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Table 1 World Internet usage and population statistics

From: An integrated testing system for IPv6 and DNSSEC

World Internet usage and population statistics

June 30, 2012

World regions

Population (2012 est.)

Internet users Dec. 31, 2000

Internet users latest data

Penetration (% population)

Growth 2000–2012 (%)

Users % of table (%)

Africa

1,073,380,925

4,514,400

167,335,676

15.6

3,606.7

7.0

Asia

3,922,066,987

114,304,000

1,076,681,059

27.5

841.9

44.8

Europe

820,918,446

105,096,093

518,512,109

63.2

393.4

21.5

Middle East

223,608,203

3,284,800

90,000,455

40.2

2,639.9

3.7

North America

348,280,154

108,096,800

273,785,413

78.6

153.3

11.4

Latin America/Caribbean

593,688,638

18,068,919

254,915,745

42.9

1,310.8

10.6

Oceania/Australia

35,903,569

7,620,480

24,287,919

67.6

218.7

1.0

World total

7,017,846,922

360,985,492

2,405,518,376

34.3

566.4

100.0

  1. Reference: Internet World Stats from http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm