El Salvador vs Zambia: Number of people using the Internet

El Salvador
4.21 million people
in 2024
Zambia
3.65 million people
in 2024
El Salvador rank
112th
Zambia rank
115th

Number of people using the Internet over time

  • El Salvador
  • Zambia
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 4.21 million people against 3.65 million people in Zambia, a difference of 568,410 people.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.2 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Zambia ahead.

El Salvador ranks 112th and Zambia ranks 115th of 208 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Zambia Difference Ahead
1990s 19,000 people 3,772 people 15,228 people El Salvador
2000s 290,512 people 153,538 people 136,974 people El Salvador
2010s 1.77 million people 1.39 million people 385,514 people El Salvador
2020s 3.78 million people 3.15 million people 629,702 people El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people using the internet, El Salvador or Zambia?
El Salvador, at 4.21 million people against 3.65 million people in Zambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of people using the internet between El Salvador and Zambia?
568,410 people, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Zambia?
30 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Zambia rank globally for number of people using the internet?
El Salvador ranks 112th and Zambia ranks 115th of 208 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database - International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026); United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, vi, published as Number of people using the Internet. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of people using the Internet
Unit
people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database - International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026); United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, vi
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
208 places, 6,217 data points, 1990–2025
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Number of people who used the Internet in the last three months.