Booming Internet !

With the rapid development in Technology, Internet is becoming a basic need for human life. Internet has immensely helped Globalization. Over a decade, Internet users around the world have increased by nearly 5 times ! There are around 2.1 billion Internet users in the World by the end of may, 2011.

So here is a list of top 10 countries with highest number of Internet users*:

1.  People's Republic of China                               477,000,000

2.  United States of America                                245,000,000

3.  India                                                           100,001,000

4.  Japan                                                           99,144,000

5.  Brazil                                                            75,944,000

6.  Germany                                                       65,124,000

7.  Russia                                                           59,700,000

8.  United Kingdom                                              51,422,000

9.  France                                                          45,262,000

10. Nigeria                                                         43,982,000


Here is a list of top 10 countries with high penetration [% of  Population] of Internet** :


1.  Netherlands                                                  88.3%

2.  United Kingdom                                            82.0%

3.  South Korea                                                  80.9%

4.  Germany                                                      79.9%

5.  Canada                                                        79.2%

6.  Japan                                                          78.4%

7.  Australia                                                      78.3%

8.  United States of America                                78.2%

9.  Taiwan                                                        70.0%

10. France                                                        69.5%

Source: InternetWorldStats
* List is based on the statistics provided by InternetWorldStats for the first quarter of 2011.
** Only Countries with more than 10 million users are considered for the list.

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