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TOP 50 COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST INTERNET PENETRATION RATES
#	Country or Region	Penetration (% Population)	Country Literacy	Internet Users Latest Data	Population ( 2017 Est. )	Latest Data Source
1	Falkland Islands	96.9 %	99.0 %	2,841	2,932	ITU - Dec/13
2	Iceland	96.5 %	99.0 %	306,402	317,351	ITU - Dec/13
3	Bermuda	95.3 %	98.0 %	66,557	69,839	ITU - Dec/13
4	Norway	95.0 %	100.0 %	4,892,976	5,147,792	ITU - Dec/13
5	Sweden	94.8 %	99.0 %	9,216,226	9,723,809	ITU - Dec/13
6	Denmark	94.6 %	99.0 %	5,270,018	5,569,077	ITU - Dec/13
7	Netherlands	94.0 %	99.0 %	15,857,959	16,877,351	ITU - Dec/13
8	Andorra	94.0 %	100.0 %	80,331	85,458	ITU - Dec/13
9	Curaçao	94.0 %	98.0 %	138,774	147,695	IWS - Dec/13
10	Liechtenstein	93.8 %	100.0 %	35,000	37,313	ITU - Dec/13
11	Luxembourg	93.8 %	100.0 %	488,286	520,672	ITU - Dec/13
12	Niue	92.4 %	95.0 %	1,100	1,190	ITU - Dec/13
13	Finland	91.5 %	100.0 %	4,821,478	5,268,799	ITU - Dec/13
14	Canada	90.9 %	99.0 %	31,661,870	34,834,841	IWS - Dec/13
15	Monaco	90.7 %	98.0 %	27,671	30,508	ITU - Dec/13
16	Greenland	90.1 %	100.0 %	52,000	57,728	IWS - Dec/13
17	Faroe Islands	90.0 %	99.0 %	44,952	49,947	ITU - Dec/13
18	Bahrain	90.0 %	94.6 %	1,182,680	1,314,089	ITU - Dec/13
19	United Kingdom	89.8 %	99.0 %	57,266,690	63,742,977	ITU - Dec/13
20	United Arab Emirates	88.0 %	77.9 %	8,101,280	9,206,000	ITU - Dec/13
21	Saint Lucia	87.5 %	98.0 %	142,900	163,362	IWS - Dec/13
22	Australia	86.9 %	96.0 %	19,554,832	22,507,617	IWS - Dec/13
23	Switzerland	86.7 %	99.0 %	6,989,334	8,061,516	ITU - Dec/13
24	New Zealand	86.6 %	99.0 %	3,810,144	4,401,916	WIP - Dec/13
25	Germany	86.2 %	99.0 %	69,779,160	80,996,685	IWS - Dec/13
26	Japan	86.2 %	99.0 %	109,626,672	127,103,388	ITU - Dec/13
27	Qatar	85.3 %	96.3 %	1,811,055	2,123,160	ITU - Dec/13
28	Korea (South)	84.8 %	97.9 %	41,571,196	49,039,986	ITU - Dec/13
29	United States	84.2 %	99.0 %	268,507,150	318,892,103	ITU - Dec/13
30	France	83.3 %	99.0 %	55,221,000	66,259,012	ITU - Dec/13
31	Belgium	82.2 %	99.0 %	8,586,240	10,449,361	ITU - Dec/13
32	Antigua and Barbuda	81.1 %	99.0 %	74,057	91,295	IWS - Dec/13
33	Austria	80.6 %	98.0 %	6,629,433	8,223,062	ITU - Dec/13
34	Taiwan	80.0 %	98.3 %	18,687,942	23,359,928	ITU - Dec/13
35	Estonia	80.0 %	99.8 %	1,006,337	1,257,921	IWS - Dec/13
36	Saint Kitts and Nevis	80.0 %	96.8 %	41,230	51,538	ITU - Dec/13
37	Slovak Republic	79.0 %	99.6 %	4,337,868	5,492,677	ITU - Dec/13
38	Aruba	78.9 %	96.8 %	87,313	110,663	ITU - Dec/13
39	Ireland	78.3 %	99.0 %	3,781,639	4,832,765	ITU - Dec/13
40	Kosovo	76.6 %	91.9 %	1,424,149	1,859,203	IWS - Dec/13
41	Kuwait	75.5 %	94.0 %	2,069,650	2,742,711	ITU - Dec/13
42	Brunei Darussulam	75.4 %	95.4 %	318,900	422,675	ITU - Dec/13
43	Latvia	75.2 %	99.8 %	1,628,854	2,165,165	ITU - Dec/13
44	Argentina	75.0 %	97.9 %	32,268,280	43,024,374	PEW - Dec/13
45	Barbados	75.0 %	99.7 %	217,260	289,680	ITU - Dec/13
46	Hong Kong	74.9 %	93.5 %	5,329,372	7,112,688	ITU - Dec/13
47	Spain	74.8 %	97.7 %	35,705,960	47,737,941	IWS - Dec/13
48	Czech Republic	74.1 %	99.0 %	7,876,002	10,627,448	ITU - Dec/13
49	Cayman Islands	74.1 %	98.9 %	40,691	54,914	ITU - Dec/13
50	Puerto Rico	73.9 %	94.1 %	2,675,843	3,620,897	ITU - Dec/13
TOP 50 in Penetration		84.4 %	98.5 %	849,312,713	1,006,078,087	IWS - Dec/13
Rest of the World		31.6 %	n/a	1,953,166,221	6,175,780,532	IWS - Dec/13
World Total Users		39.0 %	84.1 %	2,802,478,934	7,181,858,619	IWS - Dec/13
NOTES: (1) Internet Top Penetration Rate Statistics were updated for December 31, 2013. (2) Click on each country name for more detailed regional usage information. (3) Demographic (Population) numbers for 2014 are based on data from the US Census Bureau and local census agencies. (4) Internet usage information comes from data published by Nielsen Online, by the International Telecommunications Union, by GfK, local Regulators and other reliable sources. (5) Literacy rates come mainly from local country census data and international organisations such as Unesco Institute for Statistics. (6) For definitions, disclaimers, and navigation help, please refer to the Site Surfing Guide. (7) Information in this site may be cited, giving the due credit to www.internetworldstats.com. Copyright © 2001 - 2016, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide.

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