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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

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
41 Congo - Kinshasa 14.5%
40 Sierra Leone 17.1%
39 Congo - Brazzaville 22.0%
38 Liberia 22.9%
37 Bangladesh 36.1%
36 India 43.4%
35 Honduras 45.2%
34 Indonesia 53.7%
33 Philippines 53.8%
32 Algeria 63.5%
31 Gabon 63.9%
30 Colombia 69.8%
29 China 70.1%
28 Bulgaria 70.2%
27 Italy 70.5%
26 Ecuador 70.7%
25 Mexico 71.5%
24 Egypt 71.9%
23 Türkiye 77.7%
22 Greece 78.1%
21 Romania 78.5%
20 Czechia 81.3%
19 Brazil 81.3%
18 Lebanon 82.1%
17 Lithuania 83.1%
16 Poland 83.2%
15 France 84.7%
14 Russia 85.0%
13 Argentina 85.5%
12 Chile 87.5%
11 Germany 89.8%
10 United States 90.3%
9 Netherlands 91.3%
8 Finland 92.2%
7 Canada 92.3%
6 Hong Kong SAR China 92.4%
5 Spain 93.2%
4 Norway 94.6%
3 United Kingdom 94.8%
2 South Korea 96.5%
1 Saudi Arabia 97.9%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2020

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.