Internet penetration rate

That represents 68 per cent of the world population, compared with 65 per cent just one year earlier.[1]

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International Telecommunication Union. (2024). Facts and Figures 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-internet-use/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_JGM7Y36TA8833B9RZ37XKYWYNY

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International Telecommunication Union. "Facts and Figures 2024." 2024, https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-internet-use/. Accessed 17 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_JGM7Y36TA8833B9RZ37XKYWYNY.

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International Telecommunication Union. "Facts and Figures 2024." 2024. https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-internet-use/. Accessed September 17, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_JGM7Y36TA8833B9RZ37XKYWYNY.

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@misc{itu2024internetkywyny, author = {{International Telecommunication Union}}, title = {Facts and Figures 2024}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_JGM7Y36TA8833B9RZ37XKYWYNY}, note = {Original source: https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-internet-use/. Accessed September 17, 2026.} }

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