Internet users in Japan
85.5% of the population of Japan used the internet in 2024.
Japan, 2024
85.5%
Change from 2023
+0.5percentage points
World, 2024
71.2%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
93.6%
Position in 2024
77th of 182
Internet users in Japan 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 | Japan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6% |
| 2024 | 85.5% | 71.2% |
| 2023 | 85.0% | 69.2% |
| 2022 | 84.9% | 67.0% |
| 2021 | 82.9% | 63.8% |
| 2020 | 90.2% | 60.1% |
| 2019 | 92.7% | 53.9% |
| 2018 | 88.7% | 49.4% |
| 2017 | 91.7% | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 93.2% | 43.6% |
| 2015 | 91.1% | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 89.1% | 37.4% |
| 2013 | 88.2% | 35.3% |
| 2012 | 79.5% | 33.3% |
| 2011 | 79.1% | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 78.2% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 78.0% | 25.3% |
| 2008 | 75.4% | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 74.3% | 20.2% |
| 2006 | 68.7% | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 66.9% | 15.6% |
| 2004 | 62.4% | – |
| 2003 | 48.4% | – |
| 2002 | 46.6% | – |
| 2001 | 38.5% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 85.0% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 89.1%, the figure has changed by −3.6 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Japan has the 77th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.