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Main article: Internet access

This article on global Internet usage includes tables, charts, maps, and a list of articles with more detailed information on a wide range of usage measures.

Internet users

Main article: List of countries by number of Internet users
Internet users
  2006 2011a
World population 6.5 billion 7 billion
Not using the Internetb 82% 65%
Using the Internetb 18% 35%
Users in the developing worldb 8% 22%
Users in the developed worldb 10% 13%
Users in Chinab 2% 8%
a Estimate. b Share of world population.
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[1]
   
Internet users by region
  2006b 2011a,b
Africa       3%             13%      
Americas 39% 56%
Arab States 11% 29%
Asia and Pacific 11% 27%
Commonwealth of
Independent States 		 
13% 		 
48%
Europe 50% 74%
a Estimate. b Share of regional population.
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[2]
   
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[3]
 
Internet users in 2010 as a percentage of a country's population
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[4]
    
Number of Internet users in 2010
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[4]

Broadband usage

Main article: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions
Broadband subscriptions
  2007a 2011a,b
World population 6.6 billion 7.0 billion
Fixed subscriptions 5.3% 8.5%
Developing world 2.3% 4.8%
Developed world 18.3% 25.7%
Mobile subscriptions 4.0% 17.0%
Developing world 0.8% 8.5%
Developed world 18.5% 56.5%
a Share of regional population. b Estimate.
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[5]
   
Broadband subscriptions by region
Fixed subscriptions: 2007a 2011a,b
Africa 0.1% 0.2%
Americas 11.0% 15.5%
Arab States 0.9% 2.2%
Asia and Pacific 3.3% 6.2%
Commonwealth of
Independent States 		 
2.3% 		 
9.6%
Europe 18.4% 25.8%
Mobile subscriptions: 2007a 2011a,b
Africa 0.2% 3.8%
Americas 6.4% 30.5%
Arab States 0.8% 13.3%
Asia and Pacific 3.1% 10.7%
Commonwealth of
Independent States 		 
0.2% 		 
14.9%
Europe 14.7% 54.1%
a Share of regional population. b Estimate.
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[5]

Internet hosts

Main article: List of countries by number of Internet hosts
Source: Internet Systems Consortium.[6]

Languages

Main article: Languages used on the Internet
Percentage of Internet users by language[7]
    
Content languages for websites[8]

Censorship

Main article: Internet censorship by country
Internet censorship by country
Source: OpenNet Initiative,[9][10] Reporters Without Borders.[11]

Internet users in Europe

Main article: List of sovereign states in Europe by number of Internet users
Internet users in European countries in 2010[12]
  0-30%
  30-60%
  above 60%

See also

References

  1. ^ "The World in 2011: ITC Facts and Figures", International Telecommunications Unions (ITU), Geneva, 2011
  2. ^ "Internet Users", Key ICT indicators for the ITU/BDT regions, International Telecommunications Unions (ITU), Geneva, 16 November 2011
  3. ^ "Internet users per 100 inhabitants 2001-2011", International Telecommunications Union, Geneva, accessed 4 April 2012
  4. ^ a b "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2010", International Telecommunications Union, accessed 16 April 2012 Cite error: The named reference "ITU-NIU" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b "Key Global Telecom Indicators for the World Telecommunication Service Sector", International Telecommunications Unions (ITU), Geneva, 2011
  6. ^ "Internet host count history", Internet Systems Consortium, accessed September 2011
  7. ^ "Number of Internet Users by Language", Internet World Stats, Miniwatts Marketing Group, 31 May 2011, accessed 22 April 2012
  8. ^ "Usage of content languages for websites". W3Techs.com. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  9. ^ OpenNet Initiative "Summarized global Internet filtering data spreadsheet", 8 November 2011 and "Country Profiles", the OpenNet Initiative is a collaborative partnership of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; and the SecDev Group, Ottawa
  10. ^ Due to legal concerns the OpenNet Initiative does not check for filtering of child pornography and because their classifications focus on technical filtering, they do not include other types of censorship.
  11. ^ Internet Enemies, Reporters Without Borders (Paris), 12 March 2012
  12. ^ Source: InternetWorldStats for countries of Europe, Asia updated for March 31, 2011

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