Share of the population using the Internet: revisions
This site's figures come from the World Bank's World Development Indicators in Our World in Data's edition of 27 July 2026. Its catalogue keeps 8 earlier editions.
The editions
| Edition | Unit | Figures that differ from this site |
|---|---|---|
| 14 July 2026 | % of population | 0 |
| 27 February 2026 | % of population | 843 |
| 29 January 2026 | % of population | 843 |
| 8 September 2025 | % of population | 3323 |
| 24 January 2025 | % of population | 2067 |
| 20 May 2024 | % of population | 1819 |
| 29 May 2023 | % of population | 1713 |
| 26 May 2022 | % of population | 1678 |
The largest revisions to countries' figures
| Country | Year | Earlier (% of population) | Edition | This site (% of population) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2019 | 53 | 26 May 2022 | 22.0732 |
| Kiribati | 2022 | 54.4214 | 24 January 2025 | 84.9985 |
| Moldova | 2014 | 40.5 | 20 May 2024 | 67 |
| Moldova | 2015 | 43.1 | 20 May 2024 | 69.00001 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2019 | 95.7076 | 20 May 2024 | 71.0926 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2020 | 95.6855 | 20 May 2024 | 71.3684 |
| Moldova | 2016 | 46.7 | 20 May 2024 | 71 |
| Botswana | 2021 | 78.738 | 29 January 2026 | 54.7007 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2021 | 95.6634 | 20 May 2024 | 71.6453 |
| Mauritania | 2020 | 53.517 | 20 May 2024 | 29.9065 |
For each figure, the earlier edition in the same unit that differs from this site's figure the most.
Every country and region
| Country or region | Years that differ | Largest change |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 11 | 2023: 17.7089 to 15.9284 |
| Albania | 19 | 2019: 68.6 to 68.55039 |
| Algeria | 24 | 2021: 66.2356 to 72.2124 |
| American Samoa | 0 | |
| Andorra | 19 | 2023: 95.4456 to 94.215 |
| Angola | 15 | 2023: 44.8 to 37.8859 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 18 | 2019: 95.7076 to 71.0926 |
| Argentina | 25 | 2021: 87.2 to 87.1507 |
| Armenia | 24 | 2016: 64.3 to 64.34603 |
| Aruba | 7 | 2000: 15.4 to 15.442823 |
| Australia | 26 | 2020: 89.6 to 94.6935 |
| Austria | 32 | 2009: 73.5 to 73.45 |
| Azerbaijan | 13 | 2007: 14.5 to 14.54 |
| Bahamas | 14 | 2019: 85 to 90.6933 |
| Bahrain | 20 | 2008: 52 to 51.95 |
| Bangladesh | 18 | 2020: 24.8 to 36.1091 |
| Barbados | 19 | 2021: 85.82 to 69.4756 |
| Belarus | 22 | 2011: 39.6 to 39.648895 |
| Belgium | 34 | 2009: 70 to 74.54414 |
| Belize | 16 | 2021: 61.9942 to 70.6537 |
| Benin | 18 | 2020: 28.2292 to 22.1206 |
| Bermuda | 19 | 2009: 83.3 to 83.25 |
| Bhutan | 16 | 2020: 53.5 to 76.8508 |
| Bolivia | 25 | 2023: 70.2 to 77.3004 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27 | 2010: 42.8 to 42.75 |
| Botswana | 21 | 2021: 78.738 to 54.7007 |
| Brazil | 33 | 2010: 40.7 to 40.65 |
| British Virgin Islands | 3 | 2002: 18.9 to 18.885742 |
| Brunei | 20 | 2021: 95.6225 to 97.6288 |
| Bulgaria | 28 | 2019: 67.9 to 67.94698 |
| Burkina Faso | 21 | 2022: 14.6 to 25.3988 |
| Burundi | 20 | 2021: 11 to 6.778 |
| Cambodia | 18 | 2015: 18 to 6.4331913 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 2020: 45.5292 to 37.6975 |
| Canada | 20 | 2020: 96.97 to 92.3 |
| Cape Verde | 21 | 2020: 63.1612 to 69.3734 |
| Cayman Islands | 4 | 2005: 38 to 38.03438 |
| Central African Republic | 13 | 2019: 8.3 to 7.5092 |
| Chad | 18 | 2021: 17.8689 to 9.6537 |
| Chile | 24 | 2022: 90.6769 to 92.3182 |
| China | 19 | 2023: 77.4827 to 90.6 |
| Colombia | 24 | 2011: 40.4 to 40.350914 |
| Comoros | 16 | 2023: 35.7 to 31.9275 |
| Congo | 20 | 2023: 38.3791 to 43.1504 |
| Costa Rica | 27 | 2023: 85.127 to 85.39515 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 21 | 2015: 16.7 to 38.44 |
| Croatia | 31 | 2010: 56.6 to 56.55 |
| Cuba | 26 | 2022: 73.2178 to 67.8841 |
| Curacao | 2 | 2016: 61.9 to 61.85551 |
| Cyprus | 32 | 2013: 65.5 to 65.4548 |
| Czechia | 29 | 2022: 84.5 to 84.54009 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 17 | 2021: 28.4193 to 16.1596 |
| Denmark | 35 | 2002: 64.3 to 64.25 |
| Djibouti | 19 | 2021: 68.8632 to 61.4112 |
| Dominica | 22 | 2021: 82.7 to 78.0795 |
| Dominican Republic | 26 | 2020: 76.9 to 81.6173 |
| East Asia and Pacific (WB) | 19 | 2022: 75.6 to 82.4 |
| East Timor | 4 | 2021: 39.4513 to 35.042 |
| Ecuador | 27 | 2021: 76.2029 to 69.1148 |
| Egypt | 25 | 2023: 72.6899 to 74.0119 |
| El Salvador | 18 | 2021: 62.8803 to 57.2638 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 21 | 2021: 53.9224 to 58.7173 |
| Eritrea | 12 | 2020: 23.8002 to 14.3494 |
| Estonia | 28 | 2022: 91.0213 to 91.520164 |
| Eswatini | 24 | 2019: 54.0344 to 43.9339 |
| Ethiopia | 19 | 2020: 24 to 16.0696 |
| Europe and Central Asia (WB) | 19 | 2019: 81.8233 to 80.3 |
| Faroe Islands | 18 | 2001: 43.2 to 43.246983 |
| Fiji | 24 | 2021: 87.66 to 70.568 |
| Finland | 34 | 2000: 37.2 to 37.248463 |
| France | 34 | 2020: 84.8 to 84.7064 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 2005: 21.5 to 21.542185 |
| Gabon | 22 | 2019: 68.6855 to 59.5176 |
| Gambia | 25 | 2020: 44.8133 to 36.011 |
| Georgia | 26 | 2014: 44 to 49.102455 |
| Germany | 30 | 2012: 82.4 to 82.35 |
| Ghana | 17 | 2019: 53 to 22.0732 |
| Gibraltar | 14 | 2016: 94.4 to 94.44447 |
| Greece | 28 | 2011: 51.7 to 51.649994 |
| Greenland | 20 | 2000: 31.7 to 31.74781 |
| Grenada | 20 | 2022: 79.8955 to 68.4203 |
| Guam | 22 | 2007: 46.2 to 46.150475 |
| Guatemala | 16 | 2020: 49.97 to 47.5123 |
| Guinea | 20 | 2022: 24.6954 to 31.314 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 20 | 2021: 35.155 to 23.3519 |
| Guyana | 11 | 2019: 78.6399 to 55.3127 |
| Haiti | 14 | 2020: 34.5 to 39.3881 |
| High-income countries | 20 | 2005: 57.8482 to 52.9 |
| Honduras | 19 | 2021: 48.0835 to 51.9516 |
| Hong Kong | 23 | 2015: 84.9 to 84.94836 |
| Hungary | 30 | 2024: 91.5 to 93.778984 |
| Iceland | 28 | 2022: 99.8565 to 97.5834 |
| India | 20 | 2021: 46.31 to 49.2581 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 2016: 25.4 to 25.447353 |
| Iran | 23 | 2020: 84.1109 to 75.56987 |
| Iraq | 11 | 2017: 49.4 to 25.9692 |
| Ireland | 31 | 2021: 96.4235 to 93.5061 |
| Israel | 32 | 2013: 70.3 to 70.25031 |
| Italy | 33 | 2019: 76.1 to 67.85071 |
| Jamaica | 21 | 2023: 83.4 to 89.473045 |
| Japan | 31 | 2018: 91.28 to 88.74635 |
| Jordan | 18 | 2020: 75.4477 to 78.4178 |
| Kazakhstan | 23 | 2020: 85.9 to 85.9426 |
| Kenya | 18 | 2022: 40.8137 to 29.4059 |
| Kiribati | 13 | 2022: 54.4214 to 84.9985 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 2018: 89.4 to 89.44303 |
| Kuwait | 22 | 2022: 99.8436 to 99.7473 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 18 | 2018: 42.8 to 62.8 |
| Laos | 18 | 2020: 33.8 to 54 |
| Latin America and Caribbean (WB) | 19 | 2017: 62.3522 to 60.2 |
| Latvia | 27 | 2011: 69.8 to 69.749954 |
| Lebanon | 20 | 2022: 90.0522 to 81.4648 |
| Lesotho | 18 | 2020: 40.4172 to 43.6575 |
| Liberia | 15 | 2022: 21.8966 to 30.3801 |
| Libya | 14 | 2020: 87.6 to 74.3581 |
| Liechtenstein | 18 | 2022: 96.4528 to 97.8807 |
| Lithuania | 26 | 2013: 68.5 to 68.4529 |
| Low-income countries | 20 | 2023: 27.1 to 22 |
| Lower-middle-income countries | 20 | 2024: 54 to 58.9 |
| Luxembourg | 32 | 2020: 98.8224 to 98.459625 |
| Macao | 27 | 2022: 87.9696 to 89.4855 |
| Madagascar | 20 | 2018: 15 to 7.7478 |
| Malawi | 18 | 2021: 26.9325 to 15.303 |
| Malaysia | 26 | 2021: 96.8 to 96.75143 |
| Maldives | 23 | 2020: 62.93 to 79.0978 |
| Mali | 17 | 2021: 30.4642 to 33.9565 |
| Malta | 27 | 2023: 91.9155 to 92.07267 |
| Marshall Islands | 18 | 2020: 71.2288 to 56.4191 |
| Mauritania | 19 | 2020: 53.517 to 29.9065 |
| Mauritius | 25 | 2021: 67.58 to 71.6 |
| Mexico | 30 | 2017: 63.8522 to 53.031788 |
| Micronesia (country) | 23 | 2019: 39.8513 to 37.9737 |
| Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (WB) | 0 | |
| Moldova | 29 | 2014: 40.5 to 67 |
| Monaco | 17 | 2019: 83.3 to 98 |
| Mongolia | 17 | 2020: 65.6306 to 62.500027 |
| Montenegro | 14 | 2014: 61 to 63.886883 |
| Morocco | 22 | 2019: 74.3763 to 84.12036 |
| Mozambique | 17 | 2021: 19.9696 to 16.3576 |
| Myanmar | 12 | 2019: 48.1377 to 36.5405 |
| Namibia | 25 | 2020: 41 to 57.8608 |
| Nauru | 6 | 2020: 81.7 to 77.4666 |
| Nepal | 20 | 2021: 51.6314 to 40.9891 |
| Netherlands | 32 | 2003: 64.4 to 64.35 |
| New Caledonia | 17 | 2007: 35.1 to 35.05 |
| New Zealand | 25 | 2020: 95.2342 to 90.921 |
| Nicaragua | 21 | 2022: 49.1 to 59.38 |
| Niger | 21 | 2023: 23.2 to 12.9808 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 2021: 55.3637 to 35.5098 |
| North America (WB) | 19 | 2020: 96.1 to 90.5 |
| North Korea | 0 | |
| North Macedonia | 26 | 2023: 87.1819 to 88.5 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | |
| Norway | 27 | 2020: 97 to 94.60756 |
| Oman | 23 | 2022: 97.849 to 95.2453 |
| Pakistan | 15 | 2020: 25 to 18.935 |
| Palau | 3 | 2002: 20.2 to 20.24394 |
| Palestine | 16 | 2020: 74.6 to 76.1816 |
| Panama | 27 | 2021: 77.031 to 66.0427 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 2021: 32.0542 to 16.5596 |
| Paraguay | 25 | 2020: 74 to 73.95751 |
| Peru | 22 | 2017: 50.5 to 50.450413 |
| Philippines | 18 | 2021: 52.6757 to 66.9078 |
| Poland | 32 | 2002: 21.2 to 21.15 |
| Portugal | 32 | 2011: 55.3 to 55.249996 |
| Puerto Rico | 22 | 2014: 69 to 76.13386 |
| Qatar | 22 | 2022: 100 to 98.038 |
| Romania | 25 | 2017: 63.7 to 63.747284 |
| Russia | 28 | 2009: 42.6 to 42.55 |
| Rwanda | 21 | 2022: 34.4405 to 28.0168 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19 | 2017: 80.7102 to 67.7844 |
| Saint Lucia | 23 | 2019: 76.9838 to 61.0805 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 16 | 2020: 80.4295 to 63.381 |
| Samoa | 13 | 2012: 12.9 to 12.9225 |
| San Marino | 20 | 2022: 85.0607 to 97.3279 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 24 | 2020: 33 to 51.5547 |
| Saudi Arabia | 19 | 2006: 19.5 to 19.459555 |
| Senegal | 19 | 2020: 42.6 to 53.3088 |
| Serbia | 12 | 2007: 33.2 to 33.15 |
| Seychelles | 25 | 2020: 84.8223 to 79.2517 |
| Sierra Leone | 22 | 2020: 27.4681 to 17.1208 |
| Singapore | 22 | 2015: 83.2 to 79.012955 |
| Slovakia | 30 | 2008: 66.1 to 66.05 |
| Slovenia | 28 | 2012: 68.4 to 68.349976 |
| Solomon Islands | 22 | 2021: 47.3313 to 26.0379 |
| Somalia | 16 | 2021: 19.8606 to 23.8748 |
| South Africa | 25 | 2022: 74.703 to 78.2932 |
| South Asia (WB) | 17 | 2021: 42.5873 to 48 |
| South Korea | 23 | 1999: 23.5522 to 23.6 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 2019: 5.6 to 6.671 |
| Spain | 31 | 2001: 18.1 to 18.148724 |
| Sri Lanka | 21 | 2019: 50.6873 to 32.0209 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa (WB) | 19 | 2021: 35.8617 to 29 |
| Sudan | 8 | 2002: 0.439 to 0.43947765 |
| Suriname | 23 | 2023: 78.3958 to 87.4 |
| Sweden | 31 | 2021: 88.3078 to 94.67032 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 2014: 87.4 to 83.61725 |
| Syria | 15 | 2016: 31.9 to 31.8696 |
| Tajikistan | 21 | 2021: 49.8409 to 36.7056 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 2021: 31.6331 to 22.8754 |
| Thailand | 29 | 2019: 66.7 to 66.65242 |
| Togo | 11 | 2020: 24 to 29.0237 |
| Tonga | 25 | 2021: 71.5866 to 57.549 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 18 | 2021: 79 to 84.36577 |
| Tunisia | 21 | 2021: 78.9897 to 68.31552 |
| Turkey | 31 | 2013: 46.3 to 46.25 |
| Turkmenistan | 12 | 2016: 18 to 17.9903 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 2000: 5.24 to 5.2416396 |
| Uganda | 22 | 2020: 19.9 to 7.4 |
| Ukraine | 26 | 2022: 82.7 to 80.4743 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 2019: 99.2 to 99.15 |
| United Kingdom | 32 | 2021: 95.2591 to 96.1965 |
| United States | 28 | 2020: 96.5768 to 90.3447 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 22 | 2012: 40.5 to 40.5479 |
| Upper-middle-income countries | 20 | 2023: 78.5 to 85.3 |
| Uruguay | 24 | 2021: 90.0738 to 87.6444 |
| Uzbekistan | 17 | 2023: 89 to 89.01361 |
| Vanuatu | 14 | 2015: 22.4 to 22.3514 |
| Venezuela | 20 | 2012: 49.1 to 49.050083 |
| Vietnam | 22 | 2009: 26.6 to 26.55 |
| World | 20 | 2023: 65.4 to 69.2 |
| Yemen | 16 | 2010: 12.4 to 12.35 |
| Zambia | 15 | 2021: 32.5 to 14.8219 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 2021: 37.1 to 32.5924 |
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