Internet use by country, 1990–2024

China went from 1.8% of people online in 2000 to 92% in 2024, India from 0.5% to 65%, Nigeria from 0.1% to 41%. Several Gulf states and Denmark are now at 100%, while in Burundi and Uganda it’s under 10%.

▶ From the Short: In 2000, under 2% of China was online. By 2024: 92%

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Ranking in 2024

#	Country	% of people using the internet
1	Saudi Arabia	100.0%
2	UAE	100.0%
3	Denmark	99.8%
4	Kuwait	99.7%
5	Norway	99.0%
6	Qatar	98.1%
7	Malaysia	98.0%
8	South Korea	97.9%
9	Switzerland	97.3%
10	Ireland	97.2%
11	Netherlands	97.0%
12	Australia	96.1%
13	Belgium	95.8%
14	Spain	95.8%
15	Hong Kong	95.8%
16	Jordan	95.6%
17	Chile	95.6%
18	Sweden	95.5%
19	United Kingdom	95.5%
20	Oman	95.3%
21	Austria	94.9%
22	United States	94.7%
23	Singapore	94.4%
24	Russia	94.4%
25	Canada	94.4%
26	Belarus	94.3%
27	Hungary	93.8%
28	Finland	93.7%
29	New Zealand	93.5%
30	Germany	93.5%
31	Kazakhstan	93.4%
32	Latvia	92.7%
33	Kyrgyzstan	92.0%
34	China	92.0%
35	Uruguay	92.0%
36	Romania	91.3%
37	Morocco	91.2%
38	Dominican Republic	91.0%
39	Thailand	90.9%
40	Slovenia	90.8%
41	Azerbaijan	90.4%
42	Jamaica	90.1%
43	Slovakia	89.8%
44	Argentina	89.7%
45	Uzbekistan	89.5%
46	Italy	89.2%
47	Lithuania	89.2%
48	France	88.7%
49	Poland	88.6%
50	Portugal	88.5%
51	Israel	88.2%
52	Serbia	87.7%
53	Czechia	87.7%
54	Türkiye	87.3%
55	Costa Rica	87.2%
56	Greece	86.3%
57	Bosnia & Herz.	86.1%
58	Albania	85.9%
59	Japan	85.5%
60	Iran	85.3%
61	Mongolia	85.1%
62	Brazil	84.5%
63	Vietnam	84.2%
64	Georgia	83.8%
65	Croatia	83.6%
66	Mexico	83.1%
67	Ukraine	82.5%
68	Bulgaria	82.4%
69	Peru	82.0%
70	Libya	82.0%
71	Paraguay	81.6%
72	Iraq	81.5%
73	Armenia	81.3%
74	Lebanon	80.6%
75	Bolivia	79.7%
76	Colombia	79.3%
77	South Africa	78.4%
78	Algeria	77.4%
79	Moldova	77.4%
80	Ecuador	77.2%
81	Venezuela	76.7%
82	Tunisia	76.5%
83	Egypt	74.6%
84	Indonesia	72.8%
85	Panama	72.8%
86	Ghana	72.2%
87	Cuba	70.5%
88	Gabon	68.7%
89	Cambodia	68.5%
90	Philippines	67.3%
91	El Salvador	66.5%
92	Laos	65.6%
93	India	64.9%
94	Namibia	64.9%
95	Equatorial Guinea	63.3%
96	Nicaragua	61.4%
97	Guatemala	60.2%
98	Senegal	60.1%
99	Honduras	58.6%
100	Botswana	57.5%
101	Pakistan	57.3%
102	Tajikistan	55.8%
103	Sri Lanka	54.6%
104	Bangladesh	53.4%
105	Lesotho	51.8%
106	Gambia	49.5%
107	Haiti	47.9%
108	Congo	47.3%
109	Nepal	46.3%
110	Cameroon	46.3%
111	Mauritania	45.8%
112	Zimbabwe	41.6%
113	Côte d'Ivoire	41.4%
114	Nigeria	41.2%
115	Angola	40.7%
116	Togo	39.5%
117	Mali	36.8%
118	Kenya	35.0%
119	Benin	34.0%
120	Guinea	33.3%
121	Liberia	32.2%
122	Rwanda	31.7%
123	Tanzania	31.2%
124	Guinea-Bissau	29.8%
125	Burkina Faso	28.3%
126	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	27.9%
127	Sierra Leone	25.1%
128	Ethiopia	21.9%
129	Mozambique	20.5%
130	DR Congo	19.7%
131	Malawi	19.0%
132	Papua New Guinea	18.8%
133	Madagascar	18.7%
134	Zambia	17.1%
135	Afghanistan	16.1%
136	Niger	15.6%
137	Central African Rep.	13.8%
138	Chad	12.6%
139	Uganda	8.9%
140	Burundi	8.6%

Covers the 150 most populous countries. Years a country hasn’t reported are left as gaps here (the Short filled them from up to 3 years earlier).

Source: World Bank, Individuals using the Internet (% of population) (IT.NET.USER.ZS). CC BY 4.0. Values are as published; gaps mean the source has no figure for that year.

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