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The 2006 Year-End Stats

Top Ten Languages in Internet

One of the mayor causes of the Digital Divide in the Internet is the large number of different languages spoken in the world. This causes a natural Internet segmentation. We have taken the top ten language groups for this statistic and the results for 2006 can be seen at top languages in Internet

The relative order of positions on the table remain unchanged since 2005. It is interesting to point out that these top ten languages correspond to 81.8% of all the Internet users. The rest of world languages, several thousands, are grouped together and represent only 18.2% of the Internet users. Here, once again, the Pareto Principle holds true. For more details, visit top languages in Internet

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Internet 2006 Year End Statistics

The Internet continues with its worldwide expansion and the present estimate is 1,114,274,426 users in the world. Taking into consideration the world global population estimate of 6,574,666,417 this represents a 16.9% Internet penetration rate. In other words, about one in every five persons uses the Internet in the world.

Please be advised that the eight (8) main tables (top menu bar links) at IWS have all been updated as of March 19, 2007. Regional and country pages data are pending updates, scheduled for April 1st., 2007. The changes recorded for Internet usage in each world region are shown in the following table:

Internet Usage Growth 2005 - 2006 by World Regions
Region	2006	2005	Growth (%)
Africa	33,334,800	22,848,500	45.9 %
America, Central	23,403,800	20,021,900	16.9 %
America, North	233,188,086	225,691,533	3.3 %
America, South	67,765,300	55,180,175	23.9 %
America, Caribbean	5,216,909	4,311,409	21.0 %
Asia	398,709,065	364,270,713	9.5 %
Europe	314,792,225	290,121,957	8.5 %
Middle East	19,424,700	18,203,500	6.7 %
Oceania / Australia	18,439,541	17,690,762	4.2 %
World, Total	1,114,274,426	1,018,340,449	9.4 %
Source: http://www.internetmarketreports.com , accessed on March 19, 2007. Copyright © 2007, Miniwatts Marketing Group.

The above figures speak for themselves. For more comparison statistics, visit our new website at Internet Market Reports

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New European Union Enlargement

Since its creation in 1957, the six states European Community has grown with 21 new member states to become the European Union we know today, EU27. The Europe statistics page has been improved at the request of our readers from Europe. The new, improved, and updated web page may be seen at: Europe Internet Statistics. Here you can find stats for ALL the European countries.

For statistics about the European Union, including all the 27 member states (EU27), go to the following page: European Union Stats.


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Kind regards to all,

Enrique de Argaez, PE, MBA,
editor and webmaster
www.internetworldstats.com
Internet Marketing Research

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