Countries with Highest Internet Penetration Rates

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TOP 58 COUNTRIES WITH THE
HIGHEST INTERNET PENETRATION RATE
( OVER 50 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION USING THE INTERNET)

TOP 58 COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST INTERNET PENETRATION RATE
#	Country or Region	Penetration (% Population)	Internet Users Latest Data	Population ( 2009 Est. )	Source and Date of Latest Data
1	Falkland Islands	100.0 %	2,483	2,483	ITU - Sept/09
2	Iceland	93.2 %	285,700	306,694	ITU - Sept/09
3	Norway	90.9 %	4,235,800	4,660,539	ITU - Sept/09
4	Greenland	90.3 %	52,000	57,600	ITU - Mar/08
5	Sweden	89.2 %	8,085,500	9,059,651	ITU - Sept/09
6	Saint Kitts and Nevis	87.2 %	35,000	40,131	ITU - Dec/09
7	Netherlands	85.6 %	14,304,600	16,715,999	ITU - Sept/09
8	Denmark	84.2 %	4,629,600	5,500,510	ITU - June/09
9	Finland	83.5 %	4,382,700	5,250,275	ITU - Sept/09
10	New Zealand	83.1 %	3,500,000	4,213,418	IWS - Dec/09
11	Australia	80.1 %	17,033,826	21,262,641	N-O - AUG/09
12	Luxembourg	78.7 %	387,000	491,775	ITU - Sept/09
13	Korea	77.3 %	37,475,800	48,508,972	ITU - June/08
14	Faroe Islands	76.8 %	37,500	48,856	ITU - Nov/08
15	United Kingdom	76.4 %	46,683,900	61,113,205	ITU - Sept/09
16	United States	76.3 %	234,372,000	307,212,123	NNV - Nov/09
17	Antigua & Barbuda	75.9 %	65,000	85,632	ITU - June/09
18	Switzerland	75.5 %	5,739,300	7,604,467	ITU - Sept/09
19	Japan	75.5 %	95,979,000	127,078,679	ITU - Sept/09
20	Germany	75.3 %	61,973,100	82,329,758	ITU - Dec/09
21	Bermuda	75.2 %	51,000	67,837	ITU - Sept/09
22	Canada	74.9 %	25,086,000	33,487,208	ITU - Sept/09
23	United Arab Emirates	74.1 %	3,558,000	4,798,491	TRA - Dec/09
24	Israel	72.8 %	5,263,146	7,233,701	TNS - May/08
25	Singapore	72.4 %	3,370,000	4,657,542	ITU - Sept/09
26	Austria	72.3 %	5,936,700	8,210,281	ITU - Sept/09
27	Spain	71.8 %	29,093,984	40,525,002	N-O - AUG/09
28	Andorra	70.5 %	59,100	83,888	ITU - June/09
29	Guernsey & Alderney	70.4 %	46,129	65,484	ITU - Sept/09
30	Belgium	70.0 %	7,292,300	10,414,336	ITU - Sept/09
31	France	69.3 %	43,100,134	62,150,775	N-O - AUG/07
32	Hong Kong	69.2 %	4,878,713	7,055,071	N-O - Feb/05
33	Saint Lucia	68.6 %	110,000	160,267	ITU - Mar/08
34	Estonia	68.3 %	888,100	1,299,371	ITU - Sept/09
35	Ireland	67.3 %	2,830,100	4,203,200	ITU - June/09
36	Monaco	66.7 %	22,000	32,965	ITU - Sept/09
37	Liechtenstein	66.2 %	23,000	34,761	ITU - Mar/08
38	Barbados	66.1 %	188,000	284,589	ITU - June/09
39	Taiwan	65.9 %	15,143,000	22,974,347	ITU - June/09
40	Malaysia	65.7 %	16,902,600	25,715,819	ITU - June/09
41	Slovak Republic	65.3 %	3,566,500	5,463,046	ITU - Sept/09
42	Slovenia	64.8 %	1,300,000	2,005,392	ITU - Mar/08
43	St Vincent & the G	63.1 %	66,000	104,574	ITU - June/09
44	Niue	62.6 %	1,000	1,598	RockEt - Sept/05
45	Latvia	61.4 %	1,369,600	2,231,503	ITU - Sept/09
46	Hungary	59.3 %	5,873,100	9,905,596	ITU - Sept/09
47	Lithuania	59.2 %	2,103,471	3,555,179	GfK - Mar/08
48	Czeck Republic	59.0 %	6,027,700	10,211,904	ITU - Sept/09
49	Tokelau	58.4 %	800	1,371	Teletok - May/07
50	San Marino	56.4 %	17,000	30,167	ITU - Sept/09
51	Brunei Darussulam	55.9 %	217,000	388,190	ITU - Sept/09
52	Bahrain	55.3 %	402,900	728,709	ITU - Sept/09
53	Jamaica	54.5 %	1,540,000	2,825,928	ITU - June/09
54	Qatar	52.3 %	436,000	833,285	ITU - June/09
55	Poland	52.0 %	20,020,362	3,482,919	GfK - Nov/08
56	Italy	51.7 %	30,026,400	58,126,212	N-O - AUG/09
57	Chile	50.4 %	8,369,036	16,601,707	IWS - Dec/09
58	Croatia	50.0 %	2,244,400	4,489,409	ITU - June/09
TOP 58 in Penetration		72.1 %	786,683,055	1,090,985,332	IWS - Dec31/09
Rest of the World		17.9 %	1,015,647,402	5,676,819,876	IWS - Dec/09
World Total Users		26.6 %	1,802,330,457	6,767,805,208	IWS - Dec/09

NOTES: (1) Only countries with a Penetration Rate (p.r.) higher than 50% qualify for this list. At present only 58 countries or territories meet this condition, out of the 273 countries and territories logged by Internet World Stats. (2) The Internet Penetration Statistics were updated for December 31, 2009. (3) The Population numbers are based on the data contained at the U.S. Census Bureau . (4) The most recent Internet usage information comes from data published by Nielsen Online , ITU , GfK , local government regulators 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 2010, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide.

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