The following table below shows the growth in Internet users between 2000 and 2014 (mid-year) for the main seven World Geographic Regions. It is interesting to see that the growth rate has been very different for the various languages. Most impressive is the very high growth rate for Africa and the Middle East.
-- World Regions | Internet Users 2000 | Internet Users 2014 | Growth % 2000-2014 | |
| AFRICA | 4,514,400 | 297,885,898 | 6,498.6 % | |
| ASIA | 114,304,000 | 1,386,188,112 | 1,112.7 % | |
| EUROPE | 105,096,093 | 582,441,059 | 454.2 % | |
| MIDDLE EAST | 3,284,800 | 111,809,510 | 3,303.8 % | |
| NORTH AMERICA | 108,096,800 | 310,322,257 | 187.1 % | |
| LAT AM / CARIB | 18,068,919 | 320,312,562 | 1,672.7 % | |
| OCEANIA / AUSTRALIA | 7,620,480 | 26,789,942 | 251.6 % | |
| TOTAL WORLD | 360,985,492 | 3,035,749,340 | 741.0 % | |
| Source: Internet World Stats, data accessed on December 2, 2014. | ||||
Reaching three billion Internet users is indeed a special occasion. Some of you will recall that in the IWS Newsletter No.014 we announced the First Billion Internet users back in December, 2005. You can see more Internet Growth data by visiting this page.
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