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Internet | World Internet usage and population statistics


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By Kate Blake

It can be quite difficult to find up to date statistics about internet usage so here is some interesting information for you. This blog post contains statistics from September 2009.

 World RegionsInternet Users
Latest Data
Penetration
(% Population)
Growth
2000-2009
 Africa  67,371,700 6.80% 1392.40%

 Asia

 738,257,230 19.40%  545.90%
 Europe 418,029,796 52.00% 297.80%
 Middle East
 57,425,046 28.30% 1648.20%
 North America
 252,908,000 74.20% 134.00%
 Latin America/ Caribbean  179,031,479 30.50% 890.80%
 Oceania/ Australia
 20,970,490 60.40% 175.20%
 WORLD TOTAL
 1,733,993,741   
 25.60%             
 380.30%    


Source: Internet World Stats

Almost 2 billion users worldwide!

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