Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Internet World Statistics

The following information is according to internetworldstats.com and some of it just may surprise you.

-Of the 6,767,805,208 people on earth, only 24.7% of the population uses the internet.

-Africa has the least percentage of internet users at 6.7%, but the total amount of people in Africa, 65,903,900, is almost more than that of the Middle East and the South Pacific (Australia and Oceania) combined. The Middle East having 47,964,146 internet users and the South Pacific having 20,838019 users.

-Although the South Pacific has the least amount of people using the internet, 60.1% of the population is online.

-Asia is the largest continent on earth and has a population of 3,808,070,503. Asia has the most internet users at 704,213,930, but only 18.5% of the population actually uses the internet.

-The Middle East ha grown to use the internet than any other region on earth. Over the past nine years internet usage has increased 1,360.2%.

Obviously the internet continues to grow at a rapid pace as well as continues to shape our environment, but for the most part more people are not using the internet than are using the internet. It's only a matter of time until humanity is entirely dependent on the internet.