Monday Stats: Worldwide Internet Population Explodes

The total number of Internet users worldwide is expected to reach 1.07 billion in 2005 and with an estimated 20.45 million Canadians online, we rank only 12th in size of Internet population. In the number one position, the US still holds a massive lead at 185.5 million Internet users. China is in second place with just under 100 million, followed by Japan with 78 million Internet users.

Switch the data to Internet users as a percentage of total population and we slide into the #10 position, still slightly behind the United States. The world’s most connected country? Denmark, with 68.5% of the population online.

To put it another way – the combined size of the Japanese and Chinese Internet population is nearly equal to that of the United States. That’s 178 million online shoppers for whom English is NOT the primary language of communication.

How are your globalization efforts coming?

Get the full Population Explosion story on ClickZ:
http://www.clickz.com/stats/sectors/geographics/article.php/151151