Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Fig. 2.5
Map of internet penetration rates, December 2011. Source internetworldstats.com
Table 2.3 Internet
penetration rates for 20 best-
connected countries,
December, 2011
Iceland
97.6
Norway
94.8
Sweden
92.5
Netherlands
88.6
Denmark
86.1
Finland
85.3
Luxembourg
85.3
United Kingdom
82.5
South Korea
81.1
Australia
80.1
New Zealand
79.7
Germany
79.1
Japan
78.2
Singapore
77.8
Belgium
77.8
Canada
77.7
United States
77.3
Switzerland
75.3
Estonia
75.1
Austria
74.8
Israel
71.6
Source internetworldstats.com
across the face of the planet (Fig.
2.7
). Most (59 %) of the world's netizens,
therefore, are relatively recent additions to the world's population of internet users.
In China, for example, more than 490 million of its netizens, or 96 %, began
after 2000, and the same proportion in India witnessed 116,000 new internet users
log-in.
