Internet users by country

Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.

Countries reporting

Highest

46.19 million

Nigeria

Lowest

14,922

Sierra Leone

Median

335,747

Years covered

1960–2011

Data points

1,085

What the numbers show

Internet users is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 46.19 million in Nigeria; the lowest is 14,922 in Sierra Leone.

The median across all reporting countries is 335,747, and the mean is 3.18 million.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,095.

Internet users: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Nigeria	46.19 million	2011	up 40,450.2%	volatile
2	Egypt	31.93 million	2011	up 5,425.5%	volatile
3	Morocco	16.46 million	2011	up 4,020.1%	volatile
4	Kenya	11.65 million	2011	up 5,760.4%	volatile
5	South Africa	10.60 million	2011	up 267.8%	volatile
6	Sudan	8.48 million	2011	up 17,182.5%	volatile
7	Tanzania	5.55 million	2011	up 9,172.6%	volatile
8	Algeria	5.04 million	2011	up 2,416.3%	volatile
9	Uganda	4.49 million	2011	up 7,454.2%	volatile
10	Tunisia	4.14 million	2011	up 909.6%	volatile
11	Ghana	3.52 million	2011	up 8,871.3%	volatile
12	Angola	2.90 million	2011	up 14,712.6%	volatile
13	Senegal	2.23 million	2011	up 2,227.2%	volatile
14	Zimbabwe	2.00 million	2011	up 1,890.9%	volatile
15	Zambia	1.55 million	2011	up 6,260.9%	volatile
16	Libya	1.09 million	2011	up 5,487.0%	volatile
17	Mozambique	1.03 million	2011	up 3,340.0%	volatile
18	Cameroon	1.00 million	2011	up 2,153.7%	volatile
19	Ethiopia	932,077	2011	up 3,626.6%	volatile
20	Democratic Republic of Congo	813,091	2011	up 13,795.6%	volatile
21	Rwanda	766,006	2011	up 3,663.5%	volatile
22	Malawi	512,184	2011	up 2,608.5%	volatile
23	Burkina Faso	509,035	2011	up 2,451.5%	volatile
24	Mauritius	456,654	2011	up 330.4%	volatile
25	Cote d'Ivoire	443,364	2011	up 563.2%	volatile
26	Madagascar	404,988	2011	up 1,048.6%	volatile
27	Eritrea	335,747	2011	up 5,480.3%	volatile
28	Benin	318,497	2011	up 1,203.9%	volatile
29	Mali	316,791	2011	up 1,364.0%	volatile
30	Namibia	278,880	2011	up 495.9%	volatile
31	Congo	231,826	2011	up 22,288.9%	volatile
32	Chad	218,984	2011	up 5,496.8%	volatile
33	Eswatini	218,164	2011	up 1,483.4%	volatile
34	Togo	215,418	2011	up 385.9%	volatile
35	Niger	208,897	2011	up 1,656.2%	volatile
36	Gambia	193,068	2011	up 981.3%	volatile
37	Cape Verde	160,187	2011	up 1,240.2%	volatile
38	Mauritania	159,369	2011	up 2,140.7%	volatile
39	Botswana	142,152	2011	up 132.2%	volatile
40	Guinea	132,884	2011	up 793.5%	volatile
41	Liberia	123,857	2011	up 12,362.5%	volatile
42	Gabon	122,741	2011	up 621.0%	volatile
43	Somalia	119,461	2011	up 1,889.5%	volatile
44	Central African Republic	98,710	2011	up 3,236.2%	volatile
45	Burundi	95,184	2011	up 1,281.5%	volatile
46	Lesotho	92,686	2011	up 1,684.4%	volatile
47	Djibouti	63,390	2011	up 2,361.6%	volatile
48	Equatorial Guinea	42,024	2010	up 6,001.5%	volatile
49	Comoros	41,467	2011	up 1,520.4%	volatile
50	Guinea-Bissau	41,338	2011	up 991.0%	volatile
51	Seychelles	37,500	2011	up 327.5%	volatile
52	Sao Tome and Principe	33,977	2011	up 275.4%	volatile
53	Sierra Leone	14,922	2009	up 663.9%	volatile

Regions and income groups

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

Africa 168.70 million
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 109.97 million
Sub-Saharan Africa 109.97 million
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 99.37 million
North Africa 58.73 million
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 53.18 million

About this data

Indicator: Internet users
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 59 places, 1,085 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.