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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

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0%
2 Norway 99.0%
3 South Korea 97.6%
4 United Kingdom 96.2%
5 Canada 93.9%
6 Spain 93.9%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 93.1%
8 Finland 92.8%
9 Netherlands 92.1%
10 Germany 91.4%
11 United States 91.3%
12 Chile 90.2%
13 Russia 88.2%
14 Argentina 87.2%
15 Lithuania 86.9%
16 France 86.1%
17 Poland 85.4%
18 Romania 83.6%
19 Czechia 82.7%
20 Lebanon 82.7%
21 Türkiye 81.4%
22 Brazil 80.7%
23 Greece 78.5%
24 Mexico 75.6%
25 Bulgaria 75.3%
26 Italy 74.9%
27 China 73.1%
28 Colombia 73.0%
29 Algeria 72.2%
30 Egypt 72.1%
31 Ecuador 69.1%
32 Philippines 66.9%
33 Gabon 65.8%
34 Indonesia 62.1%
35 Honduras 52.0%
36 India 49.3%
37 Bangladesh 38.9%
38 Congo - Brazzaville 30.0%
39 Liberia 26.4%
40 Sierra Leone 18.7%
41 Congo - Kinshasa 16.2%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2021

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.