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INTERNET REACHED 812 MILLION USERS IN SEPTEMBER
2004
by Enrique De
Argaez, webmaster, MBA, PE
New figures indicate that the
Internet user universe is now 812 million people worldwide. This
represents about 12.7 percent of the world population, and a
growth rate for the Internet of 125% since 2000 , according to
the statistics reported by the www.InternetWorldStats.com website.
The Internet Penetration Rate (percent of the population that
uses the Internet) shows great variations in each of the seven
world regions. The region with the highest penetration at present
is Northern America with 68.3%. The lowest rate
corresponds to Africa with 1.6%.
Europe has an average penetration of 32%. Included in
this figure are countries with very high penetration rates such
as Sweden with 74.6%, the Netherlands with 66.5% and Switzerland
with 63.5%. The average for Europe is low due to several East
Europe countries with low penetration rates equivalent to a 9.1%
average. The European Union as a group shows a relatively
high Internet penetration of 45.1% considering the present 25
member states.
Regarding the other world regions, Oceania exhibits a
high usage of Internet with an average penetration rate of 48.5%.
In this group Australia is the leader with a very high 65.9%
penetration rate. Asia has the largest number of Internet users
in the world approaching 258 million. The Middle East and
Latin America continue to exhibit the highest growth
rates, 227% and 209% respectively, for the five year period
(2000-2004) analyzed.
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About the Author:
Enrique de Argaez is the webmaster of the "Internet World Stats" website. Since
2000 he has been tabulating Internet Usage Statistics, updating,
and publishing the statistics for 233 countries and regions of
the world for the use of the academia, the global business
community and the general public. For more information on
Internet World Usage, please visit: http://www.InternetWorldStats.com/stats.htm
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