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TOP 43 COUNTRIES WITH
THE
HIGHEST INTERNET PENETRATION RATE
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#
|
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
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Netherlands
|
87.8 %
|
14,544,400
|
16,570,613
|
ITU
- Sept/07
|
|
3
|
Iceland
|
85.4 %
|
258,000
|
301,931
|
ITU
- Sept/06
|
|
4
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New Zealand
|
77.7 %
|
3,200,000
|
4,115,771
|
ITU
- Sept/05
|
|
5
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Sweden
|
77.3 %
|
6,981,200
|
9,031,088
|
ITU
- Sept/07
|
|
6
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Antigua & Barbuda
|
76.3 %
|
53,000
|
69,481
|
ITU -
Dec/07
|
|
7
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Australia
|
75.9 %
|
15,504,532
|
20,434,176
|
Nielsen//NR
- Dec/07
|
|
8
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Portugal
|
73.1 %
|
7,782,760
|
10,642,836
|
IWS
- Mar/06
|
|
9
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United States
|
71.7 %
|
215,935,529
|
301,139,947
|
Nielsen//NR - Dec/07
|
|
10
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Faroe
Islands
|
71.6 %
|
34,000
|
47,511
|
ITU - Sept/07
|
|
11
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Korea, South
|
71.2 %
|
34,910,000
|
49,044,790
|
ITU - Dec/07
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|
12
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Luxembourg
|
70.6 %
|
339,000
|
480,222
|
ITU - Aug/07
|
|
13
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Hong Kong
|
69.9 %
|
5,230,351
|
7,554,661
|
Nielsen//NR -
Sept/07
|
|
14
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Falkland Islands
|
69.4 %
|
1,900
|
2,736
|
CIA - Dec/02
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|
15
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Switzerland
|
69.2 %
|
5,230,351
|
7,554,661
|
Nielsen//NR -
Sept/07
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|
16
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Denmark
|
68.8 %
|
3,762,500
|
5,468,120
|
ITU
- Sept/05
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|
17
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Japan
|
68.7 %
|
87,540,000
|
127,433,494
|
ITU - Sept/07
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|
18
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Taiwan
|
67.4 %
|
15,400,000
|
22,858,872
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TWNIC - June/07
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|
19
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Greenland
|
67.4 %
|
38,000
|
56,344
|
ITU - Dec/05
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|
20
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United Kingdom
|
66.4 %
|
40,362,842
|
60,776,238
|
Nielsen//NR - Nov/07
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|
21
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Canada
|
65.9 %
|
22,000,000
|
33,390,141
|
ITU
- Mar/07
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|
22
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Germany
|
64.6 %
|
53,240,128
|
82,400,996
|
Nielsen//NR
- Dec/07
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|
23
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Liechtenstein
|
64.2 %
|
22,000
|
34,247
|
ITU
- Mar/07
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|
24
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Bermuda
|
63.5 %
|
42,000
|
66,163
|
ITU
- March/07
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|
25
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Finland
|
62.7 %
|
3,286,000
|
5,238,460
|
ITU - Sept/05
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|
26
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Slovenia
|
62.2 %
|
1,250,600
|
2,009,245
|
ITU
- Sept/07
|
|
27
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Monaco
|
61.2 %
|
20,000
|
32,671
|
ITU - Sept/07
|
|
28
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Malaysia
|
60.0 %
|
14,904,000
|
24,821,286
|
MCMC
- June/07
|
|
29
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Estonia
|
57.8 %
|
760,000
|
1,315,912
|
ITU - Sept/07
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|
30
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Israel
|
57.6 %
|
3,700,000
|
6,426,679
|
TIM - July/06
|
|
31
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Italy
|
57.0 %
|
33,143,152
|
58,147,733
|
Nielsen//NR -
Nov/07
|
|
32
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Barbados
|
57.0 %
|
160,000
|
280,946
|
ITU -
Sept/06
|
|
33
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Austria
|
56.7 %
|
4,650,000
|
8,199,783
|
C.I.Almanac
- Mar/05
|
|
34
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Spain
|
56.5 %
|
22,843,915
|
40,448,191
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Nielsen//NR -
Nov/07
|
|
35
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Belarus
|
56.3 %
|
5,477,500
|
9,724,723
|
ITU
- Sept/07
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|
36
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Guernsey & Alderney
|
54.9 %
|
36,000
|
65,573
|
ITU
- Oct/05
|
|
37
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France
|
54.7 %
|
34,851,835
|
63,718,187
|
Nielsen//NR
- Nov/07
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|
38
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Singapore
|
53.2 %
|
2,421,800
|
4,553,009
|
ITU
- Sept/05
|
|
39
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Belgium
|
52.8 %
|
5,490,000
|
10,392,226
|
ITU -
Dec/07
|
|
40
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Niue
|
52.3 %
|
900
|
1,722
|
RockET -
Sept/05
|
|
41
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San Marino
|
52.0 %
|
15,400
|
29,615
|
ITU
- Sept/07
|
|
42
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Ireland
|
50.1 %
|
2,060,000
|
4,109,086
|
C.I.Almanac
- Mar/05
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|
43
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Czeck Republic
|
50.0 %
|
5,100,000
|
10,228,744
|
ITU
- Dec/05
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|
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TOP 43 in
Penetration
|
66.7 %
|
676,306,057
|
1,013,272,507
|
IWS -
Feb/08
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|
Rest of the
World
|
11.5 %
|
643,566,052
|
5,593,699,152
|
IWS
- Feb/08
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World Total
Users
|
20.0 %
|
1,319,872,109
|
6,606,971,659
|
IWS
- Feb/08
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