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Worldwide Internet Users Top 1 Billion in 2005
USA Reach Nearly 200M Internet Users
January 3, 2006 -
The
number of Internet users surpassed 1 billion in 2005—up from only 45M in
1995 and 420M in 2000. The 2 billion Internet users milestone is expected
in 2011. Much of current and future Internet user growth is coming from
populous countries such as China, India, Brazil, Russia and Indonesia.
In the next decade many Internet users will be supplementing PC Internet
usage with Smartphone and mobile device Internet usage. In developing
countries many new Internet users will come from cell phone and Smartphone
Internet usage. The U.S. continues to lead with nearly 200M Internet users
at year-end 2005. The two most populous countries—China and India—are
now in 2nd and 4th place in Internet users.
| 1. U.S. |
197.8 |
18.3 |
| 2. China |
119.5 |
11.1 |
| 3. Japan |
86.3 |
8.0 |
| 4. India |
50.6 |
4.7 |
| 5. Germany |
46.3 |
4.3 |
| 6. UK |
35.8 |
3.3 |
| 7. South Korea |
33.9 |
3.1 |
| 8. Italy |
28.8 |
2.7 |
| 9. France |
28.8 |
2.7 |
| 10. Brazil |
25.9 |
2.4 |
| 11. Russia |
23.7 |
2.2 |
| 12. Canada |
21.9 |
2.0 |
| 13. Indonesia |
18.0 |
1.7 |
| 14. Mexico |
16.9 |
1.6 |
| 15. Spain |
15.8 |
1.5 |
| Top 15 Countries |
750.0 |
69.4 |
| Worldwide Total |
1,081 |
100 |
Internet
user penetration is now in the 65% to 75% range for the leading countries
and future growth is limited. Internet user penetration for the populous
and developing countries is in the 10% to 20% range. The developing
countries have room to grow and wireless web usage will account for much
of future Internet user growth.
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 1994 through 2010.
eTForecasts publishes market research reports for the PC, PDA/Smartphones,
cell phones and Internet industries.
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