Internet users in South Asia

67.8% of the population of South Asia 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
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2025 67.8% % of population
Change from 2024 +5.0percentage points 2024: 62.8%
World, 2025 73.6% Official aggregate

Internet users in South Asia 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 South AsiaWorld
2025 67.8% 73.6%
2024 62.8% 71.2%
2023 58.3% 69.2%
2022 54.2% 67.0%
2021 48.0% 63.8%
2020 42.5% 60.1%
2019 29.7% 53.9%
2018 20.9% 49.4%
2017 18.8% 46.3%
2016 16.7% 43.6%
2015 14.7% 39.9%
2014 13.0% 37.4%
2013 11.7% 35.3%
2012 10.4% 33.3%
2011 9.4% 30.9%
2010 7.1% 28.4%
2009 4.9% 25.3%
2008 4.1% 22.8%
2007 3.7% 20.2%
2006 2.6% 17.2%
2005 2.1% 15.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +5.0 percentage points from 62.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 14.7%, the figure has changed by +53.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 73.6%.

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 South Asia
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