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December 26, 2004 - 08:00 AM US
Eastern Timezone
Internet International Users to Surpass
the One Billion Milestone in
2005
December 26, 2004 -- Internet
World Stats today announced that
the number of Internet users will
reach a new key milestone of One
Billion Users in 2005. On the
road to global penetration,
Internet as of the third quarter
2004 had 812,931,592 million
Internet users accounted for in
all the world.
The 2004 third quarter figures
confirm that global Internet
growth has been 125.2% since
December of 2000, a very healthy
growth for the wide world web.
Internet growth in the 2000-2004
period has been higher in the
less penetrated areas of the
world ( Africa, Middle East, and
Latin America) and lower in the
more penetrated areas (Northern
America, Oceania, and Europe).
Asia, continent that possesses
the largest Internet population,
presented an average growth of
125.6% in the refereed period.
More statistical information is
available at www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
Regarding the Internet
Penetration Rate (the percentage
of the population that uses the
Internet), penetration has
increased from 5.9% in the year
2000 to 12.7% in year 2004. This
means that currently
approximately one out of every
eight persons in the world uses
the Internet.
Internet World Stats is expecting
the 2004 end of the year data in
order to up date the Internet
growth figures for the complete
five year period mentioned above.
The numbers will be available
approximately in February of
2005, consolidated and informed
to the global Internet community
by InternetWorldStats dot
com.
According to historic growth
paterns, it is expect that the
Internet will reach the one
billion users towards the end of
the year 2005. This will
consolidate the Internet as the
largest and fastest growing
mass-media communications channel
in the world.
About Internet World Stats
Internet World Stats is a
leading web site that provides a
broad variety of statistical
information services regarding
Internet usage and penetration in
over 233 countries and
territories, for use by the
academia, the global business
community, market researchers,
and the general Internet
public.
For complete and up-to-date
Internet Usage Statistics and
information, visit www.internetworldstats.com.
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