http://researchreinvented.blogspot.com 21.3% Asia Middle East 14.0% Africa 5.3% 14.3% Latin America / Caribbean 23.8% 8.6% 73.1% 5.1% North America Europe 47.7% 12.0% 3.0% 57.0% Oceania Pacific 0.5% 56.6% The World Of Internet – June 2008: 21.1% of world population with access to the Internet: 1,407,720,000 individuals online Language use Internet (websites %) - English 30% - Chinese 13% - Japanese 8% - Spanish 8% - German 5% - French 5% - Other 31% Usage per Region Percentage of internet users in region Percentage of world population 56.6% 21.6% By researchreinvented.blogspot.com v1 June 2008 Based on figures provided by: www.internetworldstats.com Colour legend population online (%): 45 - 48 33 - 36 29 - 32 25 - 28 21 - 24 17 - 20 13 - 16 9 - 12 1 - 4 61 - 64 37 - 40 53 - 56 85 - 88 57 - 60 81 - 84 73 - 76 89 - 92 93 - 96 65 - 68 69 - 72 49 - 52 41 - 44 77 - 80 5 - 8 0 % n.a. 97 - 99 100% Broadband Internet: % of inhabitants per country US 46.9 15.7 China 35.9 2.7 Japan 26.9 20.5 South Korea 13.1 25.9 France 9.6 15.7 Germany 9.5 11.5 UK 8.9 14.8 Canada 6.7 20.8 Italy 6.6 11.1 Spain 4.6 10.4 Netherlands 4.4 26.8 Taiwan 4.3 18.8 Brazil 3.0 1.60 Australia 2.6 12.5 Belgium 2.0 20.0 Number of Internet connections (in millions) Total Top-15: 185,2 mil. Internet connections Total Worldwide: 217,2 mil. Source: www.c-i-a.com/pr1105.htm