Global Internet Users by Year, 2005-2024

About This Dataset

Global Internet Users by Year, 2005-2024
The share of the world population using the internet by year, 2005 to 2024, from World Bank Open Data, which publishes the ITU series. The World Bank world aggregate does not begin until 2005.
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The world passed the halfway mark between 2018 and 2019, reaching 53.9 percent in 2019 from 15.6 percent in 2005. The pandemic years produced the fastest jump in the series, 53.9 to 60.1 percent between 2019 and 2020, a gain of 6.2 points in a single year against an average of 2.8 points a year over the nine years from 2010 to 2019. Growth has slowed since: 3.7 points in 2021, 3.2 in 2022, 2.2 in 2023 and 2.0 in 2024, which leaves 71.2 percent of the world online and roughly 29 percent still offline.

Source:  World Bank Open Data (ITU)

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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2024 leads with 71 in 2024.
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Average value in 2024: 71  ·  median: 71.
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2024 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.
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Gap in 2024: 2024 is 4.6× larger than 2005.

Global Internet Users by Year, 2005-2024

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Data Insights

Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

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Data Points
15
15 categories  ·  15 years
Top Value
71.20
2024
Global Internet Users (% of population) · 2024
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Global Internet Users (% of population)
Period
2005 – 2024
15 years of data

Rankings & Full Data

15 records · Global Internet Users (% of population) · ranked by 2024

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# Category 2005 2008 2010 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Change Source
🥇 2024 71.20
🥈 2023 69.20
🥉 2022 67
4 2021 63.80
5 2020 60.10
6 2019 53.90
7 2018 49.40
8 2017 46.30
9 2016 43.60
10 2015 39.90
11 2014 37.40
12 2012 33.30
13 2010 28.40
14 2008 22.80
15 2005 15.60

Data Sources & References

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