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Worldwide Internet Users will Top 1 Billion in 2005
USA Remains #1 with 185M Internet Users
Updated September 27, 2004 -
The number of Internet users will surpass 930 million in 2004 and will top 1 billion in mid 2005.
There is little Internet user growth in the developed countries, but in the next five years
many Internet users will be supplementing PC Internet usage with Smartphone and mobile
device Internet usage. The growth of Internet users will continue in the developing
countries for another decade. The U.S. continues to lead with over 185M Internet users
forecasted for year-end 2004. Internet usage is growing strongly in China, which
surpassed Japan for second place in 2003.
| 1. U.S. |
185,550 |
19.86 |
| 2. China |
99,800 |
10.68 |
| 3. Japan |
78,050 |
8.35 |
| 4. Germany |
41,880 |
4.48 |
| 5. India |
36,970 |
3.96 |
| 6. UK |
33,110 |
3.54 |
| 7. South Korea |
31,670 |
3.39 |
| 8. Italy |
25,530 |
2.73 |
| 9. France |
25,470 |
2.73 |
| 10. Brazil |
22,320 |
2.39 |
| 11. Russia |
21,230 |
2.27 |
| 12. Canada |
20,450 |
2.19 |
| 13. Mexico |
13,880 |
1.49 |
| 14. Spain |
13,440 |
1.44 |
| 15. Australia |
13,010 |
1.39 |
| Top 15 Countries |
662,360 |
70.88 |
| Worldwide Total |
934,480 |
100 |
"Much of future Internet users growth is coming from populous countries such as China,
India, Brazil, Russia and Indonesia", says Dr. Egil Juliussen, the author of the report.
These countries will also see strong growth of wireless web usage and for many new
Internet users the cell phone will be their only Internet access device.
More information is available in "Internet Users By Country", a market research report
by eTForecasts. The report estimates and forecasts the number of Internet users for 57
countries and the six main regions of the world for 1994 through 2009.
eTForecasts publishes market research reports for the PC, PDA/Smartphones, information
appliance and Internet industries.
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