Internet users in India
70.0% of the population of India used the internet in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
India, 2025
70.0%
Change from 2024
+5.1percentage points
World, 2025
73.6%
Median of G20 countries, 2024
89.7%
Internet users in India over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | India | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.0% | 73.6% |
| 2024 | 64.9% | 71.2% |
| 2023 | 60.3% | 69.2% |
| 2022 | 55.9% | 67.0% |
| 2021 | 49.3% | 63.8% |
| 2020 | 43.4% | 60.1% |
| 2019 | 29.5% | 53.9% |
| 2018 | 20.1% | 49.4% |
| 2017 | 18.2% | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 16.5% | 43.6% |
| 2015 | 14.9% | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 13.5% | 37.4% |
| 2013 | 12.3% | 35.3% |
| 2012 | 11.1% | 33.3% |
| 2011 | 10.1% | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 7.5% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 5.1% | 25.3% |
| 2008 | 4.4% | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | 20.2% |
| 2006 | 2.8% | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 2.4% | 15.6% |
| 2004 | 2.0% | – |
| 2003 | 1.7% | – |
| 2002 | 1.5% | – |
| 2001 | 0.7% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +5.1 percentage points from 64.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 14.9%, the figure has changed by +55.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 73.6%.