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Worldwide Internet Users Top 1.3 Billion in 2007
USA Tops 222M Internet Users
May 15, 2008 -
The worldwide number of Internet users surpassed 1.39billion in 2007—up
from only 2M+ in 1990, 45M in 1995 and 430M in 2000. Worldwide yearly
increase in Internet users is 140M to 145M in the next five years, which
means the 2B mark will happen in 2011 or 2012. Much of current and
future Internet user growth is coming from populous countries—especially
the BRIC countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China. In the next decade many
Internet users will be supplementing PC Internet usage with Smartphone,
mobile phone and mobile device Internet usage. In developing countries
many new Internet users will come from cell phone and Smartphone
Internet usage. The U.S. still leads with over 222M Internet users at
year-end 2007. The two most populous countries—China and India—are now
in 2nd and 4th place in Internet users.
| 1. U.S. |
222.45 |
16.00 |
| 2. China |
166.10 |
11.95 |
| 3. Japan |
95.25 |
6.85 |
| 4. India |
91.42 |
6.58 |
| 5. Germany |
53.42 |
3.84 |
| 6. UK |
42.40 |
3.05 |
| 7. Brazil |
36.59 |
2.63 |
| 8. France |
35.71 |
2.57 |
| 9. South Korea |
35.54 |
2.56 |
| 10. Italy |
34.54 |
2.48 |
| 11. Russia |
31.70 |
2.28 |
| 12. Indonesia |
28.06 |
2.02 |
| 13. Canada |
24.73 |
1.78 |
| 14. Mexico |
23.07 |
1.66 |
| 15. Spain |
20.39 |
1.47 |
| Top 15 Countries |
941.37 |
67.72 |
| Worldwide Total |
1,390.18 |
100 |
Internet
user penetration is now over 70% for the leading countries
and future growth is limited for these countries. Internet user penetration for the populous
and developing countries remains low, but has room to grow. The BRIC
countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) have Internet penetration of 19%,
22%, 8% and 13%, respectively. Wireless web usage will account for much
of future Internet user growth in many developing countries.
More information is available in "Internet Users By Country", a yearly market research report
by eTForecasts. The report estimates and forecasts the number of Internet users
and broadband subscribers for 57
countries and the six main regions of the world for 1990 through 2012.
eTForecasts publishes market research reports for the PC, PDA/Smartphones,
cell phones and Internet industries.
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