China urban internet users vs Individuals using the Internet (% of population) in China
China urban internet users (point-in-time) and Individuals using the Internet (% of population) (annual) in China. They are published at different intervals, so each is drawn on its own rather than matched period by period.
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China. China urban internet users is published as point-in-time figures and individuals using the Internet (% of population) as annual ones, so they are drawn on separate charts, clipped to 2024–2025, and no period is matched between them. Read each on its own.
China urban internet users
Unit: million · 3 observations
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| Period | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| end of 2024 | Actual | 795 million |
| as of 30 Jun 2025 | Actual | 801 million |
| end of 2025 | Actual | 812 million |
Individuals using the Internet (% of population)
Unit: % · 2 observations
Estimates are listed as such in the table below
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No period lines up: china urban internet users is point-in-time and individuals using the Internet (% of population) is annual. A month and a year are not the same measurement window, so no row pairs them.
Provenance
Where these numbers come from
China urban internet users
Internet users in urban areas. CNNIC《中国互联网络发展状况统计报告》(Statistical Report on China’s Internet Development), half-yearly; mainland China only (excludes Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan). 网民 = residents aged 6+ who used the internet in the past six months.
3 observations charted in China · source organisations: CNNIC
Individuals using the Internet (% of population)
Individuals who used the Internet from any location in the last three months, as a percentage of the population. Annual national observations from ITU, distributed through World Bank World Development Indicators.
2 observations charted in China (of 26 annual records) · source organisations: ITU
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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