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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

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 96.4%
2 South Korea 95.1%
3 Saudi Arabia 94.2%
4 Netherlands 93.2%
5 Canada 92.7%
6 United Kingdom 90.4%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 89.4%
8 Finland 87.5%
9 United States 87.3%
10 Spain 84.6%
11 Germany 84.4%
12 Chile 82.3%
13 France 80.5%
14 Czechia 78.7%
15 Lebanon 78.2%
16 Lithuania 77.6%
17 Russia 76.0%
18 Poland 76.0%
19 Argentina 74.3%
20 Greece 69.9%
21 Brazil 67.5%
22 Türkiye 64.7%
23 Romania 63.7%
24 Bulgaria 63.4%
25 Italy 63.1%
26 Colombia 62.3%
27 Ecuador 55.8%
28 China 54.3%
29 Mexico 53.0%
30 Gabon 51.6%
31 Algeria 47.7%
32 Egypt 45.0%
33 Philippines 41.6%
34 Indonesia 32.3%
35 Honduras 31.7%
36 Bangladesh 21.5%
37 India 18.2%
38 Liberia 16.3%
39 Sierra Leone 9.3%
40 Congo - Brazzaville 8.6%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2017

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.