|
TOP 47 COUNTRIES WITH
THE
HIGHEST INTERNET PENETRATION RATE
|
|
#
|
Country or Region
|
Penetration
(% Population)
|
Internet Users
Latest Data
|
Population
( 2008 Est. )
|
Source and Date
of Latest Data
|
|
1
|
Greenland
|
92.3 %
|
52,000
|
56,326
|
ITU
- Mar/08
|
|
2
|
Netherlands
|
90.1 %
|
15,000,000
|
16,645,313
|
ITU
- Mar/08
|
|
3
|
Norway
|
87.7 %
|
4,074,100
|
4,644,457
|
ITU
- Aug/07
|
|
4
|
Antigua & Barbuda
|
85.9 %
|
60,000
|
69,842
|
ITU
- Mar/08
|
|
5
|
Iceland
|
84.8 %
|
258,000
|
304,367
|
ITU
- Sept/06
|
|
6
|
Canada
|
84.3 %
|
28,000,000
|
33,212,696
|
ITU -
Mar/08
|
|
7
|
New Zealand
|
80.5 %
|
3,360,000
|
4,173,460
|
ITU
- Mar/08
|
|
8
|
Australia
|
79.4 %
|
16,355,388
|
20,600,856
|
Nielsen//NR
- Mar/08
|
|
9
|
Sweden
|
77.4 %
|
7,000,000
|
9,045,389
|
ITU - Mar/08
|
|
10
|
Falkland
Islands
|
76.5 %
|
1,900
|
2,483
|
CIA - Dec/02
|
|
11
|
Japan
|
73.8 %
|
94,000,000
|
127,288,419
|
ITU - Mar/08
|
|
12
|
Portugal
|
72.9 %
|
7,782,760
|
10,676,910
|
IWS - Mar/08
|
|
13
|
United States
|
72.3 %
|
220,141,969
|
303,824,646
|
Nielsen//NR -
June/08
|
|
14
|
Bermuda
|
72.1 %
|
48,000
|
66,536
|
ITU - Mar/08
|
|
15
|
Luxembourg
|
71.0 %
|
345,000
|
486,006
|
ITU -
Mar/08
|
|
16
|
Korea, South
|
70.7 %
|
34,820,000
|
49,232,844
|
ITU - Mar/08
|
|
17
|
Faroe Islands
|
69.9 %
|
34,000
|
48,668
|
ITU -
Aug/07
|
|
18
|
Hong Kong
|
69.5 %
|
4,878,713
|
7,018,636
|
N//NR - Feb/05
|
|
19
|
Switzerland
|
69.0 %
|
5,230,351
|
7,581,520
|
Nielsen//NR -
May/08
|
|
20
|
Denmark
|
68.6 %
|
3,762,500
|
5,484,723
|
ITU
- Sept/05
|
|
21
|
Finland
|
68.6 %
|
3,600,000
|
5,244,749
|
ITU - Mar/08
|
|
22
|
United Kingdom
|
68.6 %
|
41,817,847
|
60,943,912
|
Nielsen//NR - May/08
|
|
23
|
Taiwan
|
67.2 %
|
15,400,000
|
22,920,946
|
TWNIC - Jun/07
|
|
24
|
Liechtenstein
|
66.7 %
|
23,000
|
34,498
|
ITU
- Mar/08
|
|
25
|
Slovenia
|
64.8 %
|
1,300,000
|
2,007,711
|
ITU
- Mar/08
|
|
26
|
Germany
|
63.8 %
|
52,533,914
|
82,369,548
|
Nielsen//NR - Mar/08
|
|
27
|
Barbados
|
63.8 %
|
180,000
|
281,968
|
ITU
- Mar/08
|
|
28
|
Saint Lucia
|
63.6 %
|
110,000
|
172,884
|
ITU
- Mar/08
|
|
29
|
Spain
|
63.3 %
|
25,623,329
|
40,491,051
|
Nielsen//NR - May/08
|
|
30
|
Belarus
|
61.9 %
|
6,000,000
|
9,685,768
|
ITU
- Mar/08
|
|
31
|
Monaco
|
61.0 %
|
20,000
|
32,796
|
ITU - Aug/07
|
|
32
|
Italy
|
59.7 %
|
34,708,144
|
58,145,321
|
Nielsen//NR
- May/08
|
|
33
|
Estonia
|
59.7 %
|
780,000
|
1,307,605
|
ITU - Mar/08
|
|
34
|
Malaysia
|
59.0 %
|
14,904,000
|
25,274,133
|
MCMC - Jun/07
|
|
35
|
Singapore
|
58.6 %
|
2,700,000
|
4,608,167
|
ITU -
Mar/08
|
|
36
|
France
|
58.1 %
|
36,153,327
|
62,177,676
|
Nielsen//NR -
Mar/08
|
|
37
|
Austria
|
56.7 %
|
4,650,000
|
8,205,533
|
C.I.Almanac
- Mar/05
|
|
38
|
Niue
|
55.7 %
|
900
|
1,617
|
RockET -
Sept/05
|
|
39
|
Bulgaria
|
55.1 %
|
4,000,000
|
7,262,675
|
ITU
- Mar/08
|
|
40
|
Guernsey & Alderney
|
54.8 %
|
36,000
|
65,726
|
ITU
- Oct/05
|
|
41
|
Romania
|
53.9 %
|
12,000,000
|
22,246,862
|
ITU
- Mar/08
|
|
42
|
Jamaica
|
53.5 %
|
1,500,000
|
2,804,332
|
ITU
- Mar/08
|
|
43
|
Belgium
|
52.8 %
|
5,490,000
|
10,403,951
|
ITU -
Dec/07
|
|
44
|
Israel
|
52.0 %
|
3,700,000
|
7,112,359
|
TIM -
Jul/06
|
|
45
|
San Marino
|
52.0 %
|
15,600
|
29,973
|
ITU
- Mar/08
|
|
46
|
Macao (China)
|
51.6 %
|
238,000
|
460,823
|
ITU
- Mar/08
|
|
47
|
Czeck Republic
|
50.0 %
|
5,100,000
|
10,220,911
|
ITU
- Dec/05
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOP 47 in
Penetration
|
68.7 %
|
717,788,781
|
1,044,977,592
|
IWS -
June/08
|
|
Rest of the
World
|
13.2 %
|
740,843,580
|
5,631,142,696
|
IWS
- June/08
|
|
World Total
Users
|
21.8 %
|
1,458,632,361
|
6,676,120,288
|
IWS
- June/08
|
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