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INTERNET WORLD USERS BY LANGUAGE
Top 3 Languages
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Internet World Stats presents its latest estimates for
Internet Users by Language
Because of the importance of this research, and due to the lack of other sources, Internet
World Stats publishes here several tables and charts featuring analysis and details for the
top three languages and also for the top ten languages in use by Internet users.
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Top Three
Languages Used in the Web
( Number of
Internet Users by Language )
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TOP THREE LANGUAGES
IN THE INTERNET
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% of all
Internet Users
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Internet Users
by Language
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Internet
Penetration
by Language
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Language Growth
in Internet
( 2000 - 2008 )
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2008 Estimated
World Population
for the Language
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English
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29.1 %
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463,790,410
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37.2 %
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226.7 %
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1,247,862,351
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Chinese
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20.1 %
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321,361,613
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23.5 %
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894.8 %
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1,365,138,028
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Spanish
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8.2 %
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130,775,144
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32.0 %
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619.3 %
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408,760,807
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TOP 3 LANGUAGES
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57.4 %
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915,927,167
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30.3 %
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375.9 %
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3,021,761,186
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Rest of
Languages
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42.6 %
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680,342,941
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18.4 %
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303.7 %
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3,688,267,884
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WORLD TOTAL
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100.0 %
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1,596,270,108
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23.8 %
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342.2 %
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6,710,029,070
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NOTES: (1) Internet Top Three Languages Usage Stats were updated for
March 31, 2009. (2) Internet Penetration is the ratio between
the sum of Internet users speaking a language and the total
population estimate that speaks that specific language. (3) The
most recent Internet usage information comes from data published
by Nielsen Online, International Telecommunications Union, GfK, and other reliable
sources. (4) World population information comes from the
U.S. Census Bureau
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definitions and navigation help in several languages, see the Site Surfing Guide. (6) Stats may be cited, stating the
source and establishing an active link back to Internet World Stats. Copyright © 2009,
Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide.
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Internet Usage in the World by Language
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Tallying the number of
speakers of the world’s languages is an increasingly complex
task, particularly with the push in many countries for teaching
English in their public schools. Many people are indeed bilingual
or multilingual, but here we assign only one language per person
in order to have all the languages total add up to the total world
population (zero-sum approach).
Very few countries have 100% literacy. Six countries worth mentioning are
Australia, Denmark, Finland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Norway.
Regarding children, most are an excellent of Internet "early adopters" (when
they are given the chance to surf). In the Internet penetration rate calculations
no adjustments have been made regarding infants or illiteracy.
It is evident from the statistics here that with just three languages - English,
Chinese Mandarin, and Spanish - you can reach and communicate with 57.4% of
all the Internet users in the world.
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