# Share of the population using the Internet: World

73.6% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 21 years from 2005 to 2025 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) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2025 | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 67 |
| 2021 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 15.6 |

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