|
TOP 20 COUNTRIES
WITH THE
HIGHEST INTERNET PENETRATION RATE
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|
#
|
Country
or Region
|
Penetration
(% Population)
|
Internet
Users
Latest Data
|
Population
( 2004 Est. )
|
Source
and Date
of Latest Data
|
|
1
|
Sweden
|
74.6 %
|
6,722,562
|
9,010,700
|
Nielsen//NR
July/04
|
|
2
|
Hong
Kong
|
72.5 %
|
4,878,713
|
6,727,900
|
Nielsen//NR July/04
|
|
3
|
United States
|
69.0 %
|
202,452,190
|
293,271,500
|
Nielsen//NR July/04
|
|
4
|
Iceland
|
66.6 %
|
195,000
|
292,800
|
ITU
- Dec/03
|
|
5
|
Netherlands
|
66.5 %
|
10,806,328
|
16,254,900
|
Nielsen//NR
July/04
|
|
6
|
Australia
|
65.9 %
|
13,359,830
|
20,275,700
|
Nielsen//NR July/04
|
|
7
|
Canada
|
64.2 %
|
20,450,000
|
31,846,900
|
C.I.Almanac - Dec/03
|
|
8
|
Denmark
|
62.5 %
|
3,375,850
|
5,397,600
|
Nielsen//NR June/02
|
|
9
|
Korea,
(South)
|
62.4 %
|
30,670,000
|
49,131,700
|
KRNIC - July/04
|
|
10
|
Singapore
|
60.0 %
|
2,100,000
|
3,499,500
|
ITU
- Dec/02
|
|
11
|
Switzerland
|
59.6 %
|
4,432,190
|
7,433,000
|
Nielsen//NR
July/04
|
|
12
|
United
Kingdom
|
58.5 %
|
34,874,492
|
59,595,900
|
Nielsen//NR July/04
|
|
13
|
Germany
|
57.1 %
|
47,182,668
|
82,633,200
|
Nielsen//NR
July/04
|
|
14
|
Bermuda
|
54.2 %
|
34,500
|
63,600
|
ITU
- Dec/03
|
|
15
|
Japan
|
52.1 %
|
66,548,060
|
127,853,600
|
Nielsen//NR July/04
|
|
16
|
New
Zealand
|
52.0 %
|
2,110,000
|
4,059,900
|
ITU
- Dec/03
|
|
17
|
Taiwan
|
51.1 %
|
11,602,523
|
22,689,300
|
Nielsen//NR
June/01
|
|
18
|
Finland
|
50.7 %
|
2,650,000
|
5,231,900
|
ITU -
Dec/02
|
|
19
|
Norway
|
50.0 %
|
2,288,000
|
4,577,500
|
ITU -
Dec/02
|
|
20
|
Italy
|
49.3 %
|
28,610,000
|
57,987,100
|
C.I.Almanac Dec/03
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOP 20 in
Penetration
|
61.3 %
|
495,342,906
|
807,834,200
|
IWS -
Sept.1/04
|
|
Rest of the
World
|
5.5 %
|
304,697,592
|
5,582,313,287
|
IWS
- Sept.1/04
|
|
TotalWorld -
Users
|
12.5 %
|
800,040,498
|
6,390,147,487
|
IWS
- Sept.1/04
|
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