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

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.