Global Internet Users by Year, 2005-2024
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Global Internet Users by Year, 2005-2024The 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.
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Global Internet Users by Year, 2005-2024
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15 records · Global Internet Users (% of population) · ranked by 2024
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