List of countries by number of Internet users

Internet users per 100 inhabitants
Source: International Telecommunication Union.
Internet users in 2022 as a percentage of a country's population
Number of Internet users in 2012
Source: International Telecommunication Union.

Below is a sortable list of countries by number of Internet users as of 2020. Internet users are defined as persons who accessed the Internet in the last 12 months from any device, including mobile phones. Percentage is the percentage of a country's population that are Internet users. Estimates are derived either from household surveys or from Internet subscription data.

All United Nations member states are included, except North Korea, whose number of internet users is estimated at a few thousand.

Data from Statista and Internet World Stats estimates that the total number of internet users at the end of 2023 is around 5.3 billion.

Worldwide Internet users
Users 2005 2010 2017 2019 2021
World population 6.5 billion 6.9 billion 7.4 billion 7.75 billion 7.9 billion
Worldwide 16% 30% 48% 53.6% 63%
In developing world 8% 21% 41.3% 47% 57%
In developed world 51% 67% 81% 86.6% 90%
Internet users by region
Region 2005 2010 2017 2019 2021
Africa 2% 10% 21.8% 27.7% 39.7%
Americas 36% 49% 65.9% 75.9% 83.2%
Arab States 8% 26% 43.7% 55.2% 70.3%
Asia and Pacific 9% 23% 43.9% 48.9% 64.3%
Commonwealth of
Independent States
10% 34% 67.7% 76.3% 83.7%
Europe 46% 67% 79.6% 81.7% 89.5%

Table

Country or area Subregion Region Internet users Pct Population
(2021)
Sources Year
 China Eastern Asia Asia 1,089,140,000 76.4% 1,425,893,465 2022
 India Southern Asia Asia 881,250,000 62.6% 1,407,563,842 2023
 United States Northern America Americas 311,300,000 92.4% 336,997,624 2023
 Indonesia South-eastern Asia Asia 215,626,156 78.8% 273,753,191 2023
 Pakistan Southern Asia Asia 170,000,000 70.8% 240,000,000 2022
 Brazil South America Americas 165,300,000 77.1% 214,326,223
2022
 Nigeria Western Africa Africa 136,203,231 63.8% 213,401,323 2020
 Russia Eastern Europe Europe 129,800,000 89.5% 145,102,755
2022
 Bangladesh Southern Asia Asia 126,210,000 75.9% 166,303,498 2022
 Japan Eastern Asia Asia 117,400,000 94.2% 124,612,530
[failed verification]
2021
 Mexico Northern America Americas 96,800,000 75.1% 128,972,439 2023
 Egypt Northern Africa Africa 80,750,000 73.9% 109,262,178 2023
 Iran Western Asia Asia 78,086,663 88.8% 87,923,432 2022
 Germany Western Europe Europe 77,794,405 93.3% 83,408,554
[failed verification]
2021
 Turkey Southern Europe Europe 74,278,491 87.6% 84,775,404
2023
 Philippines South-eastern Asia Asia 73,003,313 64.1% 113,880,328
[failed verification]
2021
 Vietnam South-eastern Asia Asia 68,172,134 69.9% 97,468,029
[failed verification]
2021
 United Kingdom Northern Europe Europe 65,001,016 96.6% 67,281,039
[failed verification]
2021
 France Western Europe Europe 59,470,000 92.2% 64,531,444 2021
 South Korea Eastern Asia Asia 49,421,084 95.4% 51,830,139
[failed verification]
2021
 Spain Southern Europe Europe 42,400,756 89.3% 47,486,935
[failed verification]
2021
 Thailand South-eastern Asia Asia 54,043,108 75.5% 71,601,103
2020
 Italy Southern Europe Europe 50,540,000 85.3% 59,240,329
[failed verification]
2021
 Saudi Arabia Western Asia Asia 34,840,000 96.9% 35,950,396
[failed verification]
2022
 Poland Eastern Europe Europe 35,741,108 93.3% 38,307,726 2023
 Canada Northern America Americas 33,950,632 89.0% 38,155,012
[failed verification]
2021
 Argentina South America Americas 40,024,673 88.4% 45,276,780
[failed verification]
2022
 Tanzania Eastern Africa Africa 33,090,000 52.0% 63,588,334 2023
 South Africa Southern Africa Africa 31,858,027 53.6% 59,392,255
[failed verification]
2021
 Colombia South America Americas 30,548,252 59.3% 51,516,562
[failed verification]
2021
 Malaysia South-eastern Asia Asia 25,343,685 75.5% 33,573,874
[failed verification]
2021
 Ukraine Eastern Europe Europe 28,570,000 65.6% 43,531,422 2023
 Algeria Northern Africa Africa 26,350,000 59.6% 44,177,969
[failed verification]
2021
 Myanmar South-eastern Asia Asia 23,650,000 44.0% 53,798,084
[failed verification]
2021
 Morocco Northern Africa Africa 22,072,765 59.5% 37,076,584
[failed verification]
2021
 Taiwan Eastern Asia Asia 21,920,626 91.9% 23,859,912
[failed verification]
2021
 Australia Australia, New Zealand Oceania 25,309,515 97.6% 25,921,089
[failed verification]
2023
 Venezuela South America Americas 20,564,451 72.9% 28,199,867
[failed verification]
2021
 Ethiopia Eastern Africa Africa 36,400,000 30.3% 120,283,026
[failed verification]
2021
 Iraq Western Asia Asia 18,892,351 43.4% 43,533,592
[failed verification]
2021
 Uzbekistan Central Asia Asia 16,692,456 49.0% 34,081,449
[failed verification]
2021
 Nepal Southern Asia Asia 16,190,000 53.9% 30,034,989
[failed verification]
2021
 Netherlands Western Europe Europe 15,877,494 90.7% 17,501,696
[failed verification]
2021
 Peru South America Americas 15,674,241 46.5% 33,715,471
[failed verification]
2021
 Chile South America Americas 14,864,456 76.3% 19,493,184
[failed verification]
2021
 Kazakhstan Central Asia Asia 13,913,699 72.5% 19,196,465
[failed verification]
2021
 Romania Eastern Europe Europe 12,545,558 64.9% 19,328,560
[failed verification]
2021
 Sudan Northern Africa Africa 12,512,639 27.4% 45,657,202
[failed verification]
2021
 Ghana Western Africa Africa 15,065,541 45.9% 32,833,031
[failed verification]
2021
 Côte d'Ivoire Western Africa Africa 10,650,818 38.8% 27,478,249
[failed verification]
2021
 Uganda Eastern Africa Africa 10,162,807 22.2% 45,853,778
[failed verification]
2021
 Belgium Western Europe Europe 10,021,242 86.3% 11,611,419
[failed verification]
2021
 Sweden Northern Europe Europe 9,554,907 91.3% 10,467,097
[failed verification]
2021
 Ecuador South America Americas 9,521,056 53.5% 17,797,737
[failed verification]
2021
 United Arab Emirates Western Asia Asia 8,913,217 95.2% 9,365,145
[failed verification]
2021
 Kenya Eastern Africa Africa 8,861,485 16.7% 53,005,614
[failed verification]
2021
 Czech Republic Eastern Europe Europe 8,358,728 79.5% 10,510,751
[failed verification]
2021
 Switzerland Western Europe Europe 7,942,864 91.4% 8,691,406
[failed verification]
2021
 Greece Southern Europe Europe 7,923,438 75.9% 10,445,365
[failed verification]
2021
 Azerbaijan Western Asia Asia 7,763,795 75.3% 10,312,992
[failed verification]
2021
 Austria Western Europe Europe 7,681,957 86.1% 8,922,082
[failed verification]
2021
 Portugal Southern Europe Europe 8,733,222 84.9% 10,290,103
[failed verification]
2023
 Yemen Western Asia Asia 7,548,512 22.9% 32,981,641
[failed verification]
2021
 Hungary Eastern Europe Europe 7,461,297 76.8% 9,709,786
[failed verification]
2021
 Sri Lanka Southern Asia Asia 7,121,116 32.7% 21,773,441
[failed verification]
2021
 Belarus Eastern Europe Europe 7,048,231 73.6% 9,578,167
[failed verification]
2021
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Middle Africa Africa 7,011,507 7.3% 95,894,118
[failed verification]
2021
 Dominican Republic Caribbean Americas 6,997,472 62.9% 11,117,873
[failed verification]
2021
 Guatemala Central America Americas 11,750,000 66.7% 17,608,483
[failed verification]
2021
 Israel Western Asia Asia 6,788,737 76.3% 8,900,059
[failed verification]
2021
 Hong Kong, China Eastern Asia Asia 6,970,000 93.0% 7,494,578 2023
 Jordan Western Asia Asia 6,480,202 58.1% 11,148,278
[failed verification]
2021
 Tunisia Northern Africa Africa 7,920,000 64.6% 12,262,946
2021
 Syria Western Asia Asia 6,257,430 29.3% 21,324,367
[failed verification]
2021
 Serbia Southern Europe Europe 6,182,411 84.7% 7,296,769
[failed verification]
2021
 Mozambique Eastern Africa Africa 6,162,217 19.2% 32,077,072
[failed verification]
2021
 Cuba Caribbean Americas 5,638,956 50.1% 11,256,372
[failed verification]
2021
 Cameroon Middle Africa Africa 5,580,465 20.5% 27,198,628
[failed verification]
2021
 Denmark Northern Europe Europe 5,407,278 92.4% 5,854,240
[failed verification]
2021
 Cambodia South-eastern Asia Asia 5,441,827 32.8% 16,589,023
[failed verification]
2021
 Norway Northern Europe Europe 5,120,225 94.8% 5,403,021
[failed verification]
2021
 Bolivia South America Americas 4,843,916 40.1% 12,079,472
[failed verification]
2021
 Finland Northern Europe Europe 5,410,000 97.7% 5,535,992 2023
 Singapore South-eastern Asia Asia 4,821,119 81.1% 5,941,060
[failed verification]
2021
 Zambia Eastern Africa Africa 4,760,715 24.4% 19,473,125
[failed verification]
2021
 Lebanon Western Asia Asia 4,755,187 85.0% 5,592,631
[failed verification]
2021
 Senegal Western Africa Africa 4,698,108 27.8% 16,876,720
[failed verification]
2021
 Bulgaria Eastern Europe Europe 4,492,326 65.2% 6,885,868
[failed verification]
2021
 Zimbabwe Eastern Africa Africa 4,472,992 28.0% 15,993,524
[failed verification]
2021
 Slovakia Eastern Europe Europe 4,446,926 81.6% 5,447,622
[failed verification]
2021
 New Zealand Australia, New Zealand Oceania 4,999,353 97.5% 5,129,727
[failed verification]
2023
 Angola Middle Africa Africa 4,271,053 12.4% 34,503,774
[failed verification]
2021
 Paraguay South America Americas 4,160,340 62.1% 6,703,799
[failed verification]
2021
 Afghanistan Southern Asia Asia 4,068,194 10.1% 40,099,462
[failed verification]
2021
 Kuwait Western Asia Asia 4,053,797 95.4% 4,250,114
[failed verification]
2021
 Ireland Northern Europe Europe 4,024,552 80.7% 4,986,526
[failed verification]
2021
 Oman Western Asia Asia 3,717,818 82.2% 4,520,471
[failed verification]
2021
 Costa Rica Central America Americas 3,511,549 68.1% 5,153,957
[failed verification]
2021
 Palestine Western Asia Asia 3,208,312 62.5% 5,133,392
[failed verification]
2021
 Moldova Eastern Europe Europe 2,138,783 69.9% 3,061,506
[failed verification]
2023
 Burkina Faso Western Africa Africa 3,047,909 13.8% 22,100,683
[failed verification]
2021
 Honduras Central America Americas 2,977,793 29.0% 10,278,345
[failed verification]
2021
 Croatia Southern Europe Europe 2,811,056 69.2% 4,060,135
[failed verification]
2021
 Puerto Rico (U.S.) Caribbean Americas 2,664,928 81.8% 3,256,028
[failed verification]
2021
 Rwanda Eastern Africa Africa 2,657,770 19.7% 13,461,888
[failed verification]
2021
 Malawi Eastern Africa Africa 2,566,126 12.9% 19,889,742
[failed verification]
2021
 Qatar Western Asia Asia 2,532,059 94.2% 2,688,235
[failed verification]
2021
 Madagascar Eastern Africa Africa 2,505,948 8.7% 28,915,653
[failed verification]
2021
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe Europe 2,320,000 70.9% 3,270,943 2021
 Panama Central America Americas 2,371,852 54.5% 4,351,267
[failed verification]
2021
 Georgia Western Asia Asia 3,446,533 91.7% 3,757,980
[failed verification]
2021
 Uruguay South America Americas 2,910,000 84.9% 3,426,260
[failed verification]
2022
 Mali Western Africa Africa 2,358,540 10.8% 21,904,983
[failed verification]
2021
 Kyrgyzstan Central Asia Asia 2,309,235 35.4% 6,527,743
[failed verification]
2021
 Lithuania Northern Europe Europe 2,243,448 80.5% 2,786,651
[failed verification]
2021
 Niger Western Africa Africa 2,194,985 8.7% 25,252,722
[failed verification]
2021
 Albania Southern Europe Europe 2,105,339 73.7% 2,854,710
[failed verification]
2021
 Armenia Western Asia Asia 2,043,110 73.2% 2,790,974
[failed verification]
2021
 El Salvador Central America Americas 1,993,079 31.6% 6,314,167
[failed verification]
2021
 Tajikistan Central Asia Asia 1,959,127 20.1% 9,750,064
[failed verification]
2021
 Laos South-eastern Asia Asia 1,749,517 23.6% 7,425,057
[failed verification]
2021
 Nicaragua Central America Americas 1,732,218 25.3% 6,850,540
[failed verification]
2021
 Slovenia Southern Europe Europe 1,640,893 77.4% 2,119,410
[failed verification]
2021
 North Macedonia Southern Europe Europe 1,589,659 75.6% 2,103,330
[failed verification]
2021
 Latvia Northern Europe Europe 1,585,471 84.6% 1,873,919
[failed verification]
2021
 Benin Western Africa Africa 1,578,008 12.1% 12,996,895
[failed verification]
2021
 Guinea Western Africa Africa 1,449,758 10.7% 13,531,906
[failed verification]
2021
 Bahrain Western Asia Asia 1,431,090 97.8% 1,463,265
[failed verification]
2021
 Jamaica Caribbean Americas 1,409,888 49.9% 2,827,695
[failed verification]
2021
 Libya Northern Africa Africa 1,387,116 20.6% 6,735,277
[failed verification]
2021
 Haiti Caribbean Americas 1,353,986 11.8% 11,447,569
[failed verification]
2021
 Turkmenistan Central Asia Asia 1,223,591 19.3% 6,341,855
[failed verification]
2021
 Estonia Northern Europe Europe 1,211,112 91.2% 1,328,701
[failed verification]
2021
 Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean Americas 1,058,744 69.4% 1,525,663
[failed verification]
2021
 Gabon Middle Africa Africa 1,040,000 44.4% 2,341,179
[failed verification]
2021
 South Sudan Eastern Africa Africa 1,003,542 9.3% 10,748,272
[failed verification]
2021
 Sierra Leone Western Africa Africa 1,000,575 11.9% 8,420,641
[failed verification]
2021
 Chad Middle Africa Africa 968,500 5.6% 17,179,740
[failed verification]
2021
 Togo Western Africa Africa 963,795 11.1% 8,644,829
[failed verification]
2021
 Cyprus Western Asia Asia 952,369 76.5% 1,244,188
[failed verification]
2021
 Botswana Southern Africa Africa 948,977 36.7% 2,588,423
[failed verification]
2021
 Namibia Southern Africa Africa 933,450 36.9% 2,530,151
[failed verification]
2021
 Papua New Guinea Melanesia Oceania 924,955 9.3% 9,949,437
[failed verification]
2021
 Mauritania Western Africa Africa 919,398 19.9% 4,614,974
[failed verification]
2021
 Mongolia Eastern Asia Asia 729,236 21.8% 3,347,782
[failed verification]
2021
 Mauritius Eastern Africa Africa 702,911 54.1% 1,298,915
[failed verification]
2021
 Lesotho Southern Africa Africa 665,312 29.2% 2,281,454
[failed verification]
2021
 Burundi Eastern Africa Africa 607,311 4.8% 12,551,213
[failed verification]
2021
 Luxembourg Western Europe Europe 570,794 89.3% 639,321
[failed verification]
2021
 Djibouti Eastern Africa Africa 532,849 48.2% 1,105,557
[failed verification]
2021
 Macau, China Eastern Asia Asia 619,200 90.2% 686,607 2023
 Congo Middle Africa Africa 455,055 7.8% 5,835,806
[failed verification]
2021
 Fiji Melanesia Oceania 452,479 48.9% 924,610
[failed verification]
2021
 Montenegro Southern Europe Europe 505,055 80.4% 627,859
[failed verification]
2021
 Gambia Western Africa Africa 416,753 15.8% 2,639,916
[failed verification]
2021
 Eswatini Southern Africa Africa 414,278 34.7% 1,192,271
[failed verification]
2021
 Brunei South-eastern Asia Asia 406,705 91.3% 445,373
[failed verification]
2021
 Bhutan Southern Asia Asia 388,541 50.0% 777,486
[failed verification]
2021
 Liberia Western Africa Africa 377,607 7.3% 5,193,416
[failed verification]
2021
 East Timor South-eastern Asia Asia 356,356 27.0% 1,320,942
[failed verification]
2021
 Malta Southern Europe Europe 344,970 65.5% 526,748
[failed verification]
2021
 Bahamas Caribbean Americas 336,057 82.4% 407,906
[failed verification]
2021
 Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa Africa 332,642 20.4% 1,634,466
[failed verification]
2021
 Iceland Northern Europe Europe 369,996 99.9% 370,335
[failed verification]
2023
 Cabo Verde Western Africa Africa 312,315 53.1% 587,925
[failed verification]
2021
 Somalia Eastern Africa Africa 294,851 1.7% 17,065,581
[failed verification]
2021
 Guyana South America Americas 290,375 36.1% 804,567
[failed verification]
2021
 Suriname South America Americas 275,785 45.0% 612,985
[failed verification]
2021
 Maldives Southern Asia Asia 275,717 52.9% 521,457
[failed verification]
2021
 Barbados Caribbean Americas 233,604 83.1% 281,200
[failed verification]
2021
 New Caledonia Melanesia Oceania 226,557 78.7% 287,800
[failed verification]
2021
 French Polynesia Polynesia Oceania 205,746 67.7% 304,032
[failed verification]
2021
 Central African Republic Middle Africa Africa 202,204 3.7% 5,457,154
[failed verification]
2021
 Belize Central America Americas 176,400 44.1% 400,031
[failed verification]
2021
 Guam Micronesia Oceania 132,221 77.5% 170,534
[failed verification]
2021
 Aruba (Netherlands) Caribbean Americas 102,285 96.0% 106,537
[failed verification]
2021
 Saint Lucia Caribbean Americas 90,889 50.6% 179,651
[failed verification]
2021
 Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean Americas 77,529 83.2% 93,219
[failed verification]
2021
 Andorra Southern Europe Europe 76,095 96.3% 79,034
[failed verification]
2021
 Guinea-Bissau Western Africa Africa 73,148 3.5% 2,060,721
[failed verification]
2021
 Solomon Islands Melanesia Oceania 72,872 10.3% 707,851
[failed verification]
2021
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean Americas 72,048 69.1% 104,332
[failed verification]
2021
 Vanuatu Melanesia Oceania 71,050 22.3% 319,137
[failed verification]
2021
 Comoros Eastern Africa Africa 69,020 8.4% 821,625
[failed verification]
2021
 U.S. Virgin Islands Caribbean Americas 67,535 67.5% 100,091
[failed verification]
2021
 Eritrea Eastern Africa Africa 66,402 1.8% 3,620,312
[failed verification]
2021
 Samoa Polynesia Oceania 66,023 30.2% 218,764
[failed verification]
2021
 Grenada Caribbean Americas 63,692 51.1% 124,610
[failed verification]
2021
 São Tomé and Príncipe Middle Africa Africa 61,155 27.4% 223,107
[failed verification]
2021
 Bermuda Northern America Americas 60,349 94.0% 64,185
[failed verification]
2021
 Seychelles Eastern Africa Africa 55,677 52.3% 106,471
[failed verification]
2021
 Dominica Caribbean Americas 51,467 71.1% 72,412
[failed verification]
2021
 Cayman Islands Caribbean Americas 49,906 73.2% 68,136
[failed verification]
2021
 Faroe Islands Northern Europe Europe 48,097 90.9% 52,889
[failed verification]
2021
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean Americas 44,669 93.8% 47,606
[failed verification]
2021
 Tonga Polynesia Oceania 44,558 42.0% 106,017
[failed verification]
2021
 Greenland Northern America Americas 39,242 69.8% 56,243
[failed verification]
2021
 Jersey Northern Europe Europe 38,958 35.5% 109,618
[failed verification]
2021
 Monaco Western Europe Europe 37,553 102.4% 36,686
[failed verification]
2021
 Micronesia Micronesia Oceania 37,257 7.0% 534,606
[failed verification]
2021
 Liechtenstein Western Europe Europe 37,201 95.3% 39,039
[failed verification]
2021
 Gibraltar Southern Europe Europe 32,494 99.5% 32,669
[failed verification]
2021
 Marshall Islands Micronesia Oceania 20,560 48.9% 42,050
[failed verification]
2021
 San Marino Southern Europe Europe 20,100 59.6% 33,745
[failed verification]
2021
 Kiribati Micronesia Oceania 16,971 13.2% 128,874
[failed verification]
2021
 British Virgin Islands Caribbean Americas 14,456 46.4% 31,122
[failed verification]
2021
 Anguilla Caribbean Americas 12,043 76.4% 15,753
[failed verification]
2021
 Nauru Micronesia Oceania 6,475 51.8% 12,511
[failed verification]
2021
 Tuvalu Polynesia Oceania 5,520 49.3% 11,204
[failed verification]
2021
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Western Africa Africa 2,906 53.8% 5,404
[failed verification]
2021
 Falkland Islands South America Americas 2,881 76.5% 3,764
[failed verification]
2021
 Montserrat Caribbean Americas 2,833 64.1% 4,417
[failed verification]
2021
 Wallis and Futuna Polynesia Oceania 1,383 11.9% 11,627
[failed verification]
2021
 Niue Polynesia Oceania 1,034 53.4% 1,937
[failed verification]
2021

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