# Share of the population using the Internet: Papua New Guinea

18.8116% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 30 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 | 18.8116 |
| 2023 | 18.5613 |
| 2022 | 18.2566 |
| 2021 | 16.5596 |
| 2020 | 15.0204 |
| 2019 | 13.6242 |
| 2018 | 12.3579 |
| 2017 | 11.2092 |
| 2016 | 9.6015 |
| 2015 | 7.9 |
| 2014 | 6.5 |
| 2013 | 5.1 |
| 2012 | 3.5 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1.28 |
| 2009 | 1.61 |
| 2008 | 1.15 |
| 2007 | 1.7906 |
| 2006 | 1.7544873 |
| 2005 | 1.7161905 |
| 2004 | 1.5079128 |
| 2003 | 1.3744047 |
| 2002 | 1.321657 |
| 2001 | 0.9041035 |
| 2000 | 0.8352493 |
| 1999 | 0.667 |
| 1998 | 0.235 |
| 1997 | 0.101 |
| 1996 | 0.00207 |
| 1990 | 0 |

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