694 mln people, age 15+, used the Internet worldwide from all locations in March 2006, representing 14% of the world’s total population within this age group. comScore included measurement of the major Asian countries, including China, Japan, India and Korea, which represent nearly 25% of the total worldwide online population (or 168.1 mln users), and which, in the aggregate, are 11% larger than the US (152 mln users).
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Internet usage around the world |
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| Country | Internet users, 000 |
| United States | 152,046 |
| China | 74,727 |
| Japan | 52,100 |
| Germany | 31,813 |
| United Kingdom | 30,190 |
| South Korea | 24,645 |
| France | 23,884 |
| Canada | 18,996 |
| Italy | 16,834 |
| India | 16,713 |
| Brazil | 13,186 |
| Spain | 12,452 |
| Netherlands | 10,969 |
| Russia | 10,833 |
| Australia | 9,735 |
| Total | 694,260 |
| Source: comScore | |