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The latest data is available on the same webpage, so I would like to comment on the below given data. Table 1, shows that there has been a tremendous growth in the technology usage in Africa, followed by Middle East, Latin America and Asia. From the pie chart it is clear that most of the Internet users in the world are from Asia, followed by Europe 49.6% of the world have access to technology as compare to 46% in 2015. The things are changing overtime, with increase growth rate of accessibility to the technology and its usage, specially in the third world countries. But I doubt the data collection and analysis methods. If they only relied on the data available online, then may be the statistics presented is the deceptive one.


                                                               
                                                             World Internet Users and 2017 Population Stats

WORLD INTERNET USAGE AND POPULATION STATISTICS
MARCH 25, 2017 - Update

World Regions

Population
( 2017 Est.)

Population
% of World

Internet Users
31 Mar 2017

Penetration
Rate (% Pop.)

Growth
2000-2017

Users %
Table

Africa

1,246,504,865

16.6 %

345,676,501

27.7 %

7,557.2%

9.3 %

Asia

4,148,177,672

55.2 %

1,873,856,654

45.2 %

1,539.4%

50.2 %

Europe

822,710,362

10.9 %

636,971,824

77.4 %

506.1%

17.1 %

Latin America / Caribbean

647,604,645

8.6 %

385,919,382

59.6 %

2,035.8%

10.3 %

Middle East

250,327,574

3.3 %

141,931,765

56.7 %

4,220.9%

3.8 %

North America

363,224,006

4.8 %

320,068,243

88.1 %

196.1%

8.6 %

Oceania / Australia

40,479,846

0.5 %

27,549,054

68.1 %

261.5%

0.7 %

WORLD TOTAL

7,519,028,970

100.0 %

3,731,973,423

49.6 %

933.8%

100.0 %

NOTES: (1) Internet Usage and World Population Statistics updated as of March 30, 2017. (2) CLICK on each world region name for detailed regional usage information. (3) Demographic (Population) numbers are based on data from the United Nations - Population Division. (4) Internet usage information comes from data published by Nielsen Online, by ITU, the International Telecommunications Union, by GfK, by local ICT Regulators and other reliable sources. (5) For definitions, navigation help and disclaimers, please refer to the Site Surfing Guide. (6) Information in this site may be cited, giving the due credit and placing a link back to www.internetworldstats.com. Copyright © 2017, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide.





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Marion Stanton

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I think you are raising some really important issues around the accessibility of technology and how it can be accessed in countries that struggle with financing and supporting it. Looking at some of the potential projects that exist it would be good to know more about what is being done to bring these resources to your country.

All the best

Marion