Internet users in Cameroon

46.3% of the population of Cameroon used the internet in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Individuals using the internet (ITU) Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Cameroon, 2024 46.3% % of population
Change from 2023 +4.0percentage points 2023: 42.2%
World, 2024 71.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 149th of 182 See the full ranking

Internet users in Cameroon over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Individuals using the internet (ITU) (% of population), 2001 to 2025
Period CameroonWorld
2025 – 73.6%
2024 46.3% 71.2%
2023 42.2% 69.2%
2022 40.1% 67.0%
2021 38.9% 63.8%
2020 37.7% 60.1%
2019 36.5% 53.9%
2018 29.7% 49.4%
2017 23.2% 46.3%
2016 20.6% 43.6%
2015 18.3% 39.9%
2014 16.2% 37.4%
2013 10.0% 35.3%
2012 7.5% 33.3%
2011 5.0% 30.9%
2010 4.3% 28.4%
2009 3.8% 25.3%
2008 3.4% 22.8%
2007 2.9% 20.2%
2006 2.0% 17.2%
2005 1.4% 15.6%
2004 1.0% –
2003 0.6% –
2002 0.4% –
2001 0.3% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.0 percentage points from 42.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 16.2%, the figure has changed by +30.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Cameroon has the 149th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IT.NET.USER.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Cameroon
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database