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Nigeria Ranked #8 Among World Internet Using Countries

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Nigeria Ranked #8 Among World Internet Using Countries
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Nigeria is recently ranked among the Top 20 countries in the world. In 2000, Nigeria had 200,000 internet users; while in Dec., 2017, Nigeria recorded around 98,391,456 internet users; implying 49,095% over a period of 17 years. The question we may then ask is, "Is Nigeria taking good advantage of this internet growth among Nigerians?". May God give us great leaders that can envision a new order!

TOP 20 COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS

TOP 20 COUNTRIES WITH HIGHEST NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS - DECEMBER 31, 2017
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Country or Region

Population, 2018 Est.

Population 2000 Est.

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Internet Users 31 Dec 2017

Internet Users 31 Dec 2000

Internet Growth

1

 China 1,415,045,928 1,283,198,970

772,000,000

22,500,000

 3,331 %

2

 India 1,354,051,854 1,053,050,912 462,124,989

5,000,000

 9,142 %

3

 United States 326,766,748 281,982,778

312,322,257

 95,354,000 227 %

4

 Brazil 210,867,954 175,287,587

149,057,635

5,000,000

 2,881 %

5

 Indonesia

266,794,980

 211,540,429

143,260,000

2,000,000

 7,063 %

6

 Japan

127,185,332

127,533,934

118,626,672

47,080,000

152 %

7

 Russia 143,964,709 146,396,514

109,552,842

3,100,000

 3,434 %

8

 Nigeria

195,875,237

 122,352,009

98,391,456

200,000

 49,095 %

9

 Mexico

130,759,074

101,719,673

85,000,000

2,712,400

 3,033 %

10

 Bangladesh

166,368,149

131,581,243

80,483,000

100,000

80,383 %

11

 Germany 82,293,457 81,487,757

79,127,551

24,000,000

 229 %

12

 Philippines 106,512,074 77,991,569

67,000,000

2,000,000

 3,250 %

13

 Vietnam 96,491,146 80,285,562

64,000,000

200,000

 31,900 %

14

 United Kingdom

66,573,504

58,950,848

63,061,419

15,400,000

309 %

15

 France

65,233,271

59,608,201

60,421,689

8,500,000

610 %

16

 Thailand 69,183,173 62,958,021

57,000,000

2,300,000

 2,378 %

17

 Iran 82,011,735 66,131,854

56,700,000

250,000

 22,580 %

18

 Turkey 81,916,871 63,240,121

56,000,000

2,000,000

 2,700 %

19

 Italy 59,290,969 57,293,721

54,798,299

13,200,000

 315 %

20

 Egypt 99,375,741 69,905,988

48,211,493

450,000

 10,613 %
TOP 20 Countries 5,146,561,906 4,312,497,691

2,937,139,302

251,346,400

 1,068 %
Rest of the World 2,488,196,522 1,832,509,298

1,219,792,838

109,639,092

 1,012 %
Total World 7,634,758,428 6,145,006,989

4,156,932,140

360,985,492

 1,051 %
NOTES: (1) Top 20 Internet Countries Statistics were updated in December 31, 2017. (2) Growth percentage represents the increase in the number of Internet users between the years 2000 and 2017. (3) The most recent user information comes from data published by Facebook, International Telecommunications Union, official country telecom reports, and other trustworthy research sources. (4) Data from this site may be cited, giving the due credit and establishing a link back to www.internetworldstats.com. Copyright © 2018, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide.
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