Internet Users by Country, Historical Data 2000-2024

About This Dataset

The share of the population using the internet in twelve countries at benchmark years from 2000 to 2024, from World Bank Open Data, which publishes the ITU series. Figures are national survey estimates and are occasionally revised downward when a country changes its measurement method.

✨ AI Insight

In 2000 the United States was already at 43.1 percent while China was at 1.8 and India at 0.5. Those gaps have almost closed at the top: China reached 92.0 percent by 2024 against 94.7 for the United States, and Russia is at 94.4. Russia is the largest single move in the chart, from 2.0 percent to 94.4, a gain of 92.4 points, with China just behind on 90.2. India rose 64.4 points to 64.9 percent and is still roughly where Brazil was in 2015. The countries that have not converged are the ones to look at: Nigeria is at 41.2 percent in 2024, lower than the United States managed in 2000, and Indonesia at 72.8 and Egypt at 74.6 sit about twenty points below the leaders. The United Kingdom is the steadiest line here, passing 90 percent in 2015 and moving only 3.5 points in the nine years since.

Source: World Bank Open Data (ITU)

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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United Kingdom leads with 96 in 2024.

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Nigeria grew fastest: +41100% from 2000 to 2024 (0.10 → 41.20).

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Average value in 2024: 81 · median: 85.

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2024 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.

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Gap in 2024: United Kingdom is 2.3× larger than Nigeria.