Countries with Highest Internet Penetration Rates

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TOP 36 COUNTRIES WITH THE
HIGHEST INTERNET PENETRATION RATE
( OVER 50 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION USING THE INTERNET)

TOP 36 COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST INTERNET PENETRATION RATE
#	Country or Region	Penetration (% Population)	Internet Users Latest Data	Population ( 2007 Est. )	Source and Date of Latest Data
1	Iceland	86.3 %	258,000	299,076	ITU - Sept/06
2	Sweden	75.6 %	6,890,000	9,107,795	ITU - March/07
3	New Zealand	74.9 %	3,200,000	4,274,588	ITU - Sept/05
4	Portugal	73.8 %	7,782,760	10,539,564	IWS - March/06
5	Netherlands	73.3 %	12,060,000	16,447,682	ITU - March/07
6	Australia	71.9 %	15,085,600	20,984,595	Nielsen//NR - May/07
6	United States	69.7 %	210,575,287	301,967,681	Nielsen//NR - May/07
8	Falkland Islands	69.4 %	1,900	2,736	CIA - Dec/02
9	Denmark	69.2 %	3,762,500	5,438,698	ITU - Sept/05
10	Hong Kong (China)	68.2 %	4,878,713	7,150,254	Nielsen//NR - Feb/05
11	Luxembourgh	68.0 %	315,000	463,273	ITU - Sept/06
12	Switzerland	67.8 %	5,097,822	7,523,024	Nielsen//NR - May/07
13	Canada	67.8 %	22,000,000	32,440,970	ITU - March/07
14	Norway	67.4 %	3,140,000	4,657,321	C.I.Almanac - Mar/05
15	Japan	67.1 %	86,300,000	128,646,345	eTForecast Dec/05
16	Korea, South	66.5 %	34,120,000	51,300,989	MIC - Dec/06
17	Singapore	66.3 %	2,421,800	3,654,103	ITU - Sept/05
18	Greenland	66.3 %	38,000	57,327	ITU - Oct/05
19	Faroe Islands	66.3 %	33,000	49,760	ITU - Sept/06
20	Bermuda	65.0 %	42,000	64,574	ITU - March/07
21	Taiwan	63.0 %	14,500,000	23,001,442	FIND - Dec/06
22	United Kingdom	62.3 %	37,600,000	60,363,602	ITU - Sept/06
23	Finland	62.3 %	3,286,000	5,275,491	ITU - Sept/05
24	Liechtenstein	61.8 %	22,000	35,622	ITU - March/07
25	Germany	61.1 %	50,426,117	82,509,367	Nielsen//NR - May/07
26	Barbados	59.8 %	160,000	267,353	ITU - Sept/06
27	Austria	56.6 %	4,650,000	8,213,947	C.I.Almanac - Mar/05
28	Guernsey & Alder.	56.3 %	36,000	63,908	ITU - Oct/05
29	Slovenia	55.5 %	1,090,000	1,962,856	ITU - Sept/06
30	Monaco	53.8 %	18,000	33,443	ITU - March/07
31	France	53.7 %	32,925,953	61,350,009	Nielsen//NR - May/07
32	Italy	52.9 %	31,481,928	59,546,696	Nielsen - May/07
33	Estonia	51.8 %	690,000	1,332,987	ITU - Sept/06
34	Israel	51.1 %	3,700,000	7,237,384	TIM - July/06
35	Ireland	50.2 %	2,060,000	4,104,354	C.I.Almanac - Mar./05
36	Czeck Republic	50.0 %	5,100,000	10,209,643	ITU - Dec./05
TOP 36 in Penetration		65.1 %	605,748,380	930,578,459	IWS - June/07
Rest of the World		10.1 %	567,361,545	5,644,087,958	IWS - June/07
World Total Users		17.8 %	1,173,109,925	6,574,666,417	IWS - June/07

NOTES: (1) Only countries with a Penetration Rate higher than 50% qualify for this list. At present only 36 countries and territories meet this condition. (2) The Internet Penetration Statistics were updated as of June 30, 2007. (3) Population numbers are based on the data contained in world-gazetteer.com. (4) The most recent usage information comes from data published by Nielsen//NetRatings , ITU , Computer Industry Almanac and other trustworthy sources. For definitions please refer to the surfing guide. (5) Data from this table may be cited, giving due credit and establishing an active link back to Internet World Stats. © Copyright 2007, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide.

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