Africa Internet Usage and Population Statistics

AFRICA

Africa is the second-largest continent, after Asia, in size and
population; located south of Europe and bordered to the west
by the Atlantic Ocean and to the east by the Indian Ocean.

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Links to the African Continent - 57 countries and regions

975,330,899 population 2008 estimate for Africa.

54,171,500 users in Africa as of Dec/08, with 5.6% penetration rate.

1,097,200 broadband internet subscribers as of September/07, a 0.1% p.r.

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ALGERIA

DZ - 33,769,669 population - Country Area: 2,381,741 sq km

Capital city: Algiers - population 2,159,051 ('08)

3,500,000 internet users as of March/08, 10.4% of the population, per ITU.

195,000 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, 0.6% penetration.

Algeria
Algeria map and data.

Algeria Internet and Telecommunications Reports
Algeria Internet Usage and Telecommunications Market reports.

ANGOLA

AO - 12,531,357 population - Country Area: 1,246,700 sq km

Capital city: Luanda - population 2,524,459 ('08)

498,000 Internet users as of Dec/08, 4.0% of the population, per ITU.

Angola
Angola map and data.

Angola Market Report and Links
Angola Information and Search Engines.

BENIN

BJ - 8,532,547 population - Country Area: 112,622 sq km

Capital city: Porto-Novo - population 250,262 ('08)

150,000 internet users as of Mar/08, 1.8% of the population, per ITU.

2,000 broadband internet subscribers as of Mar/08.

Benin
Benin map and data.

Benin Internet and Telecommunications Reports
Benin Internet Usage and Telecommunications Market reports.

BOTSWANA

BW - 1,952,048 population ('08) - Country Area: 581,730 sq km

Capital city: Gaborone - population 224,990 ('08)

100,000 internet users as of Dec/08, 5.1% of the population, per ITU.

1,800 broadband internet subscribers as of Mar/08, 0.1% of the population.

Botswana
Botswana map and data.

Botswana Internet and Telecommunications Reports
Botswana Internet Usage and Telecommunications Markets.

BURKINA FASO

BF - 15,264,735 population - Country Area: 267,950 sq km

Capital city: Ouagadougou - population 1,292,462 ('08)

80,000 Internet users as of Sept/07, 0.5% of the population, per ITU.

1,700 broadband subscribers as of Sept/06, per ITU.

Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso map and data.

Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso information.

BURUNDI

BI - 8,691,005 population - Country Area: 27,834 sq km

Capital city: Bujumbura - population 360,278 ('08)

60,000 Internet users as of Aug./07, 0.7% of the population, per ITU.

Burundi
Burundi map and data.

Burundi
Burundi information.

CAMEROON

CM - 18,467,692 pop. - Country Area: 475,442 sq km

Capital city: Yaounde - population 1,676,588 ('08)

370,000 Internet users as of Aug./07, 2.0% of the population, per ITU.

200 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Cameroon
Cameroon map and data.

Cameroon Search
Cameroon Directory and Gateway.

CAPE VERDE

CV - 426,998 population - Country Area: 4,033 sq km

Capital city: Praia - population 124,661 ('08)

37,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 8.7% of the population, per ITU.

1,800 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Cape Verde
Cape Verde map and data.

Cape Verde
Cape Verde information page.

Africa Internet and Telecommunications Reports
Africa Internet Usage and Telecommunications Market reports.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CF - 4,444,330 population - Country Area: 622,984 sq km

Capital city: Bangui - population 558,235 ('08)

13,000 Internet users as of Sept/07, 0.3% of the population, per ITU.

Central African Republic
Central African Republic map and data.

CHAD

TD - 10,111,337 population - Country Area: 1,284,000 sq km

Capital city: N'Djamena - population 759,993 ('08)

60,000 Internet users as of Sept/07, 0.6% of the population, per ITU.

Chad
Chad map and data.

COMOROS

KM - 731,775 population - Country Area: 1,862 sq km

Capital city: Moroni - population 47,040 ('08)

21,000 Internet users as of Sept/07, 2.9% of the population, per ITU.

Comoros
Map and information for Comoros.

CONGO

CG - 3,905,010 population - Country Area: 341,999 sq km

Capital city: Brazzaville - population 1,180,176 ('08)

70,000 Internet users as of Sept/07, 1.8% of the population, per ITU.

Congo
Congo map and information.

CONGO, Democratic Republic of the, (ex-ZAIRE)

CD - 66,514,506 population - Country Area: 2,344,798 sq km

Capital city: Kinshasa - population 9,166,685 ('08)

230,400 Internet users as of Mar/08, 0.3% of the population, per ITU.

1,500 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Republic Democratic of Congo
Congo Democratic Republic map and data.

COTE D'IVOIRE (Ivory Coast)

CI - 20,179,602 population ('08) - Country Area: 322,461 sq km

Capital city: Yamoussoukro - population 110,013 ('08)

300,000 Internet users as of Sept/07, 1.5% of the population, per ITU.

10,000 broadband internet subscribers as of Mar/08, per ITU.

Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast map and general data.

DJIBOUTI

DJ - 506,221 population - Country Area: 23,200 sq km

Capital city: Djibouti - population 596,396 ('08)

11,000 Internet users as of Sept/07, 2.2% of the population, per ITU.

Djibouti
Djibouti map and general data.

EGYPT (Arab Republic of)

EG - 81,713,517 population - Country Area: 1,001,450 sq km

Capital city: Cairo - population 7,947,121 ('08)

10,532,400 Internet users as of Dec/08, 12.9% of the population, per ITU.

427,100 broadband internet subscribers as of Mar/08, per ITU.

Egypt
Egypt map and general data.

Egypt Internet and Telecommunications Reports
Egypt Internet Usage and Telecommunications Market reports.

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

GQ - 616,459 population - Country Area: 28,051 sq km

Capital city: Malabo - population 170,964 ('08)

8,000 Internet users as of Sept/07, 1.3% of the population, per ITU.

200 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea map and data.

ERITREA

ER - 5,502,026 population ('08) - Country Area: 121,100 sq km

Capital city: Asmara - population 632,315 ('08)

120,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 2.2% of the population, per ITU.

Eritrea
General data and Eritrea map.

ETHIOPIA

ET - 82,544,838 population ('08) - Country Area: 1,127,127 sq km

Capital City: Addis Abeba - population 3,144,918 ('08)

291,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 0.4% of the population, per ITU.

300 broadband internet subscribers as of Mar/08, per ITU.

Ethiopia
Ethiopia map and data.

Ethiopia Market Reports
Ethiopia Internet Marketing, Search Engines and Telecommunications.

GABON

GA - 1,485,832 population - Country Area: 267,667 sq km

Capital City: Libreville - population 713,167 ('08)

82,000 Internet users as of Dec/08, 5.5% of the population, per ITU.

1,800 broadband internet subscribers as of Mar/08, per ITU.

Gabon
Gabon map and data.

GAMBIA, The

GM - 1,735,464 population - Country Area: 10,689 sq km

Capital city: Banjul - population 33,820 ('08)

100,200 Internet users as of Mar/08, 5.8% of the population, per ITU.

100 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Gambia
Gambia map and data.

GHANA

GH - 23,382,848 population - Country Area: 238,538 sq km

Capital City: Accra - population 2,280,216 ('08)

650,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 2.8% of the population, per ITU.

12,700 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Ghana
Ghana map and data.

Ghana Internet and Telecommunications Reports
Ghana Internet Usage and Telecommunications Market reports.

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GUINEA

GN - 10,211,437 population - Country Area: 245,857 sq km

Capital City: Conakry - population 1,857,153 ('08)

50,000 Internet users as of Sept/07, 0.5% of the population, per ITU.

Guinea
General data and Guinea map.

GUINEA BISSAU

GW - 1,503,182 population - Country Area: 36,123 sq km

Capital City: Bissau - population 408,627 ('08)

37,000 Internet users as of Sept/07, 2.5% of the population, per ITU.

Guinea Bissau
Guinea Bissau map and data.

KENYA

KE - 37,953,838 population - Country Area: 581,787 sq km

Capital City: Nairobi - population 3,038,553 ('08)

3,000,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 7.9% of the population, per ITU.

Kenya
Kenya map and data.

Kenya Internet and Telecommunications Reports
Kenya Internet Usage and Telecommunications Market reports.

LESOTHO

LS - 2,128,180 population - Country Area: 30,355 sq km

Capital City: Maseru - population 240,663 ('08)

70,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 3.3% of the population, per ITU.

Lesotho
Lesotho map and data.

Lesotho
Government online, news, and links to Lesotho.

LIBERIA

LR - 3,334,587 population - Country Area: 99,065 sq km

Capital City: Monrovia - population 1,144,018 ('08)

1,000 Internet users as of Dec/2002, 0.03% of the population, per CIA.

Liberia
Liberia map and data.

LIBYA

LY - 6,173,579 population - Country Area: 1,777,060 sq km

Capital city: Tripoli - population 1,191,047 ('08)

260,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 4.2% of the population, per ITU.

Libya
Libya map and data.

MADAGASCAR

MG - 20,042,551 population - Country Area: 587,041 sq km

Capital city: Antananarivo - population 1,540,798 ('08)

110,000 Internet users as of Sept/07, 0.5% of the population, per ITU.

Madagascar
Madagascar map and data.

MALAWI

MW - 13,931,831 population - Country Area: 118,480 sq km

Capital city: Lilongwe - population 866,272 ('08)

139,500 Internet users as of Mar/08, 1.0% of the population, per ITU.

400 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Malawi
Malawi map and data.

MALI

ML - 12,324,029 population - Country Area: 1,240,198 sq km

Capital city: Bamako - population 1,662,786 ('08)

100,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 0.8% of the population, per ITU.

2,900 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Mali
Mali map and data.

MAURITANIA

MR - 3,364,940 population - Country Area: 1,035,000 sq km

Capital city: Nouakchott - population 775,758 ('08)

30,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 0.9% of the population, per ITU.

700 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Mauritania
Mauritania map and data.

MAURITIUS

MU - 1,274,189 population - Country Area: 2,040 sq km

Capital city: Port Louis - population 154,477 ('08)

340,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 26.7% of the population, per ITU.

21,900 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Mauritius
Mauritius map and data.

MAYOTTE (FR)

YT - 216,306 population - Territorial Area: 373 sq km

Capital City: Mamoutzou - population 7,736 ('08)

( Internet data not available.)

Mayotte
Mayotte Information and map.

MOROCCO

MA - 34,343,219 population - Country Area: 458,730 sq km

Capital city: Rabat - population 1,754,425 ('08)

6,600,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 19.2% of the population, per ITU.

390,800 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Morocco
Morocco map and data.

Morocco Market Report
Morocco Internet Marketing and Search Engines.

MOZAMBIQUE

MZ - 21,284,701 population - Country Area: 799,380 sq km

Capital City: Maputo - population 1,109,798 ('08)

200,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 0.9% of the population, per ITU.

Mozambique
Mozambique map and data.

Mozambique Search Engines
Search Engines and Directories for Mozambique.

NAMIBIA

NA - 2,088,669 population - Country Area: 825,112 sq km

Capital city: Windhoek - population 296,366 ('08)

100,100 Internet users as of Mar/08, 4.8% of the population, per ITU.

Namibia
Namibia map and data.

Namibia Links
Namibia Information Directory.

NIGER

NE - 14,752,080 population - Country Area: 1,186,408 sq km

Capital City: Niamey - population 907,178 ('08)

40,000 Internet users as of Sept/07, 0.3% of the population, per ITU.

200 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Niger
Niger map and data.

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NIGERIA

NG - 146,255,306 population - Country Area: 923,768 sq km

Capital city: Abuja - population 1,129,345 ('08)

10,000,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 6.8% of the population, per ITU.

500 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Nigeria
Nigeria map and data.

Nigeria
Nigeria media statistics.

Nigeria
Brief on the Nigerian economy.

Nigeria Internet and Telecommunications Reports
Nigeria Internet Usage and Telecommunications Market reports.

REUNION (FR)

RE - 803,209 population - Territorial Area: 2,547 sq km

Capital city: Saint-Denis - population 136,771 ('08)

220,000 Internet users as of Sept./07, 27.4% of the population, per ITU.

Reunion
Reunion map.

Reunion Profile
Reunion overview and facts, from the BBC.

RWANDA

RW - 10,186,063 population - Country Area: 26,338 sq km

Capital city: Kigali - population 904,779 ('08)

100,000 Internet users as of Nov/08, 1.0% of the population, per ITU.

1,700 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Rwanda
Rwanda map and information.

SAINT HELENA (UK)

SH - 7,601 population - Territorial Area: 410 sq km

Capital city: Jamestown - population 535 ('08)

1,000 Internet users as of Dec./2003, 13.2% of the population, per CIA.

St. Helena
Homepage of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Google Saint Helene
Saint Helena search engine.

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

ST - 206,178 population - Territorial Area: 1,001 sq km

Capital city: Sao Tome - population 62,531 ('08)

23,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 11.2% of the population, per ITU.

Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome & Principe data and map.

SENEGAL

SN - 13,343,424 population - Country Area: 196,722 sq km

Capital City: Dakar - population 2,485,851 ('08)

820,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 6.1% of the population, per ITU.

28,900 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Senegal
Senegal map and data.

Senegal Internet and Telecommunications Reports
Senegal Internet Usage and Telecommunications Market reports.

SEYCHELLES

SC - 86,595 population - Country Area: 455 sq km

Capital city: Victoria - population 22,198 ('08)

32,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 37.0% of the population, per ITU.

1,300 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Seychelles
Seychelles map and data.

SIERRA LEONE

SL - 6,294,774 population - Country Area: 71,740 sq km

Capital City: Freetown - population 819,634 ('08)

13,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 0.2% of the population, per ITU.

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone map and data.

SOMALIA

SO - 9,558,666 population - Country Area: 637,657 sq km

Capital City: Mogadishu - population 1,609,050 ('08)

98,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 1.0% of the population, per ITU.

Somalia
Somalia map and data.

SOUTH AFRICA

ZA - 48,782,755 population - Country Area: 1,219,090 sq km

Capital City: Pretoria* - population 1,633,569 ('08)

4,590,000 Internet users Dec/08, 9.4% of the population, per WWW.

378,000 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/08, per ITU.

Note (*): Pretoria is administrative capital; Cape Town is legislative capital;
and Bloemfontein is judicial capital.

South Africa
South Africa map and information.

Statistics South Africa
South Africa statistics.

South Africa Internet Market Report
Internet Usage, Population, Local Search Directories,
and e-Marketing in South Africa Report.

News from Africa
All Africa News.

South Africa Links

World Wide Worx
South African Internet Technology research website.

MBendi
African business website and one of the world's top
mining, energy and international trade websites.

Askzn
South African stainless steel business directory.

SUDAN

SD - 40,218,455 population - Country Area: 2,505,810 sq km

Capital City: Khartoum - population 2,203,987 ('08)

3,500,000 Internet users as of Nov/08, 8.7% of the population, per ITU.

2,100 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Sudan
Sudan map and data.

Sudan Net
Sudan Directory.

Sudan Market Report
Sudan Internet Marketing and Search Engines.

SWAZILAND

SZ - 1,128,814 population - Country Area: 17,363 sq km

Capital city: Mbabane* - population 60,920 ('08)

42,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 3.7% of the population, per ITU.

Note(*): Mbabane is the administrative capital; Lobamba is the royal and legislative capital.

Swaziland
Swaziland map and information.

TANZANIA

TZ - 40,213,162 population - Country Area: 945,087 sq. km.

Capital City: Dar es Salaam, - population 2,975,986 ('08)

400,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 1.0% of the population, per ITU.

Tanzania
Tanzania map and information.

TOGO

TG - 5,858,673 population - Country Area: 58,785 sq km

Capital City: Lome - population 1,501,777 ('08)

320,000 Internet users as of Sept/07, 5.5% of the population, per ITU.

Togo
Togo map and data.

TUNISIA

TN - 10,383,577 population - Country Area: 163,610 sq km

Capital City: Tunis - population 739,436 ('08)

2,800,000 Internet users as of Dec/08, 27.0% of the population, per ATI.

43,800 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Tunisia
Tunisia map and data.

Tunisia Internet and Telecommunications Reports
Tunisia Internet Usage and Telecommunications Market reports.

UGANDA

UG - 31,367,972 population - Country Area: 242,554 sq km

Capital City: Kampala - population 1,507,042 ('08)

750,000 Internet users as of Nov/08, 2.4% of the population, per ITU.

1,200 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Uganda
Uganda map and data.

Uganda Internet and Telecommunications Reports
Uganda Internet Usage and Telecommunications Market reports.

WESTERN SAHARA

EH - 393,831 population - Territorial Area: 266,000 sq km

Capital City: none* - not available ('08)

( Internet Data Not Available.)

Note(*): Western Sahara is virtually annexed by Morocco.

Sahara
West Sahara map.

ZAMBIA

ZM - 11,669,534 population - Country Area: 752,614 sq km

Capital city: Lusaka - population 1,377,130 ('08)

500,000 Internet users as of Sept/07, 4.3% of the population, per ITU.

2,300 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Zambia
Zambia map and data.

ZIMBABWE

ZW - 11,350,111 population - Country Area: 390,784 sq km

Capital city: Harare - population 1,661,675 ('08)

1,351,000 Internet users as of Mar/08, 11.9% of the population, per ITU.

10,200 broadband internet subscribers as of Sept/07, per ITU.

Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe map and data.

Zimbabwe Market Report
Zimbabwe Internet Marketing, Search Engines and Telecommunications.

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