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Internet users in United States

1990 – 2024 · 35 data points 9 of 41 · Countries Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Internet users, 1990 – 2024 percent · United States · World
+21.7 pp since 2014
United States World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Compared with Internet users · percent
United States
94.7%
World
73.6% · 2025

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance United States · 1990 – 2024
Latest value 94.7% · 2024
First value 0.8% · 1990
Highest 94.7% · 2024
Lowest 0.8% · 1990
Data points 35

By year

All years · 1990 – 2024

YearUnited StatesChange World
2024 94.7% +1.2 pp 71.2%
2023 93.5% +0.8 pp 69.2%
2022 92.7% +1.5 pp 67.0%
2021 91.3% +0.9 pp 63.8%
2020 90.3% +0.9 pp 60.1%
2019 89.4% +0.9 pp 53.9%
2018 88.5% +1.2 pp 49.4%
2017 87.3% +1.7 pp 46.3%
2016 85.5% +11.0 pp 43.6%
2015 74.6% +1.6 pp 39.9%
2014 73.0% +1.6 pp 37.4%
2013 71.4% −3.3 pp 35.3%
2012 74.7% +5.0 pp 33.3%
2011 69.7% −2.0 pp 30.9%
2010 71.7% +0.7 pp 28.4%
2009 71.0% −3.0 pp 25.3%
2008 74.0% −1.0 pp 22.8%
2007 75.0% +6.1 pp 20.2%
2006 68.9% +1.0 pp 17.2%
2005 68.0% +3.2 pp 15.6%
2004 64.8% +3.1 pp —
2003 61.7% +2.9 pp —
2002 58.8% +9.7 pp —
2001 49.1% +6.0 pp —
2000 43.1% +7.3 pp —
1999 35.8% +5.7 pp —
1998 30.1% +8.5 pp —
1997 21.6% +5.2 pp —
1996 16.4% +7.2 pp —
1995 9.2% +4.4 pp —
1994 4.9% +2.6 pp —
1993 2.3% +0.6 pp —
1992 1.7% +0.6 pp —
1991 1.2% +0.4 pp —
1990 0.8% —

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
41 Congo - Kinshasa 11.7%
40 Congo - Brazzaville 11.8%
39 Sierra Leone 14.4%
38 Liberia 17.3%
37 India 20.1%
36 Bangladesh 25.6%
35 Honduras 36.0%
34 Indonesia 39.9%
33 Philippines 44.1%
32 Egypt 46.9%
31 Algeria 49.0%
30 Gabon 55.4%
29 Mexico 56.7%
28 Ecuador 57.5%
27 Colombia 64.1%
26 Bulgaria 64.8%
25 China 65.4%
24 Brazil 70.4%
23 Romania 70.7%
22 Türkiye 71.0%
21 Greece 72.2%
20 Italy 74.4%
19 Poland 77.5%
18 Argentina 77.7%
17 Lithuania 79.7%
16 Czechia 80.7%
15 Russia 80.9%
14 Lebanon 80.9%
13 France 82.0%
12 Chile 84.9%
11 Spain 86.1%
10 Germany 87.0%
9 United States 88.5%
8 Finland 88.9%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 90.5%
6 United Kingdom 90.7%
5 Netherlands 91.9%
4 Saudi Arabia 93.3%
3 Canada 94.6%
2 South Korea 96.0%
1 Norway 96.5%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2018

What it means

The share of people who used the internet in the last three months.

How it is calculated

Internet users of any age and device divided by the population, from surveys and estimates.