WORLD INTERNET USAGE AND
POPULATION STATISTICS
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World Regions
|
Population
( 2005 Est.)
|
Population
% of World
|
Internet
Usage,
Latest Data
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Usage
Growth
2000-2005
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Penetration
(% Population )
|
World
Users %
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Africa
|
900,465,411
|
14.0 %
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12,937,100
|
186.6 %
|
1.4 %
|
1.6 %
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Asia
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3,612,363,165
|
56.3 %
|
266,742,420
|
133.4 %
|
7.4 %
|
32.6 %
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Europe
|
,991,138
|
11.4 %
|
230,923,361
|
124.0 %
|
31.6 %
|
28.3 %
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[http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats5.htm Middle
East]
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259,499,772
|
4.0 %
|
17,325,900
|
227.8 %
|
6.7 %
|
2.1 %
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[http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats2.htm
North America]
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328,387,059
|
5.1 %
|
218,400,380
|
102.0 %
|
66.5 %
|
26.7 %
|
[http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats2.htm Latin
America/Caribbean]
|
546,917,192
|
8.5 %
|
55,279,770
|
205.9 %
|
10.1 %
|
6.8 %
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[http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats6.htm Oceania
/ Australia]
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33,443,448
|
0.5 %
|
15,838,216
|
107.9 %
|
47.4 %
|
1.9 %
|
WORLD TOTAL
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6,412,067,185
|
100.0 %
|
817,447,147
|
126.4 %
|
12.7 %
|
100.0 %
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