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Statistics

​​​​​​​​​​​​ITU estimates that approximately 5.3 billion people – or 66 per cent of the world’s population – are using the Internet in 2022. This represents an increase of 24 per cent since 2019, with 1.1 billion people estimated to have come online during that period. However, this leaves 2.7 billion people still offline.​

GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ICT DATA

Aggregates are based on the ITU regions, the LDC, LLDC and SIDS composition, and income groups according to the World Bank classification​.

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​​NEW! The 
Wor​ld Telecommun​ic​ation/ICT Indicators Database​​ contains time series data for the years 1960, 1965, 1970 and annually from 1975 to 2021 for more than 180 telecommuni​cation/ICT statistics.                    

  Released on 31 January 2023 
     

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