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10
COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST
INTERNET PENETRATION RATE
( PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION USING THE INTERNET) |
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# |
Country or Region |
Penetration
(% Population) |
Internet Users
Latest Data |
Population
( 2005 Est. ) |
Source
of
Latest Data |
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1 |
Sweden |
73.6 % |
6,656,733 |
9,043,990 |
Nielsen//NR June/05 |
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2 |
Hong Kong |
70.7 % |
4,878,713 |
6,898,686 |
Nielsen//NR Feb./05 |
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3 |
Denmark |
68.7 % |
3,720,000 |
5,411,596 |
C-I-A
Mar./05 |
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4 |
United States |
68.5 % |
202,888,307 |
296,208,476 |
Nielsen//NR June/05 |
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5 |
Norway |
68.2 % |
3,140,000 |
4,606,363 |
C.I.Almanac Mar./05 |
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6 |
Australia |
67.2 % |
13,784,966 |
20,507,264 |
Nielsen//NR June/05 |
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8 |
Netherlands |
66.2 % |
10,806,328 |
16,322,583 |
Nielsen//NR June/04 |
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7 |
Iceland |
67.1 % |
198,000 |
294,947 |
CIA -
Mar./05 |
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10 |
Canada |
63.8 % |
20,450,000 |
32,050,369 |
C-I-A
Dec./03 |
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10 |
Korea, South |
63.3 % |
31,600,000 |
49,929,293 |
KRNIC
Dec./04 |
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TOP TEN Countries |
68.0 % |
271,283,058 |
398,796,375 |
IWS - July 31/05 |
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Rest of the World |
11.1 % |
667,427,871 |
6,021,306,347 |
IWS - July
31/05 |
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Total World Penetration |
14.6 % |
938,710,929 |
6,420,102,722 |
IWS -
July 31/05 |
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