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AFRICA 2020 POPULATION AND INTERNET USERS STATISTICS
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AFRICA
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Population
(2020 Est.)
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Internet
Users
31-Dec-2000
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Internet
Users
31-DEC-2019
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Penetration
(% Population)
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Internet
Growth %
2000 - 2020
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Facebook
subscribers
31-DEC-2019
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Algeria
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43,851,044
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50,000
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25,428,159
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58.0 %
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50,756 %
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19,000,000
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Angola
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32,866,272
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30,000
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7,078,067
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21.5 %
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23,493 %
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2,244,000
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Benin
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12,123,200
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15,000
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3,801,758
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31.4
%
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25,245 %
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920,000
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Botswana
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2,351,627
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15,000
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1,116,079
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47.5
%
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6,455 %
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830,000
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Burkina Faso
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20,903,273
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10,000
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3,704,265
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17.7
%
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36,942 %
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840,000
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Burundi
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11,890,784
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3,000
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1,154,568
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9.7
%
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38,385 %
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450,000
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Cabo
Verde
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555,987
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8,000
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352,120
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63.3
%
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4,302 %
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240,000
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Cameroon
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26,545,863
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20,000
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6,128,422
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23.1
%
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30,542 %
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2,700,000
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Central African Rep.
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4,829,767
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1,500
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655,466
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13.6
%
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43,597 %
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122,100
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Chad
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16,425,864
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1,000
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1,027,932
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6.3
%
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102,693 %
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328,000
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Comoros
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869,901
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1,500
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178,500
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20.5%
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11,800 %
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178,500
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Congo
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5,518,087
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500
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732,800
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13.3
%
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146,460 %
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732,800
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Congo,
Dem. Rep.
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89,561,403
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500
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7,475,917
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8.3
%
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1,495,083 %
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3,117,000
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Cote
d'Ivoire
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26,378,274
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40,000
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11,953,653
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45.3
%
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29,784 %
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4,758,000
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Djibouti
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988,000
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1,400
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548,832
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55.5
%
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39,102 %
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211,700
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Egypt
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102,334,404
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450,000
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49,231,493
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48.1
%
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10,840 %
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42,400,000
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Equatorial Guinea
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1,402,985
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500
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356,891
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25.4
%
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71,278 %
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100,600
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Eritrea
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3,546,421
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5,000
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293,343
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8.3
%
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5,766 %
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21,900
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Eswatini
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1,160,164
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10,000
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665,245
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57.3 %
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6,552 %
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255,200
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Ethiopia
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114,963,588
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10,000
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20,507,255
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17.8
%
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204,972 %
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6,007,000
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Gabon
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2,225,734
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15,000
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1,307,641
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58.8
%
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8,617 %
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743,000
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Gambia
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2,416,668
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4,000
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442,050
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18.3
%
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10,951 %
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370,100
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Ghana
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31,072,940
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30,000
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11,737,818
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37.8
%
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39,026 %
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4,900,000
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Guinea
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13,132,795
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8,000
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2,411,672
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18.4
%
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30,046 %
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2,008,000
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Guinea-Bissau
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1,968,001
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1,500
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250,000
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12.7
%
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16,567 %
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140,000
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Kenya
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53,771,296
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200,000
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46,870,422
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87.2
%
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23,335 %
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7,000,000
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Lesotho
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2,142,249
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4,000
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682,990
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31.9
%
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16,975 %
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445,600
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Liberia
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5,057,681
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500
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624,610
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12.3 %
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124,822 %
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537,000
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Libya
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6,871,292
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10,000
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5,100,000
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74.2
%
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50,900 %
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5,094,000
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Madagascar
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27,691,018
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30,000
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2,643,025
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9.5
%
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8,710 %
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2,317,000
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Malawi
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19,129,952
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15,000
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2,717,243
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14.2
%
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18,015 %
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500,200
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Mali
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20,250,833
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18,800
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12,480,176
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61.6
%
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66,284 %
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1,670,100
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Mauritania
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4,649,658
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5,000
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969,519
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20.9
%
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19,290 %
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796,900
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Mauritius
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1,271,768
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87,000
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852,000
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67.0 %
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879 %
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852,000
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Mayotte (FR)
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272,815
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n/a
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107,940
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39.6 %
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n/a
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91,400
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Morocco
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36,910,560
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100,000
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23,739,581
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64.3 %
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23,639 %
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18,330,000
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Mozambique
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31,255,435
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30,000
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6,523,613
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20.9
%
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21,645 %
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2,448,000
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Namibia
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2,540,905
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30,000
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1,347,418
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53.0
%
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4,391 %
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692,400
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Niger
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24,206,644
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5,000
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2,781,266
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11.5
%
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55,525 %
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500,200
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Nigeria
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206,139,589
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200,000
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126,078,999
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61.2
%
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62,939 %
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27,120,000
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Reunion (FR)
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895,312
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130,000
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553,000
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61.8 %
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325 %
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544,000
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Rwanda
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12,952,218
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5,000
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5,981,638
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46.2
%
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119,532 %
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592,400
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Saint
Helena (UK)
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6,077
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n/a
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2,300
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37.8
%
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n/a
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2,300
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Sao
Tome & Principe
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219,159
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6,500
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63,864
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29.1 %
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882 %
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58,400
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Senegal
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16,743,927
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40,000
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9,749,527
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58.2
%
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24,274 %
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3,408,000
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Seychelles
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98,347
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6,000
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71,300
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72.5 %
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1,088 %
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71,000
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Sierra
Leone
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7,976,983
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5,000
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1,043,725
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13.1
%
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20,774 %
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693,400
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Somalia
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15,893,222
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200
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1,705,300
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10.7
%
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852,550 %
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1,666,500
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South
Africa
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59,308,690
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2,400,000
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32,615,165
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55.0
%
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1,259 %
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21,280,000
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South Sudan
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11,193,725
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n/a
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887,722
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7.9 %
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n/a
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282,901
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Sudan
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43,849,260
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30,000
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13,124,100
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29.9
%
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43,647 %
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1,300,000
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Tanzania
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59,734,218
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115,000
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23,142,960
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38.7
%
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20,024 %
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4,271,000
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Togo
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8,278,724
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100,000
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1,011,837
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12.2
%
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912 %
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658,100
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Tunisia
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11,818,619
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100,000
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7,898,534
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66.8
%
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7,798 %
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7,445,000
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Uganda
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45,741,007
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40,000
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18,502,166
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40.4
%
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46,155 %
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2,471,000
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Western Sahara
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597,339
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n/a
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28,000
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4.7 %
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n/a
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27,000
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Zambia
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18,383,955
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20,000
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9,870,427
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53.7 %
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49,252 %
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2,253,000
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Zimbabwe
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14,862,924
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50,000
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8,400,000
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56.5
%
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16,700 %
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994,000
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TOTAL AFRICA
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1,340,598,447
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4,514,400
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526,710,313
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39.3 %
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11,567 %
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212,911,701
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Rest of World
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6,456,017,263
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82.8 %
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4,058,868,405
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62.9 %
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88.5 %
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2,011,815,020
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WORLD
TOTAL
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7,796,615,710
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100.0 %
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4,585,578,718
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58.8 %
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100.0 %
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2,224,726,721
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NOTES: (1) Africa Internet
Statistics for Dec 31, 2019, updated as of March 21, 2020. (2) Africa Facebook subscribers
are estimated for December 31, 2019. (3) CLICK on each country name for further data
on individual countries and regions. (4) Africa Population numbers are mid-year 2020
estimates, based on data from the
United Nations Population Division.
(5) For definitions, navigation help and methodology, see the
site surfing guide.
(6) Africa Internet usage information comes from, among others, data published by
WWW, ITU , Facebook, and other trustworthy information sources. (7) For Internet
growth comparison purposes, baseline Internet usage data for the year 2000 is also displayed.
(8) Data from this table may be cited, giving the due credit to Internet World Stats and establishing a link back to
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