Internet users in North America

95.6% of the population of North America used the internet in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.

Measure: Individuals using the internet (ITU) Unit: % of population Data: 2005 to 2025 Source: World Bank
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2025 95.6% % of population
Change from 2024 +1.2percentage points 2024: 94.4%
World, 2025 73.6% Official aggregate

Internet users in North America 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), 2005 to 2025
Period North AmericaWorld
2025 95.6% 73.6%
2024 94.4% 71.2%
2023 93.3% 69.2%
2022 92.6% 67.0%
2021 91.5% 63.8%
2020 90.5% 60.1%
2019 89.7% 53.9%
2018 89.1% 49.4%
2017 87.8% 46.3%
2016 86.1% 43.6%
2015 76.1% 39.9%
2014 74.4% 37.4%
2013 72.8% 35.3%
2012 75.5% 33.3%
2011 71.0% 30.9%
2010 72.5% 28.4%
2009 71.9% 25.3%
2008 74.3% 22.8%
2007 74.8% 20.2%
2006 69.3% 17.2%
2005 68.3% 15.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.2 percentage points from 94.4% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 76.1%, the figure has changed by +19.5 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 73.6%.

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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
2005 to 2025 for North America
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