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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

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
42 Congo - Kinshasa 3.8%
41 Sierra Leone 6.3%
40 Congo - Brazzaville 7.6%
39 Liberia 10.0%
38 Bangladesh 12.4%
37 India 14.9%
36 Indonesia 22.1%
35 Yemen 24.1%
34 Honduras 27.1%
33 Philippines 36.9%
32 Egypt 37.8%
31 Algeria 38.2%
30 Gabon 45.8%
29 Ecuador 48.9%
28 China 50.3%
27 Türkiye 53.7%
26 Romania 55.8%
25 Colombia 55.9%
24 Bulgaria 56.7%
23 Mexico 57.4%
22 Italy 58.1%
21 Brazil 58.3%
20 Greece 66.8%
19 Poland 68.0%
18 Argentina 68.0%
17 Saudi Arabia 69.6%
16 Russia 70.1%
15 Lithuania 71.4%
14 Lebanon 74.0%
13 United States 74.6%
12 Czechia 75.7%
11 Chile 76.6%
10 France 78.0%
9 Spain 78.7%
8 Hong Kong SAR China 84.9%
7 Finland 86.4%
6 Germany 87.6%
5 South Korea 89.9%
4 Canada 90.0%
3 Netherlands 91.7%
2 United Kingdom 92.0%
1 Norway 96.8%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2015

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.