Internet Stats Today

New Internet usage figures for Africa were published by Internet World Stats.

The term demographics refers to the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age, race or income) and is used especially to identify a market or segment of the population. Today we look at the big changes occurring in the United States regarding its current and future population composition.

The US Census Bureau reports important changes for the coming years in the population share of Hispanics and Asians, which are set to double to 30% and 9% of the total population before the year 2050. Another important change is the ageing of the population: by 2050 one in five residents will be aged 65 or over, up from one in nine today.

The US Census Bureau’s latest projections are based on birth, death and current immigration rates, and show that the US population is expected to rise from today’s 305 million people to 439 million by 2050. However, the population will be quite different both in age, race and ethnicity in the future.

According to the statistics, people who regard themselves as Hispanic, black, Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander will become the majority by 2042 in the United States. Current projections indicate that by 2050, minorities will account for 54% of the population and non-Hispanic whites will number only 46%, down from their current 66% share.

See 2050 population projections for other countries at internet world stats.

The term NGN refers to Next Generation Network. Briefly, it describes some key architectural evolutions in telecommunication core and access networks that will be deployed over the next 5-10 years. The general idea behind NGN is that one network transports all the information and services, such as voice, data, as well as all sorts of media such as television and video, by encapsulating these into packets, similar to the way the Internet works. NGNs are commonly built around the Internet Protocol, and therefore the term “all-IP” is also sometimes used to describe the transformation towards NGN.

We will be expanding this post soon with information on the worldwide development of Next Generation Telecoms with a focus on FttH (Fiber to the Home), and the future of the Internet.

Indonesia

The Internet was first introduced in Indonesia in 1994 through an academic institution. Today the Internet in Indonesia is growing very fast. In big cities the ‘Warung Internet’ (Internet Cafe) are now booming. These are places where a user can access the Internet without having to become a customer of an ISP. People just pay the hourly fee, depending on the amount of time they wish to use the Internet. They don’t have to be registered in an ISP; there is no need to pay the Internet monthly fee or telephone fee.

The estimated number of Internet users, according to the Indonesian Internet Service Provider Association (APJII), show the number of subscribers and Internet users between the years 1998 and 2007.

Today Indonesia is among the top 20 Internet countries due to the number of users. For further statistics and reports visit Indonesia.

Our Internet market research indicates that the estimated number of Internet users is 1,463 million people and that world Internet penetration rate is 21.9% for June 2008. New stats tables will be published soon, so come back frequently to get the information first hand. We will also be publishing the data In our monthly newsletter. If you are not subscribed already, get a free subscription.

Currently there are 47 countries that have over 50% Internet Penetration Rate. Internet World Stats has published the list and the analysis is quite interesting. The ten top countries in the list are Greenland, Netherlands, Norway, Antigua & Barbuda, Iceland, Canada, New Zeland, Australia, Sweden and the Falkland Islands. There are six island nations in the list! See the Stats

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English continues to be the most used language in the Internet. In second place comes Chinese Mandarin, and in third place Spanish followed.  Visit the Stats page to know which are the other seven top languages currently used in the Internet.

Here is the list of the Top Twenty countries in Internet for June 30, 2008 featuring the highest number of users. China has finally overtaken the United States of America and now occupies the first position with 253 million Internet users, according to CNNIC. In second place comes the USA with 220 million Internet users.

The main conclusion from the statistics is that we have a clear example of the Pareto Principle, also known as the 80-20 rule. The Top 20 countries account for 76.1% of all the Internet users. The other 251 countries and territories, represent only 23.9% of the world´s Internet users. See the stats.

The World

Internet World Stats has reported recently that the estimated number of Internet users in the world is 1,412,489,652 persons as of May 31, 2008. Penetration rate is 21.2 %, based on a world population of 6,676,120,288 according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates for mid-year 2008.

As usual, the Internet World Stats main table is divided into the seven main geographic areas of the world and shows the Internet users, population, and the penetration rate for each region. On this occasion, however, we included the historic number of Internet users for the year 2000. This allows us to analyze and compare the growth of Internet users in each region during the last seven years.

The first conclusion from the numbers is that each geographic region is completely different from the others and that the growth behavior is also quite different. Following is a brief summary describing my findings.

The region with more population, and most Internet users, is Asia with 530,153,451 users and a low penetration rate of 14.0 %. Next in size is Europe with 384,332,394 Internet users and a penetration rate of 48.0 %. Third in size is Northern America, with 247,637,606 Internet users and the highest penetration rate of all: 73.4 %. Oceania, composed mainly of Australia and New Zealand Internet users, also has a high penetration rate of 59.5%, intermediate between North America and Europe.

There are three world regions that we could call “late adopters” and in the year 2000 showed very few Internet users. They are Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean. It is interesting to point out that all three areas are doing their best to catch up with the rest of the world and Internet usage has grown at a fantastic speed, although penetration still remains low.

Between 2000 and 2008 Internet user growth was 1,176.8% in the Middle East, 1,030.2% in Africa and 659.3% in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is important to point out that Internet growth rates are low in the “early adopters” regions. North America grew 129.1% and Oceania grew 165.1% in this same time period. This is absolutely normal behavior as the “early adopters” get nearer to their maximum Internet usage point.

Keep in mind that penetration rate is equivalent to the percentage of the population that uses the Internet. Between 2000 and 2008, the Internet added 1,102,642,869 new users. See the Stats

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