# Share of the population using the Internet: Japan

85.541534% 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 | 85.541534 |
| 2023 | 85.0099 |
| 2022 | 84.92343 |
| 2021 | 82.91408 |
| 2020 | 90.21946 |
| 2019 | 92.7304 |
| 2018 | 88.74635 |
| 2017 | 91.72655 |
| 2016 | 93.182724 |
| 2015 | 91.05803 |
| 2014 | 89.106834 |
| 2013 | 88.21943 |
| 2012 | 79.4964 |
| 2011 | 79.054115 |
| 2010 | 78.21 |
| 2009 | 78 |
| 2008 | 75.4 |
| 2007 | 74.3 |
| 2006 | 68.68527 |
| 2005 | 66.92107 |
| 2004 | 62.39393 |
| 2003 | 48.435265 |
| 2002 | 46.5942 |
| 2001 | 38.532063 |
| 2000 | 29.99074 |
| 1999 | 21.4 |
| 1998 | 13.4 |
| 1997 | 9.16 |
| 1996 | 4.37 |
| 1995 | 1.59 |
| 1994 | 0.8 |
| 1993 | 0.401 |
| 1992 | 0.0967 |
| 1991 | 0.0404 |
| 1990 | 0.0203 |

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