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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

2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0%
2 Norway 99.0%
3 South Korea 97.4%
4 Netherlands 97.0%
5 Hong Kong SAR China 96.0%
6 United Kingdom 95.4%
7 Spain 95.4%
8 Chile 94.5%
9 Canada 94.1%
10 United States 93.5%
11 Finland 93.5%
12 Germany 92.5%
13 Russia 92.2%
14 China 90.6%
15 Argentina 89.2%
16 Romania 89.2%
17 Lithuania 88.5%
18 Italy 87.0%
19 France 86.8%
20 Poland 86.4%
21 Czechia 86.0%
22 Türkiye 86.0%
23 Greece 85.0%
24 Brazil 84.2%
25 Lebanon 81.7%
26 Mexico 81.2%
27 Bulgaria 80.4%
28 Philippines 77.9%
29 Colombia 77.3%
30 Algeria 76.2%
31 Egypt 74.0%
32 Ecuador 72.7%
33 Indonesia 69.2%
34 Gabon 68.2%
35 India 60.3%
36 Honduras 58.1%
37 Bangladesh 44.5%
38 Congo - Brazzaville 43.2%
39 Liberia 31.2%
40 Sierra Leone 23.7%
41 Congo - Kinshasa 19.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2023

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.