Countries with Highest Internet Penetration Rates

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TOP 58 COUNTRIES WITH THE
HIGHEST INTERNET PENETRATION RATE
( OVER 50 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION USING THE INTERNET)

TOP 58 COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST INTERNET PENETRATION RATE
#	Country or Region	Penetration (% Population)	Internet Users Latest Data	Population ( 2010 Est. )	Source and Date of Latest Data
1	Falkland Islands	100.0 %	2,546	2,546	ITU - June/10
2	Iceland	97.6 %	301,600	308,910	ITU - June/10
3	Norway	94.8 %	4,431,100	4,676,305	ITU - June/10
4	Greenland	90.2 %	52,000	57,637	ITU - Mar/08
5	Sweden	92.5 %	8,397,900	9,074,055	ITU - June/10
6	Saint Kitts and Nevis	34.1 %	49,898	17,000	ITU - June/10
7	Netherlands	88.6 %	14,872,200	16,783,092	ITU - June/10
8	Denmark	86.1 %	4,750,500	5,515,575	ITU - June/10
9	Finland	85.3 %	4,480,900	5,255,695	ITU - June/10
10	New Zealand	85.4 %	3,600,000	4,213,418	ITU - June/10
11	Australia	80.1 %	17,033,826	21,262,641	N-O - AUG/09
12	Luxembourg	85.3 %	424,500	497,538	ITU - June/10
13	Korea	81.1 %	39,440,000	48,636,068	ITU - June/10
14	Faroe Islands	76.4 %	37,500	49,057	ITU - Nov/08
15	United Kingdom	82.5 %	51,442,100	62,348,447	ITU - June/10
16	United States	77.3 %	239,893,600	310,232,863	ITU - June/10
17	Antigua & Barbuda	74.9 %	65,000	86,754	ITU - June/09
18	Switzerland	75.3 %	5,739,300	7,623,438	ITU - Sept/09
19	Japan	78.2 %	99,143,700	126,804,433	ITU - June/10
20	Germany	79.1 %	65,123,800	82,282,988	ITU - June/10
21	Bermuda	79.1 %	54,000	68,265	ITU - June/10
22	Canada	77.7 %	26,224,900	33,759,742	ITU - June/10
23	United Arab Emirates	75.9 %	3,777,900	4,975,593	TRA - June/10
24	Israel	71.6 %	5,263,146	7,353,985	TNS - May/08
25	Singapore	77.8 %	3,653,400	4,701,069	ITU - June/10
26	Austria	74.8 %	6,143,600	8,214,160	ITU - June/10
27	Spain	62.6 %	29,093,984	46,505,963	N-O - AUG/09
28	Andorra	79.5 %	67,200	84,525	ITU - June/10
29	Guernsey & Alderney	74.6 %	48,300	64,775	ITU - June/10
30	Belgium	70.0 %	8,113,200	10,423,493	ITU - June/10
31	France	68.9 %	44,625,300	64,768,389	ITU - June/10
32	Hong Kong	68.8 %	4,878,713	7,089,705	N-O - Feb/05
33	Saint Lucia	88.8 %	142,900	160,922	ITU - June/10
34	Estonia	75.1 %	969,700	1,291,170	ITU - June/10
35	Ireland	65.8 %	3,042,600	4,622,917	ITU - June/10
36	Monaco	75.2 %	23,000	30,586	ITU - June/10
37	Liechtenstein	65.7 %	23,000	35,002	ITU - Mar/08
38	Barbados	49.7 %	142,000	285,653	ITU - June/10
39	Taiwan	70.1 %	16,130,000	23,024,956	ITU - June/10
40	Malaysia	64.6 %	16,902,600	26,160,256	ITU - June/09
41	Slovak Republic	74.3 %	4,063,600	5,470,306	ITU - June/10
42	Slovenia	64.8 %	1,298,500	2,003,136	ITU - June/10
43	St Vincent & the G	72.9 %	76,000	104,217	ITU - June/10
44	Niue	68.8 %	1,000	1,598	ITU - June/10
45	Latvia	67.8 %	1,503,400	2,217,969	ITU - June/10
46	Hungary	61.8 %	6,176,400	9,992,339	ITU - June/10
47	Lithuania	59.3 %	2,103,471	3,545,319	GfK - Mar/08
48	Czeck Republic	65.5 %	6,680,800	10,201,707	ITU - June/10
49	Tokelau	58.4 %	800	1,371	Teletok - May/07
50	San Marino	54.0 %	17,000	31,477	ITU - Sept/09
51	Brunei Darussulam	80.7 %	318,900	395,027	ITU - June/10
52	Bahrain	88.0 %	649,300	738,004	ITU - June/10
53	Jamaica	55.5 %	1,581,100	2,847,232	ITU - June/10
54	Qatar	51.8 %	436,000	840,826	ITU - June/09
55	Poland	58.4 %	22,450,600	38,463,689	GfK - June/10
56	Italy	51.7 %	30,026,400	58,090,681	N-O - AUG/09
57	Chile	50.0 %	8,369,036	16,746,491	IWS - Dec/09
58	Croatia	50.0 %	2,244,400	4,486,881	ITU - June/09
TOP 58 in Penetration		73.9 %	816,570,322	1,105,560,854	IWS - June/10
Rest of the World		20.0 %	1,149,944,494	5,740,049,106	IWS - June/10
World Total Users		28.7 %	1,966,514,816	6,845,609,960	IWS - June/10

NOTES: (1) Only countries with a Penetration Rate (p.r.) higher than 50% qualify for this list. At present only 58 countries or territories meet this condition, out of the 273 countries and territories logged by Internet World Stats. (2) The Internet Penetration Statistics were updated for June 30, 2010. (3) The Population numbers are based on the data contained at the U.S. Census Bureau . (4) The most recent Internet usage information comes from data published by Nielsen Online , ITU , GfK , local government regulators and other trustworthy sources. For definitions please refer to the surfing guide. (5) Data in this table is copyrighted. It may be cited, giving due credit and establishing an active link back to Internet World Stats. © Copyright 2010, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide.

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