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World
World {1}		..	863,000,000	724,000,000	619,000,000	502,000,000	399,000,000	277,000,000	183,000,000	117,000,000	74,000,000	40,000,000	21,000,000	10,000,000	7,000,000	4,400,000	..
		2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990
Region/Classification
Asia (excluding Middle East)		365,358,000	310,394,600	246,376,320	201,946,602	144,919,836	106,407,850	63,506,320	31,784,800	18,650,900	8,549,630	3,391,320	1,609,144	..	..	..	35,000
Central America & Caribbean		24,137,000	20,888,500	17,671,000	15,183,500	10,014,200	6,808,410	2,752,300	1,746,310	844,970	297,872	134,456	..	..	..	..	0
Europe		238,811,100	225,550,000	196,771,500	159,433,700	133,237,080	107,108,830	75,167,610	44,190,570	27,120,835	15,190,570	8,337,300	4,404,236	2,353,450	..	..	400,100
Middle East & North Africa		..	33,892,000	23,347,000	16,907,000	10,390,500	7,627,000	4,217,000	1,853,800	942,900	346,320	..	..	..	..	..	5,000
North America		220,042,000	205,077,000	179,667,000	174,225,000	157,050,000	137,044,800	113,037,100	92,128,190	64,519,430	47,011,000	26,224,230	13,690,036	6,340,000	4,760,000	3,160,000	2,100,000
Oceania		17,389,700	15,746,400	13,755,700	12,684,350	9,641,500	8,262,700	6,794,500	4,986,950	2,165,896	904,879	..	..	..	..	..	100,000
South America		58,710,000	43,755,000	36,114,000	29,078,000	20,127,500	13,405,700	7,739,720	4,424,090	2,134,490	1,217,000	374,100	153,300	..	..	..	0
Sub-Saharan Africa		19,458,100	12,522,300	9,588,000	6,623,600	4,713,700	3,535,400	2,349,530	1,493,955	794,000	385,450	..	..	..	..	..	0
Developed Countries		573,689,600	535,054,000	459,204,620	411,478,700	353,580,780	294,441,430	224,797,110	160,058,570	106,346,835	69,080,070	37,572,210	19,739,780	9,630,950	..	..	2,630,100
Developing Countries		412,108,300	335,223,800	265,688,900	205,488,052	136,938,036	95,942,760	50,813,970	22,555,595	10,830,586	4,825,129	..	..	..	..	..	10,000
High Income Countries		548,080,100	517,418,700	453,511,200	414,543,100	365,406,800	304,735,100	230,184,800	159,062,270	106,061,250	68,588,180	37,156,050	19,522,086	9,635,800	6,813,950	4,292,300	2,640,100
Low Income Countries		98,656,100	62,543,900	37,347,620	23,436,502	10,775,836	7,365,750	3,616,600	1,711,635	850,350	486,915	..	..	..	..	..	0
Middle Income Countries		322,724,700	275,816,900	220,876,700	167,507,150	106,145,200	71,869,310	36,960,970	18,823,560	8,601,056	4,224,626	1,907,866	880,154	..	..	..	0
	ISO	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	300,000	25,000	20,000	1,000	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Albania	ALB	188,000	75,000	30,000	12,000	10,000	3,500	2,500	2,000	1,500	1,000	350	..	..	..	..	0
Algeria	DZA	1,920,000	1,500,000	700,000	500,000	200,000	150,000	60,000	6,000	3,000	500	500	100	..	..	..	0
American Samoa	ASM	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Andorra	AND	21,900	20,700	10,000	..	..	7,000	5,000	4,500	2,000	1,000	..	..	..	..	..	0
Angola	AGO	85,000	75,000	..	41,000	20,000	15,000	10,000	2,500	750	100	..	..	..	..	..	0
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	29,000	20,000	14,000	10,000	7,000	5,000	4,000	3,000	2,500	2,000	1,500	..	..	..	..	0
Argentina	ARG	6,860,000	6,150,000	4,530,000	4,100,000	3,650,000	2,600,000	1,200,000	300,000	100,000	50,000	30,000	15,000	10,000	1,000	..	0
Armenia	ARM	161,000	150,000	140,000	60,000	50,000	40,000	30,000	4,000	3,500	3,000	1,700	300	..	..	..	0
Aruba	ABW	..	..	..	..	24,000	14,000	4,000	..	..	2,300	..	..	..	..	..	0
Australia	AUS	14,200,000	13,000,000	11,300,000	10,500,000	7,700,000	6,600,000	5,600,000	4,200,000	1,600,000	600,000	500,000	400,000	350,000	310,000	190,000	100,000
Austria {2}	AUT	4,000,000	3,900,000	3,730,000	3,340,000	3,150,000	2,700,000	1,840,000	1,230,000	760,000	550,000	150,000	110,000	60,000	50,000	20,000	10,000
Azerbaijan	AZE	679,000	408,000	350,000	300,000	25,000	12,000	8,000	3,000	2,000	500	160	110	..	..	..	0
Bahamas	BHS	103,000	93,000	84,000	60,000	16,900	13,100	11,300	6,910	3,970	5,000	2,700	..	..	..	..	0
Bahrain	BHR	155,000	153,000	150,000	123,000	100,000	40,000	30,000	20,000	10,000	5,000	2,000	..	..	..	..	0
Bangladesh	BGD	370,000	300,000	243,000	204,000	186,000	100,000	50,000	5,000	1,000	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Barbados	BRB	160,000	150,000	100,000	30,000	15,000	10,000	6,000	5,000	2,000	1,000	20	..	..	..	..	0
Belarus	BLR	3,390,000	2,460,000	1,610,000	891,000	430,000	187,000	50,000	7,500	5,000	3,000	300	50	..	..	..	0
Belgium	BEL	4,800,000	4,200,000	4,000,000	3,400,000	3,200,000	3,000,000	1,400,000	800,000	500,000	300,000	100,000	70,000	20,000	10,000	2,000	100
Belize	BLZ	38,000	35,000	30,000	25,000	18,000	15,000	10,000	5,000	3,000	2,000	100	..	..	..	..	0
Benin	BEN	425,000	100,000	70,000	50,000	25,000	15,000	10,000	3,000	1,500	100	..	..	..	..	..	0
Bermuda	BMU	42,000	39,000	36,000	..	30,000	27,000	25,000	20,000	15,000	10,000	4,200	..	..	..	..	0
Bhutan	BTN	25,000	20,000	15,000	10,000	5,000	2,250	750	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Bolivia	BOL	480,000	400,000	310,000	270,000	180,000	120,000	80,000	50,000	35,000	15,000	5,000	..	..	..	..	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	806,000	585,000	150,000	100,000	45,000	40,000	7,000	5,000	2,000	500	..	..	..	..	..	0
Botswana	BWA	..	60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000	50,000	19,000	10,000	5,000	2,500	1,000	..	..	..	0	0
Brazil {3}	BRA	32,100,000	22,000,000	18,000,000	14,300,000	8,000,000	5,000,000	3,500,000	2,500,000	1,310,000	740,000	170,000	60,000	40,000	20,000	5,000	0
Brunei Darussalam	BRN	135,000	108,000	69,700	53,400	44,000	30,000	25,000	20,000	15,000	10,000	3,000	..	..	..	..	0
Bulgaria	BGR	1,590,000	1,230,000	..	630,000	605,000	430,000	235,000	150,000	100,000	60,000	10,000	1,650	200	..	..	0
Burkina Faso	BFA	64,600	53,200	48,000	25,000	19,000	9,000	7,000	5,000	2,000	100	..	..	..	..	..	0
Burundi	BDI	40,000	25,000	14,000	8,000	7,000	5,000	2,500	1,000	500	50	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cambodia	KHM	..	41,000	35,000	30,000	10,000	6,000	4,000	2,000	700	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Cameroon	CMR	250,000	170,000	100,000	60,000	45,000	40,000	20,000	2,000	1,000	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Canada {4}	CAN	22,000,000	20,000,000	17,600,000	15,200,000	14,000,000	13,000,000	11,000,000	7,500,000	4,500,000	2,000,000	1,220,000	690,000	340,000	260,000	160,000	100,000
Cape Verde	CPV	29,000	25,000	20,000	16,000	12,000	8,000	5,000	2,000	1,000	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Cayman Islands	CYM	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1,300	0	0	..	..	0
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	200,000	160,000	140,000	90,000	70,000	40,000	20,000	10,000	3,000	1,300	30	..	..	..	..	0
Central African Rep	CAF	11,000	9,000	6,000	5,000	3,000	2,000	1,500	1,000	500	200	..	..	..	..	..	0
Chad	TCD	40,000	35,000	30,000	15,000	4,000	3,000	1,000	335	50	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Chile	CHL	4,510,000	4,300,000	4,000,000	3,580,000	3,100,000	2,540,000	625,000	250,000	157,000	100,000	50,000	20,000	10,000	5,000	..	0
China	CHN	111,000,000	94,000,000	79,500,000	59,100,000	33,700,000	22,500,000	8,900,000	2,100,000	400,000	160,000	60,000	14,000	2,000	..	..	0
Colombia	COL	4,740,000	3,870,000	3,080,000	2,000,000	1,150,000	878,000	664,000	433,000	208,000	123,000	68,600	38,400	..	..	..	0
Comoros	COM	20,000	8,000	5,000	3,200	2,500	1,500	800	200	0	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Congo	COG	50,000	36,000	15,000	5,000	1,000	800	500	100	100	100	..	..	..	..	..	0
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	141,000	113,000	75,000	50,000	6,000	3,000	500	200	100	50	..	..	..	..	..	0
Costa Rica	CRI	923,000	885,000	850,000	816,000	384,000	228,000	150,000	100,000	60,000	30,000	14,500	9,500	2,700	36	..	0
Croatia	HRV	1,470,000	1,380,000	1,010,000	789,000	518,000	299,000	200,000	150,000	80,000	40,000	24,000	12,500	4,500	..	..	0
Cuba {5}	CUB	190,000	150,000	98,000	160,000	120,000	60,000	34,800	25,000	7,500	3,500	10	..	..	..	..	0
Cyprus	CYP	326,000	298,000	250,000	210,000	150,000	120,000	88,000	68,000	33,000	5,000	3,000	800	400	350	..	0
Czech Rep {6}	CZE	2,760,000	2,580,000	2,400,000	2,600,000	1,500,000	1,000,000	700,000	400,000	300,000	200,000	150,000	130,000	60,000	..	..	0
Denmark {7}	DNK	2,850,000	2,730,000	2,480,000	..	2,300,000	2,090,000	1,630,000	1,200,000	600,000	300,000	200,000	70,000	30,000	20,000	10,000	5,000
Djibouti	DJI	10,000	9,000	6,500	4,500	3,300	1,400	750	650	550	200	100	..	..	..	..	0
Dominica	DMA	26,000	20,500	16,000	12,500	9,000	6,000	2,000	2,000	..	800	377	..	..	..	..	0
Dominican Rep	DOM	1,500,000	800,000	650,000	500,000	397,000	327,000	96,000	20,000	12,000	6,200	1,400	..	..	..	..	0
Ecuador	ECU	968,000	625,000	570,000	538,000	333,000	180,000	100,000	15,000	13,000	10,000	5,000	3,900	1,800	550	..	0
Egypt	EGY	5,000,000	3,900,000	3,000,000	1,900,000	600,000	450,000	200,000	100,000	60,000	40,000	20,000	4,000	600	..	..	0
El Salvador	SLV	637,000	587,000	550,000	300,000	150,000	70,000	50,000	25,000	15,000	5,000	..	..	..	..	..	0
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	7,000	5,000	3,000	1,800	900	700	500	470	200	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Eritrea	ERI	80,000	50,000	30,000	9,000	6,000	5,000	900	300	300	0	0	0	0	..	..	0
Estonia	EST	690,000	670,000	600,000	444,000	430,000	392,000	200,000	150,000	80,000	50,000	40,000	17,000	4,500	1,000	..	0
Ethiopia	ETH	164,000	113,000	75,000	50,000	25,000	10,000	8,000	6,000	3,000	1,000	10	..	..	..	..	0
Faeroe Islands	FRO	33,000	32,000	28,000	25,000	20,000	15,000	10,000	5,000	2,000	1,000	0	..	..	..	..	0
Fiji	FJI	70,000	61,000	55,000	50,000	15,000	12,000	7,500	5,000	1,750	500	70	60	50	..	..	0
Finland {8}	FIN	2,800,000	2,680,000	2,560,000	2,530,000	2,240,000	1,930,000	1,670,000	1,310,000	1,000,000	860,000	710,000	250,000	130,000	95,000	70,000	20,000
France {9}	FRA	26,200,000	23,700,000	21,800,000	18,100,000	15,700,000	8,460,000	5,370,000	3,700,000	2,490,000	1,500,000	950,000	520,000	340,000	160,000	80,000	30,000
French Guiana	GUF	42,000	38,000	31,000	25,000	20,000	16,000	2,000	1,500	1,000	500	..	..	..	..	..	0
French Polynesia	PYF	55,000	45,000	35,000	20,000	15,000	15,000	8,000	3,000	480	200	..	..	..	..	..	0
Gabon	GAB	67,000	40,000	35,000	25,000	17,000	15,000	3,000	2,000	550	0	..	..	..	..	..	0
Gambia	GMB	..	49,000	35,000	25,000	18,000	12,000	9,000	2,500	600	400	100	..	..	..	..	0
Georgia	GEO	..	176,000	117,000	73,500	46,500	23,000	20,000	5,000	3,000	2,000	600	..	..	..	..	0
Germany	DEU	35,700,000	35,200,000	33,000,000	28,000,000	26,000,000	24,800,000	17,100,000	8,100,000	5,500,000	2,500,000	1,500,000	750,000	375,000	350,000	200,000	100,000
Ghana	GHA	401,000	368,000	250,000	170,000	40,000	30,000	20,000	6,000	5,000	1,000	60	..	..	..	..	0
Gibraltar	GIB	..	6,300	..	..	6,180	5,530	1,710	1,200	765	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Greece	GRC	2,000,000	1,960,000	1,720,000	1,490,000	915,000	1,000,000	750,000	350,000	200,000	150,000	80,000	40,000	20,000	5,000	5,000	0
Greenland	GRL	..	38,000	31,000	25,000	20,000	17,800	12,100	8,190	4,430	1,000	30	36	..	..	..	0
Grenada	GRD	..	..	19,000	15,000	5,200	4,110	2,500	1,500	1,000	300	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guadeloupe	GLP	85,000	79,000	63,000	50,000	40,000	25,000	7,000	2,000	1,000	100	..	..	..	..	..	0
Guam	GUM	65,000	60,000	55,000	50,000	40,000	25,000	13,000	6,800	3,500	2,000	960	500	..	..	..	0
Guatemala	GTM	1,000,000	760,000	550,000	400,000	200,000	80,000	65,000	50,000	10,000	2,000	300	..	..	..	..	0
Guinea	GIN	50,000	46,000	40,000	35,000	15,000	8,000	5,000	500	300	150	50	10	..	..	..	0
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	31,000	26,000	19,000	14,000	4,000	3,000	1,500	300	200	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Guyana	GUY	160,000	145,000	140,000	125,000	100,000	50,000	30,000	2,000	1,000	500	..	..	..	..	..	0
Haiti	HTI	600,000	500,000	150,000	80,000	30,000	20,000	6,000	2,000	..	600	..	..	..	..	..	0
Honduras	HND	260,000	222,000	186,000	169,000	90,000	75,000	35,000	18,000	10,000	2,500	2,060	..	..	..	..	0
Hong Kong {10}	HKG	3,530,000	3,480,000	3,210,000	2,920,000	2,600,000	1,860,000	1,400,000	947,000	675,000	300,000	200,000	170,000	80,000	50,000	7,000	0
Hungary	HUN	3,000,000	2,700,000	2,400,000	1,600,000	1,480,000	715,000	600,000	400,000	200,000	100,000	70,000	50,000	20,000	5,000	350	0
Iceland {11}	ISL	183,000	168,000	166,000	150,000	140,000	125,000	115,000	100,000	75,000	40,000	30,000	18,000	7,000	4,000	1,300	0
India	IND	60,000,000	35,000,000	18,500,000	16,600,000	7,000,000	5,500,000	2,800,000	1,400,000	700,000	450,000	250,000	10,000	2,000	1,000	..	0
Indonesia	IDN	16,000,000	11,200,000	8,080,000	4,500,000	4,200,000	1,900,000	900,000	510,000	384,000	110,000	50,000	2,000	..	..	..	0
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	7,000,000	5,500,000	4,800,000	3,170,000	1,010,000	625,000	250,000	65,000	30,000	10,000	2,600	250	..	..	..	0
Iraq	IRQ	..	36,000	30,000	25,000	12,500	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Ireland {12}	IRL	1,400,000	1,200,000	1,260,000	1,100,000	895,000	679,000	410,000	300,000	150,000	80,000	40,000	20,000	10,000	6,000	2,000	0
Israel	ISR	1,690,000	1,500,000	1,260,000	1,130,000	1,080,000	1,270,000	800,000	600,000	250,000	120,000	50,000	30,000	20,000	15,000	10,000	5,000
Italy	ITA	28,000,000	27,200,000	22,900,000	19,800,000	15,600,000	13,200,000	8,200,000	2,600,000	1,300,000	585,000	300,000	110,000	70,000	40,000	20,000	10,000
Jamaica	JAM	..	1,070,000	800,000	600,000	100,000	80,000	60,000	50,000	20,000	14,700	2,700	900	..	..	..	0
Japan {13}	JPN	85,300,000	79,500,000	61,600,000	59,200,000	48,900,000	38,000,000	27,100,000	16,900,000	11,600,000	5,500,000	2,000,000	1,000,000	500,000	120,000	50,000	25,000
Jordan	JOR	720,000	630,000	444,000	307,000	234,000	127,000	120,000	60,800	27,400	2,000	1,000	..	..	..	..	0
Kazakhstan	KAZ	445,000	400,000	300,000	250,000	150,000	100,000	70,000	20,000	10,000	5,000	1,800	84	..	..	..	0
Kenya	KEN	1,110,000	1,050,000	1,000,000	400,000	200,000	100,000	35,000	15,000	10,000	2,500	200	..	..	..	..	0
Kiribati	KIR	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	1,500	1,000	500	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	..	..	..	..	0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Korea, Rep	KOR	33,000,000	31,600,000	29,200,000	26,300,000	24,400,000	19,000,000	10,900,000	3,100,000	1,630,000	731,000	366,000	138,000	110,000	43,000	20,000	10,000
Kuwait	KWT	700,000	600,000	567,000	250,000	200,000	150,000	100,000	60,000	40,000	15,000	3,500	2,600	1,700	..	..	0
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	280,000	263,000	200,000	152,000	151,000	51,600	10,000	3,500	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	25,000	20,900	19,000	15,000	10,000	6,000	2,000	500	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Latvia	LVA	1,030,000	810,000	..	310,000	170,000	150,000	105,000	80,000	50,000	20,000	..	..	..	..	..	0
Lebanon	LBN	700,000	600,000	500,000	400,000	260,000	300,000	200,000	100,000	45,000	5,000	2,500	..	..	..	..	0
Lesotho	LSO	..	43,000	30,000	21,000	5,000	4,000	1,000	200	100	50	..	..	..	..	..	0
Liberia	LBR	..	..	..	..	1,000	500	300	100	100	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LBY	..	205,000	160,000	125,000	20,000	10,000	7,000	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Liechtenstein	LIE	22,000	22,000	20,000	20,000	15,000	12,000	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Lithuania	LTU	1,220,000	968,000	696,000	500,000	250,000	225,000	103,000	70,000	35,000	10,000	..	..	..	..	..	0
Luxembourg {14}	LUX	315,000	271,000	170,000	165,000	160,000	100,000	75,000	50,000	30,000	23,000	6,500	2,000	1,200	600	..	0
Macau	MAC	170,000	150,000	120,000	115,000	101,000	60,000	40,000	30,000	10,000	3,040	1,150	150	..	..	..	0
Macedonia, FYR	MKD	160,000	159,000	126,000	100,000	70,000	50,000	30,000	20,000	10,000	1,500	800	..	..	..	..	0
Madagascar	MDG	100,000	90,000	70,500	55,000	35,000	30,000	25,000	9,000	2,000	500	..	..	..	..	..	0
Malawi	MWI	52,500	46,100	36,000	27,000	20,000	15,000	10,000	2,000	500	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Malaysia	MYS	11,000,000	9,880,000	8,640,000	7,840,000	6,350,000	4,980,000	2,800,000	1,500,000	500,000	180,000	30,000	20,000	5,000	200	..	0
Maldives	MDV	..	19,000	17,000	15,000	10,000	6,000	3,000	1,500	800	575	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mali	MLI	60,000	50,000	35,000	25,000	20,000	15,000	6,280	2,000	1,000	200	..	..	..	..	..	0
Malta	MLT	127,000	112,000	96,000	80,400	70,000	51,000	30,000	25,000	15,000	4,000	850	..	..	..	..	0
Marshall Islands	MHL	2,200	2,000	1,400	1,250	900	800	500	..	..	19	0	0	0	0	0	0
Martinique	MTQ	130,000	110,000	80,000	60,000	40,000	30,000	5,000	2,000	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Mauritania	MRT	20,000	14,000	12,000	10,000	7,000	5,000	3,000	1,000	100	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Mauritius {15}	MUS	300,000	240,000	150,000	125,000	106,000	87,000	55,000	30,000	5,500	2,100	..	..	..	..	..	0
Mexico {16}	MEX	18,100,000	14,000,000	12,200,000	10,800,000	7,410,000	5,060,000	1,820,000	1,220,000	596,000	187,000	94,000	39,000	25,000	15,000	5,000	0
Micronesia, Fed States	FSM	14,000	12,000	10,000	6,000	5,000	4,000	3,000	2,000	616	300	..	..	..	..	..	0
Moldova, Rep	MDA	550,000	406,000	288,000	150,000	60,000	52,600	25,000	11,000	1,200	200	150	36	..	..	..	0
Mongolia	MNG	268,000	200,000	143,000	50,000	40,000	30,000	12,000	3,400	2,600	415	200	..	..	..	..	0
Morocco {17}	MAR	4,600,000	3,500,000	1,000,000	700,000	400,000	200,000	50,000	40,000	6,000	1,550	1,000	..	..	..	..	0
Mozambique	MOZ	..	138,000	83,000	50,000	30,000	20,000	10,000	3,500	2,000	500	..	..	..	..	..	0
Myanmar	MMR	31,500	11,700	11,500	202	136	..	70	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Namibia	NAM	..	75,000	65,000	50,000	45,000	30,000	6,000	5,000	1,000	150	100	..	..	..	..	0
Nauru	NRU	..	..	..	..	300	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Nepal	NPL	225,000	120,000	100,000	80,000	60,000	50,000	35,000	15,000	5,000	1,000	200	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands {18}	NLD	12,100,000	10,000,000	8,500,000	8,200,000	7,900,000	7,000,000	6,200,000	3,500,000	2,200,000	1,500,000	1,000,000	500,000	300,000	200,000	80,000	50,000
Netherlands Antilles	ANT	..	..	..	..	..	..	2,000	..	..	500	..	..	..	..	..	0
New Caledonia	NCL	76,000	70,000	60,000	50,000	40,000	30,000	12,000	4,000	2,000	500	10	..	..	..	..	0
New Zealand	NZL	2,750,000	2,350,000	2,110,000	1,910,000	1,760,000	1,520,000	1,110,000	750,000	550,000	300,000	180,000	115,000	22,500	10,000	..	0
Nicaragua	NIC	140,000	125,000	100,000	90,000	75,000	50,000	25,000	15,000	10,000	4,000	1,400	600	..	..	..	0
Niger	NER	29,000	24,000	19,000	15,000	12,000	4,000	3,000	300	200	100	..	..	..	..	..	0
Nigeria	NGA	5,000,000	1,770,000	750,000	420,000	115,000	80,000	50,000	30,000	20,000	10,000	..	..	..	..	..	0
Northern Mariana Islands	MNP	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Norway	NOR	2,700,000	1,790,000	1,580,000	1,400,000	1,320,000	1,200,000	1,100,000	1,000,000	900,000	800,000	280,000	180,000	120,000	95,000	60,000	30,000
Oman	OMN	285,000	245,000	210,000	180,000	120,000	90,000	50,000	20,000	10,000	0	..	..	..	..	..	0
Pakistan	PAK	10,500,000	10,000,000	8,000,000	1,000,000	500,000	300,000	80,000	61,900	37,800	4,000	160	..	..	..	..	0
Palau	PLW	..	5,400	4,300	4,000	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Palestinian Territories		243,000	160,000	145,000	105,000	60,000	35,000	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Panama	PAN	206,000	197,000	173,000	145,000	121,000	107,000	61,700	43,400	15,000	6,000	1,500	200	..	..	..	0
Papua New Guinea	PNG	135,000	120,000	105,000	75,000	50,000	45,000	35,000	12,000	5,000	100	..	..	..	..	..	0
Paraguay	PRY	200,000	200,000	120,000	100,000	60,000	40,000	20,000	10,000	5,000	1,000	..	..	..	..	..	0
Peru	PER	4,600,000	3,220,000	2,850,000	2,400,000	2,000,000	800,000	500,000	300,000	100,000	60,000	8,000	2,000	..	..	..	0
Philippines	PHL	..	4,400,000	4,000,000	3,500,000	2,000,000	1,540,000	1,090,000	823,000	100,000	40,000	20,000	4,000	..	..	..	0
Poland	POL	10,000,000	9,000,000	8,970,000	8,880,000	3,800,000	2,800,000	2,100,000	1,580,000	800,000	500,000	250,000	150,000	50,000	20,000	2,000	0
Portugal	PRT	2,940,000	2,950,000	2,670,000	2,270,000	1,860,000	1,680,000	1,500,000	1,000,000	500,000	300,000	150,000	72,000	45,000	25,000	10,000	0
Puerto Rico	PRI	..	862,000	764,000	677,000	600,000	400,000	200,000	100,000	50,000	10,000	5,000	1,000	..	..	..	0
Qatar	QAT	219,000	165,000	141,000	70,000	40,000	30,000	24,000	20,000	17,000	5,000	1,000	..	..	..	..	0
Réunion	REU	220,000	200,000	180,000	150,000	120,000	100,000	10,000	9,000	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Romania	ROU	..	4,500,000	4,000,000	2,200,000	1,000,000	800,000	600,000	500,000	100,000	50,000	17,000	6,000	850	..	..	0
Russian Federation	RUS	21,800,000	18,500,000	12,000,000	6,000,000	4,300,000	2,900,000	1,500,000	1,200,000	700,000	400,000	220,000	80,000	20,000	1,000	..	0
Rwanda	RWA	50,000	38,000	31,000	25,000	20,000	5,000	5,000	800	100	50	..	..	..	..	..	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	..	..	..	10,000	3,600	2,700	2,000	1,500	1,000	850	..	..	..	..	..	0
Samoa	WSM	6,000	5,500	5,000	4,000	3,000	1,000	500	400	300	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
San Marino	SMR	15,200	15,000	14,500	14,300	13,900	13,200	11,400	370	370	370	350	..	..	..	..	0
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	..	20,000	15,000	11,000	9,000	6,500	500	400	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Saudi Arabia	SAU	..	1,590,000	1,500,000	1,420,000	1,020,000	460,000	100,000	20,000	10,000	5,000	2,000	..	..	..	..	0
Senegal	SEN	540,000	482,000	225,000	105,000	100,000	40,000	30,000	7,500	2,500	1,000	60	..	..	..	..	0
Serbia and Montenegro	YUG	..	1,520,000	847,000	640,000	600,000	400,000	80,000	65,000	50,000	20,000	..	..	..	..	..	0
Seychelles	SYC	21,000	20,000	12,000	11,700	9,000	6,000	5,000	2,000	1,000	500	..	..	..	..	..	0
Sierra Leone	SLE	..	10,000	9,000	8,000	7,000	5,000	2,000	600	200	100	0	0	0	..	..	0
Singapore	SGP	..	2,420,000	2,140,000	2,100,000	1,700,000	1,300,000	950,000	750,000	500,000	300,000	100,000	40,000	25,000	15,000	5,000	0
Slovakia	SVK	1,910,000	1,650,000	1,380,000	863,000	674,000	507,000	292,000	145,000	63,000	42,000	28,000	17,000	6,800	..	..	0
Slovenia	SVN	1,090,000	950,000	800,000	750,000	600,000	300,000	250,000	200,000	150,000	100,000	57,000	21,000	8,000	..	..	0
Solomon Islands	SLB	4,000	3,000	2,500	2,200	2,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	1,500	1,000	90	..	..	..	..	0
Somalia	SOM	90,000	86,000	..	..	..	15,000	1,000	500	200	100	0	..	..	..	..	0
South Africa	ZAF	5,100,000	3,570,000	3,330,000	3,100,000	2,890,000	2,400,000	1,820,000	1,270,000	700,000	355,000	280,000	100,000	45,000	15,000	5,000	0
Spain {19}	ESP	17,200,000	15,100,000	15,300,000	7,860,000	7,390,000	5,490,000	2,830,000	1,730,000	1,110,000	526,000	150,000	110,000	50,000	30,000	10,000	5,000
Sri Lanka	LKA	350,000	280,000	280,000	200,000	150,000	122,000	65,000	55,000	30,000	10,000	1,000	500	..	..	..	0
St. Lucia	LCA	..	55,000	34,000	..	13,000	8,000	3,000	2,000	1,500	1,000	450	..	..	..	..	0
St. Vincent & Grenadines	VCT	10,000	8,000	7,000	6,000	5,500	3,500	3,000	2,000	1,000	522	139	..	..	..	..	0
Sudan	SDN	2,800,000	1,140,000	937,000	300,000	150,000	30,000	5,000	2,000	700	0	0	0	..	..	..	0
Suriname	SUR	32,000	30,000	23,000	20,000	14,500	11,700	8,720	7,590	4,490	1,000	500	..	..	..	..	0
Swaziland	SWZ	..	36,000	27,000	20,000	14,000	10,000	5,000	1,000	900	500	10	..	..	..	..	0
Sweden {20}	SWE	6,890,000	6,800,000	5,660,000	5,130,000	4,600,000	4,050,000	3,670,000	2,960,000	2,100,000	800,000	450,000	300,000	150,000	130,000	100,000	50,000
Switzerland	CHE	3,800,000	3,500,000	3,300,000	3,000,000	2,800,000	2,100,000	1,470,000	939,000	548,000	322,000	250,000	190,000	150,000	120,000	80,000	40,000
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	1,100,000	800,000	610,000	365,000	60,000	30,000	20,000	10,000	5,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwan	TWN	13,200,000	12,200,000	11,700,000	10,700,000	7,820,000	6,260,000	4,800,000	3,010,000	1,660,000	603,000	250,000	180,000	100,000	50,000	10,000	0
Tajikistan	TJK	19,500	5,000	4,120	3,500	3,200	3,000	2,000	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Tanzania	TZA	..	333,000	250,000	80,000	60,000	40,000	25,000	3,000	2,500	500	..	..	..	..	..	0
Thailand {21}	THA	7,080,000	6,970,000	6,030,000	4,800,000	3,540,000	2,300,000	1,300,000	500,000	375,000	135,000	55,000	30,000	1,500	60	0	0
Togo	TGO	300,000	221,000	210,000	200,000	150,000	100,000	30,000	15,000	10,000	500	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga	TON	3,000	3,000	3,000	2,900	2,800	2,400	1,000	750	500	160	120	..	..	..	..	0
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	..	160,000	153,000	138,000	120,000	100,000	75,000	35,000	15,000	5,000	2,000	..	..	..	..	0
Tunisia	TUN	954,000	835,000	630,000	506,000	410,000	260,000	150,000	10,000	4,000	2,500	1,000	650	..	..	..	0
Turkey	TUR	11,200,000	10,200,000	6,000,000	4,300,000	3,500,000	2,500,000	1,500,000	450,000	300,000	120,000	50,000	30,000	5,000	..	..	0
Turkmenistan	TKM	..	36,000	20,000	..	8,000	6,000	2,000	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0
Uganda	UGA	500,000	200,000	125,000	100,000	60,000	40,000	25,000	15,000	2,300	1,000	600	..	..	..	..	0
Ukraine {22}	UKR	4,560,000	3,750,000	2,500,000	900,000	600,000	350,000	200,000	150,000	100,000	50,000	22,000	7,000	400	..	..	0
United Arab Emirates {23}	ARE	1,400,000	1,270,000	1,110,000	1,020,000	897,000	765,000	458,000	200,000	90,000	9,670	2,500	..	..	..	..	0
United Kingdom {24}	GBR	28,500,000	28,100,000	26,000,000	25,000,000	19,800,000	15,800,000	12,500,000	8,000,000	4,310,000	2,400,000	1,100,000	600,000	300,000	150,000	100,000	50,000
United States	USA	198,000,000	185,000,000	162,000,000	159,000,000	143,000,000	124,000,000	102,000,000	84,600,000	60,000,000	45,000,000	25,000,000	13,000,000	6,000,000	4,500,000	3,000,000	2,000,000
Uruguay	URY	668,000	567,000	530,000	380,000	370,000	350,000	330,000	230,000	110,000	60,000	10,000	2,000	..	..	..	0
Uzbekistan	UZB	864,000	686,000	492,000	275,000	150,000	120,000	7,500	5,000	2,500	1,000	350	..	..	..	..	0
Vanuatu	VUT	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,000	5,500	4,000	1,000	500	250	100	..	..	..	..	..	0
Venezuela	VEN	3,350,000	2,210,000	1,930,000	1,240,000	1,150,000	820,000	680,000	325,000	90,000	56,000	27,000	12,000	8,800	2,500	..	0
Viet Nam	VNM	10,700,000	6,350,000	3,100,000	1,500,000	1,010,000	200,000	100,000	10,000	3,000	100	..	..	..	..	..	0
Virgin Islands	VIR	..	..	..	30,000	20,000	15,000	12,000	10,000	7,500	5,000	3,000	1,000	..	..	..	0
Yemen	YEM	..	180,000	120,000	100,000	17,000	15,000	10,000	4,000	2,500	100	..	..	..	..	..	0
Zambia	ZMB	..	231,000	110,000	52,400	25,000	20,000	15,000	3,000	900	850	800	600	..	..	..	0
Zimbabwe	ZWE	1,000,000	820,000	800,000	500,000	100,000	50,000	20,000	10,000	4,000	2,000	900	200	..	..	..	0

Footnotes

1 - World

World totals drawn from ITU Key Global Telecom Indicators for the World Telecommunication Service Sector. Available online at http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/at_glance/KeyTelecom99.html.

2 - Austria

1996: Regular users of the Internet, population age 14+.

3 - Brazil

2005: Population age 10+.

4 - Canada

2000: population age 15+ using Internet in last year. 2001: population age 18+ using in last week. 2005: population aged 18+.

5 - Cuba

Until 2003: only includes people who used international email. From 2003: includes all people who use Internet.

6 - Czech Rep

From 2003: Population age 15+.

7 - Denmark

From 2003: population aged 15-74 using Internet at least once in the last week.

8 - Finland

People who used at least one other Internet application besides e-mail in last 3 months. 2002-03: population age 15+. 2005: population age 15-74.

9 - France

1996-98: population age 18+. 1999-2000: population age 15+, used in the last year. From 2001: population age 11+, used in the last month.

10 - Hong Kong

From 2000: population age 10+, using Internet in previous year.

11 - Iceland

Population age 16-74.

12 - Ireland

From 1999: population age 15+. From 2005: population using Internet in the last 3 months.

13 - Japan

2005: including users accessing internet through cellphones, PHS and game console.

14 - Luxembourg

2001: population age 12+. 2002: population age 15+.

15 - Mauritius

2002: Population age 12+.

16 - Mexico

Break in comparability of data from 2000 due to changed methodology.

17 - Morocco

2004: population using the Internet at least once during the last month, no matter of location.

18 - Netherlands

2005: Estimate of population age 16-74.

19 - Spain

Population age 14+ using Internet during November of year indicated.

20 - Sweden

2004-05: population age 16-74.

21 - Thailand

2003: population age 6+.

22 - Ukraine

2005: estimated based on results of user survey applied to resident population aged 15-59 who used internet in the last 4 weeks.

23 - United Arab Emirates

1995: Internet Dial-up customers.

24 - United Kingdom

From 2000: population age 16+, using in the last 3 months.

Source

International Telecommunication Union (ITU). 2007. World Telecommunication Indicators 2006. Geneva: ITU. Available online at http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/publications/world/world.html.