Internet users (share of people) over time (1990–2024)
Follow internet users (share of people) for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1990 to 2024.
- In 1990, United States ranked first (0.8%).
- In 2024, 3 countries tied for first (100.0%).
- Japan’s internet users (share of people) went from 0.0% in 1990 to 85.5% in 2024 (up 85.5 points).
- Japan ranked #16 of 190 countries in 1990 and #75 of 180 in 2024. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.
Japan and countries at the top, middle and bottom
| Country | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 23.6% | 68.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
 Uruguay | 0.0% | 10.5% | 46.4% | 85.5% | 92.0% |
 Japan | 0.0% | 30.0% | 78.2% | 90.2% | 85.5% |
 Peru | 0.0% | 3.1% | 34.8% | 65.3% | 82.0% |
 São Tomé & Príncipe | 0.0% | 4.6% | 18.8% | 51.6% | 59.1% |
 Burundi | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% | 6.4% | 8.6% |
| Countries with data | 190 | 183 | 186 | 181 | 180 |
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| Rank | Country | Internet users (share of people) |
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Biggest changes, 1990–2024
Compared among the countries that have data in both 1990 and 2024. Countries with a very small starting value are left out, because their ratios look exaggerated.
| Country | 1990 | 2024 | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 100.0% | up 100 points | #20 → #1 |
 Bahrain | 0.0% | 100.0% | up 100 points | #20 → #1 |
 Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 100.0% | up 100 points | #20 → #1 |
 Kuwait | 0.0% | 99.7% | up 99.7 points | #20 → #5 |
 Denmark | 0.1% | 99.8% | up 99.7 points | #12 → #4 |
The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.
All countries in key years
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| Country | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 23.6% | 68.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Bahrain | 0.0% | 6.2% | 55.0% | 99.7% | 100.0% |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2.2% | 41.0% | 97.9% | 100.0% |
| Denmark | 0.1% | 39.2% | 88.7% | 96.5% | 99.8% |
| Kuwait | 0.0% | 6.7% | 61.4% | 99.1% | 99.7% |
 Monaco | 0.0% | 42.2% | 75.0% | 98.6% | 99.0% |
 Norway | 0.7% | 52.0% | 93.4% | 94.6% | 99.0% |
 Luxembourg | 0.0% | 22.9% | 90.6% | 98.5% | 98.8% |
 Liechtenstein | 0.0% | 36.5% | 80.0% | 94.3% | 98.3% |
 Iceland | 0.0% | 44.5% | 93.4% | 99.5% | 98.2% |
 Qatar | 0.0% | 4.9% | 69.0% | 99.7% | 98.1% |
 Malaysia | 0.0% | 21.4% | 56.3% | 89.6% | 98.0% |
 South Korea | 0.0% | 44.7% | 83.7% | 96.5% | 97.9% |
 San Marino | 0.0% | 48.8% | – | 77.9% | 97.4% |
 Switzerland | 0.6% | 47.1% | 83.9% | 94.3% | 97.3% |
 Ireland | 0.0% | 17.9% | 69.9% | 92.0% | 97.2% |
 Netherlands | 0.3% | 44.0% | 90.7% | 91.3% | 97.0% |
 Brunei | 0.0% | 9.0% | 53.0% | 96.3% | 96.3% |
 Australia | 0.6% | 46.8% | 76.0% | 94.7% | 96.1% |
 Belgium | 0.0% | 29.4% | 77.6% | 91.5% | 95.8% |
 Spain | 0.0% | 13.6% | 65.8% | 93.2% | 95.8% |
 Jordan | 0.0% | 2.6% | 27.2% | 78.4% | 95.6% |
 Chile | 0.0% | 16.6% | 45.0% | 87.5% | 95.6% |
 Sweden | 0.6% | 45.7% | 90.0% | 94.5% | 95.5% |
 United Kingdom | 0.1% | 26.8% | 85.0% | 94.8% | 95.5% |
 Oman | 0.0% | 3.5% | 35.8% | 95.2% | 95.3% |
 Austria | 0.1% | 33.7% | 75.2% | 87.5% | 94.9% |
 United States | 0.8% | 43.1% | 71.7% | 90.3% | 94.7% |
 Andorra | 0.0% | 10.5% | 81.0% | 93.2% | 94.4% |
 Singapore | 0.0% | 36.0% | 71.0% | 92.0% | 94.4% |
 Russia | 0.0% | 2.0% | 49.0% | 85.0% | 94.4% |
 Canada | 0.4% | 51.3% | 80.3% | 92.3% | 94.4% |
 Belarus | 0.0% | 1.9% | 31.8% | 85.1% | 94.3% |
 Malta | 0.0% | 13.1% | 63.0% | 86.9% | 93.9% |
 Hungary | 0.0% | 7.0% | 65.0% | 84.8% | 93.8% |
 Finland | 0.4% | 37.2% | 86.9% | 92.2% | 93.7% |
 North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2.5% | 51.9% | 81.4% | 93.6% |
 New Zealand | 0.0% | 47.4% | 80.5% | 90.9% | 93.5% |
 Germany | 0.1% | 30.2% | 82.0% | 89.8% | 93.5% |
 Kazakhstan | 0.0% | 0.7% | 31.6% | 85.9% | 93.4% |
 Latvia | 0.0% | 6.3% | 68.4% | 88.9% | 92.7% |
 Bahamas | 0.0% | 8.0% | 43.0% | 92.4% | 92.5% |
 Estonia | 0.0% | 28.6% | 74.1% | 89.1% | 92.2% |
 Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 1.0% | 16.3% | 72.0% | 92.0% |
 China | 0.0% | 1.8% | 34.3% | 70.1% | 92.0% |
| Uruguay | 0.0% | 10.5% | 46.4% | 85.5% | 92.0% |
 Romania | 0.0% | 3.6% | 39.9% | 78.5% | 91.3% |
 Bhutan | 0.0% | 0.4% | 13.6% | 76.9% | 91.3% |
 Morocco | 0.0% | 0.7% | 52.0% | 84.1% | 91.2% |
 Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 3.7% | 31.4% | 81.6% | 91.0% |
 Thailand | 0.0% | 3.7% | 22.4% | 77.8% | 90.9% |
 Slovenia | 0.0% | 15.1% | 70.0% | 86.6% | 90.8% |
 Azerbaijan | 0.0% | 0.1% | 46.0% | 84.6% | 90.4% |
 Jamaica | 0.0% | 3.1% | 27.7% | 76.4% | 90.1% |
 Slovakia | 0.0% | 9.4% | 75.7% | 89.9% | 89.8% |
 Argentina | 0.0% | 7.0% | 45.0% | 85.5% | 89.7% |
 Cyprus | 0.0% | 15.3% | 53.0% | 90.8% | 89.6% |
 Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 0.5% | 15.9% | 71.1% | 89.5% |
 Kiribati | 0.0% | 1.8% | 9.1% | 53.0% | 89.4% |
 Italy | 0.0% | 23.1% | 53.7% | 70.5% | 89.2% |
 Lithuania | 0.0% | 6.4% | 62.1% | 83.1% | 89.2% |
 Montenegro | – | – | 37.5% | 77.6% | 88.9% |
 France | 0.1% | 14.3% | 77.3% | 84.7% | 88.7% |
 Poland | 0.0% | 7.3% | 62.3% | 83.2% | 88.6% |
 Portugal | 0.0% | 16.4% | 53.3% | 78.3% | 88.5% |
 Israel | 0.1% | 20.9% | 67.5% | 90.1% | 88.2% |
 Seychelles | 0.0% | 7.4% | 41.0% | 79.3% | 87.8% |
 Serbia | – | – | 40.9% | 78.4% | 87.7% |
 Czechia | 0.0% | 9.8% | 68.8% | 81.3% | 87.7% |
 Türkiye | 0.0% | 3.8% | 39.8% | 77.7% | 87.3% |
 Costa Rica | 0.0% | 5.8% | 36.5% | 80.5% | 87.2% |
 Greece | 0.0% | 9.1% | 44.4% | 78.1% | 86.3% |
 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 0.0% | 1.1% | 42.8% | 73.2% | 86.1% |
 Albania | 0.0% | 0.1% | 45.0% | 72.2% | 85.9% |
| Japan | 0.0% | 30.0% | 78.2% | 90.2% | 85.5% |
 Iran | 0.0% | 0.9% | 15.9% | 75.6% | 85.3% |
 Maldives | 0.0% | 2.2% | 26.5% | 79.1% | 85.2% |
 Mongolia | 0.0% | 1.3% | 10.2% | 62.5% | 85.1% |
 Brazil | 0.0% | 2.9% | 40.7% | 81.3% | 84.5% |
 Vietnam | 0.0% | 0.3% | 30.7% | 70.3% | 84.2% |
 Palau | 0.0% | – | – | – | 83.9% |
 Georgia | 0.0% | 0.5% | 26.9% | 72.5% | 83.8% |
 Croatia | 0.0% | 6.6% | 56.6% | 78.3% | 83.6% |
 Mexico | 0.0% | 5.1% | 31.1% | 71.5% | 83.1% |
 Nauru | 0.0% | – | – | 77.5% | 83.0% |
 Guyana | 0.0% | 0.6% | 29.9% | 63.0% | 83.0% |
 Ukraine | 0.0% | 0.7% | 23.3% | 75.0% | 82.5% |
 Bulgaria | 0.0% | 5.4% | 46.2% | 70.2% | 82.4% |
 Trinidad & Tobago | 0.0% | 7.7% | 48.5% | 77.3% | 82.2% |
 Dominica | 0.0% | 8.8% | 47.5% | 75.7% | 82.0% |
| Peru | 0.0% | 3.1% | 34.8% | 65.3% | 82.0% |
 Libya | 0.0% | 0.2% | 14.0% | 74.4% | 82.0% |
 Paraguay | 0.0% | 0.7% | 19.8% | 74.0% | 81.6% |
 Iraq | 0.0% | – | 2.5% | 53.7% | 81.5% |
 Armenia | 0.0% | 1.3% | 25.0% | 76.5% | 81.3% |
 Lebanon | 0.0% | 8.0% | 43.7% | 82.1% | 80.6% |
 Belize | 0.0% | 6.0% | 28.2% | 64.4% | 80.0% |
 Bolivia | 0.0% | 1.4% | 22.4% | 59.9% | 79.7% |
 Colombia | 0.0% | 2.2% | 36.5% | 69.8% | 79.3% |
 South Africa | 0.0% | 5.3% | 24.0% | 72.1% | 78.4% |
 Algeria | 0.0% | 0.5% | 12.5% | 63.5% | 77.4% |
 Moldova | 0.0% | 1.3% | 29.7% | 74.1% | 77.4% |
 Ecuador | 0.0% | 1.5% | 29.0% | 70.7% | 77.2% |
 St. Kitts & Nevis | 0.0% | 5.9% | 63.0% | 70.3% | 76.9% |
 Venezuela | 0.0% | 3.4% | 37.4% | 72.4% | 76.7% |
 Tunisia | 0.0% | 2.8% | 36.8% | 68.6% | 76.5% |
 St. Vincent & Grenadines | 0.0% | 3.2% | 33.7% | 63.4% | 76.2% |
 Cape Verde | 0.0% | 1.8% | 30.0% | 69.4% | 74.7% |
 Fiji | 0.0% | 1.5% | 20.0% | 68.6% | 74.7% |
 Egypt | 0.0% | 0.6% | 21.6% | 71.9% | 74.6% |
 Mauritius | 0.0% | 7.3% | 28.3% | 67.7% | 73.3% |
 Indonesia | 0.0% | 0.9% | 10.9% | 53.7% | 72.8% |
 Panama | 0.0% | 6.6% | 40.1% | 64.8% | 72.8% |
 Antigua & Barbuda | 0.0% | 6.5% | 47.0% | 71.4% | 72.7% |
 Ghana | 0.0% | 0.2% | 7.8% | 62.5% | 72.2% |
 Cuba | 0.0% | 0.5% | 15.9% | 71.1% | 70.5% |
 Barbados | 0.0% | 4.0% | 65.1% | 69.9% | 70.4% |
 Grenada | 0.0% | 4.1% | 27.0% | 65.7% | 70.2% |
 Gabon | 0.0% | 1.2% | 13.0% | 63.9% | 68.7% |
 Cambodia | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.3% | 56.4% | 68.5% |
 St. Lucia | 0.0% | 5.1% | 32.5% | 62.1% | 68.2% |
 Tonga | 0.0% | 2.4% | 16.0% | 54.5% | 67.4% |
 Philippines | 0.0% | 2.0% | 25.0% | 53.8% | 67.3% |
 El Salvador | 0.0% | 1.2% | 15.9% | 54.6% | 66.5% |
 Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 1.5% | 7.0% | 56.4% | 65.9% |
 Laos | 0.0% | 0.1% | 7.0% | 54.0% | 65.6% |
 Djibouti | 0.0% | 0.2% | 6.5% | 59.9% | 65.3% |
 India | 0.0% | 0.5% | 7.5% | 43.4% | 64.9% |
 Namibia | 0.0% | 1.6% | 11.6% | 57.9% | 64.9% |
 Eswatini | 0.0% | 0.9% | 11.0% | 49.0% | 63.4% |
 Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 0.1% | 6.0% | 55.0% | 63.3% |
 Nicaragua | 0.0% | 1.0% | 10.0% | 44.9% | 61.4% |
 Guatemala | 0.0% | 0.7% | 10.5% | 47.5% | 60.2% |
 Senegal | 0.0% | 0.4% | 8.0% | 53.3% | 60.1% |
| São Tomé & Príncipe | 0.0% | 4.6% | 18.8% | 51.6% | 59.1% |
 Honduras | 0.0% | 1.2% | 11.1% | 45.2% | 58.6% |
 Botswana | 0.0% | 2.9% | 6.0% | 51.7% | 57.5% |
 Pakistan | 0.0% | – | 8.0% | 18.9% | 57.3% |
 Tajikistan | 0.0% | 0.0% | 11.6% | 27.5% | 55.8% |
 Sri Lanka | 0.0% | 0.6% | 6.9% | 36.2% | 54.6% |
 Bangladesh | 0.0% | 0.1% | 3.7% | 36.1% | 53.4% |
 Lesotho | 0.0% | 0.2% | 3.9% | 43.7% | 51.8% |
 Gambia | 0.0% | 0.9% | 9.2% | 36.0% | 49.5% |
 Haiti | 0.0% | 0.2% | 8.4% | 39.4% | 47.9% |
 Republic of the Congo | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.0% | 22.0% | 47.3% |
 Nepal | 0.0% | 0.2% | 7.9% | 37.0% | 46.3% |
 Cameroon | 0.0% | 0.3% | 4.3% | 37.7% | 46.3% |
 Mauritania | 0.0% | 0.2% | 4.0% | 29.9% | 45.8% |
 Zimbabwe | 0.0% | 0.4% | 6.4% | 29.3% | 41.6% |
 Côte d’Ivoire | 0.0% | 0.2% | 2.7% | 36.0% | 41.4% |
 Nigeria | 0.0% | 0.1% | 11.5% | 31.9% | 41.2% |
 Angola | 0.0% | 0.1% | 2.8% | 33.3% | 40.7% |
 Micronesia | 0.0% | 3.7% | 20.0% | 39.4% | 39.5% |
 Togo | 0.0% | 0.8% | 3.0% | 29.0% | 39.5% |
 Mali | 0.0% | 0.1% | 2.0% | 29.1% | 36.8% |
 Kenya | 0.0% | 0.3% | 7.2% | 24.7% | 35.0% |
 Benin | 0.0% | 0.2% | 3.1% | 22.1% | 34.0% |
 Guinea | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% | 26.1% | 33.3% |
 Comoros | 0.0% | 0.3% | 5.1% | 22.4% | 32.5% |
 Liberia | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.3% | 22.9% | 32.2% |
 Rwanda | 0.0% | 0.1% | 8.0% | 23.8% | 31.7% |
 Tanzania | 0.0% | 0.1% | 2.9% | 19.5% | 31.2% |
 Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 0.2% | 2.5% | 20.5% | 29.8% |
 Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 0.5% | 5.0% | 24.2% | 29.0% |
 Burkina Faso | 0.0% | 0.1% | 2.4% | 13.0% | 28.3% |
 Somalia | 0.0% | 0.0% | – | 15.0% | 27.9% |
 Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 17.1% | 25.1% |
 Ethiopia | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 16.1% | 21.9% |
 Mozambique | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.2% | 14.3% | 20.5% |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 14.5% | 19.7% |
 Malawi | 0.0% | 0.1% | 2.3% | 13.9% | 19.0% |
 Papua New Guinea | 0.0% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 15.0% | 18.8% |
 Madagascar | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.7% | 11.4% | 18.7% |
 Zambia | 0.0% | 0.2% | 3.0% | 14.6% | 17.1% |
 Afghanistan | 0.0% | – | 4.0% | 17.0% | 16.1% |
 Niger | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 11.9% | 15.6% |
 Central African Republic | 0.0% | 0.1% | 2.0% | – | 13.8% |
 Chad | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 8.3% | 12.6% |
 Uganda | 0.0% | 0.2% | 4.3% | 7.4% | 8.9% |
| Burundi | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% | 6.4% | 8.6% |
 Eritrea | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 14.3% | – |
 North Korea | 0.0% | 0.0% | – | – | – |
 Myanmar | 0.0% | – | 0.3% | 45.4% | – |
 Sudan | 0.0% | 0.0% | – | – | – |
 Suriname | 0.0% | 2.5% | 31.6% | – | – |
 South Sudan | – | – | – | – | – |
 Syria | 0.0% | 0.2% | 20.7% | – | – |
 Timor-Leste | 0.0% | – | 3.0% | 32.0% | – |
 Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 0.1% | 3.0% | – | – |
 Tuvalu | 0.0% | 5.2% | 14.6% | – | – |
 Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2.1% | 8.0% | – | – |
 Samoa | 0.0% | 0.6% | 7.0% | – | – |
 Yemen | 0.0% | 0.1% | 12.4% | – | – |
| Countries with data | 190 | 183 | 186 | 181 | 180 |
Notes on reading this history
Yearly values come from the same World Bank indicator. The number of countries with data differs by year, so each year’s ranks are given only among the countries that have data that year. The ranking page uses each country’s latest year, so it may not match a single year’s ranking here.
Source: Individuals using the Internet (% of population), indicator IT.NET.USER.ZS. Processed by this site. data.worldbank.org
World Bank data last updated: 2026-10-08
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