Internet users in Iran
85.3% of the population of Iran used the internet in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Iran, 2024
85.3%
Change from 2023
+1.6percentage points
World, 2024
71.2%
Position in 2024
78th of 182
Internet users in Iran 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 | Iran | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6% |
| 2024 | 85.3% | 71.2% |
| 2023 | 83.7% | 69.2% |
| 2022 | 81.7% | 67.0% |
| 2021 | 78.6% | 63.8% |
| 2020 | 75.6% | 60.1% |
| 2019 | 72.5% | 53.9% |
| 2018 | 70.2% | 49.4% |
| 2017 | 64.0% | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 53.2% | 43.6% |
| 2015 | 45.3% | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 39.4% | 37.4% |
| 2013 | 30.0% | 35.3% |
| 2012 | 22.7% | 33.3% |
| 2011 | 19.0% | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 15.9% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 13.8% | 25.3% |
| 2008 | 12.0% | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 9.5% | 20.2% |
| 2006 | 8.8% | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 8.1% | 15.6% |
| 2004 | 7.5% | – |
| 2003 | 6.9% | – |
| 2002 | 4.6% | – |
| 2001 | 1.5% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.6 percentage points from 83.7% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 39.4%, the figure has changed by +46.0 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Iran has the 78th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.