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Internet users in India

1990 – 2025 · 35 data points 3 of 3 · Countries Updated 21 Oct 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Internet users, 1990 – 2025 percent · India · World
+55.1 pp since 2015
India World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Internet users · percent
India
70.0%
World
73.6%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance India · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 70.0% · 2025
First value 0.0% · 1990
Highest 70.0% · 2025
Lowest 0.0% · 1990
Data points 35

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearIndiaChange World
2025 70.0% +5.1 pp 73.6%
2024 64.9% +4.7 pp 71.2%
2023 60.3% +4.4 pp 69.2%
2022 55.9% +6.6 pp 67.0%
2021 49.3% +5.9 pp 63.8%
2020 43.4% +13.9 pp 60.1%
2019 29.5% +9.4 pp 53.9%
2018 20.1% +1.9 pp 49.4%
2017 18.2% +1.7 pp 46.3%
2016 16.5% +1.6 pp 43.6%
2015 14.9% +1.4 pp 39.9%
2014 13.5% +1.2 pp 37.4%
2013 12.3% +1.2 pp 35.3%
2012 11.1% +1.0 pp 33.3%
2011 10.1% +2.6 pp 30.9%
2010 7.5% +2.4 pp 28.4%
2009 5.1% +0.7 pp 25.3%
2008 4.4% +0.4 pp 22.8%
2007 4.0% +1.1 pp 20.2%
2006 2.8% +0.4 pp 17.2%
2005 2.4% +0.4 pp 15.6%
2004 2.0% +0.3 pp —
2003 1.7% +0.1 pp —
2002 1.5% +0.9 pp —
2001 0.7% +0.1 pp —
2000 0.5% +0.3 pp —
1999 0.3% +0.1 pp —
1998 0.1% +0.1 pp —
1997 0.1% +0.0 pp —
1996 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1995 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1994 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1993 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1992 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1990 0.0% —

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Countries

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 96.3%
2 Netherlands 91.7%
3 United Kingdom 91.6%
4 South Korea 87.6%
5 Canada 87.1%
6 Finland 86.5%
7 Germany 86.2%
8 France 83.8%
9 Hong Kong SAR China 79.9%
10 Spain 76.2%
11 Czechia 74.2%
12 Lebanon 73.0%
13 United States 73.0%
14 Lithuania 72.1%
15 Russia 70.5%
16 Poland 66.6%
17 Saudi Arabia 64.7%
18 Argentina 64.7%
19 Greece 63.2%
20 Chile 61.1%
21 Italy 55.6%
22 Bulgaria 55.5%
23 Brazil 54.6%
24 Romania 54.1%
25 Colombia 52.6%
26 Türkiye 51.0%
27 China 47.9%
28 Ecuador 45.6%
29 Mexico 44.4%
30 Gabon 38.1%
31 Philippines 34.7%
32 Egypt 33.9%
33 Algeria 29.5%
34 Honduras 23.0%
35 Yemen 22.5%
36 Indonesia 17.1%
37 India 13.5%
38 Bangladesh 9.1%
39 Congo - Brazzaville 7.1%
40 Sierra Leone 6.1%
41 Liberia 5.4%
42 Congo - Kinshasa 3.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2014

What it means

The share of people who used the internet in the last three months.

How it is calculated

Internet users of any age and device divided by the population, from surveys and estimates.