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Latin American
Internet Usage
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LATIN AMERICA
COUNTRIES / REGIONS
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Population
( Est. 2008 )
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Internet
Users, Latest Data
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%
Population
( Penetration )
|
User Growth
( 2000-2008 )
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% Users
in Table
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Argentina
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40,481,998
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20,000,000
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49.4 %
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700.0 %
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11.8 %
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Bolivia
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9,601,257
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1,000,000
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10.4
%
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733.3
%
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0.6 %
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Brazil
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196,342,587
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67,510,400
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34.4 %
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1,250.2
%
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39.8 %
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Chile
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16,454,143
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8,368,719
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50.9 %
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376.2
%
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4.9 %
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Colombia
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45,013,674
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17,478,505
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38.8 %
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1,890.7
%
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10.3 %
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Costa Rica
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4,195,914
|
1,500,000
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35.7
%
|
500.0
%
|
0.9 %
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Cuba
|
11,423,952
|
1,310,000
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11.5 %
|
2,083.3
%
|
0.8 %
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Dominican Republic
|
9,507,133
|
3,000,000
|
31.6
%
|
5,354.5
%
|
1.8 %
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Ecuador
|
14,354,469
|
1,759,500
|
12.3
%
|
877.5
%
|
1.0 %
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El Salvador
|
7,066,403
|
763,000
|
10.8
%
|
1,807.5
%
|
0.4 %
|
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Guatemala
|
13,002,206
|
1,320,000
|
10.2
%
|
1,930.8
%
|
0.8 %
|
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Honduras
|
7,639,327
|
424,200
|
5.6
%
|
960.5
%
|
0.2 %
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Mexico
|
109,955,400
|
27,400,000
|
24.9 %
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910.2 %
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16.1 %
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Nicaragua
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5,785,846
|
155,000
|
2.7
%
|
210.0
%
|
0.1 %
|
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Panama
|
3,309,679
|
745,300
|
22.5
%
|
1,556.2
%
|
0.4 %
|
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Paraguay
|
6,831,306
|
530,300
|
7.8
%
|
2,551.5
%
|
0.3 %
|
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Peru
|
29,180,899
|
7,636,400
|
26.2 %
|
205.5
%
|
4.5 %
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Puerto Rico
|
3,957,098
|
1,000,000
|
25.3 %
|
400.0
%
|
0.6 %
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Uruguay
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3,477,778
|
1,100,000
|
31.6 %
|
197.3
%
|
0.6 %
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Venezuela
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26,414,815
|
6,723,616
|
25.5 %
|
607.7
%
|
4.0 %
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TOTAL
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563,995,884
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169,724,940
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30.1 %
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853.9 %
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100.0 %
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NOTES:
(1) Latin American Internet Usage and Population Statistics were updated
for March 31, 2009. (2) CLICK on each country name to see
detailed data for individual countries and regions. (3)
Population numbers are based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau. (4) The most recent
usage comes mainly from data published by Nielsen-Online
,
ITU , and trustworthy local sources.
(5) Data on this site may be cited, giving the due credit and
establishing an active link back to Internet World Stats
. (6) For
definitions and help, see the site surfing
guide. Copyright © 2009, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All
rights reserved.
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