Country or Region

Internet Users,
Latest Data

Population
( 2005 Est. )

Internet
Penetration

Source and Date
of Latest Data

% Users
of World

1

United States

200,933,147

296,208,476

67.8 %

Nielsen//NR Feb./05

22.6 %

2

China

94,000,000

1,282,198,289

7.3 %

CNNIC Dec./04

10.6 %

3

Japan

67,677,947

128,137,485

52.8 %

Nielsen//NR Nov./04

7.6 %

4

Germany

46,312,662

82,726,188

56.0 %

Nielsen//NR Feb./05

5.2 %

5

India

39,200,000

1,094,870,677

3.6 %

C.I.Almanac Feb./05

4.4 %

6

United Kingdom

35,179,141

59,889,407

58.7 %

Nielsen//NR Feb./05

4.0 %

7

Korea (South)

31,600,000

49,929,293

63.3 %

KRNIC Dec./04

3.6 %

8

Italy

28,610,000

58,608,565

48.8 %

C.I.Almanac Dec./03

3.2 %

9

France

24,848,009

60,293,927

41.2 %

Nielsen//NR Feb./05

2.8 %

10

Russia

22,300,000

144,003,901

15.5 %

C.I.Almanac Feb./05

2.5 %

11

Canada

20,450,000

32,050,369

63.8 %

C.I.Almanac Dec./03

2.3 %

12

Brazil

17,945,437

181,823,645

9.9 %

Nielsen//NR Feb./05

2.0 %

13

Indonesia

15,300,000

219,307,147

7.0 %

C.I.Almanac Feb./05

1.7 %

14

Spain

14,590,180

43,435,136

33.6 %

Nielsen//NR Feb./05

1.6 %

15

Australia

13,611,680

20,507,264

66.4 %

Nielsen//NR Feb./05

1.5 %

16

Mexico

12,250,000

103,872,328

11.8 %

ITU Sept./04

1.4 %

17

Taiwan

12,200,000

22,794,795

53.5 %

FIND Dec./04

1.4 %

18

Netherlands

10,806,328

16,316,019

66.2 %

Nielsen//NR June/04

1.2 %

19

Poland

10,600,000

38,133,891

27.8 %

C-I-A Feb./05

1.2 %

20

Malaysia

9,513,100

26,500,699

35.9 %

MCMC Sep./04

1.1 %

TOP�20 Countries

727,927,531

3,961,607,501

18.4 %

IWS - Mar./05

81.9 %

Rest of the World

160,753,600

2,450,459,684

6.6 %

IWS - Mar./05

18.1 %

TotalWorld - Users

888,681,131

6,412,067,185

13.9 %

IWS - Mar./05

100.0 %

NOTES: (1) Internet User Statistics were updated on March 23, 2005. (2) Data for users in individual countries and regions may be found by clicking each country name. (3) Population numbers are based on data contained in the world-gazetteer page. (4) The most recent user information comes from data published by Nielsen//NetRatings, ITU, and other trustworthy research sources. (6) Data from this site may be cited, giving due credit and establishing an active link back to InternetWorldStats.com. (6) For definitions and navigation help, see the Site Surfing Guide. ©Copyright 2001-2005, Miniwatts International, Inc. All rights reserved.

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