Country Comparison > Internet users

Rank	Country	Internet users
1	China	389,000,000
2	United States	245,000,000
3	Japan	99,182,000
4	Brazil	75,982,000
5	Germany	65,125,000
6	India	61,338,000
7	United Kingdom	51,444,000
8	France	44,625,000
9	Nigeria	43,989,000
10	Russia	40,853,000
11	Korea, South	39,400,000
12	Mexico	31,020,000
13	Italy	29,235,000
14	Spain	28,119,000
15	Turkey	27,233,000
16	Canada	26,960,000
17	Vietnam	23,382,000
18	Colombia	22,538,000
19	Poland	22,452,000
20	Pakistan	20,431,000
21	Egypt	20,136,000
22	Indonesia	20,000,000
23	Thailand	17,483,000
24	Taiwan	16,147,000
25	Australia	15,810,000
26	Malaysia	15,355,000
27	Netherlands	14,872,000
28	Argentina	13,694,000
29	Morocco	13,213,000
30	Saudi Arabia	9,774,000
31	Peru	9,158,000
32	Venezuela	8,918,000
33	Sweden	8,398,000
34	Philippines	8,278,000
35	Iran	8,214,000
36	Belgium	8,113,000
37	Romania	7,787,000
38	Ukraine	7,770,000
39	Chile	7,009,000
40	Czech Republic	6,681,000
41	Hungary	6,176,000
42	Switzerland	6,152,000
43	Austria	6,143,000
44	Kazakhstan	5,299,000
45	Portugal	5,168,000
46	Greece	4,971,000
47	Hong Kong	4,873,000
48	Denmark	4,750,000
49	Algeria	4,700,000
50	Uzbekistan	4,689,000
51	Israel	4,525,000
52	Syria	4,469,000
53	Norway	4,431,000
54	South Africa	4,420,000
55	Finland	4,393,000
56	Sudan	4,200,000
57	Serbia	4,107,000
58	Slovakia	4,063,000
59	Kenya	3,996,000
60	Tunisia	3,500,000
61	United Arab Emirates	3,449,000
62	New Zealand	3,400,000
63	Bulgaria	3,395,000
64	Ecuador	3,352,000
65	Singapore	3,235,000
66	Uganda	3,200,000
67	Ireland	3,042,000
68	Dominican Republic	2,701,000
69	Belarus	2,643,000
70	Azerbaijan	2,420,000
71	Yemen	2,349,000
72	Guatemala	2,279,000
73	Croatia	2,234,000
74	Kyrgyzstan	2,195,000
75	Lithuania	1,964,000
76	Senegal	1,818,000
77	Sri Lanka	1,777,000
78	Jordan	1,642,000
79	Jamaica	1,581,000
80	Latvia	1,504,000
81	Costa Rica	1,485,000
82	Oman	1,465,000
83	Zimbabwe	1,423,000
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,422,000
85	Uruguay	1,405,000
86	Moldova	1,333,000
87	Georgia	1,300,000
88	Albania	1,300,000
89	Slovenia	1,298,000
90	Ghana	1,297,000
91	Paraguay	1,105,000
92	Bolivia	1,103,000
93	Kuwait	1,100,000
94	Macedonia	1,057,000
95	Lebanon	1,000,000
96	Haiti	1,000,000
97	Afghanistan	1,000,000
98	Puerto Rico	1,000,000
99	Estonia	971,700
100	Cote d'Ivoire	967,300
101	Panama	959,800
102	Zambia	816,200
103	Cameroon	749,600
104	El Salvador	746,000
105	Honduras	731,700
106	Malawi	716,400
107	Tajikistan	700,000
108	Tanzania	678,000
109	Bangladesh	617,300
110	Mozambique	613,600
111	Angola	606,700
112	Trinidad and Tobago	593,000
113	Nepal	577,800
114	Qatar	563,800
115	Rwanda	450,000
116	Ethiopia	447,300
117	Luxembourg	424,500
118	Bahrain	419,500
119	Togo	356,300
120	Libya	353,900
121	Mongolia	330,000
122	Iraq	325,900
123	Madagascar	319,900
124	Brunei	314,900
125	Iceland	301,600
126	Laos	300,000
127	Mauritius	290,000
128	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	290,000
129	Montenegro	280,000
130	Macau	270,200
131	Mali	249,800
132	Congo, Republic of the	245,200
133	Malta	240,600
134	Armenia	208,200
135	Benin	200,100
136	Eritrea	200,000
137	Nicaragua	199,800
138	Guyana	189,600
139	Barbados	188,000
140	Burkina Faso	178,100
141	Chad	168,100
142	Suriname	163,000
143	Burundi	157,800
144	Cape Verde	150,000
145	Saint Lucia	142,900
146	Gambia, The	130,100
147	Namibia	127,500
148	Papua New Guinea	125,000
149	French Polynesia	120,000
150	Botswana	120,000
151	Niger	115,900
152	Bahamas, The	115,800
153	Fiji	114,200
154	Burma	110,000
155	Somalia	106,000
156	Gabon	98,800
157	Guinea	95,000
158	Swaziland	90,100
159	Guam	90,000
160	Maldives	86,400
161	New Caledonia	85,000
162	Turkmenistan	80,400
163	Cambodia	78,500
164	Lesotho	76,800
165	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	76,000
166	Mauritania	75,000
167	Andorra	67,100
168	Antigua and Barbuda	65,000
169	Bermuda	54,000
170	Bhutan	50,000
171	Guernsey	48,300
172	Faroe Islands	37,500
173	Guinea-Bissau	37,100
174	Belize	36,000
175	Greenland	36,000
176	Seychelles	32,000
177	Virgin Islands	30,000
178	Jersey	29,500
179	Dominica	28,000
180	Sao Tome and Principe	26,700
181	Djibouti	25,900
182	Grenada	25,000
183	Comoros	24,300
184	Aruba	24,000
185	Cayman Islands	23,000
186	Monaco	23,000
187	Liechtenstein	23,000
188	Central African Republic	22,600
189	Gibraltar	20,200
190	Liberia	20,000
191	Vanuatu	17,000
192	Micronesia, Federated States of	17,000
193	San Marino	17,000
194	Saint Kitts and Nevis	17,000
195	Sierra Leone	14,900
196	Equatorial Guinea	14,400
197	Solomon Islands	10,000
198	Samoa	9,000
199	Tonga	8,400
200	Kiribati	7,800
201	Cook Islands	6,000
202	Tuvalu	4,200
203	British Virgin Islands	4,000
204	Anguilla	3,700
205	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,900
206	Marshall Islands	2,200
207	East Timor	2,100
208	Wallis and Futuna	1,300
209	Montserrat	1,200
210	Niue	1,100
211	Saint Helena	900
212	Tokelau	800
213	Christmas Island	464
214	Gaza Strip	0
215	Cuba	0
216	West Bank	0

Definition: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

See also: Internet users map

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