8% (July 2016 est.)

Philippines

total:
56,956,436
percent of population:
55.5% (July 2016 est.)

Singapore

total:
4,683,200
percent of population:
81% (July 2016 est.)

Taiwan

total:
20.601 million
percent of population:
88% (July 2016 est.)

Thailand

total:
32,398,778
percent of population:
47.5% (July 2016 est.)

Timor-Leste

total:
318,373
percent of population:
25.2% (July 2016 est.)

Vietnam

total:
49.741 million
percent of population:
52.7% (July 2016 est.)

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