# Share of the population using the Internet: Ireland

97.1877% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1990 to 2024 are below.

Share of the population who used the Internet in the last three months.

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database - International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/internet-use) · [All countries and regions](/internet-use).

## Every year

| Year | Value (% of population) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 97.1877 |
| 2023 | 96.8661 |
| 2022 | 95.0369 |
| 2021 | 93.5061 |
| 2020 | 91.99989 |
| 2019 | 87.00005 |
| 2018 | 87.00014 |
| 2017 | 84.114006 |
| 2016 | 83.5 |
| 2015 | 83.49479 |
| 2014 | 83.49172 |
| 2013 | 78.2477 |
| 2012 | 76.91999 |
| 2011 | 74.88998 |
| 2010 | 69.85 |
| 2009 | 67.38 |
| 2008 | 65.34 |
| 2007 | 61.158325 |
| 2006 | 54.82 |
| 2005 | 41.61 |
| 2004 | 36.99 |
| 2003 | 34.31 |
| 2002 | 25.85 |
| 2001 | 23.138813 |
| 2000 | 17.850468 |
| 1999 | 10.9 |
| 1998 | 8.1 |
| 1997 | 4.09 |
| 1996 | 2.2 |
| 1995 | 1.11 |
| 1994 | 0.558 |
| 1993 | 0.281 |
| 1992 | 0.17 |
| 1991 | 0.0568 |
| 1990 | 0 |

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