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Top 43 Countries With The Highest Internet Penetration Rate
TOP 43 COUNTRIES WITH THE
HIGHEST INTERNET PENETRATION RATE
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Country or Region
Penetration
(% Population)
Internet Users
Latest Data
Population
( 2007 Est. )
Source and Date
of Latest Data
1
Norway
88.0 %
4,074,100
4,627,926
ITU - Sept/07
2
Netherlands
87.8 %
14,544,400
16,570,613
ITU - Sept/07
3
Iceland
85.4 %
258,000
301,931
ITU - Sept/06
4
New Zealand
77.7 %
3,200,000
4,115,771
ITU - Sept/05
5
Sweden
77.3 %
6,981,200
9,031,088
ITU - Sept/07
6
Antigua & Barbuda
76.3 %
53,000
69,481
ITU - Dec/07
7
Australia
75.9 %
15,504,532
20,434,176
Nielsen//NR - Dec/07
8
Portugal
73.1 %
7,782,760
10,642,836
IWS - Mar/06
9
United States
71.7 %
215,935,529
301,139,947
Nielsen//NR - Dec/07
10
Faroe Islands
71.6 %
34,000
47,511
ITU - Sept/07
11
Korea, South
71.2 %
34,910,000
49,044,790
ITU - Dec/07
12
Luxembourg
70.6 %
339,000
480,222
ITU - Aug/07
13
Hong Kong
69.9 %
5,230,351
7,554,661
Nielsen//NR - Sept/07
14
Falkland Islands
69.4 %
1,900
2,736
CIA - Dec/02
15
Switzerland
69.2 %
5,230,351
7,554,661
Nielsen//NR - Sept/07
16
Denmark
68.8 %
3,762,500
5,468,120
ITU - Sept/05
17
Japan
68.7 %
87,540,000
127,433,494
ITU - Sept/07
18
Taiwan
67.4 %
15,400,000
22,858,872
TWNIC - June/07
19
Greenland
67.4 %
38,000
56,344
ITU - Dec/05
20
United Kingdom
66.4 %
40,362,842
60,776,238
Nielsen//NR - Nov/07
21
Canada
65.9 %
22,000,000
33,390,141
ITU - Mar/07
22
Germany
64.6 %
53,240,128
82,400,996
Nielsen//NR - Dec/07
23
Liechtenstein
64.2 %
22,000
34,247
ITU - Mar/07
24
Bermuda
63.5 %
42,000
66,163
ITU - March/07
25
Finland
62.7 %
3,286,000
5,238,460
ITU - Sept/05
26
Slovenia
62.2 %
1,250,600
2,009,245
ITU - Sept/07
27
Monaco
61.2 %
20,000
32,671
ITU - Sept/07
28
Malaysia
60.0 %
14,904,000
24,821,286
MCMC - June/07
29
Estonia
57.8 %
760,000
1,315,912
ITU - Sept/07
30
Israel
57.6 %
3,700,000
6,426,679
TIM - July/06
31
Italy
57.0 %
33,143,152
58,147,733
Nielsen//NR - Nov/07
32
Barbados
57.0 %
160,000
280,946
ITU - Sept/06
33
Austria
56.7 %
4,650,000
8,199,783
C.I.Almanac - Mar/05
34
Spain
56.5 %
22,843,915
40,448,191
Nielsen//NR - Nov/07
35
Belarus
56.3 %
5,477,500
9,724,723
ITU - Sept/07
36
Guernsey & Alderney
54.9 %
36,000
65,573
ITU - Oct/05
37
France
54.7 %
34,851,835
63,718,187
Nielsen//NR - Nov/07
38
Singapore
53.2 %
2,421,800
4,553,009
ITU - Sept/05
39
Belgium
52.8 %
5,490,000
10,392,226
ITU - Dec/07
40
Niue
52.3 %
900
1,722
RockET - Sept/05
41
San Marino
52.0 %
15,400
29,615
ITU - Sept/07
42
Ireland
50.1 %
2,060,000
4,109,086
C.I.Almanac - Mar/05
43
Czeck Republic
50.0 %
5,100,000
10,228,744
ITU - Dec/05
TOP 43 in Penetration
66.7 %
676,306,057
1,013,272,507
IWS - Feb/08
Rest of the World
11.5 %
643,566,052
5,593,699,152
IWS - Feb/08
World Total Users
20.0 %
1,319,872,109
6,606,971,659
IWS - Feb/08
NOTES: (1) Only countries with a Penetration Rate (p.r.) higher than 50% qualify for this list. At present only 43 countries meet this condition, and 226 countries do not. (2) The Internet Penetration Statistics were updated as of December 31, 2007. (3) Population numbers are based on the data contained at the U.S. Census Bureau. (4) The most recent usage information comes from data published by Nielsen//NetRatings , ITU , Computer Industry Almanac and other trustworthy sources. For definitions please refer to the surfing guide. (5) Data in this table is copyrighted. It may be cited, giving due credit and establishing an active link back to Internet World Stats. © Copyright 2008, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide.
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