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Internationalized
Domain Names - Intellectual Property Considerations
ANNEX
I
Language
Statistics on the Internet
Languages
on the Web
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Language
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Speakers
(millions)
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English*
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128
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Japanese
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19.7
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German
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14
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Spanish
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9.4
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French
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9.3
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Chinese
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7.0
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Dutch
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4.4
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Korean
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4.3
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Swedish
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3.6
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Italian
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3.3
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Portuguese
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2.9
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Total
non-English
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88
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*99
million of English speakers are in US
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Internet
Usage According to Language
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1999
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2001
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2003
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2005
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English
Speaking
(percentage)
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91,969,151
54%
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108,282,662
51%
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124,265,453
46%
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147,545,824
43%
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Non-English
Speaking
(percentage)
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79,094,449
46%
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104,480,528
49%
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143,733,527
54%
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198,008,511
57%
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Total
Worldwide
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171,
168,600
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212,889,190
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268,150,180
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345,735,835
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Source:
Computer Economics
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