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Global Internet usage
This article on global Internet usage includes tables, charts, maps, and a list of articles with more detailed information on a wide range of usage measures.
Internet users
Internet users per 100 inhabitants
| 2005 | 2010 | 2013 | |
| World population | 6.5 billion | 6.9 billion | 7.1 billion |
| Not using the Internet | 84% | 70% | 61% |
| Using the Internet | 16% | 30% | 39% |
| Users in the developing world | 8% | 21% | 31% |
| Users in the developed world | 51% | 67% | 77% |
| 2005 | 2010 | 2013 | |
| Africa | 2% | 10% | 16% |
| Americas | 36% | 49% | 61% |
| Arab States | 8% | 26% | 38% |
| Asia and Pacific | 9% | 23% | 32% |
| Commonwealth of Independent States |
10% |
34% |
52% |
| Europe | 46% | 67% | 75% |
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Internet users in 2012 as a percentage of a country's population |
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Number of Internet users in 2012 |
Broadband usage
| 2007 | 2010 | 2013 | |
| World population | 6.6 billion | 6.9 billion | 7.1 billion |
| Fixed broadband | 5.2% | 7.6% | 9.8% |
| Developing world | 2.3% | 4.2% | 6.1% |
| Developed world | 18.0% | 23.6% | 27.2% |
| Mobile broadband | 4.0% | 11.3% | 29.5% |
| Developing world | 0.8% | 4.4% | 19.8% |
| Developed world | 18.5% | 42.9% | 74.8% |
| Fixed subscriptions: | 2007 | 2010 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Americas | 10.9% | 14.1% | 17.1% |
| Arab States | 0.9% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| Asia and Pacific | 3.2% | 5.5% | 7.6% |
| Commonwealth of Independent States |
2.3% |
8.2% |
13.5% |
| Europe | 18.4% | 23.6% | 27.0% |
| Mobile subscriptions: | 2007 | 2010 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 0.2% | 1.8% | 10.9% |
| Americas | 6.4% | 22.9% | 48.0% |
| Arab States | 0.8% | 5.1% | 18.9% |
| Asia and Pacific | 3.1% | 7.4% | 22.4% |
| Commonwealth of Independent States |
0.2% |
22.3% |
46.0% |
| Europe | 14.7% | 28.7% | 67.5% |
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Fixed broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012
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Mobile broadband Internet subscriptions in 2012
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IPv4 addresses
World map of 24 hour relative average utilization of IPv4 addresses observed using ICMP ping requests as part of the Internet Census of 2012 (Carna Botnet), June - October 2012. Key: from red (high), to yellow, green (average), light blue, and dark blue (low).
Languages
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Content languages for websites
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Percentage of Internet users by language
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Censorship
Internet censorship by country
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Pervasive censorship
Substantial censorship
Selective censorship
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Changing situation
Little or no censorship
Not classified / No data
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