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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

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
41 Congo - Kinshasa 14.5%
40 Sierra Leone 17.1%
39 Congo - Brazzaville 22.0%
38 Liberia 22.9%
37 Bangladesh 36.1%
36 India 43.4%
35 Honduras 45.2%
34 Indonesia 53.7%
33 Philippines 53.8%
32 Algeria 63.5%
31 Gabon 63.9%
30 Colombia 69.8%
29 China 70.1%
28 Bulgaria 70.2%
27 Italy 70.5%
26 Ecuador 70.7%
25 Mexico 71.5%
24 Egypt 71.9%
23 Türkiye 77.7%
22 Greece 78.1%
21 Romania 78.5%
20 Czechia 81.3%
19 Brazil 81.3%
18 Lebanon 82.1%
17 Lithuania 83.1%
16 Poland 83.2%
15 France 84.7%
14 Russia 85.0%
13 Argentina 85.5%
12 Chile 87.5%
11 Germany 89.8%
10 United States 90.3%
9 Netherlands 91.3%
8 Finland 92.2%
7 Canada 92.3%
6 Hong Kong SAR China 92.4%
5 Spain 93.2%
4 Norway 94.6%
3 United Kingdom 94.8%
2 South Korea 96.5%
1 Saudi Arabia 97.9%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2020

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.