List of countries by internet users

Internet users per 100 inhabitants

The following list sorts the states and territories of the world according to the number of Internet users and their percentage of the population. An Internet user is defined as a person who has had access to the Internet via any electronic device (computer, smartphone, etc.) in the past 12 months . In 2016, around 47% of the world's population had internet access (more than 3 billion people).

List of states

The countries are sorted according to the total number of internet users. Sources are Internet Live Stats and the International Telecommunications Union Unrecognized or disputed areas are in italics. All figures apply to 2016.

Percentage of internet users based on the country's population in 2016

rank	country	Number of internet users	Share of internet users in population
1	People's Republic of China	721.434.547	52.2%
2	India	462.124.989	34.8%
3	United States	286.942.362	88.5%
4th	Brazil	139.111.185	66.4%
5	Japan	115.111.595	91.1%
6th	Russia	105.311.724	71.3%
7th	Nigeria	86.219.965	46.1%
8th	Germany	71.016.605	88.0%
9	United Kingdom	60.273.385	92.6%
10	Mexico	58.016.997	45.1%
11	France	55.860.330	86.4%
12	Indonesia	53.236.719	20.4%
13	Vietnam	49,063,762	52.0%
14th	Turkey	46.196.720	58.0%
15th	Philippines	44.478.808	43.5%
16	South Korea	43.274.132	85.7%
17th	Italy	39,211,518	65.6%
18th	Iran	39.149.103	48.9%
19th	Spain	37.865.104	82.2%
20th	Pakistan	34,342,400	17.8%
21st	Canada	32.120.519	88.5%
22nd	Egypt	30.835.256	33.0%
23	Argentina	30,359,855	69.2%
24	Thailand	29,078,158	42.7%
25th	South Africa	28,580,290	52.0%
26th	Poland	27,922,152	72.4%
27	Colombia	27,664,747	56.9%
28	Bangladesh	23.183.372	14.4%
29	Kenya	21,248,977	45.0%
30th	Malaysia	21,090,777	68.6%
31	Saudi Arabia	20,813,695	64.7%
32	Australia	20,679,490	85.1%
33	Morocco	20,068,556	57.6%
34	Ukraine	19,678,089	44.1%
	Taiwan	19,666,364	83.8%
35	Venezuela	18,254,349	57.9%
36	Netherlands	15,915,076	93.7%
37	Uzbekistan	15,453,227	51.0%
38	Algeria	15.152.610	38.2%
39	Chile	14,108,392	77.8%
40	Peru	13,036,965	41.0%
41	Myanmar	11,749,580	21.8%
42	Ethiopia	11,529,327	11.6%
43	Romania	11,236,186	48.0%
44	Sudan	10,886,813	26.2%
45	Belgium	10,060,745	88.5%
46	Czech Republic	9,323,428	88.4%
47	Sweden	9,169,705	93.1%
48	United Arab Emirates	8,515,420	91.9%
49	Ghana	7,958,675	28.4%
50	Hungary	7,874,733	80.2%
51	Uganda	7,645,197	19.2%
52	Switzerland	7,302,714	87.2%
53	Greece	7,072,534	64.8%
54	Ecuador	7,055,575	43.1%
55	Austria	6,953,400	81.2%
56	Portugal	6,930,762	67.3%
57	Yemen	6,773,228	24.7%
58	Israel	6,361,718	78.9%
59	Iraq	6.272.109	17.2%
	Hong Kong	6,191,142	84.9%
60	Sri Lanka	6,087,164	29.3%
61	Azerbaijan	6,027,647	61.1%
62	Angola	5,951,453	23.0%
63	Belarus	5,786,572	61.0%
64	Dominican Republic	5,513,852	51.8%
65	Syria	5.502.250	29.6%
66	Denmark	5,479,054	96.3%
67	Tunisia	5,472,101	48.1%
68	Norway	5,167,573	98.0%
69	Ivory Coast	5,122,897	22.0%
70	Finland	5.107.402	92.5%
71	Nepal	4,962,323	17.2%
72	Serbia	4,758,861	54.0%
73	Singapore	4,699,204	82.5%
74	Lebanon	4,545,007	75.9%
75	Bolivia	4,478,400	41.1%
76	Slovakia	4,477,641	82.5%
77	Guatemala	4,409,997	26.5%
78	Cameroon	4,311,178	18.0%
79	Bulgaria	4,155,050	58.5%
80	New Zealand	4,078,993	79.4%
81	Ireland	3,817,392	81.0%
82	Cuba	3,696,765	32.4%
83	Senegal	3,647,939	23.4%
84	Jordan	3,536,871	45.7%
85	Zimbabwe	3,356,223	21.0%
86	Oman	3,310,260	71.1%
87	Kuwait	3,202,110	79.9%
88	Zambia	3,167,934	19.0%
89	Paraguay	3,149,519	46.8%
90	Croatia	3,133,485	74.2%
91	Democratic Republic of Congo	3.101.210	3.9%
	Puerto Rico	3,047,311	82.8%
92	Cambodia	2,959,801	19.0%
93	Tanzania	2,895,662	5.3%
94	Costa Rica	2,738,500	56.4%
95	El Salvador	2,352,849	38.3%
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,343,255	61.6%
97	Afghanistan	2,279,167	6.8%
98	Uruguay	2,238,991	65.0%
99	Mali	2,212,450	12.2%
100	Lithuania	2,199,938	77.2%
101	South Sudan	2,179,963	17.1%
102	Qatar	2,108,970	92.0%
103	Georgia	2,104,906	52.9%
104	Kyrgyzstan	2,076,220	34.4%
105	Panama	2,012,113	51.2%
106	Moldova	1,946,111	47.9%
107	Burkina Faso	1,894,498	10.2%
108	Mozambique	1,834,337	6.4%
109	Albania	1,823,233	62.8%
110	Honduras	1,757,467	21.5%
111	Tajikistan	1,622,924	18.7%
	Kosovo	1,523,373	80.6%
112	Armenia	1,510,906	49.9%
113	Latvia	1,491,951	76.3%
114	Slovenia	1,490,358	72.0%
115	Rwanda	1,478,216	12.4%
116	North Macedonia	1,439,089	69.2%
117	Libya	1,335,705	21.1%
118	Haiti	1,308,290	12.1%
119	Bahrain	1,278,752	91.5%
120	Jamaica	1,216,098	43.4%
121	Estonia	1,196,521	91.4%
122	Nicaragua	1,194,337	19.4%
123	Malawi	1,160,839	6.5%
124	Laos	1,087,567	15.7%
125	Mongolia	1,069,693	35.6%
126	Madagascar	1,066,397	4.3%
127	Trinidad and Tobago	942.713	69.1%
128	Papua New Guinea	906.695	11.7%
129	Cyprus	844.680	71.8%
130	Turkmenistan	789.151	14.5%
132	Mauritania	714.132	17.1%
133	Benin	628.683	5.6%
134	Botswana	622.183	27.5%
135	Luxembourg	551.968	97.3%
136	Namibia	548,565	22.3%
137	Togo	545.020	7.3%
138	Mauritius	543.048	42.5%
139	Lesotho	444.376	20.6%
140	Niger	439.164	2.1%
	Macau	433,752	72.6%
141	Fiji	419,958	46.8%
142	Gabon	405.443	23.5%
143	Liberia	395.063	8.6%
144	Montenegro	388.057	62.0%
145	Chad	387.063	2.7%
146	Swaziland	362.921	27.8%
147	Republic of the Congo	357.471	7.5%
148	Gambia	346,471	16.9%
149	Malta	334.056	79.6%
150	Bahamas	333.143	84.8%
151	Iceland	323,538	98.9%
152	Brunei	310.205	72.3%
153	Guyana	305.007	39.6%
154	Bhutan	289.177	36.9%
155	Guinea	236.932	1.8%
156	Suriname	231.420	42.3%
157	Barbados	228.717	80.3%
158	Central African Republic	224,432	4.5%
159	Cape Verde	224.183	42.5%
160	Maldives	198.071	53.6%
161	Somalia	192.775	1.7%
	New Caledonia	186.502	70.0%
	French Polynesia	182,442	63.9%
162	Equatorial Guinea	181,657	20.9%
163	Burundi	167,512	1.5%
164	Belize	165.014	45.0%
165	Sierra Leone	160.188	2.4%
	Guam	124.717	72.5%
166	St. Lucia	109,370	58.7%
167	Djibouti	105.163	11.7%
168	Vanuatu	82,764	30.6%
169	Andorra	66,728	96.5%
170	Guinea-Bissau	66.284	3.5%
171	Antigua and Barbuda	60,306	65.0%
172	Comoros	59,242	7.3%
173	Solomon Islands	58,423	9.8%
174	Eritrea	56,728	1.1%
175	Samoa	56,373	29.0%
176	Seychelles	56,168	57.9%
177	Tonga	49,822	46.6%
178	Sao Tome and Principe	49,686	25.6%
179	Dominica	48,249	66.1%
180	Grenada	41,675	38.8%
181	St. Kitts and Nevis	37.210	66.2%
182	Liechtenstein	36,183	95.8%
183	Monaco	35,196	93.0%
184	Micronesia	32,749	31.2%
185	East Timor	14,030	1.2%
186	North Korea	approx. 14,000	0.1%
187	Kiribati	14,724	12.9%
188	Marshall Islands	10,709	20.2%

Internet access in different regions of the world

Development of the share of the population with internet access from 2005 to 2016 in different regions of the world. The source is the International Telecommunications Union.

region	Internet access 2005	Internet access 2010	Internet access 2016
Africa	2%	10%	25%
America	36%	49%	65%
Arabic states	8th %	26%	42%
Asia and Pacific	9%	23%	42%
Europe	46%	67%	79%
CIS	10%	34%	67%
WORLD	16%	30%	47%
Developed countries	51%	67%	81%
Developing and emerging countries	8th %	21%	40%

Countries by internet speed

List of various emerging and industrialized countries according to average Internet speed in megabits per second. Source is Akamai Technologies (as of Q1 2017)

rank	country	Average connection speed in (megabits / second)
1	South Korea	28.6
2	Norway	23.5
3	Sweden	22.5
4th	Hong Kong	21.9
5	Switzerland	21.7
6th	Finland	20.5
7th	Singapore	20.3
8th	Japan	20.2
9	Denmark	20.1
10	United States	18.7
11	Netherlands	17.4
12	Romania	17.0
13	Taiwan	16.9
13	Czech Republic	16.9
13	United Kingdom	16.9
16	Latvia	16.6
17th	Belgium	16.3
18th	Canada	16.2
19th	Thailand	16.0
20th	Ireland	15.6
21st	Bulgaria	15.5
21st	Spain	15.5
23	Germany	15.4
24	Hungary	14.8
25th	New Zealand	14.7
26th	Lithuania	14.6
27	Austria	14.1
28	Israel	13.7
28	Qatar	13.7
28	Slovenia	13.7
31	Slovakia	13.0
32	Portugal	12.9
33	Malta	12.8
34	Poland	12.6
35	Kenya	12.2
36	Russia	11.8
37	Estonia	11.6
37	Luxembourg	11.6
39	Australia	11.1
40	France	10.8
41	Vietnam	9.5
41	Uruguay	9.5
43	Chile	9.3
44	Italy	9.2
45	Malaysia	8.9
46	Croatia	8.6
46	United Arab Emirates	8.6
48	Sri Lanka	8.5
49	Greece	7.9
49	Kuwait	7.9
51	Turkey	7.6
51	People's Republic of China	7.6
53	Mexico	7.5
54	Indonesia	7.2
	World average	7.2
55	Cyprus	6.9
56	Brazil	6.8
57	Saudi Arabia	6.7
57	South Africa	6.7
59	India	6.5
60	Argentina	6.3
62	Ecuador	6.2
62	Peru	6.2
64	Panama	5.9
65	Colombia	5.5
65	Philippines	5.5
67	Morocco	5.2
68	Iran	4.7
69	Costa Rica	4.1
70	Nigeria	3.9
71	Namibia	2.9
72	Bolivia	2.7
73	Egypt	2.0
74	Venezuela	1.8
75	Paraguay	1.4

Web links

• Akamai: akamai's [state of the internet] Q3 2015 report (PDF; 6740 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ICT Facts and Figures 2016. Retrieved on May 16, 2017 (English). 
2. ↑ Internet Users by Country (2016) - Internet Live Stats. Retrieved May 16, 2017 (English). 
3. ↑ ICT STATISTICS Home Page. Retrieved May 16, 2017 (American English). 
4. ^ Taiwan Internet and Telecommunications Market Reports. Archived from the original on June 21, 2017 ; accessed on May 16, 2017 (English). 
5. ^ North Korea Internet Usage and Telecommunications Reports. Archived from the original on June 27, 2017 ; accessed on May 16, 2017 (English). 
6. ^ Report "State of the Internet" | Akamai. Retrieved May 16, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Global State of the Internet Connectivity Reports | Akamai. Retrieved June 21, 2017 .