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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 per 100 inhabitants
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[1][2]
 
Internet users in 2012 as a percentage of a country's population
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[5]
    
Number of Internet users in 2012
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[5]

Broadband usage

Main article: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions
Worldwide broadband subscriptions[6]
Users 2007 2010 2016 2019[7]
World population[8] 6.6 billion 6.9 billion 7.3 billion 7.75 billion
Fixed broadband 5% 8% 11.9% 14.5%
Developing world 2% 4% 8.2% 11.2%
Developed world 18% 24% 30.1% 33.6%
Mobile broadband 4% 11% 49.4% 83%
Developing world 1% 4% 40.9% 75.2%
Developed world 19% 43% 90.3% 121.7%
   
Broadband subscriptions by region[9]
Subscription Place 2007 2010 2014 2019[10]
Fixed Africa 0.1% 0.2% 0.4% 0.4%
Americas 11% 14% 17% 22%
Arab States 1% 2% 3% 8.1%
Asia and Pacific 3% 6% 8% 14.4%
Commonwealth of
Independent States 		2% 8% 14% 19.8%
Europe 18% 24% 28% 31.9%
Mobile Africa 0.2% 2% 19% 34%
Americas 6% 23% 59% 104.4%
Arab States 0.8% 5% 25% 67.3%
Asia and Pacific 3% 7% 23% 89%
Commonwealth of
Independent States 		0.2% 22% 49% 85.4%
Europe 15% 29% 64% 97.4%
 
Fixed broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012
as a percentage of a country's population
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[11]
    
Mobile broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012
as a percentage of a country's population
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[12]

Internet hosts

Main article: List of countries by number of Internet hosts
Source: Internet Systems Consortium.[13]

IPv4 addresses

Main articles: Internet Census of 2012 and List of countries by IPv4 address allocation

The Carna Botnet was a botnet of 420,000 devices created by hackers to measure the extent of the Internet in what the creators called the “Internet Census of 2012”.[14][15]

World map of 24 hour relative average utilization of IPv4 addresses observed using ICMP ping requests as part of the Internet Census of 2012 (Carna Botnet), June - October 2012.[16] Key: from red (high), to yellow, green (average), light blue, and dark blue (low).

Languages

Main article: Languages used on the Internet
Content languages for websites[17]
    
Percentage of Internet users by language[18]

Censorship

Main article: Internet censorship by country
Internet censorship by country
Source: OpenNet Initiative,[19][20] Reporters Without Borders.[21]

Internet users in Europe

Main article: List of sovereign states in Europe by number of Internet users
Internet penetration in European countries in 2012
as a percentage of a country's population[22]
  0-30%
  30-60%
  above 60%

See also

References

  1. ^ "Internet users per 100 inhabitants 2001-2011", International Telecommunications Union, Geneva, accessed 4 April 2012
  2. ^ "Internet users per 100 inhabitants 2006-2013", International Telecommunications Union, Geneva, accessed 3 June 2013
  3. ^ a b "Measuring digital development: Facts and figures 2023". Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  4. ^ "Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050"". International Programs Center for Demographic and Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  5. ^ a b "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012", International Telecommunications Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013
  6. ^ "Measuring digital development: Facts and figures 2019". Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  7. ^ Estimate.
  8. ^ "Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050"". International Programs Center for Demographic and Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  9. ^ "Measuring digital development: Facts and figures 2019". Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  10. ^ Estimate
  11. ^ "Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012", Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.
  12. ^ "Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012", Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.
  13. ^ "Internet host count history", Internet Systems Consortium, accessed September 2011
  14. ^ Stöcker, Christian; Horchert, Judith (2013-03-22). "Mapping the Internet: A Hacker's Secret Internet Census". Spiegel Online.
  15. ^ Kleinman, Alexis (2013-03-22). "The Most Detailed, GIF-Based Map Of The Internet Was Made By Hacking 420,000 Computers". Huffington Post.
  16. ^ "Internet Census 2012: Port scanning /0 using insecure embedded devices", Carna Botnet, 2012
  17. ^ "Usage of content languages for websites". W3Techs.com. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  18. ^ "Number of Internet Users by Language", Internet World Stats, Miniwatts Marketing Group, 31 May 2011, accessed 22 April 2012
  19. ^ 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
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ Internet Enemies, Reporters Without Borders (Paris), 12 March 2012
  22. ^ Source: InternetWorldStats for countries of Europe, Asia updated for June 30, 2012
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