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Broadband Usage Keeps Growing
By Enrique De Argaez, webmaster


Computer Industry Almanac has reported that Internet users worldwide are foreseen to reach 1,000 million at the end of 2005 and to approach 1,800 million in 2010. The number of broadband subscribers is to exceed 217 million by 2005, growing from fewer than 5 million in 1999 and 67 million in 2002, and will hit the 500 million mark by 2010, according to the report...These forecasts are holding true up till now.

The "Internet Users by Country" report compiles data four ways. It takes projections from a survey, it also estimates based on the number of Internet host computers and based on the portion of computers-in-use with Internet access, and it takes projections from the number of Internet access accounts and the average number of Internet users per account. Data are available from ISP associations in a handful of the countries tracked. (see Table 1 below). For the latest statistics, see 2007 link at the end of this article.

Table 1. 2005 Internet Broadband Usage

Country or Region

Broadband Subscribers
Data Source
and Date

Australia

2,600,000
C-I-A - Nov/2005

Austria

540,000
ITU - Dec/2002

Belgium

2,100,000
C-I-A - Nov/2005

Brazil

3,000,000
C-I-A - Nov/2005

Canada

6,700,000
C-I-A - Nov/2005

China

43,000,000
CNNIC - June/2004

Denmark

462,000
ITU - Dec/2002

Finland

274,000
ITU - Dec/2002

France

9,600,000
C-I-A - Nov/2005

Germany

9,500,000
C-I-A - Nov/2005

Hong Kong

989,000
ITU - Dec/2002

Hungary

260,000
KSH - Dec/2003

Iceland

25,000
ITU - Dec/2002

Italy

6,600,000
C-I-A - Nov/2005

Japan

26,400,000
C-I-A - Nov/2005

Korea

13,100,000
C-I-A - Nov/2005

Netherlands

4,400,000
C-I-A - Nov/2005

Norway

158,000
SN - Dec/2002

Singapore

392,000
IWS - Dec/2003

Spain

4,600,000
C-I-A - Nov/2005

Sweden

693,000
ITU - Dec/2002

Switzerland

455,000
ITU - Dec/2002

Taiwan

4,300,000
C-I-A - Nov/2005

United Kingdom

8,900,000
C-I-A - Nov/2005

U.S.A.

46,900,000
C-I-A - Nov/2005
Sources: (1) International Telecommunications Union (ITU),
(2) CNNIC, (3) Taipei Times, (4) Ofcom, (5) Yankee Group,
(6) Nielsen//NetRatings, (6) KSH , (7) Statistics Norway,
(8) C-I-A, Computer Industry Almanac.

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About the Author:
Enrique De Argaez is the webmaster of the
"Internet World Stats" website. Since 2000 he has been collecting Internet Usage Statistics, and publishing the data for over 233 countries and regions of the world for free use by the academia, the global business community and the general public. For more information on Internet World Usage, please visit: http://www.InternetWorldStats.com

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