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