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Graph of Internet users per 100 inhabitants between 1997 and 2007 by International Telecommunication Union

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Country population penetration of Internet use in 2009

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2007 distribution of Internet users by country (CIA)

Global Internet usage provides information on the number of people who use the Internet by language, nationality, geography, etc.

Languages used on the Internet[]

Most web pages on the Internet are in English.

A study on the presence of Romance languages on the Internet, published by the Latin Union in collaboration with FUNREDES, showed that as of November 2007, 45% of the webpages were written in English, 7.8% in Spanish, 4.41% in French, 2.66% in Italian, 1.39% in Portuguese, 0.28% in Romanian and 5.9% in German.[1] The use of English online has increased by around 281% over the past ten years, however this is far less than Spanish (743%), Chinese (1,277%), Russian (1,826%) or Arabic (showing a growth of 2,501% over the same period).[2] The foreign language internet is rapidly expanding, with English being used by only 27% of users worldwide.

Internet users by language[]

The source of the figures in the table below is Internet World Stats.[3] These are estimates of the world online population by language for 2010.

Position Language Internet users % of all
1 English 536,564,837 27.3
2 Chinese 444,948,013 22.6
3 Spanish 153,309,074 7.8
4 Japanese 99,143,700 5.3
5 Portuguese 82,548,200 4.3
6 German 75,158,584 4.0
7 Arabic 65,365,400 3.3
8 French 59,779,525 3.2
9 Russian 59,700,000 2.5
10 Korean 39,440,000 2.1

See also[]

  • List of countries by number of Internet users
  • List of countries by number of broadband Internet users
  • Global digital divide
  • Rural Internet
  • Computer technology for developing areas

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