# Share of the population using the Internet: South Africa

78.3576% 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 | 78.3576 |
| 2023 | 78.3367 |
| 2022 | 78.2932 |
| 2021 | 74.9686 |
| 2020 | 72.1128 |
| 2019 | 69.6969 |
| 2018 | 62.4 |
| 2017 | 56.1674 |
| 2016 | 54 |
| 2015 | 51.9191 |
| 2014 | 49 |
| 2013 | 46.5 |
| 2012 | 41 |
| 2011 | 33.97 |
| 2010 | 24 |
| 2009 | 10 |
| 2008 | 8.43 |
| 2007 | 8.065375 |
| 2006 | 7.6071396 |
| 2005 | 7.4885426 |
| 2004 | 8.425118 |
| 2003 | 7.007692 |
| 2002 | 6.7103224 |
| 2001 | 6.346619 |
| 2000 | 5.34856 |
| 1999 | 4.12 |
| 1998 | 2.91 |
| 1997 | 1.63 |
| 1996 | 0.842 |
| 1995 | 0.677 |
| 1994 | 0.247 |
| 1993 | 0.114 |
| 1992 | 0.0389 |
| 1991 | 0.0133 |
| 1990 | 0 |

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