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Internet users in China

1990 – 2025 · 34 data points 1 of 3 · Countries Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Internet users, 1990 – 2025 percent · China · World
+41.3 pp since 2015
China World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Internet users · percent
China
91.6%
World
73.6%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance China · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 91.6% · 2025
First value 0.0% · 1990
Highest 92.0% · 2024
Lowest 0.0% · 1990
Data points 34

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearChinaChange World
2025 91.6% −0.4 pp 73.6%
2024 92.0% +1.4 pp 71.2%
2023 90.6% +15.0 pp 69.2%
2022 75.6% +2.6 pp 67.0%
2021 73.1% +3.0 pp 63.8%
2020 70.1% +6.0 pp 60.1%
2019 64.1% −1.3 pp 53.9%
2018 65.4% +11.1 pp 49.4%
2017 54.3% +1.1 pp 46.3%
2016 53.2% +2.9 pp 43.6%
2015 50.3% +2.4 pp 39.9%
2014 47.9% +2.1 pp 37.4%
2013 45.8% +3.5 pp 35.3%
2012 42.3% +4.0 pp 33.3%
2011 38.3% +4.0 pp 30.9%
2010 34.3% +5.4 pp 28.4%
2009 28.9% +6.3 pp 25.3%
2008 22.6% +6.6 pp 22.8%
2007 16.0% +5.5 pp 20.2%
2006 10.5% +2.0 pp 17.2%
2005 8.5% +1.2 pp 15.6%
2004 7.3% +1.1 pp —
2003 6.2% +1.6 pp —
2002 4.6% +2.0 pp —
2001 2.6% +0.9 pp —
2000 1.8% +1.1 pp —
1999 0.7% +0.5 pp —
1998 0.2% +0.1 pp —
1997 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1996 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1995 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1994 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1993 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1990 0.0% —

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Countries

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 96.3%
2 Netherlands 91.7%
3 United Kingdom 91.6%
4 South Korea 87.6%
5 Canada 87.1%
6 Finland 86.5%
7 Germany 86.2%
8 France 83.8%
9 Hong Kong SAR China 79.9%
10 Spain 76.2%
11 Czechia 74.2%
12 Lebanon 73.0%
13 United States 73.0%
14 Lithuania 72.1%
15 Russia 70.5%
16 Poland 66.6%
17 Saudi Arabia 64.7%
18 Argentina 64.7%
19 Greece 63.2%
20 Chile 61.1%
21 Italy 55.6%
22 Bulgaria 55.5%
23 Brazil 54.6%
24 Romania 54.1%
25 Colombia 52.6%
26 Türkiye 51.0%
27 China 47.9%
28 Ecuador 45.6%
29 Mexico 44.4%
30 Gabon 38.1%
31 Philippines 34.7%
32 Egypt 33.9%
33 Algeria 29.5%
34 Honduras 23.0%
35 Yemen 22.5%
36 Indonesia 17.1%
37 India 13.5%
38 Bangladesh 9.1%
39 Congo - Brazzaville 7.1%
40 Sierra Leone 6.1%
41 Liberia 5.4%
42 Congo - Kinshasa 3.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2014

What it means

The share of people who used the internet in the last three months.

How it is calculated

Internet users of any age and device divided by the population, from surveys and estimates.