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LIST OF COUNTRIES BY BROADBAND
AND INTERNET PENETRATION

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Free stats list of latest Internet Usage, Penetration Rate, the
broadband connections, and broadband penetration. Count

This list Ranks the countries or regions into three groups,
according to the corresponding Internet penetration rate.

Click here for the 38 Highly Penetrated (Above 50%) Countries

Click here for the 65 Countries with Average Penetration (Above 19.0%)

Click here for the 150 Low Penetration Countries (Below 19.0%)

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38 Highly Internet Penetrated Countries:

Countries and regions listed in alphabetical order, with penetration over 50%, as of Nov.12/2007.

Country or Region Name	Sym -bol	Internet Users	Internet Penetration	Broadband Subscribers	Broadband Penetration
Australia	AU	15,300,000	72.9 %	4,700,200	22.4 %
Austria	AT	4,650,000	56.6 %	1,543,518	18.8 %
Barbados	BB	160,000	59.8 %	31,900	11.9 %
Belarusia	BY	5,477,500	56.6 %	11,400	0.1 %
Bermuda	BM	42,000	65.0 %	23,600	36.5 %
Canada	CA	22,000,000	67.8 %	8,142,320	25.1 %
Czeck Republic	CZ	5,100,000	50.0 %	1,252,300	12.3 %
Denmark	DK	3,762,500	69.2 %	1,866,306	34.3 %
Estonia	EE	760,000	57.0 %	255,311	19.2 %
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	FK	1,900	69.4 %	n/a	0.0 %
Faroe Islands	FO	34,000	68.3 %	10,100	20.3 %
Finland	FI	3,286,000	62.3 %	1,518,900	28.8 %
France	FR	34,007,292	55.4 %	14,250,000	23.2 %
Germany	DE	52,182,359	63.2 %	17,472,000	21.2 %
Greenland	GL	38,000	66.3 %	n/a	0.0 %
Guernsey and Alderney	GG	36,000	56.3 %	n/a	0.0 %
Hong Kong, (China)	HK	4,878,713	68.2 %	1,796,200	25.1 %
Iceland	IS	258,000	86.3 %	90,622	30.3 %
Ireland	IE	2,060,000	50.2 %	653,000	15.9 %
Israel	IL	3,700,000	51.1 %	1,421,000	19.6 %
Italy	IT	32,860,087	55.2 %	9,307,000	15.6 %
Japan	JP	87,540,000	68.0 %	27,152,349	21.1 %
Korea, South	KR	34,430,000	67.1 %	14,524,685	28.3 %
Liechtenstein	LI	22,000	61.8 %	10,000	28.1 %
Luxembourg	LU	339,000	73.2 %	105,134	22.7 %
Malaysia	MY	14,904,000	52.7 %	1,106,000	3.9 %
Monaco	MC	20,000	59.8 %	9,400	28.1 %
Netherlands	NL	14,544,400	88.4 %	5,470,000	33.3 %
New Zealand	NZ	3,200,000	74.9 %	683,500	16.0 %
Norway	NO	4,074,100	87.5 %	1,388,047	29.8 %
Portugal	PT	7,782,760	73.8 %	1,555,641	14.8 %
Singapore	SG	2,421,800	66.3 %	796,500	21.8 %
Slovenia	SI	1,250,600	63.7 %	297,987	15.2 %
Sweden	SE	6,981,200	76.7 %	2,596,000	28.5 %
Switzerland	CH	5,097,822	67.8 %	2,322,577	30.9 %
Taiwan	TW	14,500,000	63.0 %	4,505,800	19.6 %
United Kingdom	UK	39,428,296	65.3 %	14,361,816	23.8 %
United States	US	213,364,918	70.7 %	66,213,257	21.9 %
World Total	--	1,248,357,426	19.0 %	304,471,379	4.6 %
NOTES(*): (1) Internet Usage and Broadband Statistics are current from Internet World Country List as of Nov.12/07 and may not be identical to figures on stats tables of the rest of the website. (2) Country population for 2007 is as published by World Gazetteer. (3) Country Codes are by the ISO-3166 standard. (4) World Internet users total 1,248,357,426 and penetration rate is 19.0 %, as of November 12/2007.(5) World Internet Broadband connections ( or subscribers) totaled 304,471,379 with a penetration rate of 4.6 %, as of November 12/2007. ©Copyright 2001-2007, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved.

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65 Average Internet Penetration Countries:

Countries and regions listed in alphabetical order, with penetration between 15.2% and 49.9%, as of Nov.30/05.

Country or Region Name	Sym -bol	Internet Users	Penetration (% Population)	GNI (USD) per capita	IP Counts by Country
Andorra	AD	24,500	35.7 %	n/a	17,427
Anguilla	AI	3,000	23.4 %	n/a	3,904
Antigua & Barbuda	AG	20,000	28.1 %	10,000	6,760
Argentina	AR	7,500,000	20.0 %	3,720	2,093,302
Aruba	AW	24,000	34.3 %	n/a	14,624
Bahamas, The	BS	93,000	28.5 %	14,920	70,671
Bahrain	BH	152,700	21.6 %	12,410	55,298
Belarus	BY	1,600,000	16.4 %	2,120	129,689
Belgium	BE	5,100,000	48.8 %	31,030	6,835,006
British Virgin Islands	VG	4,000	18.5 %	n/a	3,060
Bulgaria	BG	2,200,000	29.3 %	2,740	1,275,305
Cayman Islands	KY	9,909	20.9 %	n/a	13,824
Chile	CL	5,600,000	36.1 %	4,910	2,004,428
Cook Islands	CK	3,600	19.3 %	n/a	16,888
Costa Rica	CR	1,000,000	23.2 %	4,670	173,393
Croatia	HR	1,303,000	29.2 %	6,590	498,047
Cyprus	CY	298,000	31.3 %	17,580	237,393
Czech Republic	CZ	4,800,000	46.9 %	9,150	3,658,093

Dominica	DM	18,500	25.9 %	3,650	7,240
Estonia	EE	670,000	49.8 %	7,010	614,903
European Union	EU	225,006,820	48.9 %	n/a	29,676,707
France	FR	25,614,899	42.3 %	30,090	51,428,082
French Guiana	GF	38,000	19.6 %	n/a	1,536
French Polynesia	PF	61,000	23.6 %	n/a	31,384
Gibraltar	GI	6,200	23.4 %	n/a	52,656
Greece	GR	3,800,000	33.9 %	16,610	2,804,791
Guadeloupe	GP	79,000	17.6 %	n/a	3,648
Guam	GU	79,000	47.7 %	n/a	76,724
Guerney	GG	20,000	31.5 %	n/a	1,024
Guyana	GY	145,000	16.5 %	990	8,528
Hungary	HU	3,050,000	30.2 %	8,270	2,823,923
Israel	IL	3,200,000	45.8 %	17,380	4,783,252
Italy	IT	28,870,000	49.3 %	26,120	24,245,117
Jamaica	JM	1,067,000	39.9 %	2,900	92,246
Jersey	JE	27,000	30.4 %	n/a	0

Kuwait	KW	600,000	23.7 %	17,970	554,285
Latvia	LV	810,000	35.1 %	5,460	876,962
Lithuania	LT	968,000	28.2 %	5,740	820,264
Macao, (China)	MO	201,000	44.7 %	n/a	102,207
Macedonia, TFYR	MK	392,671	19.2 %	2,350	147,210
Malaysia	MY	10,040,000	37.9 %	4,650	2,617,624
Martinique	MQ	107,000	27.0 %	n/a	5,016
Mexico	MX	16,995,400	16.4 %	6,770	10,539,146
Monaco	MC	16,000	48.4 %	n/a	42,169
New Caledonia	NC	70,000	30.1 %	n/a	46,112
Niue	NU	450	25.8 %	n/a	1,024
Norfolk Island	NF	700	42.7 %	n/a	0
Peru	PE	4,570,000	16.3 %	2,360	677,378
Poland	PL	10,600,000	27.8 %	6,090	7,680,034
Puerto Rico	PR	1,000,000	25.4 %	n/a	448,783

Qatar	QA	165,000	21.5 %	n/a	184,625
Reunion	RE	200,000	25.7 %	n/a	46,503
Romania	RO	4,940,000	23.1 %	2,920	2,835,826
Russia (Russian Federation)	RU	22,300,000	15.5 %	3,410	10,592,595
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KN	10,000	25.8 %	7,600	4,348
Saint Lucia	LC	55,000	33.2 %	4,310	8,616
San Marino	SM	14,300	46.9 %	n/a	8,085
Seychelles	SC	20,000	24.0 %	8,090	2,304
Slovakia	SK	2,276,000	42.3 %	6,480	1,371,346
Slovenia	SI	950,000	48.5 %	14,810	861,402
Spain	ES	16,129,731	37.1 %	21,210	16,807,496
United Arab Emirates	AE	1,384,800	36.9 %	n/a	1,001,956
Uruguay	UY	680,000	20.9 %	3,950	45,504,809
Virgin Islands, British	VG	4,000	18.5 %	n/a	3,060
Virgin Islands, U.S.	VI	30,000	26.9 %	n/a	18,736
World Total	--	972,828,001	15.2 %	---	2,432,805,777
NOTES(*): (1) Internet Usage and Penetration Statistics are the ones available from Internet World Stats on Nov.30/05 and may not be identical to figures on stats tables of prior dates. (2) Country GNI data is in US dollars for 2004 from the World Bank. (3) IP Count by Country is for July 30/2005, by permission from Name Intelligence. (4) Country Codes are by the ISO-3166 standard. (5) World Internet users total 972,828,001 and penetration rate is 15.2%, as of November 30/2005. ©Copyright 2001-2007, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved.

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158 Low Internet Penetration Countries:

Countries and regions listed in alphabetical order.

Country or Region Name	Sym -bol	Internet Users	Penetration (% Population)	GNI (USD) per capita	IP Counts by Country
Afghanistan	AF	25,000	0.1 %	n/a	38,000
Albania	AL	75,000	2.4 %	2,080	28,992
Algeria	DZ	845,000	2.6 %	2,280	110,319
American Samoa	AS	n/a	n/a	n/a	6,243
Angola	AO	172,000	1.3 %	1,030	13,385
Antarctica	AQ	n/a	n/a	n/a	778
Antilles, Netherlands	AN	2,000	1.1 %	n/a	45,451
Arabia, Saudi	SA	2,540,000	11.0 %	10,430	1,027,476
Armenia	AM	150,000	5.0 %	1,120	100,696
Azerbaijan	AZ	408,000	4.9 %	950	104,688
Bangladesh	BD	300,000	0.2 %	440	232,752
Belize	BZ	35,000	12.0 %	3,940	93,957
Benin	BJ	100,000	1.4 %	530	6,936
Bhutan	BT	20,000	2.6 %	760	8,192
Bolivia	BO	350,000	3.9 %	960	197,835
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BA	225,000	5.1 %	2,040	151,651
Botswana	BW	60,000	3.3 %	4,340	17,402
Bouvet Island	BV	0	0.0 %	0	8
Brazil	BR	22,320,000	12.3 %	3,090	13,164,979
British Indian Ocean Territory	IO	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,024
Brunei Darussalam	BN	56,000	14.6 %	n/a	171,329
Burkina Faso	BF	53,200	0.4 %	360	7,424
Burundi	BI	25,000	0.3 %	90	1,024
Cambodia	KH	41,000	0.3 %	320	36,034
Cameroon	CM	167,000	1.0 %	800	19,716
Cape Verde	CV	25,000	5.2 %	1,770	5,888
Central African Republic	CF	9,000	0.3 %	310	636
Chad	TD	60,000	0.7 %	260	464
China	CN	103,000,000	7.9 %	1,290	68,074,280
Christmas Island	CX	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	CC	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
Colombia	CO	3,585,688	7.8 %	2,000	877,623
Comoros	KM	8,000	1.2 %	530	256
Congo	CG	36,000	1.0 %	770	1,912
Congo, Democratic Rep. of the	CD	50,000	0.1 %	120	4,456
Cote D'Ivoire	CI	300,000	1.6 %	770	22,809
Cuba	CU	150,000	1.3 %	n/a	41,449

Djibouti	DJ	9,000	1.2 %	1,030	4,680
Dominican Republic	DO	800,000	8.9 %	2,080	224,887
East Timor (Timor-Leste)	TP	1,000	0.1 %	550	1,024
Ecuador	EC	624,600	5.2 %	2,180	216,032
Egypt	EG	4,200,000	6.0 %	1,310	1,269,321
El Salvador	SV	587,500	9.1 %	2,350	117,560
Equatorial Guinea	GQ	5,000	0.5 %	n/a	764
Eritrea	ER	50,000	1.2 %	180	5,720
Ethiopia	ET	113,000	0.2 %	110	19,488
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	FK	n/a	n/a	n/a	256
Fiji	FJ	61,000	7.2 %	2,690	85,305
French Southern Territories - TF	TF	n/a	n/a	n/a	256
Gabon	GA	40,000	2.9 %	3,940	5,968
Gambia, the	GM	49,000	3.4 %	290	8,192
Georgia	GE	175,600	3.9 %	1,040	80,682
Ghana	GH	368,000	1.8 %	380	92,856
Grenada	GD	8,000	8.0 %	3,760	4,264
Guatemala	GT	756,000	6.1 %	2,130	131,064
Guinea	GN	46,000	0.6 %	460	67,960
Guinea-Bissau	GW	26,000	1.8 %	160	512
Guinea, Equatorial	GP	1,800	0.1 %	n/a	7,424
Guiana, French	GF	3,200	0.1 %	n/a	1,040
Haiti	HT	500,000	6.1 %	390	41,024
Heard and McDonald Islands	HM	n/a	n/a	n/a	38
Holy See (Vatican City State)	VA	93	12.1 %	n/a	8,704
Honduras	HN	223,000	3.4 %	1,030	41,752
India	IN	39,200,000	3.6 %	620	5,501,351
Indonesia	ID	15,300,000	7.0 %	1,140	2,852,720
Iran, Islamic Republic of	IR	5,500,000	8.0 %	2,300	903,107
Iraq	IQ	36,000	0.1 %	n/a	21,996
Ivory Coast (see Cote d'Ivoire)	CI	300,000	1.6 %	770	22,809
Jordan	JO	600,000	10.4 %	2,140	193,786

Kazakhstan	KZ	400,000	2.7 %	2,260	251,868
Kenya	KE	1,500,000	4.5 %	460	144,490
Kiribati	KI	2,000	2.2 %	970	1,024
Korea, Demo. People's Rep. of	KP	n/a	n/a	n/a	416
Kyrgyzstan	KG	263,000	5.0 %	400	71,024
Lao People's Democratic Republic	LA	20,900	0.4 %	390	32,784
Lebanon	LB	600,000	13.4 %	4,980	134,383
Lesotho	LS	43,000	1.8 %	740	4,864