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Worldwide Internet Users by Country
8%
3%
6%
3%
10%
6%
28%
20%
2%3%
4%
3%2%2%
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Korea, South
Russia
Taiwan
United Kingdom
United States
Others
Active Internet Users, Millions
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Close-Up Active Internet Users, Millions
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
America has the greatest number of active users by far. It has more than four times the number of active users as runner-up Japan.
European Countries with the Greatest Percentage of their Population Online
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40%
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90%
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Percentage of South American Population Online, By Country
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
Percentage of Caribbean Population Online, by country
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Countries with the Highest Number of Internet Service Providers
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The U.S. has nearly ten times as many internet service providers as its closest competitor, Canada. The U.S. is off this chart with 7,000 internet service providers.
European Countries with the Greatest Number of Internet Service Providers400
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200 200
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61 56 5244 41 38 38 37 32 29 27 23 22 20 19 16 16 13 13 11 10
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However, more internet service providers does not correspond with greater internet usage. Nearly 60% of Norway’s people were online even though it only has three
internet service providers.
South America Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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10
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60
Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador FrenchGuiana
Guyana IslasMalvinas
Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
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Likewise, Chile is more online than any country in South America, yet it too has relatively few internet providers.
Caribbean Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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10
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ISP
s
Top 15 Economies by 2002 Broadband Penetration - Per 100 inhabitants
21.3
14.6
11.5
9.48.6 8.6 8.4
7.76.6 6.5 6.5 6.3 6.1
5.5 5.3
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Access to a good internet connection also affects internet use and its usefulness.
Percentage of Households with Broadband Internet, 2002
83%
68%
41%
59%
12%
24%
41%
20%28%
19%
29%
9%
18%
35%
15%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Many more households than individuals have access to broadband.
Secure Internet Servers by Country - Top 15
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10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
90,000
2000
Australia
Austria
Brazil
Canada
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
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1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
2000
The U.S. dominates this feature of the internet as the larger graph shows. The inset graph more clearly shows how its competitors compare.
Internet Hosts - 2000
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10,000,000
20,000,000
30,000,000
40,000,000
50,000,000
60,000,000
70,000,000
80,000,000
90,000,000
2000
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
Sweden
Taiwan
United Kingdom
United States-
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
3,000,000
3,500,000
4,000,000
4,500,000
5,000,000
2000
The U.S. clearly dominates the number of internet hosts as well.
Slides 2, 3, 7: “Global Online Populations”, CIA's World Factbook 2002.
Slides 4, 8: “European Internet Usage”, CIA’s World Factbook 2002.
Slides 5, 9: “South America Internet Usage”, CIA’s World Factbook 2002.
Slide 6, 10: “Caribbean Internet Usage”, CIA's World Factbook 2002.
Slides 11-12: “Top 15 economies by 2002 broadband penetration”, International Telecommunications Union.
Slide 13: “Data for the A.T. Kearney / Foreign Policy Magazine Globalization Index ™”, International Telecommunications Union Yearbook of Statistics (2001)
Slide 14: “Data for the A.T. Kearney / Foreign Policy Magazine Globalization Index ™”, Secure Server Survey, Netcraft.com