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Worldwide Internet Users Top 1.8 Billion in 2009
China Tops 310M Internet Users
July 12, 2010 -
The worldwide number of Internet users surpassed 1.83 billion in 2009—up
from only 2M+ in 1990, 45M in 1995, 430M in 2000 and 1.09B in 2005. Worldwide yearly
increase in Internet users is at least 160M in the next five years, which
means the 2B mark will happen in 2010. 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. China now leads with over 310M Internet users at
year-end 2009. The two most populous countries—China and India—are now
in 1st and 3rd place in Internet users.
| 1. China |
310.90 |
17.03 |
| 2. U.S. |
244.78 |
13.41 |
| 3. India |
125.11 |
6.85 |
| 4. Japan |
102.32 |
5.61 |
| 5. Germany |
60.36 |
3.31 |
| 6. Brazil |
51.13 |
2.80 |
| 7. UK |
47.01 |
2.58 |
| 8. Russia |
43.02 |
2.36 |
| 9. France |
42.88 |
2.35 |
| 10. Italy |
40.05 |
2.19 |
| 11. Indonesia |
38.41 |
2.10 |
| 12. South Korea |
38.26 |
2.10 |
| 13. Mexico |
27.76 |
1.51 |
| 14. Canada |
27.12 |
1.49 |
| 15. Spain |
25.22 |
1.38 |
| Top 15 Countries |
1,224.33 |
67.07 |
| Worldwide Total |
1,825.41 |
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Internet
user penetration is now over 75% for the leading countries and future
growth is limited for these countries. Internet user penetration for the
populous and developing countries remains low and has room to grow. The BRIC
countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) have Internet penetration of 26%,
30%, 11% and 23%, 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 2015.
eTForecasts publishes market research reports for the PC and Internet industries.
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