Over 300 Million Internet Users in Year 2000
September 28, 1998 - According to the Internet Industry Almanac there will be over 327 million Internet users by year-end 2000--up from 100 million Internet users at year-end 1997. The U.S. is projected to have over 130 million Internet users or 40% of the total in year 2000. The top 15 countries shown in the following table account for nearly 82% of the worldwide Internet users in year 2000. These numbers include business, educational and home Internet users.
Top 15 Countries in Internet Usage in Year 2000
| Rank | Country | Internet Users in Millions |
|
1
|
U.S. | 132.3 |
|
2
|
Germany | 22.9 |
|
3
|
Japan | 21.9 |
|
4
|
United Kingdom | 17.0 |
|
5
|
France | 12.6 |
|
6
|
Canada | 11.6 |
|
7
|
Italy | 10.6 |
|
8
|
Australia | 8.0 |
|
9
|
Netherlands | 5.4 |
|
10
|
Brazil | 5.2 |
|
11
|
Russia | 5.0 |
|
12
|
Spain | 4.4 |
|
13
|
China | 3.8 |
|
14
|
Sweden | 3.7 |
|
15
|
South Korea | 3.2 |
|
Top
15 Countries
|
267.5 | |
|
Europe
|
102.0 | |
|
Worldwide
|
327.0 | |
At year-end 1997 there were 11 countries with over one million Internet users, which will grow to 38 countries in year 2000. In 1997 there were also 11 countries where over 10% of the population were Internet users. By year 2000 there will be 25 countries where over 10% of the population will be Internet users.
The Internet
Industry Almanac projects that there will be 579 million computers in
use worldwide at year-end 2000. The U.S. will grow to over 164 million
computers in use at that time or 28% of the world’s total computers.
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