Map Illustrates Global Internet Population and Penetration

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Map Illustrates Global Internet Population and Penetration

By CircleID Reporter
September 22, 2014, 4:19 pm PDT Views: 9,569 Add Comment

A map released by Information Geographies at the Oxford Internet Institute illustrates the total number of Internet users in a country as well as the percentage of the population that has Internet access. “The distortion in the map paints a revealing picture about human activity on the Internet. China is now home to the world’s largest Internet population at over half a billion. The United States, India, and Japan then follow as the next most populous nations of Internet users.”

The map also reveals that all countries with an Internet penetration rate of over 80% are in Europe except Canada, New Zealand, Qatar, and South Korea.

Internet Population Map – by Mark Graham and Stefano De Sabbata, data source: World Bank 2011 (Click to Enlarge)

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