Internet Communication

America has the greatest number of active users by far. It has more than four times the number of active users as runner-up Japan.

The U.S. has nearly ten times as many internet service providers as its closest competitor, Canada. The U.S. is off this chart with 7,000 internet service providers.

However, more internet service providers does not correspond with greater internet usage. Nearly 60% of Norway’s people were online even though it only has three internet service providers.

Likewise, Chile is more online than any country in South America, yet it too has relatively few internet providers.

Access to a good internet connection also affects internet use and its usefulness.

Many more households than individuals have access to broadband.

The U.S. dominates this feature of the internet as the larger graph shows. The inset graph more clearly shows how its competitors compare.

The U.S. clearly dominates the number of internet hosts as well.

Slides 2, 3, 7: “Global Online Populations”, CIA's World Factbook 2002.

Slides 4, 8: “European Internet Usage”, CIA’s World Factbook 2002.

Slides 5, 9: “South America Internet Usage”, CIA’s World Factbook 2002.

Slide 6, 10: “Caribbean Internet Usage”, CIA's World Factbook 2002.

Slides 11-12: “Top 15 economies by 2002 broadband penetration”, International Telecommunications Union.

Slide 13: “Data for the A.T. Kearney / Foreign Policy Magazine Globalization Index ™”, International Telecommunications Union Yearbook of Statistics (2001)