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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

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 96.5%
2 South Korea 96.0%
3 Canada 94.6%
4 Saudi Arabia 93.3%
5 Netherlands 91.9%
6 United Kingdom 90.7%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 90.5%
8 Finland 88.9%
9 United States 88.5%
10 Germany 87.0%
11 Spain 86.1%
12 Chile 84.9%
13 France 82.0%
14 Lebanon 80.9%
15 Russia 80.9%
16 Czechia 80.7%
17 Lithuania 79.7%
18 Argentina 77.7%
19 Poland 77.5%
20 Italy 74.4%
21 Greece 72.2%
22 Türkiye 71.0%
23 Romania 70.7%
24 Brazil 70.4%
25 China 65.4%
26 Bulgaria 64.8%
27 Colombia 64.1%
28 Ecuador 57.5%
29 Mexico 56.7%
30 Gabon 55.4%
31 Algeria 49.0%
32 Egypt 46.9%
33 Philippines 44.1%
34 Indonesia 39.9%
35 Honduras 36.0%
36 Bangladesh 25.6%
37 India 20.1%
38 Liberia 17.3%
39 Sierra Leone 14.4%
40 Congo - Brazzaville 11.8%
41 Congo - Kinshasa 11.7%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2018

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.