Introduction to the Internet
YEAR |
US USERS |
WORLD USERS |
YEAR |
US USERS |
WORLD USERS |
1996 |
45,000,000 |
70,000,000 |
2002 |
159,000,000 |
618,434,100 |
1997 |
60,000,000 |
116,000,000 |
2003 |
161,632,400 |
718,772,300 |
1998 |
84,587,000 |
171,587,000 |
2004 |
185,000,000 |
851,804,400 |
1999 |
102,000,000 |
275,518,600 |
2005 |
197,800,000 |
980,386,700 |
2000 |
124,000,000 |
390,251,600 |
2006 |
210,200,000 |
1,201,139,800 |
2001 |
142,823,000 |
489,924,200 |
2007 |
220,000,000 |
1,472,916,300 |
Worldwide Cellular Mobile Telephone Subscribers, 2007
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|
SUBSCRIBERS |
|
|
SUBSCRIBERS |
|
|
PER 1,000 |
|
|
PER 1,000 |
COUNTRY |
SUBSCRIBERS |
RESIDENTS |
COUNTRY |
SUBSCRIBERS |
RESIDENTS |
China |
547,286,000 |
412 |
Ukraine |
55,240,400 |
1,196 |
United States |
255,400,000 |
835 |
Thailand |
51,376,800 |
804 |
India |
233,620,000 |
200 |
Spain |
48,813,000 |
1,102 |
Russia |
170,000,000 |
1,193 |
South Korea |
43,500,000 |
902 |
Brazil |
120,980,100 |
631 |
Philippines |
42,868,9001 |
5081 |
Japan |
100,525,000 |
786 |
South Africa |
42,300,000 |
871 |
Germany |
97,151,000 |
1,176 |
Poland |
41,388,800 |
1,087 |
Indonesia |
81,834,600 |
353 |
Argentina |
40,401,800 |
1,022 |
Pakistan |
78,852,900 |
481 |
Nigeria |
40,395,600 |
273 |
Italy |
78,571,0001 |
1,3511 |
Bangladesh |
34,370,000 |
217 |
United Kingdom |
71,992,500 |
1,185 |
Colombia |
33,941,100 |
735 |
Mexico |
68,253,600 |
641 |
Egypt |
30,047,000 |
398 |
Turkey |
61,975,800 |
828 |
Iran |
28,499,300 |
400 |
France |
55,358,100 |
898 |
World |
3,280,751,500 |
493 |
Growth of Cell Phone Use in the US
Number of cellular mobile telephone subscribers in the US, 1996-2007.
YEAR |
SUBSCRIBERS |
YEAR |
SUBSCRIBERS |
YEAR |
SUBSCRIBERS |
YEAR |
SUBSCRIBERS |
1996 |
44,042,992 |
1999 |
86,047,003 |
2002 |
140,766,842 |
2005 |
207,896,198 |
1997 |
55,312,293 |
2000 |
109,478,031 |
2003 |
158,721,981 |
2006 |
233,040,781 |
1998 |
69,209,321 |
2001 |
128,374,512 |
2004 |
182,140,362 |
2007 |
255,395,599 |