Internet penetration rate

Since then the number of users has surged by 782 million to reach 4.9 billion people in 2021, or 63 per cent of the population.

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International Telecommunication Union. (2021). Facts and figures 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2021/11/15/internet-use/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6P6MTTYJQ5V3F3VNB5FP5GRV3A

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International Telecommunication Union. "Facts and figures 2021." 2021, https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2021/11/15/internet-use/. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6P6MTTYJQ5V3F3VNB5FP5GRV3A.

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International Telecommunication Union. "Facts and figures 2021." 2021. https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2021/11/15/internet-use/. Accessed September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6P6MTTYJQ5V3F3VNB5FP5GRV3A.

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@misc{itu2021internet5grv3a, author = {{International Telecommunication Union}}, title = {Facts and figures 2021}, year = {2021}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_6P6MTTYJQ5V3F3VNB5FP5GRV3A}, note = {Original source: https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2021/11/15/internet-use/. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }

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