Worldwide Internet Users by Country

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America has the greatest number of active users by far. It has more than four times the number of active users as runner-up Japan.

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The U.S. has nearly ten times as many internet service providers as its closest competitor, Canada. The U.S. is off this chart with 7,000 internet service providers.

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However, more internet service providers does not correspond with greater internet usage. Nearly 60% of Norway’s people were online even though it only has three

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Top 15 Economies by 2002 Broadband Penetration - Per 100 inhabitants

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Access to a good internet connection also affects internet use and its usefulness.

Percentage of Households with Broadband Internet, 2002

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Many more households than individuals have access to broadband.

Secure Internet Servers by Country - Top 15

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The U.S. dominates this feature of the internet as the larger graph shows. The inset graph more clearly shows how its competitors compare.

Internet Hosts - 2000

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Brazil

Canada

Finland

France

Germany

Italy

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The U.S. clearly dominates the number of internet hosts as well.

Slides 2, 3, 7: “Global Online Populations”, CIA's World Factbook 2002.

Slides 4, 8: “European Internet Usage”, CIA’s World Factbook 2002.

Slides 5, 9: “South America Internet Usage”, CIA’s World Factbook 2002.

Slide 6, 10: “Caribbean Internet Usage”, CIA's World Factbook 2002.

Slides 11-12: “Top 15 economies by 2002 broadband penetration”, International Telecommunications Union.

Slide 13: “Data for the A.T. Kearney / Foreign Policy Magazine Globalization Index ™”, International Telecommunications Union Yearbook of Statistics (2001)

Slide 14: “Data for the A.T. Kearney / Foreign Policy Magazine Globalization Index ™”, Secure Server Survey, Netcraft.com