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

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.