Global Internet Penetration Rates by Country (2024)

Internet access rates for 60 countries in 2024, from Iceland's 99.3% to North Korea's 0.5%, with population and year-over-year growth data.
# country
region
population_2024
internet_users_2024
penetration_pct
yoy_growth_pct
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1 Iceland Europe 372520 370000 99.3 0.1
2 Denmark Europe 5882760 5800000 98.6 0.3
3 Norway Europe 5421242 5340000 98.5 0.2
4 Luxembourg Europe 660809 650000 98.4 0.2
5 Netherlands Europe 17890000 17570000 98.2 0.3
6 Bahrain Middle East 1472233 1440000 97.8 0.4
7 Switzerland Europe 8796669 8590000 97.7 0.2
8 Finland Europe 5563349 5420000 97.5 0.3
9 Sweden Europe 10551707 10240000 97.0 0.4
10 United Kingdom Europe 67736802 65500000 96.7 0.5
11 Japan Asia 125124989 120000000 96.0 0.3
12 Germany Europe 84270625 80800000 95.9 0.6
13 South Korea Asia 51744876 49500000 95.6 0.2
14 Australia Oceania 26177413 25000000 95.5 0.5
15 Canada North America 38454327 36700000 95.4 0.6
16 France Europe 68042591 64500000 94.8 0.7
17 United States North America 335893238 318000000 94.6 0.8
18 New Zealand Oceania 5123400 4840000 94.5 0.5
19 Spain Europe 47415750 44700000 94.2 0.9
20 Singapore Asia 5917648 5570000 94.1 0.2
21 Belgium Europe 11584008 10880000 93.9 0.6
22 Poland Europe 37653576 35300000 93.8 1.2
23 Italy Europe 60360000 56400000 93.4 0.8
24 Austria Europe 9120813 8510000 93.3 0.5
25 Israel Middle East 9655541 9000000 93.2 0.4
26 UAE Middle East 9770529 9100000 93.1 0.5
27 Portugal Europe 10270865 9540000 92.9 1.1
28 Chile South America 19629590 17900000 91.2 1.5
29 Czech Republic Europe 10886798 9920000 91.1 0.7
30 Hungary Europe 9689010 8810000 90.9 0.8
31 Russia Europe/Asia 144444359 130000000 90.0 1.0
32 Malaysia Asia 33200000 29800000 89.8 1.3
33 Greece Europe 10724599 9600000 89.5 1.0
34 Argentina South America 46044703 40900000 88.8 1.6
35 Saudi Arabia Middle East 36947025 32800000 88.8 1.2
36 Brazil South America 215313498 181000000 84.0 2.1
37 Mexico North America 128455567 107000000 83.3 2.4
38 China Asia 1412600000 1077000000 76.2 1.8
39 Turkey Asia/Europe 85341241 64900000 76.1 1.9
40 Thailand Asia 71601103 54200000 75.7 2.2
41 South Africa Africa 60414495 43100000 71.3 3.5
42 Colombia South America 52215503 36200000 69.3 2.8
43 Indonesia Asia 277534122 185000000 66.7 3.2
44 Peru South America 33359418 21900000 65.6 3.0
45 Egypt Africa/Middle East 105914499 67900000 64.1 4.1
46 Vietnam Asia 98953541 77900000 78.7 2.9
47 Philippines Asia 115590000 86100000 74.5 3.3
48 India Asia 1428627663 920000000 64.4 4.8
49 Bangladesh Asia 173562364 65800000 37.9 5.2
50 Kenya Africa 55100586 22200000 40.3 4.8
51 Ghana Africa 33475870 16200000 48.4 4.2
52 Nigeria Africa 223804632 90000000 40.2 5.1
53 Pakistan Asia 231402117 87300000 37.7 4.9
54 Tanzania Africa 65497748 15400000 23.5 5.8
55 Ethiopia Africa 126527060 23200000 18.3 6.4
56 DRC Africa 102262808 12100000 11.8 4.1
57 Chad Africa 18278568 1370000 7.5 2.3
58 Niger Africa 25252706 2100000 8.3 2.8
59 Eritrea Africa 3748901 197000 5.3 0.8
60 North Korea Asia 25971909 121000 0.5 0.0

Global Internet Penetration Rates by Country (2024) — AI Analysis

The global digital divide spans a 200x gap: Iceland connects 99.3% of its population while North Korea reaches just 0.5%

The fastest-growing internet markets are in Africa — Ethiopia (+6.4%), Tanzania (+5.8%), and Nigeria (+5.1%) are closing the gap

Key Findings

  • 9 of the top 10 most-connected countries are in Europe, with penetration rates above 96%
  • Africa averages just 36% internet penetration (population-weighted), compared to Europe's 95%
  • India has 920M internet users but only 64.4% penetration — 508M people remain offline, the largest unconnected population on Earth
  • Countries with the lowest penetration have the highest growth: the bottom quartile grows 4x faster than the top quartile
  • China leads in absolute users (1.08B) but at 76.2% penetration, 310M Chinese citizens are still offline

Visualizations

Largest Internet User Populations
Fastest-Growing Internet Markets
Internet Penetration by Region
Least Connected Countries

This dataset contains 60 records across 6 fields: country, region, population_2024, internet_users_2024, penetration_pct, yoy_growth_pct.

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