Internet users in World
73.6% of the population of the world used the internet in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2005.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2025
73.6%
Change from 2024
+2.4percentage points
Internet users in World 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 | World |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 73.6% |
| 2024 | 71.2% |
| 2023 | 69.2% |
| 2022 | 67.0% |
| 2021 | 63.8% |
| 2020 | 60.1% |
| 2019 | 53.9% |
| 2018 | 49.4% |
| 2017 | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 43.6% |
| 2015 | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 37.4% |
| 2013 | 35.3% |
| 2012 | 33.3% |
| 2011 | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 25.3% |
| 2008 | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 20.2% |
| 2006 | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 15.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.4 percentage points from 71.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 39.9%, the figure has changed by +33.7 percentage points.