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

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.