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Useful Internet Users Statistics for Africa

This post highlights internet users statistics for the Africa, stating the internet user population for the countries on the continent and useful insights on Facebook subscribers.

The information presented below is from Internet World Stats, sourced from Miniwatts Marketing Group.

AFRICA 2017 POPULATION AND INTERNET USERS STATISTICS FOR 2017

AFRICA

Population
(2017 Est.)

Internet Users
31-Dec-2000

Internet Users
30-June-2017

Penetration
(% Population)

Internet
Growth %
2000 – 2017

Facebook
subscribers
30-Jun-2017
Algeria

41,063,753

50,000

18,580,000

45.2 %

37,060.0 %

18,000,000

Angola

26,655,513

30,000

5,951,453

22.3 %

19,738.2 %

3,800,000

Benin

11,458,611

15,000

1,375,033

12.0 %

9,066.9 %

800,000

Botswana

2,343,981

15,000

923,528

39.4 %

6,056.9 %

690,000

Burkina Faso

19,173,322

10,000

2,684,265

14.0 %

26,742.7 %

600,000

Burundi

11,936,481

3,000

617,116

5.2 %

20,470.5 %

450,000

Cabo Verde

533,468

8,000

256,972

48.2 %

3,112.2 %

210,000

Cameroon

24,513,689

20,000

6,128,422

25.0 %

24,445.9 %

2,100,000

Central African Rep.

5,098,826

1,500

246,432

4.8 %

16,328.8 %

66,000

Chad

14,965,482

1,000

748,274

5.0 %

74,727.4 %

170,000

Comoros

825,920

1,500

65,578

7.9%

4,271.9 %

60,000

Congo

4,866,243

500

400,000

8.2 %

79,900.0 %

400,000

Congo, Dem. Rep.

82,242,685

500

5,107,271

6.2 %

1,021,354.2 %

2,100,000

Cote d’Ivoire

23,815,886

40,000

6,318,355

26.5 %

15,695.9 %

2,400,000

Djibouti

911,382

1,400

180,000

19.8 %

12,757.1 %

180,000

Egypt

95,215,102

450,000

37,333,841

39.2 %

8,196.4 %

33,000,000

Equatorial Guinea

894,464

500

212,704

23.8 %

42,440.8 %

67,000

Eritrea

5,481,906

5,000

71,000

1.3 %

1,320.0 %

63,000

Ethiopia

104,344,901

10,000

16,037,811

15.4 %

160,278.1 %

4,500,000

Gabon

1,801,232

15,000

865,492

48.1 %

5,669.9 %

470,000

Gambia

2,120,418

4,000

392,277

18.5 %

9,706.9 %

220,000

Ghana

28,656,723

30,000

9,935,286

34.7 %

33,017.6 %

4,000,000

Guinea

13,290,659

8,000

1,302,485

9.8 %

16,181.1 %

950,000

Guinea-Bissau

1,932,871

1,500

84,000

4.3 %

5,500.0 %

84,000

Kenya

48,466,928

200,000

43,329,434

89.4 %

21,564.7 %

6,200,000

Lesotho

2,185,159

4,000

597,860

27.4 %

14,846.5 %

290,000

Liberia

4,730,437

500

395,063

8.4 %

78,912.6 %

330,000

Libya

6,408,742

10,000

2,800,000

43.7 %

27,900.0 %

2,800,000

Madagascar

25,612,972

30,000

1,300,000

5.1 %

4,233.3 %

1,300,000

Malawi

18,298,679

15,000

1,758,503

9.6 %

11,623.4 %

720,000

Mali

18,689,966

18,800

2,212,450

11.8 %

11,668.4 %

1,000,000

Mauritania

4,266,448

5,000

770,000

18.0 %

15,300.0 %

770,000

Mauritius

1,281,353

87,000

803,896

62.7 %

824.0 %

630,000

Mayotte (FR)

253,068

n/a

107,940

42.7 %

n/a

56,000

Morocco

35,241,418

100,000

20,535,174

58.3 %

20,435.2 %

12,000,000

Mozambique

29,537,914

30,000

5,169,135

17.5 %

17,130.5 %

1,400,000

Namibia

2,568,569

30,000

797,027

31.0 %

2,556.8 %

520,000

Niger

21,563,607

5,000

931,548

4.3 %

18,531.0 %

280,000

Nigeria

191,835,936

200,000

91,598,757

47.7 %

45,699.4 %

16,000,000

Reunion (FR)

873,356

130,000

390,000

44.7 %

200.0 %

390,000

Rwanda

12,159,586

5,000

3,724,678

30.6 %

74,393.6 %

490,000

Saint Helena (UK)

3,970

n/a

2,000

50.4 %

n/a

2,000

Sao Tome & Principe

198,481

6,500

55,575

28.0 %

755.0 %

38,000

Senegal

16,054,275

40,000

4,119,527

25.7 %

10,198.8 %

2,300,000

Seychelles

97,539

6,000

55,119

56.5 %

818.7 %

48,000

Sierra Leone

6,732,899

5,000

792,462

11.8 %

15,749.2 %

310,000

Somalia

11,391,962

200

900,000

7.9 %

449,900.0 %

900,000

South Africa

55,436,360

2,400,000

29,935,634

54.0 %

1,147.3 %

16,000,000

South Sudan

13,096,190

n/a

2,179,963

16.6 %

n/a

180,000

Sudan

42,166,323

30,000

11,806,570

28.0 %

39,255.2 %

3,000,000

Swaziland

1,320,356

10,000

436,051

33.0 %

4,260.5 %

160,000

Tanzania

56,877,529

115,000

7,394,079

13.0 %

6,329.6 %

6,100,000

Togo

7,691,915

100,000

869,956

13.0 %

770.0 %

340,000

Tunisia

11,494,760

100,000

5,848,534

50.9 %

5,748.5 %

5,800,000

Uganda

41,652,938

40,000

19,000,000

45.6 %

32,457.8 %

2,200,000

Western Sahara

596,021

n/a

27,000

4.5 %

n/a

23,000

Zambia

17,237,931

20,000

5,192,284

30.1 %

25,861.4 %

1,400,000

Zimbabwe

16,337,760

50,000

6,722,677

41.1 %

13,345.4 %

850,000

TOTAL AFRICA

1,246,504,865

4,514,400

388,376,491

31.2 %

8,503.1 %

160,207,000

Rest of World

6,272,524,105

83.4 %

3,497,191,128

55.8 %

90.0 %

1,819,496,530

WORLD TOTAL

7,519,028,970

100.0 %

3,885,567,619

51.7 %

100.0 %

1,979,703,530

NOTES: (1) Africa Internet Statistics were updated in June 30, 2017. (2) Africa Facebook subscribers are in June 30, 2017. (3) CLICK on each country name for further data on individual countries and regions. (4) Africa Population numbers are mid-year 2017 estimates, based on data from the United Nations Population Division. (5) For definitions, navigation help and methodology, see the site surfing guide. (6) Africa Internet usage information comes from, among others, data published by WWW, ITU , Facebook, and other trustworthy sources. (7) For Internet growth comparison purposes, baseline Internet usage data for the year 2000 is also displayed. (8) Data from this table may be cited, giving the due credit and establishing a link back to internetworldstats.com Copyright 2017, © Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide.

Source: Internet World Stats

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