Share of population using internet rose 5.97% to 49.5% in the World in 2017, according to World Bank.
Historically, share of population using internet in the World reached an all time high of 49.5% in 2017 and an all time low of 15.7% in 2005.
World has been ranked th within the group of 71 countries we follow in terms of share of population using internet.
Share of Population Using Internet | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Austria | % | ... | ... | 80.0% | 80.6% | 81.0% | 83.9% | 84.3% | ... | |||||||||||||
Belgium | % | ... | ... | 80.7% | 82.2% | 85.0% | 85.1% | 86.5% | ... | |||||||||||||
Canada | % | ... | ... | 83.0% | 85.8% | 87.1% | 88.5% | 91.2% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
China | % | ... | ... | 42.3% | 45.8% | 47.9% | 50.3% | 53.2% | ... | |||||||||||||
France | % | ... | ... | 81.4% | 81.9% | 83.8% | 78.0% | 79.3% | ... | |||||||||||||
Germany | % | ... | ... | 82.3% | 84.2% | 86.2% | 87.6% | 89.6% | ... | |||||||||||||
India | % | ... | ... | 12.6% | 15.1% | 21.0% | 26.0% | 29.5% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
Japan | % | ... | ... | 79.5% | 88.2% | 89.1% | 91.1% | 93.2% | ... | |||||||||||||
Mexico | % | ... | ... | 39.8% | 43.5% | 44.4% | 57.4% | 59.5% | ... | |||||||||||||
Poland | % | ... | ... | 62.3% | 62.8% | 66.6% | 68.0% | 73.3% | ... | |||||||||||||
Russia | % | ... | ... | 63.8% | 68.0% | 70.5% | 70.1% | 73.1% | ... | |||||||||||||
South Korea | % | ... | ... | 84.1% | 84.8% | 87.6% | 89.9% | 92.8% | ... | |||||||||||||
USA | % | ... | ... | 74.7% | 71.4% | 73.0% | 74.6% | 76.2% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
World | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34.3% | 36.9% | 40.0% | 43.7% | 46.7% |