Number of people using the Internet by country

The number of individuals using the Internet.

Countries reporting
203
Highest
1.04 billion users
China
Lowest
0 users
North Korea
Median
4.12 million users
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
5,658

What the numbers show

Number of people using the Internet is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 1.04 billion users in China; the lowest is 0 users in North Korea.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.12 million users, and the mean is 23.91 million users.

Number of people using the Internet: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 1.04 billion users 2021 up 100.0% volatile
2 India 696.61 million users 2021 up 448.5% volatile
3 United States 310.46 million users 2021 up 41.7% volatile
4 Indonesia 171.88 million users 2021 up 461.1% volatile
5 Brazil 169.09 million users 2021 up 89.5% volatile
6 Russia 128.65 million users 2021 up 54.0% volatile
7 Japan 104.21 million users 2021 up 2.9% volatile
8 Mexico 96.54 million users 2021 up 125.3% volatile
9 Egypt 79.95 million users 2021 up 242.8% volatile
10 Nigeria 77.60 million users 2021 up 228.1% volatile
11 Germany 76.52 million users 2021 up 16.5% volatile
12 Philippines 75.67 million users 2021 up 165.6% volatile
13 Vietnam 73.42 million users 2021 up 136.6% volatile
14 Turkey 70.57 million users 2021 up 120.8% volatile
15 Iran 69.52 million users 2021 up 366.8% volatile
16 Bangladesh 65.25 million users 2021 up 844.0% volatile
17 United Kingdom 65.09 million users 2021 up 20.0% volatile
18 Thailand 61.16 million users 2021 up 274.4% volatile
19 France 56.90 million users 2021 up 14.7% volatile
20 South Korea 50.59 million users 2021 up 22.9% volatile
21 South Africa 46.11 million users 2021 up 156.1% volatile
22 Spain 44.82 million users 2021 up 42.2% volatile
23 Italy 44.71 million users 2021 up 36.2% volatile
24 Pakistan 44.50 million users 2020 up 179.2% volatile
25 Argentina 39.49 million users 2021 up 85.6% volatile
26 Colombia 37.38 million users 2021 up 104.7% volatile
27 Canada 36.12 million users 2021 up 25.9% volatile
28 Ukraine 35.09 million users 2021 up 164.0% volatile
29 Malaysia 33.17 million users 2021 up 86.5% volatile
30 Morocco 32.57 million users 2021 up 114.6% volatile
31 Poland 32.48 million users 2021 up 37.2% volatile
32 Algeria 32.32 million users 2021 up 487.8% volatile
33 Saudi Arabia 31.33 million users 2021 up 152.6% volatile
34 Iraq 28.00 million users 2021 up 1,641.0% volatile
35 Uzbekistan 26.23 million users 2021 up 389.2% volatile
36 Australia 25.17 million users 2021 up 40.9% volatile
37 Myanmar 24.09 million users 2020 up 19,559.4% volatile
38 Peru 23.58 million users 2021 up 123.4% volatile
39 Ghana 22.31 million users 2021 up 849.9% volatile
40 Venezuela 20.93 million users 2021 up 78.3% volatile
41 Ethiopia 20.39 million users 2021 up 1,890.4% volatile
42 Kazakhstan 17.95 million users 2021 up 107.9% volatile
43 Chile 17.56 million users 2021 up 93.6% volatile
44 Netherlands 16.32 million users 2021 up 5.9% volatile
45 Romania 16.09 million users 2021 up 98.3% volatile
46 Democratic Republic of Congo 16.02 million users 2021 up 1,784.5% volatile
47 Tanzania 14.37 million users 2021 up 875.8% volatile
48 Kenya 14.35 million users 2021 up 281.4% volatile
49 Ecuador 12.22 million users 2021 up 154.2% volatile
50 Nepal 12.08 million users 2021 up 388.8% volatile
51 Angola 11.93 million users 2021 up 948.4% volatile
52 Belgium 10.74 million users 2021 up 19.2% volatile
53 Cote d'Ivoire 10.66 million users 2021 up 1,498.8% volatile
54 Cameroon 10.47 million users 2021 up 934.8% volatile
55 Cambodia 10.31 million users 2021 up 2,159.9% volatile
56 Sri Lanka 10.09 million users 2021 up 503.7% volatile
57 Sweden 9.86 million users 2021 up 12.5% volatile
58 United Arab Emirates 9.79 million users 2021 up 74.3% volatile
59 Jordan 9.52 million users 2021 up 264.5% volatile
60 Dominican Republic 9.48 million users 2021 up 150.9% volatile
61 Senegal 9.48 million users 2021 up 646.4% volatile
62 Guatemala 8.95 million users 2021 up 391.8% volatile
63 Azerbaijan 8.80 million users 2021 up 90.2% volatile
64 Czechia 8.71 million users 2021 up 17.7% volatile
65 Hungary 8.61 million users 2021 up 27.2% volatile
66 Portugal 8.55 million users 2021 up 46.6% volatile
67 Switzerland 8.32 million users 2021 up 23.4% volatile
68 Greece 8.30 million users 2021 up 44.7% volatile
69 Austria 8.30 million users 2021 up 25.5% volatile
70 Tunisia 8.23 million users 2021 up 93.4% volatile
71 Israel 8.08 million users 2021 up 56.9% volatile
72 Belarus 8.04 million users 2021 up 114.0% volatile
73 Sudan 7.94 million users 2017 up 180.0% volatile
74 Bolivia 7.88 million users 2021 up 153.7% volatile
75 Mali 7.60 million users 2021 up 1,998.3% volatile
76 Cuba 7.52 million users 2021 up 315.6% volatile
77 Hong Kong 6.97 million users 2021 up 35.1% volatile
78 Syria 6.61 million users 2018 up 118.3% volatile
79 Afghanistan 6.61 million users 2021 up 350.2% volatile
80 Yemen 6.14 million users 2019 up 137.8% volatile
81 Denmark 5.79 million users 2021 up 15.7% volatile
82 Serbia 5.55 million users 2021 up 78.5% rising
83 Libya 5.53 million users 2021 up 522.2% volatile
84 Singapore 5.38 million users 2021 up 46.1% volatile
85 Norway 5.35 million users 2021 up 15.6% volatile
86 Honduras 5.35 million users 2021 up 293.7% volatile
87 Kyrgyzstan 5.26 million users 2021 up 437.2% volatile
88 Mozambique 5.19 million users 2021 up 376.8% volatile
89 Bulgaria 5.18 million users 2021 up 46.2% volatile
90 Zimbabwe 5.15 million users 2021 up 350.8% volatile
91 Paraguay 5.15 million users 2021 up 257.5% volatile
92 Finland 5.14 million users 2021 up 7.6% volatile
93 Haiti 4.93 million users 2021 up 453.0% volatile
94 Slovakia 4.84 million users 2021 up 20.4% volatile
95 Lebanon 4.73 million users 2021 up 78.4% volatile
97 New Zealand 4.70 million users 2021 up 32.0% volatile
98 Laos 4.62 million users 2021 up 698.9% volatile
99 Uganda 4.59 million users 2021 up 199.2% volatile
100 Kuwait 4.35 million users 2021 up 111.0% volatile
101 Oman 4.29 million users 2021 up 190.2% volatile
102 Costa Rica 4.19 million users 2021 up 131.6% volatile
103 Somalia 4.12 million users 2021 up 2,571.4% volatile
104 Madagascar 4.08 million users 2021 up 841.2% volatile
105 Burkina Faso 3.99 million users 2021 up 698.8% volatile
106 Guinea 3.92 million users 2021 up 1,740.6% volatile
107 Palestine 3.86 million users 2020 up 157.1% volatile
108 Benin 3.78 million users 2021 up 803.5% volatile
109 Tajikistan 3.66 million users 2021 up 258.8% volatile
110 El Salvador 3.58 million users 2021 up 211.2% volatile
111 Nicaragua 3.43 million users 2021 up 456.1% volatile
112 Rwanda 3.26 million users 2021 up 341.0% volatile
113 Croatia 3.19 million users 2021 up 28.9% volatile
114 Malawi 3.07 million users 2021 up 503.5% volatile
115 Niger 3.05 million users 2021 up 1,874.4% volatile
116 Uruguay 2.98 million users 2021 up 74.1% volatile
117 Zambia 2.91 million users 2021 up 475.0% volatile
118 Georgia 2.90 million users 2021 up 137.5% volatile
119 Panama 2.87 million users 2021 up 82.0% volatile
120 Qatar 2.81 million users 2021 up 124.5% volatile
121 Puerto Rico 2.76 million users 2021 up 56.0% volatile
122 Mongolia 2.73 million users 2021 up 694.2% volatile
123 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.46 million users 2021 up 49.5% volatile
124 Lithuania 2.43 million users 2021 up 26.0% volatile
125 Togo 2.41 million users 2021 up 958.2% volatile
126 Jamaica 2.34 million users 2021 up 126.1% volatile
127 Moldova 2.27 million users 2021 up 98.6% volatile
128 Albania 2.26 million users 2021 up 65.2% volatile
129 Armenia 2.26 million users 2021 up 141.2% volatile
130 Slovenia 1.88 million users 2021 up 36.3% volatile
131 Congo 1.77 million users 2021 up 585.4% volatile
132 Chad 1.72 million users 2021 up 610.2% volatile
133 Latvia 1.72 million users 2021 up 19.7% volatile
134 Namibia 1.69 million users 2021 up 557.6% volatile
135 Mauritania 1.69 million users 2021 up 970.5% volatile
136 Papua New Guinea 1.66 million users 2021 up 954.9% volatile
137 Gabon 1.56 million users 2021 up 387.3% volatile
138 North Macedonia 1.52 million users 2021 up 31.0% volatile
139 Sierra Leone 1.51 million users 2021 up 2,526.7% volatile
140 Bahrain 1.50 million users 2021 up 61.6% volatile
141 Liberia 1.39 million users 2021 up 1,214.8% volatile
142 Botswana 1.31 million users 2021 up 603.9% volatile
143 Trinidad and Tobago 1.26 million users 2021 up 63.0% volatile
144 Estonia 1.21 million users 2021 up 19.3% volatile
145 Cyprus 1.20 million users 2021 up 83.4% volatile
146 Turkmenistan 1.14 million users 2016 up 1,584.6% volatile
147 Gambia 1.07 million users 2021 up 397.8% volatile
148 Equatorial Guinea 1.03 million users 2021 up 623.1% volatile
149 Lesotho 1.02 million users 2021 up 622.8% volatile
150 Mauritius 916,214 users 2021 up 103.8% volatile
151 Burundi 878,801 users 2021 up 714.7% volatile
152 South Sudan 695,344 users 2019 up 331.0% rising
153 Djibouti 688,574 users 2021 up 937.0% volatile
154 Bhutan 664,071 users 2021 up 550.1% volatile
155 Eswatini 651,506 users 2021 up 221.5% volatile
156 Fiji 646,910 users 2021 up 153.1% volatile
158 Macao 614,326 users 2021 up 77.3% volatile
159 Guyana 584,302 users 2021 up 161.0% volatile
160 Montenegro 496,487 users 2021 up 120.4% rising
161 Guinea-Bissau 480,778 users 2021 up 1,018.9% volatile
162 East Timor 473,117 users 2021 up 965.4% volatile
163 Eritrea 472,278 users 2020 up 2,528.8% volatile
165 Brunei 441,011 users 2021 up 97.2% volatile
166 Maldives 423,035 users 2021 up 233.0% volatile
167 Suriname 375,786 users 2019 up 120.4% volatile
168 Iceland 371,481 users 2021 up 22.8% volatile
169 Central African Republic 371,308 users 2019 up 355.5% volatile
170 Bahamas 366,057 users 2021 up 51.5% volatile
171 Cape Verde 363,118 users 2021 up 121.9% volatile
172 Belize 279,333 users 2021 up 178.0% volatile
173 Comoros 251,027 users 2021 up 583.2% volatile
174 New Caledonia 232,531 users 2017 up 164.6% volatile
175 French Polynesia 203,641 users 2017 up 167.3% volatile
176 Solomon Islands 198,563 users 2021 up 498.5% volatile
177 Barbados 196,030 users 2021 up 6.7% volatile
178 Guam 131,627 users 2017 up 72.6% volatile
179 Sao Tome and Principe 121,974 users 2021 up 225.9% volatile
180 Saint Lucia 112,593 users 2021 up 92.7% volatile
181 Aruba 102,745 users 2017 up 244.2% volatile
182 Seychelles 100,854 users 2021 up 140.8% volatile
183 Kiribati 86,132 users 2021 up 678.3% volatile
184 Grenada 78,213 users 2021 up 132.6% volatile
185 Andorra 73,596 users 2021 up 16.8% volatile
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70,794 users 2021 up 76.4% volatile
187 Antigua and Barbuda 66,170 users 2021 up 47.4% volatile
188 Bermuda 62,566 users 2017 up 33.5% rising
189 United States Virgin Islands 61,238 users 2017 up 108.9% volatile
190 Tonga 60,716 users 2021 up 125.7% volatile
191 Vanuatu 59,480 users 2015 up 455.3% volatile
192 Dominica 52,487 users 2021 up 56.4% volatile
193 Cayman Islands 52,338 users 2017 up 102.5% volatile
194 Faroe Islands 49,052 users 2017 up 33.1% volatile
195 Micronesia (country) 43,688 users 2020 up 103.1% volatile
196 Samoa 42,411 users 2014 up 640.3% volatile
197 Greenland 38,976 users 2017 up 12.3% volatile
198 Monaco 38,192 users 2021 up 40.0% rising
200 Saint Kitts and Nevis 34,796 users 2021 up 17.3% volatile
201 Gibraltar 31,811 users 2016 up 137.1% volatile
202 San Marino 28,257 users 2021 up 77.0% volatile
203 Marshall Islands 26,476 users 2021 up 409.9% volatile
204 British Virgin Islands 25,428 users 2017 up 159.3% volatile
205 Nauru 9,416 users 2021 up 72.4% volatile
206 Tuvalu 3,834 users 2017 up 275.7% volatile
207 North Korea 0 users 2004 flat

About this data

Indicator
Number of people using the Internet
Unit
users
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database - International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
207 places, 5,658 data points, 1990–2021
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The number of individuals using the Internet.