Internet World Stats, an international portal that features up-to-date world internet usage statistics, has released the mid-year 2016 updated internet stats for Africa. The report, which covers up to June 2016, indicates that there are 340,783,342 Internet users in Africa while penetration rate (equivalent to the percentage of the population that has access to the internet) is 28.7% in Africa, the lowest among the seven regions in the world.
Internet 2016 User Statistics: The following table below shows the current updated Internet users in 2016 (mid-year) for the main seven world geographic regions:
World Regions |
Population |
Internet |
Penetration Rate % |
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1,185,529,578 |
340,783,342 |
28.7 % |
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4,052,652,889 |
1,801,512,654 |
44.5 % |
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832,073,224 |
614,979,903 |
73.9 % |
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246,700,900 |
141,489,765 |
57.4 % |
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359,492,293 |
320,067,193 |
89.0 % |
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626,054,392 |
384,751,302 |
61.5 % |
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37,590,820 |
27,540,654 |
73.3 % |
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TOTAL WORLD |
7,340,094,096 |
3,631,124,813 |
49.5 % |
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Source: Internet World Stats, accessed on October 12, 2016. |
Internet Usage Statistics for Africa |
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AFRICA 2016 POPULATION AND INTERNET USERS STATISTICS FOR 2016 |
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Population |
Internet Users |
Internet Users |
Penetration |
Internet |
Facebook 30-Jun-2016 |
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Algeria |
40,263,711 |
50,000 |
15,000,000 |
37.3 % |
3.3 % |
15,000,000 |
Angola |
20,172,332 |
30,000 |
5,951,453 |
29.5 % |
1.7 % |
3,500,000 |
Benin |
10,741,458 |
15,000 |
1,232,940 |
11.5 % |
0.4 % |
800,000 |
Botswana |
2,209,208 |
15,000 |
690,000 |
31.2 % |
0.2 % |
690,000 |
Burkina Faso |
19,512,533 |
10,000 |
1,894,498 |
9.7 % |
0.6 % |
600,000 |
Burundi |
11,099,298 |
3,000 |
526,372 |
4.7 % |
0.2 % |
450,000 |
Cabo Verde |
553,432 |
8,000 |
224,183 |
40.5 % |
0.1 % |
210,000 |
Cameroon |
24,360,803 |
20,000 |
4,311,178 |
17.7 % |
1.3 % |
2,100,000 |
Central African Rep. |
5,507,257 |
1,500 |
224,432 |
4.1 % |
0.1 % |
66,000 |
Chad |
11,852,462 |
1,000 |
387,063 |
3.3 % |
0.1 % |
170,000 |
Comoros |
794,678 |
1,500 |
60,000 |
7.6 % |
0.0 % |
60,000 |
Congo |
4,852,412 |
500 |
400,000 |
8.2 % |
0.1 % |
400,000 |
Congo, Dem. Rep. |
81,331,050 |
500 |
3,101,210 |
3.8 % |
0.9 % |
2,100,000 |
Cote d’Ivoire |
23,740,424 |
40,000 |
5,230,000 |
22.0 % |
1.5 % |
2,400,000 |
Djibouti |
846,687 |
1,400 |
105,000 |
17.7 % |
0.0 % |
150,000 |
Egypt |
90,067,793 |
450,000 |
34,800,000 |
38.6 % |
10.2 % |
32,000,000 |
Equatorial Guinea |
759,451 |
500 |
181,657 |
23.9 % |
0.1 % |
67,000 |
Eritrea |
6,674,489 |
5,000 |
67,000 |
1.0 % |
0.0 % |
63,000 |
Ethiopia |
102,374,044 |
10,000 |
4,500,000 |
4.4 % |
1.3 % |
4,500,000 |
Gabon |
1,738,541 |
15,000 |
670,197 |
38.5 % |
0.2 % |
470,000 |
Gambia |
2,009,648 |
4,000 |
373,865 |
18.6 % |
0.1 % |
220,000 |
Ghana |
26,908,262 |
30,000 |
7,958,675 |
29.6 % |
2.3 % |
3,500,000 |
Guinea |
12,093,349 |
8,000 |
950,000 |
7.9 % |
0.3 % |
950,000 |
Guinea-Bissau |
1,759,159 |
1,500 |
84,000 |
4.8 % |
0.0 % |
84,000 |
Kenya |
46,790,758 |
200,000 |
31,985,048 |
68.4 % |
9.4 % |
5,500,000 |
Lesotho |
1,953,070 |
4,000 |
444,376 |
22.8 % |
0.1 % |
290,000 |
Liberia |
4,299,944 |
500 |
395,063 |
9.2 % |
0.1 % |
330,000 |
Libya |
6,541,948 |
10,000 |
2,800,000 |
42.8 % |
0.8 % |
2,800,000 |
Madagascar |
24,430,325 |
30,000 |
1,300,000 |
5.3 % |
0.3 % |
1,300,000 |
Malawi |
18,570,321 |
15,000 |
1,160,839 |
6.3 % |
0.3 % |
720,000 |
Mali |
17,467,108 |
18,800 |
2,212,450 |
12.7 % |
0.6 % |
1,000,000 |
Mauritania |
3,677,293 |
5,000 |
714,132 |
19.4 % |
0.2 % |
370,000 |
Mauritius |
1,348,242 |
87,000 |
803,896 |
59.6 % |
0.2 % |
630,000 |
Mayotte (FR) |
243,430 |
n/a |
107,940 |
44.3 % |
0.0 % |
56,000 |
Morocco |
33,655,786 |
100,000 |
20,207,154 |
60.0 % |
5.9 % |
12,000,000 |
Mozambique |
25,930,150 |
30,000 |
1,834,337 |
7.1 % |
0.5 % |
1,400,000 |
Namibia |
2,224,786 |
30,000 |
520,000 |
23.4 % |
0.2 % |
520,000 |
Niger |
18,638,600 |
5,000 |
439,164 |
2.4 % |
0.1 % |
280,000 |
Nigeria |
186,879,760 |
200,000 |
97,210,000 |
52.0 % |
28.5 % |
16,000,000 |
Reunion (FR) |
867,291 |
130,000 |
390,000 |
45.0 % |
0.1 % |
390,000 |
Rwanda |
12,988,423 |
5,000 |
3,216,080 |
24.8 % |
0.9 % |
490,000 |
Saint Helena (UK) |
3,996 |
n/a |
2,000 |
50.1 % |
0.0 % |
2,000 |
Sao Tome & Principe |
197,541 |
6,500 |
49,686 |
25.2 % |
0.0 % |
38,000 |
Senegal |
14,320,055 |
40,000 |
7,260,000 |
50.7 % |
2.1 % |
2,300,000 |
Seychelles |
93,186 |
6,000 |
56,168 |
60.3 % |
0.0 % |
48,000 |
Sierra Leone |
6,018,888 |
5,000 |
310,000 |
5.2 % |
0.1 % |
310,000 |
Somalia |
10,817,354 |
200 |
660,000 |
6.1 % |
0.2 % |
660,000 |
South Africa |
54,300,704 |
2,400,000 |
28,580,290 |
52.6 % |
8.4 % |
14,000,000 |
South Sudan |
12,530,717 |
n/a |
2,179,963 |
17.4 % |
0.6 % |
180,000 |
Sudan |
36,729,501 |
30,000 |
10,886,813 |
29.6 % |
3.2 % |
n/a |
Swaziland |
1,451,428 |
10,000 |
389,051 |
26.8 % |
0.1 % |
160,000 |
Tanzania |
52,482,726 |
115,000 |
7,590,794 |
14.5 % |
2.2 % |
3,700,000 |
Togo |
7,756,937 |
100,000 |
430,482 |
5.5 % |
0.1 % |
340,000 |
Tunisia |
11,134,588 |
100,000 |
5,800,000 |
52.1 % |
1.7 % |
5,800,000 |
Uganda |
38,319,241 |
40,000 |
11,924,927 |
31.1 % |
3.5 % |
2,200,000 |
Western Sahara |
585,328 |
n/a |
27,000 |
4.6 % |
0.0 % |
23,000 |
Zambia |
15,510,711 |
20,000 |
3,167,934 |
20.4 % |
0.9 % |
1,400,000 |
Zimbabwe |
14,546,961 |
50,000 |
6,759,032 |
46.5 % |
2.0 % |
850,000 |
TOTAL AFRICA |
1,185,529,578 |
4,514,400 |
340,783,342 |
28.7 % |
100.0 % |
146,637,000 |
NOTES: (1) Africa Internet Statistics were updated for June 30, 2016. (2) Africa Facebook subscribers are also for June 30, 2016. |
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