Share of population using internet rose 2.18% to 76.2% in the USA in 2016, according to World Bank.
Historically, share of population using internet in the USA reached an all time high of 76.2% in 2016 and an all time low of 43.1% in 2000. When compared to USA's main peers, share of population using internet in Canada amounted to 91.2%, 53.2% in China, 93.2% in Japan and 59.5% in Mexico in 2016.
USA has been ranked 45th within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of share of population using internet, 32 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Share of Population Using Internet | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Australia | % | ... | ... | ... | 79.5% | 79.0% | 83.5% | 84.0% | 84.6% | |||||||||||||
| Belize | % | ... | ... | ... | 30.7% | 31.0% | 33.6% | 38.7% | 41.6% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Canada | % | ... | ... | ... | 83.0% | 83.0% | 85.8% | 87.1% | 88.5% | ... | ||||||||||||
| China | % | ... | ... | ... | 38.3% | 42.3% | 45.8% | 47.9% | 50.3% | |||||||||||||
| Guatemala | % | ... | ... | ... | 12.3% | 16.0% | 19.7% | 23.4% | 28.8% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Honduras | % | ... | ... | ... | 15.9% | 18.1% | 17.8% | 19.1% | 27.6% | ... | ||||||||||||
| India | % | ... | ... | ... | 10.1% | 12.6% | 15.1% | 21.0% | 26.0% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Japan | % | ... | ... | ... | 79.1% | 79.5% | 88.2% | 89.1% | 91.1% | |||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | ... | ... | ... | 37.2% | 39.8% | 43.5% | 44.4% | 57.4% | |||||||||||||
| Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | 49.0% | 63.8% | 68.0% | 70.5% | 70.1% | |||||||||||||
| South Korea | % | ... | ... | ... | 83.8% | 84.1% | 84.8% | 87.6% | 89.9% | |||||||||||||
| USA | % | ... | ... | ... | 69.7% | 74.7% | 71.4% | 73.0% | 74.6% | ... | ||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | ... | ... | ... | 85.4% | 87.5% | 89.8% | 91.6% | 92.0% | ... |
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