INTERNET USAGE STATISTICS FOR AFRICA

Population
( 2007 Est.)

Internet Users
Dec/2000

Internet Users,
Latest Data

% Population
(Penetration)

(%) Users
in Africa

Algeria

33,506,567

50,000

1,920,000

5.7 %

5.7 %

3,740.0 %

Angola

13,313,553

30,000

172,000

1.3 %

0.5 %

473.3 %

Benin

7,714,766

15,000

425,000

5.5 %

1.3 %

2,733.3 %

Botswana

1,893,526

15,000

60,000

3.2 %

0.2 %

300.0 %

Burkina Faso

12,318,213

10,000

64,600

0.5 %

0.2 %

546.0 %

Burundi

8,075,188

3,000

40,000

0.5 %

0.1 %

1,233.3 %

Cameroon

17,775,743

20,000

250,000

1.4 %

0.7 %

1,150.0 %

Cape Verde

494,034

8,000

29,000

5.9 %

0.1 %

262.5 %

Central African Rep.

3,307,622

1,500

11,000

0.3 %

0.0 %

633.3 %

Chad

8,915,381

1,000

40,000

0.4 %

0.1 %

3,900.0 %

Comoros

681,800

1,500

20,000

2.9 %

0.1 %

1,233.3 %

Congo

3,774,537

500

50,000

1.3 %

0.1 %

9,900.0 %

Congo, Dem. Rep.

60,226,717

500

140,600

0.2 %

0.4 %

28,020.0 %

Cote d'Ivoire

20,169,352

40,000

200,000

1.0 %

0.6 %

400.0 %

Djibouti

790,709

1,400

10,000

1.3 %

0.0 %

614.3 %

Egypt

72,478,498

450,000

5,100,000

7.0 %

15.2 %

1,033.3 %

Equatorial Guinea

1,120,061

500

7,000

0.6 %

0.0 %

1,300.0 %

Eritrea

4,254,498

5,000

80,000

1.9 %

0.2 %

1,500.0 %

Ethiopia

73,872,056

10,000

164,000

0.2 %

0.5 %

1,540.0 %

Gabon

1,461,679

15,000

67,000

4.6 %

0.2 %

346.7 %

Gambia

1,508,727

4,000

58,000

3.8 %

0.2 %

1,350.0 %

Ghana

21,801,662

30,000

401,300

1.8 %

1.2 %

1,237.7 %

Guinea

8,171,096

8,000

50,000

0.6 %

0.1 %

525.0 %

Guinea-Bissau

1,492,189

1,500

31,000

2.1 %

0.1 %

1,966.7 %

Kenya

35,062,192

200,000

1,111,000

3.2 %

3.3 %

455.5 %

Lesotho

2,513,076

4,000

51,500

2.0 %

0.2 %

1,187.5 %

Liberia

3,146,406

500

1,000

0.03 %

0.0 %

100.0 %

Libya

6,293,910

10,000

232,000

3.7 %

0.7 %

2,220.0 %

Madagascar

18,996,075

30,000

100,000

0.5 %

0.3 %

233.3 %

Malawi

11,553,163

15,000

52,500

0.5 %

0.2 %

250.0 %

Mali

10,914,989

18,800

60,000

0.5 %

0.2 %

219.1 %

Mauritania

2,959,592

5,000

20,000

0.7 %

0.1%

300.0 %

Mauritius

1,292,309

87,000

300,000

23.2 %

0.9 %

244.8 %

Mayotte (FR)

194,785

--

--

--

-

n/a

Morocco

30,534,870

100,000

4,600,000

15.1 %

13.7 %

4,500.0 %

Mozambique

20,356,242

30,000

148,000

0.7 %

0.4 %

393.3 %

Namibia

2,083,405

30,000

80,600

3.9 %

0.2 %

168.7 %

Niger

12,533,242

5,000

29,000

0.2 %

0.1 %

480.0 %

Nigeria

162,082,868

200,000

5,000,000

3.1 %

14.9 %

2,400.0 %

Reunion (FR)

802,911

130,000

220,000

27.4 %

0.7 %

69.2 %

Rwanda

8,959,095

5,000

50,000

0.6 %

0.1 %

900.0 %

Saint Helena (UK)

4,662

--

1,000

21.5 %

0.0 %

0.0 %

Sao Tome & Principe

173,942

6,500

23,000

13.2 %

0.1 %

253.8 %

Senegal

11,069,755

40,000

540,000

4.9 %

1.6 %

1,250.0 %

Seychelles

84,927

6,000

21,000

24.7 %

0.1 %

250.0 %

Sierra Leone

5,159,619

5,000

10,000

0.2 %

0.0 %

100.0 %

Somalia

12,448,179

200

90,000

0.7 %

0.3 %

44,900.0 %

South Africa

49,660,502

2,400,000

5,100,000

10.3 %

15.2 %

112.5 %

Sudan

36,618,745

30,000

2,800,000

7.6 %

8.3 %

9,233.3 %

Swaziland

1,173,758

10,000

41,600

3.5 %

0.1 %

316.0 %

Tanzania

38,870,348

115,000

384,300

1.0 %

1.1 %

234.2 %

Togo

5,527,332

100,000

300,000

5.4 %

0.9 %

200.0 %

Tunisia

10,342,253

100,000

953,000

9.2 %

2.8 %

853.8 %

Uganda

28,574,909

40,000

500,000

1.7 %

1.5 %

1,150.0 %

Western Sahara

456,348

--

--

--

--

0.0 %

Zambia

11,486,812

20,000

334,800

2.9 %

1.0 %

1,574.0 %

Zimbabwe

12,398,897

50,000

1,000,000

8.1 %

3.0 %

1,900.0 %

TOTAL AFRICA

933,448,292

4,514,400

33,545,600

3.6 %

100.0 %

643.1 %