Countries with Highest Internet Penetration Rates

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TOP 43 COUNTRIES WITH THE
HIGHEST INTERNET PENETRATION RATE
( OVER 50 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION USING THE INTERNET)

TOP 43 COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST INTERNET PENETRATION RATE
#	Country or Region	Penetration (% Population)	Internet Users Latest Data	Population ( 2007 Est. )	Source and Date of Latest Data
1	Norway	88.0 %	4,074,100	4,627,926	ITU - Sept/07
2	Netherlands	87.8 %	14,544,400	16,570,613	ITU - Sept/07
3	Iceland	85.4 %	258,000	301,931	ITU - Sept/06
4	New Zealand	77.7 %	3,200,000	4,115,771	ITU - Sept/05
5	Sweden	77.3 %	6,981,200	9,031,088	ITU - Sept/07
6	Antigua & Barbuda	76.3 %	53,000	69,481	ITU - Dec/07
7	Australia	75.9 %	15,504,532	20,434,176	Nielsen//NR - Dec/07
8	Portugal	73.1 %	7,782,760	10,642,836	IWS - Mar/06
9	United States	71.7 %	215,935,529	301,139,947	Nielsen//NR - Dec/07
10	Faroe Islands	71.6 %	34,000	47,511	ITU - Sept/07
11	Korea, South	71.2 %	34,910,000	49,044,790	ITU - Dec/07
12	Luxembourg	70.6 %	339,000	480,222	ITU - Aug/07
13	Hong Kong	69.9 %	5,230,351	7,554,661	Nielsen//NR - Sept/07
14	Falkland Islands	69.4 %	1,900	2,736	CIA - Dec/02
15	Switzerland	69.2 %	5,230,351	7,554,661	Nielsen//NR - Sept/07
16	Denmark	68.8 %	3,762,500	5,468,120	ITU - Sept/05
17	Japan	68.7 %	87,540,000	127,433,494	ITU - Sept/07
18	Taiwan	67.4 %	15,400,000	22,858,872	TWNIC - June/07
19	Greenland	67.4 %	38,000	56,344	ITU - Dec/05
20	United Kingdom	66.4 %	40,362,842	60,776,238	Nielsen//NR - Nov/07
21	Canada	65.9 %	22,000,000	33,390,141	ITU - Mar/07
22	Germany	64.6 %	53,240,128	82,400,996	Nielsen//NR - Dec/07
23	Liechtenstein	64.2 %	22,000	34,247	ITU - Mar/07
24	Bermuda	63.5 %	42,000	66,163	ITU - March/07
25	Finland	62.7 %	3,286,000	5,238,460	ITU - Sept/05
26	Slovenia	62.2 %	1,250,600	2,009,245	ITU - Sept/07
27	Monaco	61.2 %	20,000	32,671	ITU - Sept/07
28	Malaysia	60.0 %	14,904,000	24,821,286	MCMC - June/07
29	Estonia	57.8 %	760,000	1,315,912	ITU - Sept/07
30	Israel	57.6 %	3,700,000	6,426,679	TIM - July/06
31	Italy	57.0 %	33,143,152	58,147,733	Nielsen//NR - Nov/07
32	Barbados	57.0 %	160,000	280,946	ITU - Sept/06
33	Austria	56.7 %	4,650,000	8,199,783	C.I.Almanac - Mar/05
34	Spain	56.5 %	22,843,915	40,448,191	Nielsen//NR - Nov/07
35	Belarus	56.3 %	5,477,500	9,724,723	ITU - Sept/07
36	Guernsey & Alderney	54.9 %	36,000	65,573	ITU - Oct/05
37	France	54.7 %	34,851,835	63,718,187	Nielsen//NR - Nov/07
38	Singapore	53.2 %	2,421,800	4,553,009	ITU - Sept/05
39	Belgium	52.8 %	5,490,000	10,392,226	ITU - Dec/07
40	Niue	52.3 %	900	1,722	RockET - Sept/05
41	San Marino	52.0 %	15,400	29,615	ITU - Sept/07
42	Ireland	50.1 %	2,060,000	4,109,086	C.I.Almanac - Mar/05
43	Czeck Republic	50.0 %	5,100,000	10,228,744	ITU - Dec/05

TOP 43 in Penetration		66.7 %	676,306,057	1,013,272,507	IWS - Feb/08
Rest of the World		11.5 %	643,566,052	5,593,699,152	IWS - Feb/08
World Total Users		20.0 %	1,319,872,109	6,606,971,659	IWS - Feb/08

NOTES: (1) Only countries with a Penetration Rate (p.r.) higher than 50% qualify for this list. At present only 43 countries meet this condition, and 226 countries do not. (2) The Internet Penetration Statistics were updated as of December 31, 2007. (3) Population numbers are based on the data contained at the U.S. Census Bureau. (4) The most recent usage information comes from data published by Nielsen//NetRatings , ITU , Computer Industry Almanac and other trustworthy sources. For definitions please refer to the surfing guide. (5) Data in this table is copyrighted. It may be cited, giving due credit and establishing an active link back to Internet World Stats. © Copyright 2008, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide.

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