# Share of the population using the Internet: Zambia

17.101% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 32 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 | 17.101 |
| 2023 | 16.4507 |
| 2022 | 15 |
| 2021 | 14.8219 |
| 2020 | 14.6458 |
| 2019 | 14.4719 |
| 2018 | 14.299997 |
| 2017 | 12.2 |
| 2016 | 10.3 |
| 2015 | 8.8 |
| 2014 | 6.5 |
| 2013 | 4.8 |
| 2012 | 4.1 |
| 2011 | 3.5 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2.5 |
| 2008 | 2.2 |
| 2007 | 1.9 |
| 2006 | 1.6 |
| 2005 | 1.3 |
| 2004 | 1.1 |
| 2003 | 0.98048306 |
| 2002 | 0.4777509 |
| 2001 | 0.23312956 |
| 2000 | 0.19107164 |
| 1999 | 0.147 |
| 1998 | 0.0302 |
| 1997 | 0.00933 |
| 1996 | 0.00907 |
| 1995 | 0.00878 |
| 1994 | 0.00678 |
| 1990 | 0 |

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