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The World Factbook 2002
  Field Listing - Internet users


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.
Country
Internet users
Afghanistan NA
Albania 12,000 (2001)
Algeria 180,000 (2001)
American Samoa NA
Andorra 24,500 (2001)
Angola 30,000 (2001)
Anguilla 919 (2000)
Antigua and Barbuda 5,000 (2001)
Argentina 3.88 million (2001)
Armenia 30,000 (2001)
Aruba 4,000 (2000)
Australia 10.06 million (2001)
Austria 3 million (2000)
Azerbaijan 12,000 (2001)
Bahamas, The 13,100 (2001)
Bahrain 105,000 (2001)
Bangladesh 30,000 (2000)
Barbados 6,000 (2000)
Belarus 180,000 (2001)
Belgium 2.807 million (2001)
Belize 15,000 (2000)
Benin 50,000 (2002)
Bermuda 25,000 (2000)
Bhutan 500 (2000)
Bolivia 78,000 (2000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,500 (2000)
Botswana 33,000 (2001)
Brazil 11.94 million (2001)
British Virgin Islands NA
Brunei 28,000 (2001)
Bulgaria 585,000 (2001)
Burkina Faso 10,000 (2001)
Burma 500 (2000)
Burundi 2,000 (2000)
Cambodia 6,000 (2001)
Cameroon 20,000 (2000)
note: in 2000, Cameroon also had 112 cyber-cafes
Canada 14.44 million (2001)
Cape Verde 8,000 (2001)
Cayman Islands NA
Central African Republic 1,500 (2001)
Chad 1,000 (2000)
Chile 1.75 million (2001)
China 26.5 million (2001)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA
Colombia 878,000 (2001)
Comoros 1,500 (2001)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,500 (1999)
Congo, Republic of the 500 (2000)
Cook Islands NA
Costa Rica 250,000 (2001)
Cote d'Ivoire 10,000 (2001)
Croatia 200,000 (2001)
Cuba 60,000 (2001)
Cyprus 120,000 (2001)
Czech Republic 1.1 million (2001)
Denmark 2.93 million (2001)
Djibouti 1,400 (2000)
Dominica 2,000 (2000)
Dominican Republic 25,000 (1999)
East Timor NA
Ecuador 180,000 (2001)
Egypt 560,000 (2001)
El Salvador 40,000 (2000)
Equatorial Guinea 600 (2000)
Eritrea 12,000 (2001)
Estonia 540,000 (2001)
Ethiopia 20,000 (2002)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA; however one-half of all households are reported to have internet access (2002)
Faroe Islands 3,000 (2000)
Fiji 7,500 (2000)
Finland 2.27 million (2000)
France 11.7 million (2001)
French Guiana 2,000 (2000)
French Polynesia 5,000 (2000)
Gabon 15,000 (2001)
Gambia, The 5,000 (2001)
Gaza Strip 60,000 (includes West Bank) (2001)
Georgia 20,000 (2000)
Germany 28.64 million (2001)
Ghana 200,000 (2002)
Gibraltar NA
Greece 1.33 million (1999)
Greenland 17,800 (2001)
Grenada 4,100 (2001)
Guadeloupe 4,000 (2000)
Guam 5,000 (2000)
Guatemala 65,000 (2000)
Guernsey NA
Guinea 8,000 (2000)
Guinea-Bissau 1,500 (1999)
Guyana 3,000 (2000)
Haiti 6,000 (2000)
Holy See (Vatican City) NA
Honduras 40,000 (2000)
Hong Kong 3.93 million (2001)
Hungary 1.2 million (2001)
Iceland 168,000 (2001)
India 5 million (2001)
Indonesia 2 million (2001)
Iran 250,000 (2001)
Iraq 12,500 (2001)
Ireland 1.25 million (2001)
Israel 1.94 million (2001)
Italy 19.25 million (2001)
Jamaica 60,000 (2000)
Japan 47.08 million (2001)
Jersey NA
Jordan 210,000 (2001)
Kazakhstan 85,000 (2001)
Kenya 250,000 (2001)
Kiribati 1,000 (2000)
Korea, North NA
Korea, South 22.23 million (2001)
Kuwait 165,000 (2001)
Kyrgyzstan 51,600 (2001)
Laos 6,000 (2001)
Latvia 310,000 (2001)
Lebanon 300,000 (2001)
Lesotho 4,000 (2000)
Liberia 500 (2000)
Libya 20,000 (2001)
Liechtenstein NA
Lithuania 341,000 (2001)
Luxembourg 100,000 (2001)
Macau 60,000 (2001)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 100,000 (2001)
Madagascar 30,000 (2000)
Malawi 15,000 (2000)
Malaysia 4.1 million (2001)
Maldives 6,000 (2001)
Mali 10,000 (2000)
Malta 40,000 (2000)
Man, Isle of NA
Marshall Islands 537 (2001)
Martinique 5,000 (2000)
Mauritania 7,500 (2001)
Mauritius 87,000 (2001)
Mayotte NA
Mexico 3.42 million (2001)
Micronesia, Federated States of 2,000 (2000)
Moldova 15,000 (2000)
Monaco NA
Mongolia 30,000 (2001)
Montserrat NA
Morocco 220,000 (2001)
Mozambique 22,500 (2000)
Namibia 30,000 (2001)
Nauru NA
Nepal 50,000 (2001)
Netherlands 8.7 million (2001)
Netherlands Antilles 2,000 (2000)
New Caledonia 24,000 (2001)
New Zealand 1.78 million (2001)
Nicaragua 20,000 (2000)
Niger 3,000 (2000)
Nigeria 100,000 (1999)
Niue NA
Norfolk Island NA
Northern Mariana Islands NA
Norway 2.45 million (2001)
Oman 90,000 (2001)
Pakistan 1.2 million (2000)
Panama 45,000 (2000)
Papua New Guinea 135,000 (2001)
Paraguay 20,000 (2000)
Peru 400,000 (2000)
Philippines 2 million (2001)
Pitcairn Islands NA
Poland 3.5 million (2001)
Portugal 2 million (2001)
Puerto Rico 200,000 (2000)
Qatar 75,000 (2001)
Reunion 10,000 (1999)
Romania 800,000 (2001)
Russia 9.2 million (2000)
Rwanda 5,000 (2001)
Saint Helena NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,000 (2000)
Saint Lucia 5,000 (2000)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,500 (2001)
Samoa 500 (2000)
San Marino NA
Sao Tome and Principe 6,500 (2001)
Saudi Arabia 570,000 (2001)
Senegal 40,000 (2001)
Seychelles 6,000 (2001)
Sierra Leone 20,000 (2001)
Singapore 2.12 million (2001)
Slovakia 700,000 (2000)
Slovenia 600,000 (2001)
Solomon Islands 3,000 (2000)
Somalia 200 (2000)
South Africa 2.4 million (2001)
Spain 7.38 million (2001)
Sri Lanka 121,500 (2001)
Sudan 50,000 (2002)
Suriname 11,700 (2001)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland 6,000 (2001)
Sweden 5.64 million (2000)
Switzerland 3.41 million (2001)
Syria 32,000 (2001)
Taiwan 11.6 million (2001)
Tajikistan 2,000 (2000)
Tanzania 115,000 (2001)
Thailand 2.3 million (2000)
Togo 20,000 (2001)
Tokelau NA
Tonga 1,000 (2000)
Trinidad and Tobago 42,800 (2001)
Tunisia 280,000 (2001)
Turkey 4 million (2001)
Turkmenistan 2,000 (2000)
Turks and Caicos Islands NA
Tuvalu NA
Uganda 25,000 (2000)
Ukraine 750,000 (2001)
United Arab Emirates 735,000 (2001)
United Kingdom 33 million (2001)
United States 166 million (2001)
Uruguay 370,000 (2001)
Uzbekistan 7,500 (2000)
Vanuatu 3,000 (2000)
Venezuela 950,000 (2001)
Vietnam 160,000 (2001)
Virgin Islands 12,000 (2000)
Wallis and Futuna NA
West Bank 60,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2001)
Western Sahara NA
World 513.41 million (2001 est.)
Yemen 14,000 (2001)
Yugoslavia 400,000 (2001)
Zambia 15,000 (2000)
Zimbabwe 30,000 (1999)

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002
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