The CIA World Factbook Edition 2020 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 2020 edition carries it in 231 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2020 edition
231
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:
4.1 billion
percent of population:
53.9% (2019)
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 (2017)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

total:
24,819,531
percent of population:
59.58% (July 2018 est.)

Angola

total:
4,353,033
percent of population:
14.34% (July 2018 est.)

Benin

total:
2,403,596
percent of population:
20% (July 2018 est.)

Botswana

total:
1,057,079
percent of population:
47% (July 2018 est.)

Burkina Faso

total:
3,158,834
percent of population:
16% (July 2018 est.)

Burundi

total:
298,684
percent of population:
2.66% (July 2018 est.)

Cabo Verde

total:
330,623
percent of population:
58.17% (July 2018 est.)

Cameroon

total:
6,089,200
percent of population:
23.2% (July 2018 est.)

Central African Republic

total:
249,336
percent of population:
4.34% (July 2018 est.)

Chad

total:
1,029,153
percent of population:
6.5% (July 2018 est.)

Comoros

total:
69,635
percent of population:
8.48% (July 2018 est.)

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

total:
8,231,357
percent of population:
8.62% (July 2018 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total:
437,865
percent of population:
8.65% (July 2018 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

total:
12,295,204
percent of population:
46.82% (July 2018 est.)

Djibouti

total:
492,221
percent of population:
55.68% (July 2018 est.)

Egypt

total:
46,644,728
percent of population:
46.92% (July 2018 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total:
209,253
percent of population:
26.24% (July 2018 est.)

Eritrea

total:
78,215
percent of population:
1.31% (July 2018 est.)

Eswatini

total:
510,984
percent of population:
47% (July 2018 est.)

Ethiopia

total:
19,118,470
percent of population:
18.62% (July 2018 est.)

Gabon

total:
1,313,802
percent of population:
62% (July 2018 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total:
406,918
percent of population:
19.84% (July 2017 est.)

Ghana

total:
10,959,964
percent of population:
39% (July 2018 est.)

Guinea

total:
2,133,974
percent of population:
18% (July 2018 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total:
72,047
percent of population:
3.93% (July 2018 est.)

Kenya

total:
9,129,243
percent of population:
17.83% (July 2018 est.)

Lesotho

total:
569,114
percent of population:
29% (July 2018 est.)

Liberia

total:
383,819
percent of population:
7.98% (July 2018 est.)

Libya

total:
1,440,859
percent of population:
21.76% (July 2018 est.)

Madagascar

total:
2,516,994
percent of population:
9.8% (July 2018 est.)

Malawi

total:
2,734,305
percent of population:
13.78% (July 2018 est.)

Mali

total:
2,395,886
percent of population:
13% (July 2018 est.)

Mauritania

total:
798,809
percent of population:
20.8% (July 2018 est.)

Mauritius

total:
799,470
percent of population:
58.6% (July 2018 est.)

Morocco

total:
22,596,729
percent of population:
64.8% (July 2018 est.)

Mozambique

total:
2,855,670
percent of population:
10% (July 2018 est.)

Namibia

total:
1,291,944
percent of population:
51% (July 2018 est.)

Niger

total:
1,110,778
percent of population:
5.25% (July 2018 est.)

Nigeria

total:
85,450,052
percent of population:
42% (July 2018 est.)

Rwanda

total:
2,653,197
percent of population:
21.77% (July 2018 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

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

Sao Tome and Principe

total:
61,193
percent of population:
29.93% (July 2018 est.)

Senegal

total:
6,909,635
percent of population:
46% (July 2018 est.)

Seychelles

total:
55,616
percent of population:
58.77% (July 2018 est.)

Sierra Leone

total:
568,099
percent of population:
9% (July 2018 est.)

Somalia

total:
225,181
percent of population:
2% (July 2018 est.)

South Africa

total:
31,107,064
percent of population:
56.17% (July 2018 est.)

South Sudan

total:
814,326
percent of population:
7.98% (July 2018 est.)

Sudan

total:
13,311,404
percent of population:
30.87% (July 2018 est.)

Tanzania

total:
13,862,836
percent of population:
25% (July 2018 est.)

Togo

total:
1,010,609
percent of population:
12.36% (July 2018 est.)

Tunisia

total:
7,392,242
percent of population:
64.19% (July 2018 est.)

Uganda

total:
9,620,681
percent of population:
23.71% (July 2018 est.)

Zambia

total:
2,351,646
percent of population:
14.3% (July 2018 est.)

Zimbabwe

total:
3,796,618
percent of population:
27.06% (July 2018 est.)

Antarctic Region

1 entry

Antarctica

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

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total:
40,084
percent of population:
69.48% (July 2018 est.)

Iceland

total:
340,117
percent of population:
99.01% (July 2018 est.)

Asia

21 entries

Afghanistan

total:
4,717,013
percent of population:
13.5% (July 2018 est.)

Armenia

total:
1,966,942
percent of population:
64.74% (July 2018 est.)

Azerbaijan

total:
8,017,120
percent of population:
79.8% (July 2018 est.)

Bangladesh

total:
23,917,950
percent of population:
15% (July 2018 est.)

Bhutan

total:
368,714
percent of population:
48.11% (July 2018 est.)

China

total:
751,886,119
percent of population:
54.3% (July 2018 est.)

Georgia

total:
3,151,218
percent of population:
63.97% (July 2018 est.)

India

total:
446,759,327
percent of population:
34.45% (July 2018 est.)

Japan

total:
106,725,643
percent of population:
84.59% (July 2018 est.)

Kazakhstan

total:
14,789,448
percent of population:
78.9% (July 2018 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total:
49,309,955
percent of population:
95.9% (July 2018 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total:
2,222,732
percent of population:
38% (July 2018 est.)

Maldives

total:
248,004
percent of population:
63.19% (July 2018 est.)

Mongolia

total:
735,823
percent of population:
23.71% (July 2018 est.)

Nepal

total:
10,103,980
percent of population:
34% (July 2018 est.)

Pakistan

total:
34,734,689
percent of population:
15.51% (July 2018 est.)

Russia

total:
114,920,477
percent of population:
80.86% (July 2018 est.)

Sri Lanka

total:
7,700,876
percent of population:
34.11% (July 2018 est.)

Tajikistan

total:
1,889,632
percent of population:
21.96% (July 2018 est.)

Turkmenistan

total:
1,149,840
percent of population:
21.25% (July 2018 est.)

Uzbekistan

total:
15,705,402
percent of population:
52.31% (July 2018 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

total:
14,211
percent of population:
81.57% (July 2018 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total:
72,870
percent of population:
76% (July 2018 est.)

Aruba

total:
113,277
percent of population:
97.17% (July 2018 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total:
282,739
percent of population:
85% (July 2018 est.)

Barbados

total:
239,664
percent of population:
81.76% (July 2018 est.)

Belize

total:
181,660
percent of population:
47.08% (July 2018 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total:
27,818
percent of population:
77.7% (July 2018 est.)

Cayman Islands

total:
48,328
percent of population:
81.07% (July 2018 est.)

Costa Rica

total:
3,694,974
percent of population:
74.09% (July 2018 est.)

Cuba

total:
6,353,020
percent of population:
57.15% (July 2018 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:
102,359
percent of population:
68.13% (July 2018 est.)

Dominica

total:
51,538
percent of population:
69.62% (July 2018 est.)

Dominican Republic

total:
7,705,529
percent of population:
74.82% (July 2018 est.)

El Salvador

total:
2,153,776
percent of population:
33.82% (July 2018 est.)

Grenada

total:
66,281
percent of population:
59.07% (July 2018 est.)

Guatemala

total:
10,777,827
percent of population:
65% (July 2018 est.)

Haiti

total:
3,503,006
percent of population:
32.47% (July 2018 est.)

Honduras

total:
2,853,505
percent of population:
31.7% (July 2018 est.)

Jamaica

total:
1,548,618
percent of population:
55.07% (July 2018 est.)

Montserrat

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

Nicaragua

total:
1,695,340
percent of population:
27.86% (July 2018 est.)

Panama

total:
2,199,433
percent of population:
57.87% (July 2018 est.)

Puerto Rico

total:
2,326,006
percent of population:
70.6% (July 2018 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total:
42,852
percent of population:
80.71% (July 2018 est.)

Saint Lucia

total:
84,112
percent of population:
50.82% (July 2018 est.)

Saint Martin

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

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total:
22,803
percent of population:
22.39% (July 2018 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total:
939,967
percent of population:
77.33% (July 2018 est.)

Virgin Islands

total:
68,872
percent of population:
64.38% (July 2018 est.)

Europe

47 entries

Albania

total:
2,196,613
percent of population:
71.85% (July 2018 est.)

Andorra

total:
78,483
percent of population:
91.57% (July 2018 est.)

Austria

total:
7,712,665
percent of population:
87.71% (July 2018 est.)

Belarus

total:
7,539,145
percent of population:
79.13% (July 2018 est.)

Belgium

total:
10,258,638
percent of population:
88.66% (July 2018 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total:
2,699,544
percent of population:
70.12% (July 2018 est.)

Bulgaria

total:
4,571,851
percent of population:
64.78% (July 2018 est.)

Croatia

total:
3,104,212
percent of population:
72.69% (July 2018 est.)

Czechia

total:
8,622,750
percent of population:
80.69% (July 2018 est.)

Denmark

total:
5,672,398
percent of population:
97.64% (July 2018 est.)

Estonia

total:
1,111,896
percent of population:
89.36% (July 2018 est.)

European Union

total:
398.1 million (2018 est.)
percent of population:
85%

Faroe Islands

total:
49,783
percent of population:
97.58% (July 2018 est.)

Finland

total:
4,922,163
percent of population:
88.89% (July 2018 est.)

France

total:
55,265,718
percent of population:
82.04% (July 2018 est.)

Germany

total:
72,202,773
percent of population:
89.74% (July 2018 est.)

Gibraltar

total:
27,823
percent of population:
94.44% (July 2018 est.)

Greece

total:
7,783,381
percent of population:
72.95% (July 2018 est.)

Guernsey

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

Hungary

total:
7,474,413
percent of population:
76.07% (July 2018 est.)

Ireland

total:
4,283,516
percent of population:
84.52% (July 2018 est.)

Italy

total:
46,305,301
percent of population:
74.39% (July 2018 est.)

Jersey

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

Kosovo

total:
1,706,150
percent of population:
89.44% (July 2018 est.)

Latvia

total:
1,607,711
percent of population:
83.58% (July 2018 est.)

Liechtenstein

total:
37,815
percent of population:
98.1% (July 2018 est.)

Lithuania

total:
2,226,806
percent of population:
79.72% (July 2018 est.)

Luxembourg

total:
587,955
percent of population:
97.06% (July 2018 est.)

Malta

total:
365,521
percent of population:
81.4% (July 2018 est.)

Moldova

total:
2,616,792
percent of population:
76.12% (July 2018 est.)

Monaco

total:
29,821
percent of population:
97.05% (July 2018 est.)

Montenegro

total:
439,311
percent of population:
71.52% (July 2018 est.)

Netherlands

total:
16,243,928
percent of population:
94.71% (July 2018 est.)

North Macedonia

total:
1,677,569
percent of population:
79.17% (July 2018 est.)

Norway

total:
5,183,627
percent of population:
96.49% (July 2018 est.)

Poland

total:
29,791,401
percent of population:
77.54% (July 2018 est.)

Portugal

total:
7,731,411
percent of population:
74.66% (July 2018 est.)

Romania

total:
15,165,890
percent of population:
70.68% (July 2018 est.)

San Marino

total:
20,328
percent of population:
60.18% (July 2018 est.)

Serbia

total:
5,192,501
percent of population:
73.36% (July 2018 est.)

Slovakia

total:
4,391,969
percent of population:
80.66% (July 2018 est.)

Slovenia

total:
1,676,445
percent of population:
79.75% (July 2018 est.)

Spain

total:
42,478,990
percent of population:
86.11% (July 2018 est.)

Sweden

total:
9,251,773
percent of population:
92.14% (July 2018 est.)

Switzerland

total:
7,437,820
percent of population:
89.69% (July 2018 est.)

Ukraine

total:
25,883,509
percent of population:
58.89% (July 2018 est.)

United Kingdom

total:
61,784,878
percent of population:
94.9% (July 2018 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total:
1,423,039
percent of population:
98.64% (July 2018 est.)

Cyprus

total:
1,044,473
percent of population:
84.43% (July 2018 est.)

Gaza Strip

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

Iran

total:
58,117,322
percent of population:
70% (July 2018 est.)

Iraq

total:
18,364,390
percent of population:
49.36% (July 2018 est.)

Israel

total:
6,873,037
percent of population:
81.58% (July 2018 est.)

Jordan

total:
6,985,174
percent of population:
66.79% (July 2018 est.)

Kuwait

total:
2,904,801
percent of population:
99.6% (July 2018 est.)

Lebanon

total:
4,769,039
percent of population:
78.18% (July 2018 est.)

Oman

total:
2,801,932
percent of population:
80.19% (July 2018 est.)

Qatar

total:
2,355,297
percent of population:
99.65% (July 2018 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total:
30,877,318
percent of population:
93.31% (July 2018 est.)

Syria

total:
6,077,510
percent of population:
34.25% (July 2018 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total:
57,725,143
percent of population:
71.04% (July 2018 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total:
9,550,945
percent of population:
98.45% (July 2018 est.)

West Bank

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

Yemen

total:
7,659,884
percent of population:
26.72% (July 2018 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total:
70,016
percent of population:
98.37% (July 2018 est.)

Canada

total:
33,743,954
percent of population:
91% (July 2018 est.)

Mexico

total:
82,843,369
percent of population:
65.77% (July 2018 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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

United States

total:
285,519,020
percent of population:
87.27% (July 2018 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

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

Australia

total:
21,419,302
percent of population:
86.55% (July 2018 est.)

Cook Islands

total:
4,881
percent of population:
54% (July 2018 est.)

Fiji

total:
462,860
percent of population:
49.97% (July 2018 est.)

French Polynesia

total:
211,101
percent of population:
72.7% (July 2018 est.)

Guam

total:
135,073
percent of population:
80.51% (July 2018 est.)

Kiribati

total:
15,946
percent of population:
14.58% (July 2018 est.)

Marshall Islands

total:
29,290
percent of population:
38.7% (July 2018 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total:
36,586
percent of population:
35.3% (July 2018 est.)

Nauru

total:
5,524
percent of population:
57% (July 2018 est.)

New Caledonia

total:
231,887
percent of population:
82.01% (July 2018 est.)

New Zealand

total:
4,340,672
percent of population:
90.81% (July 2018 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:
787,764
percent of population:
11.21% (July 2018 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

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

Samoa

total:
67,662
percent of population:
33.61% (July 2018 est.)

Solomon Islands

total:
78,686
percent of population:
11.92% (July 2018 est.)

Tokelau

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

Tonga

total:
43,889
percent of population:
41.25% (July 2018 est.)

Tuvalu

total:
5,498
percent of population:
49.32% (July 2018 est.)

Vanuatu

total:
74,083
percent of population:
25.72% (July 2018 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

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

South America

13 entries

Argentina

total:
33,203,320
percent of population:
74.29% (July 2018 est.)

Bolivia

total:
4,955,569
percent of population:
43.83% (July 2018 est.)

Brazil

total:
140,908,998
percent of population:
67.47% (July 2018 est.)

Chile

total:
14,757,868
percent of population:
82.33% (July 2018 est.)

Colombia

total:
29,990,017
percent of population:
62.26% (July 2018 est.)

Ecuador

total:
9,448,692
percent of population:
57.27% (July 2018 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

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

Guyana

total:
276,498
percent of population:
37.33% (July 2018 est.)

Paraguay

total:
4,566,043
percent of population:
64.99% (July 2018 est.)

Peru

total:
16,461,427
percent of population:
52.54% (July 2018 est.)

Suriname

total:
292,685
percent of population:
48.95% (July 2018 est.)

Uruguay

total:
2,300,557
percent of population:
68.28% (July 2018 est.)

Venezuela

total:
21,354,499
percent of population:
72% (July 2018 est.)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

total:
426,234
percent of population:
94.6% (July 2018 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total:
17,064,985
percent of population:
30.68% (July 2018 est.)

Cambodia

total:
6,579,808
percent of population:
40% (July 2018 est.)

Christmas Island

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

Hong Kong

total:
6,450,167
percent of population:
89.42% (July 2018 est.)

Indonesia

total:
104,563,108
percent of population:
39.79% (July 2018 est.)

Laos

total:
1,845,437
percent of population:
25.51% (July 2018 est.)

Macau

total:
508,052
percent of population:
83.79% (July 2018 est.)

Malaysia

total:
25,829,444
percent of population:
81.2% (July 2018 est.)

Philippines

total:
63,588,975
percent of population:
60.05% (July 2018 est.)

Singapore

total:
5,286,665
percent of population:
88.17% (July 2018 est.)

Taiwan

total:
21,845,944
percent of population:
92.78% (July 2018 est.)

Thailand

total:
38,987,531
percent of population:
56.82% (July 2018 est.)

Timor-Leste

total:
363,398
percent of population:
27.49% (July 2018 est.)

Vietnam

total:
68,267,875
percent of population:
70.35% (July 2018 est.)

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