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Internet users (per 1,000 people) by country

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.

Countries reporting
53
Highest
510 per 1,000 people
Morocco
Lowest
2.6 per 1,000 people
Sierra Leone
Median
70 per 1,000 people
Years covered
52
1960–2011
Data points
1,085

What the numbers show

Internet users (per 1,000 people) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 510 per 1,000 people in Morocco; the lowest is 2.6 per 1,000 people in Sierra Leone.

The median across all reporting countries is 70 per 1,000 people, and the mean is 121.1 per 1,000 people.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 196.

Internet users: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Morocco 510 per 1,000 people 2011 up 3,618.7% volatile
2 Seychelles 436.05 per 1,000 people 2011 up 303.7% volatile
3 Tunisia 388.08 per 1,000 people 2011 up 815.0% volatile
4 Egypt 386.9 per 1,000 people 2011 up 4,511.7% volatile
5 Mauritius 355.08 per 1,000 people 2011 up 301.6% volatile
6 Cape Verde 320 per 1,000 people 2011 up 1,091.7% volatile
7 Nigeria 284.3 per 1,000 people 2011 up 31,523.5% volatile
8 Kenya 280 per 1,000 people 2011 up 4,417.7% volatile
9 Sudan 247.1 per 1,000 people 2011 up 14,090.2% volatile
10 South Africa 209.47 per 1,000 people 2011 up 226.6% volatile
11 Eswatini 204.32 per 1,000 people 2011 up 1,400.9% volatile
12 Sao Tome and Principe 201.61 per 1,000 people 2011 up 219.5% volatile
13 Senegal 175 per 1,000 people 2011 up 1,678.8% volatile
14 Libya 169.98 per 1,000 people 2011 up 4,537.5% volatile
15 Zimbabwe 157 per 1,000 people 2011 up 1,862.9% volatile
16 Angola 147.76 per 1,000 people 2011 up 10,763.6% volatile
17 Ghana 141.1 per 1,000 people 2011 up 6,954.7% volatile
18 Algeria 140 per 1,000 people 2011 up 2,066.8% volatile
19 Uganda 130.13 per 1,000 people 2011 up 5,369.1% volatile
20 Tanzania 120 per 1,000 people 2011 up 6,905.2% volatile
20 Namibia 120 per 1,000 people 2011 up 396.5% volatile
22 Zambia 115 per 1,000 people 2011 up 4,832.9% volatile
23 Gambia 108.7 per 1,000 people 2011 up 713.2% volatile
24 Gabon 80 per 1,000 people 2011 up 493.6% volatile
25 Botswana 70 per 1,000 people 2011 up 104.0% volatile
25 Djibouti 70 per 1,000 people 2011 up 1,937.7% volatile
25 Rwanda 70 per 1,000 people 2011 up 2,808.5% volatile
28 Eritrea 62 per 1,000 people 2011 up 3,828.6% volatile
29 Equatorial Guinea 60 per 1,000 people 2010 up 4,433.3% volatile
30 Congo 56 per 1,000 people 2011 up 17,278.6% volatile
31 Comoros 55 per 1,000 people 2011 up 1,141.3% volatile
32 Cameroon 50 per 1,000 people 2011 up 1,704.7% volatile
33 Mauritania 45 per 1,000 people 2011 up 1,621.2% volatile
34 Mozambique 43 per 1,000 people 2011 up 2,587.0% volatile
35 Lesotho 42.25 per 1,000 people 2011 up 1,517.8% volatile
36 Benin 35 per 1,000 people 2011 up 863.1% volatile
36 Togo 35 per 1,000 people 2011 up 288.9% volatile
38 Malawi 33.3 per 1,000 people 2011 up 1,930.2% volatile
39 Liberia 30 per 1,000 people 2011 up 8,772.5% volatile
39 Burkina Faso 30 per 1,000 people 2011 up 1,802.0% volatile
41 Guinea-Bissau 26.72 per 1,000 people 2011 up 791.9% volatile
42 Cote d'Ivoire 22 per 1,000 people 2011 up 455.9% volatile
42 Central African Republic 22 per 1,000 people 2011 up 2,701.0% volatile
44 Mali 20 per 1,000 people 2011 up 975.9% volatile
45 Madagascar 19 per 1,000 people 2011 up 753.9% volatile
45 Chad 19 per 1,000 people 2011 up 4,036.4% volatile
47 Niger 13 per 1,000 people 2011 up 1,135.9% volatile
47 Guinea 13 per 1,000 people 2011 up 640.6% volatile
49 Somalia 12.5 per 1,000 people 2011 up 1,481.5% volatile
50 Democratic Republic of Congo 12 per 1,000 people 2011 up 10,356.8% volatile
51 Burundi 11.1 per 1,000 people 2011 up 947.2% volatile
52 Ethiopia 11 per 1,000 people 2011 up 2,860.0% volatile
53 Sierra Leone 2.6 per 1,000 people 2009 up 436.2% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Internet users (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
59 places, 1,085 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.