Internet Usage and Population in Oceania
Posted January 25, 2009 
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Comments(0) Ever wondered what the total number of people world wide is that use the internet on a daily basis? this is one of those trivia questions that come up from time to time. Here’s the answer for you. Internet World Stats counted nearly 1.5 Billion web surfers world wide as of June 2008. Only 15 to 20% of the worlds population is currently connected to the web, which means the growth potential is still enormous.
So which countries are the largest users of the web? well here’s a breakdown by country and region as of December 2008, courtesy of Comscore:
- China: 179.7 million
- United States: 163.3 million
- Japan: 60.0 million
- Germany: 37.0 million
- United Kingdom: 36.7 million
- France: 34.0 million
- India: 32.1 million
- Russia: 29.0 million
- Brazil: 27.7 million
- South Korea: 27.3 million
- Canada: 21.8 million
- Italy: 20.8 million
- Spain: 17.9 million
- Mexico: 12.5 million
- Netherlands: 11.8 million
Worldwide Internet Audience
- Asia Pacific: 416 million (41.3%)
- Europe: 283 million (28.0%)
- North America: 185 million (18.4%)
- Latin America: 75 million (7.4%)
- Middle East & Africa: 49 million (4.8%)
Just lifting out the Oceania/Australia stats:
Population: 33,981,562
Internet Usage 2000: 7,620,480
The 2008 Stats are below:
