List of countries by number of Internet users explained

See also: List of sovereign states by number of broadband Internet subscriptions.

Below is a sortable list of countries by number of Internet users as of 2024. Internet users are defined as persons who accessed the Internet in the last 12 months from any device, including mobile phones.[1] 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.[2]

All United Nations member states are included, except North Korea, whose number of internet users is estimated at a few thousand.[3]

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.[4] [5]

Table

The table contains the following:

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Notes and References

  1. the statistics for numbers of Internet users were obtained by multiplying an estimated percentage of people using the Internet in a given country, obtained from one source (usually the ITU), by the total population from another source (usually the U.S. Census Bureau). There are not enough significant figures in the percentage estimate for the precise Internet user counts found in the table to be meaningful. As a result, they should not be treated as precise figures or even reliable estimates.
  2. Web site: Measuring digital development Facts and Figures 2023 . p28 . itu.int . 20 Oct 2024.
  3. Web site: Yes, North Korea has the internet. Here's what it looks like.. Max. Fisher. 22 December 2014. Vox. 31 March 2020. 6 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200506200950/https://www.vox.com/2014/12/22/7435625/north-korea-internet. live.
  4. Web site: Internet users in the world 2023. 2024-01-02. Statista. en.
  5. Web site: World Internet Users Statistics and 2023 World Population Stats. 2024-01-02. www.internetworldstats.com.
  6. Web site: Individuals using the Internet (% of population) . data.worldbank.org . 20 Oct 2024.
  7. Web site: Individuals using the Internet . datahub.itu.int . 20 Oct 2024.
  8. Web site: Country Comparisons - Population . cia.gov . 20 Oct 2024.