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Africa Internet Penetration


Internet Users Statistics for Africa
( Africa Internet Usage, 2023 Population Stats and Facebook Subscribers)

AFRICA 2023 POPULATION AND INTERNET USERS STATISTICS

AFRICA

Population
(2022 Est.)

Internet
Users
31-DEC-2000

Internet
Users

31-DEC-21

Internet
Penetration

Internet
Growth %
2000 - 2021

Facebook
subscribers
30-APRIL-22

Algeria

45,150,879

50,000

37,836,425

83.8 %

50,756 %

26,291,400

Angola

34,592,611

30,000

8,980,670

26.0 %

29,835 %

2,875,600

Benin

12,653,644

15,000

3,801,758

30.0 %

25,245 %

1,686,800

Botswana

2,429,926

15,000

1,247,000

51.3 %

7,493 %

1,191,300

Burkina Faso

21,863,344

10,000

4,594,265

21.0 %

45,842 %

2,539,900

Burundi

12,487,044

3,000

1,606,122

12.8 %

53,437 %

793,900

Cabo Verde

565,751

8,000

352,120

62.3 %

4,302 %

321,000

Cameroon

27,646,656

20,000

9,158,422

33.1 %

39,292 %

4,723,600

Central African Rep.

4,967,426

1,500

557,085

11.2 %

37,039 %

150,000

Chad

17,217,597

1,000

2,237,932

13.0 %

223,693 %

644,200

Comoros

900,222

1,500

228,800

25.4%

12,813 %

223,000

Congo

5,744,245

500

930,800

16.2 %

166,540 %

904,700

Congo, Dem. Rep.

94,152,930

500

16,355,917

17.4 %

3,271,083 %

5,117,700

Cote d'Ivoire

27,473,629

40,000

12,253,653

44.6 %

30,534 %

6,554,100

Djibouti

1,011,573

1,400

548,832

54.3 %

39,102 %

151,000

Egypt

105,530,371

450,000

54,741,493

51.9 %

12,064 %

51,286,200

Equatorial Guinea

1,481,822

500

362,891

24.5 %

72,478 %

125,700

Eritrea

3,626,986

5,000

248,199

6.8 %

4,864 %

6,200

Eswatini

1,179,737

10,000

665,245

56.4 %

6,552 %

421,500

Ethiopia

119,748,379

10,000

21,147,255

17.7 %

211,372 %

7,535,700

Gabon

2,313,754

15,000

1,367,641

60.0 %

9,017 %

872,600

Gambia

2,531,578

4,000

442,050

19.0 %

11,713 %

478,000

Ghana

32,154,245

30,000

14,767,818

45.9 %

49,126 %

9,163,200

Guinea

13,734,762

8,000

2,551,672

18.6 %

31,795 %

2,446,700

Guinea-Bissau

2,046,008

1,500

900,000

44.0 %

16,566 %

900,000

Kenya

55,752,020

200,000

46,870,422

85.2 %

23,335 %

12,445,700

Lesotho

2,169,819

4,000

682,990

31.5 %

16,974 %

553,900

Liberia

5,257,162

500

784,500

14.9 %

152,098 %

784,500

Libya

7,024,811

10,000

6,658,900

94.8 %

58,470 %

6,658,900

Madagascar

28,427,328

30,000

2,864,000

10.1 %

9,446 %

2,864,000

Malawi

19,647,684

15,000

2,717,243

13.8 %

18,015 %

637,600

Mali

20,855,735

18,800

12,480,176

59.8 %

66,284 %

2,033,300

Mauritania

4,775,119

5,000

969,519

20.3 %

19,290 %

927,300

Mauritius

1,273,433

87,000

919,000

72.2 %

956 %

919,000

Mayotte (FR)

279,515

n/a

107,940

38.6 %

n/a

95,500

Morocco

37,344,795

100,000

25,589,581

68.5 %

25,489 %

21,730,000

Mozambique

32,163,047

30,000

6,523,613

20.3 %

21,645 %

2,756,000

Namibia

2,587,344

30,000

1,347,418

52.1 %

4,391 %

792,000

Niger

25,130,817

5,000

3,363,848

13.4 %

67,177 %

577,800

Nigeria

211,400,708

200,000

154,301,195

73.0 %

101,484 %

31,860,000

Reunion (FR)

901,686

130,000

608,000

67.4 %

367 %

608,000

Rwanda

13,276,513

5,000

5,981,638

45.1 %

119,532 %

806,200

Saint Helena (UK)

6,086

n/a

2,300

37.8 %

n/a

2,300

Sao Tome & Principe

223,368

6,500

63,864

28.6 %

882 %

60,800

Senegal

17,196,301

40,000

9,749,527

56.7 %

24,273 %

3,802,000

Seychelles

98,908

6,000

71,300

72.1 %

1,088 %

71,300

Sierra Leone

8,141,343

5,000

1,043,725

12.8 %

20,774 %

833,400

Somalia

16,359,504

200

2,089,900

12.8 %

852,550 %

2,089,900

South Africa

60,041,994

2,400,000

34,545,165

57.5 %

1,339 %

24,600,000

South Sudan

11,381,378

n/a

900,716

7.9 %

n/a

436,600

Sudan

44,909,353

30,000

13,124,100

29.2 %

43,647 %

1,300,000

Tanzania

61,498,437

115,000

23,142,960

37.6 %

20,024 %

5,223,000

Togo

8,478,250

100,000

1,011,837

11.9 %

912 %

860,500

Tunisia

11,935,766

100,000

8,170,000

68.4 %

8,070 %

8,170,000

Uganda

47,123,531

40,000

18,502,166

39.3 %

46,155 %

3,328,000

Western Sahara

611,875

n/a

28,000

4.6 %

n/a

27,000

Zambia

18,920,651

20,000

9,870,427

52.2 %

49,252 %

2,543,000

Zimbabwe

15,092,171

50,000

8,400,000

55.7 %

16,700 %

1,303,000

TOTAL AFRICA

1,373,486,514

4,514,400

590,296,163

43.0 %

12,975 %

255,412,900

Rest of World

6,502,279,070

356,471,092

4,463,594,959

68.6 %

88.3 %

2,475,026,941

WORLD TOTAL

7,875,765,584

360,985,492

5,053,891,122

64.2 %

100.0 %

2,730,439,841

NOTES: (1) Africa Internet Statistics for Dec 31, 2021, have been updated as of May 25, 2022. (2) Africa Facebook subscribers are estimated for April 30, 2022. (3) CLICK on each country name for further data on individual countries and regions. (4) Africa Population numbers are mid-year 2022 estimates, based on data from the United Nations Population Division. (5) For definitions, navigation help and methodology, see the site surfing guide. (6) Africa Internet usage information comes from, among others, data published by WWW, ITU , Facebook, and other trustworthy information sources. (7) For Internet growth comparison purposes, baseline Internet usage data for the year 2000 is also displayed. (8) Data from this table may be cited, giving the due credit to Internet World Stats and establishing a link back to www.internetworldstats.com Copyright 2022, © Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide.


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