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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

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 96.8%
2 United Kingdom 92.0%
3 Netherlands 91.7%
4 Canada 90.0%
5 South Korea 89.9%
6 Germany 87.6%
7 Finland 86.4%
8 Hong Kong SAR China 84.9%
9 Spain 78.7%
10 France 78.0%
11 Chile 76.6%
12 Czechia 75.7%
13 United States 74.6%
14 Lebanon 74.0%
15 Lithuania 71.4%
16 Russia 70.1%
17 Saudi Arabia 69.6%
18 Argentina 68.0%
19 Poland 68.0%
20 Greece 66.8%
21 Brazil 58.3%
22 Italy 58.1%
23 Mexico 57.4%
24 Bulgaria 56.7%
25 Colombia 55.9%
26 Romania 55.8%
27 Türkiye 53.7%
28 China 50.3%
29 Ecuador 48.9%
30 Gabon 45.8%
31 Algeria 38.2%
32 Egypt 37.8%
33 Philippines 36.9%
34 Honduras 27.1%
35 Yemen 24.1%
36 Indonesia 22.1%
37 India 14.9%
38 Bangladesh 12.4%
39 Liberia 10.0%
40 Congo - Brazzaville 7.6%
41 Sierra Leone 6.3%
42 Congo - Kinshasa 3.8%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2015

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.