List of countries by number of Internet users

Internet users per 100 inhabitants
Source: International Telecommunication Union.
Number of Internet users in 2012
Source: International Telecommunication Union.

Below is a sortable list of countries by number of Internet users as of December 2025. Internet users are defined as persons who accessed the Internet in the last 3 months from any device, including mobile phones. Percentage is the percentage of a country's population that are Internet users. Estimates are calculated by the International Telecommunication Union using aggregate data.

All United Nations member states are included, except North Korea, whose number of internet users is estimated at a few thousand. The data only regards of people who are aged over 19.

Table

The table contains the population percentage that uses the internet; data from the ITU.

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Individuals using the Internet 2005 to 2014" Archived 28 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Key ICT indicators for developed and developing countries and the world (totals and percentage rates), International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "ICT Statistics". www.itu.int. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012" Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine, International Telecommunication Union (Geneva), july 2016, retrieved 22 June 2013
  4. ↑ "Individuals using the Internet". datahub.itu.int. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Measuring digital development Facts and Figures 2023" (PDF). itu.int. p27. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  6. ↑ Fisher, Max (22 December 2014). "Yes, North Korea has the internet. Here's what it looks like". Vox. Archived from the original on 6 May 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Individuals using the Internet". Statista. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  8. ↑ Dhakal, Binod (16 June 2026). "Connected but Not Equal: Nepal's Internet Boom Still Leaves Millions Behind". Nepal News. Retrieved 9 July 2026.