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INTERNET
USERS AND POPULATION STATISTICS FOR AFRICA
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AFRICA
REGION
|
Population
(2011 Est.)
|
Pop. %
of World
|
Internet
Users,
30-Jun-11
|
Penetration
(% Population)
|
Users
% World
|
Facebook
31-Dec-11
|
|
Total for
Africa
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1,037,524,058
|
15.0 %
|
118,848,060
|
11.5
%
|
5.6
%
|
37,739,380
|
|
Rest of World
|
5,892,531,096
|
85.0 %
|
1,991,917,750
|
33.8 %
|
94.4 %
|
761,352,780
|
|
WORLD
TOTAL
|
6,930,055,154
|
100.0 %
|
2,110,765,810
|
30.5 %
|
100.0 %
|
799,092,160
|
|
NOTES: (1) Internet Usage and
Population Statistics for Africa are for December 31,
2011. (2) CLICK on each region for detailed data for individual
regions. For help and definitions see the site surfing
guide. (3) Population
numbers are based on figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. (4) The Internet usage numbers come mainly from data
published by WWW
, ITU, the Nielsen Company, Facebook,
and other trustworthy sources. (5) Data from this table may be cited, giving the due
credit and establishing an active link back to Internetworldstats.com. Copyright © 2012, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All
rights reserved worldwide.
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INTERNET USAGE STATISTICS FOR AFRICA
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AFRICA
|
Population
(2011 Est.)
|
Internet Users
Dec/2000
|
Internet Users
30-Jun-11
|
Penetration
(% Population)
|
Users
% Africa
|
Facebook
31-Dec-11
|
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Algeria
|
34,994,937
|
50,000
|
4,700,000
|
13.4 %
|
4.0 %
|
2,835,740
|
|
Angola
|
13,338,541
|
30,000
|
607,400
|
4.6 %
|
0.5 %
|
322,300
|
|
Benin
|
9,325,032
|
15,000
|
200,000
|
2.1
%
|
0.2 %
|
130,240
|
|
Botswana
|
2,065,398
|
15,000
|
121,600
|
5.9
%
|
0.1 %
|
167,180
|
|
Burkina Faso
|
16,751,455
|
10,000
|
178,200
|
1.1
%
|
0.2 %
|
95,380
|
|
Burundi
|
10,216,190
|
3,000
|
157,800
|
1.5
%
|
0.1 %
|
30,780
|
|
Cameroon
|
19,711,291
|
20,000
|
750,000
|
3.8
%
|
0.6 %
|
467,340
|
|
Cape
Verde
|
516,100
|
8,000
|
150,000
|
29.1
%
|
0.1 %
|
76,980
|
|
Central African Rep.
|
4,950,027
|
1,500
|
94,440
|
1.9
%
|
0.1 %
|
123,800
|
|
Chad
|
10,758,945
|
1,000
|
187,800
|
1.7
%
|
0.2 %
|
38,000
|
|
Comoros
|
794,683
|
1,500
|
24,300
|
3.1
%
|
0.0 %
|
13,840
|
|
Congo
|
4,243,929
|
500
|
245,200
|
5.8
%
|
0.2 %
|
77,100
|
|
Congo,
Dem. Rep.
|
71,712,867
|
500
|
696,520
|
1.0
%
|
0.6 %
|
915,400
|
|
Cote
d'Ivoire
|
21,504,162
|
40,000
|
968,000
|
4.5
%
|
0.8 %
|
n/a
|
|
Djibouti
|
757,074
|
1,400
|
58,700
|
7.8
%
|
0.0 %
|
51,240
|
|
Egypt
|
82,079,636
|
450,000
|
20,136,000
|
24.5
%
|
16.9 %
|
9,391,580
|
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
668,225
|
500
|
14,400
|
2.2
%
|
0.0 %
|
18,180
|
|
Eritrea
|
5,939,484
|
5,000
|
250,000
|
4.2
%
|
0.2 %
|
19,180
|
|
Ethiopia
|
90,873,739
|
10,000
|
447,300
|
0.5
%
|
0.4 %
|
472,460
|
|
Gabon
|
1,576,665
|
15,000
|
98,800
|
6.3
%
|
0.1 %
|
91,200
|
|
Gambia
|
1,797,860
|
4,000
|
130,100
|
7.2
%
|
0.1 %
|
74,840
|
|
Ghana
|
24,791,073
|
30,000
|
1,297,000
|
5.2
%
|
1.1 %
|
1,146,560
|
|
Guinea
|
10,601,009
|
8,000
|
95,000
|
0.9
%
|
0.1 %
|
42,280
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
1,596,677
|
1,500
|
37,100
|
2.3
%
|
0.0 %
|
n/a
|
|
Kenya
|
41,070,934
|
200,000
|
3,995,500
|
9.7
%
|
3.4 %
|
1,298,560
|
|
Lesotho
|
1,924,886
|
4,000
|
76,800
|
4.0
%
|
0.1 %
|
27,700
|
|
Liberia
|
3,786,764
|
500
|
20,000
|
0.5 %
|
0.0 %
|
n/a
|
|
Libya
|
6,597,960
|
10,000
|
353,900
|
5.4
%
|
0.3 %
|
391,880
|
|
Madagascar
|
21,926,221
|
30,000
|
320,000
|
1.5
%
|
0.3 %
|
216,840
|
|
Malawi
|
15,879,252
|
15,000
|
716,400
|
4.5
%
|
0.6 %
|
112,100
|
|
Mali
|
14,159,904
|
18,800
|
250,000
|
1.8
%
|
0.2 %
|
132,720
|
|
Mauritania
|
3,281,634
|
5,000
|
75,000
|
2.3
%
|
0.1 %
|
83,260
|
|
Mauritius
|
1,303,717
|
87,000
|
290,000
|
22.2 %
|
0.2 %
|
298,840
|
|
Mayotte (FR)
|
209,530
|
n/a
|
10,620
|
5.1 %
|
0.0 %
|
10,340
|
|
Morocco
|
31,968,361
|
100,000
|
13,213,000
|
41.3 %
|
11.1 %
|
4,075,500
|
|
Mozambique
|
22,948,858
|
30,000
|
613,600
|
2.7
%
|
0.5 %
|
186,460
|
|
Namibia
|
2,147,585
|
30,000
|
127,500
|
5.9
%
|
0.1 %
|
134,140
|
|
Niger
|
16,468,886
|
5,000
|
115,900
|
0.7
%
|
0.1 %
|
44,580
|
|
Nigeria
|
155,215,573
|
200,000
|
43,982,200
|
28.3
%
|
37.0 %
|
4,369,740
|
|
Reunion (FR)
|
834,261
|
130,000
|
300,000
|
36.0 %
|
0.3 %
|
206,800
|
|
Rwanda
|
11,370,425
|
5,000
|
450,000
|
4.0
%
|
0.4 %
|
114,740
|
|
Saint
Helena (UK)
|
7,700
|
n/a
|
900
|
11.7
%
|
0.0 %
|
n/a
|
|
Sao
Tome & Principe
|
179,506
|
6,500
|
26,700
|
14.9 %
|
0.0 %
|
3,320
|
|
Senegal
|
12,643,799
|
40,000
|
923,000
|
7.3
%
|
0.8 %
|
620,260
|
|
Seychelles
|
89,188
|
6,000
|
33,900
|
38.0 %
|
0.0 %
|
19,500
|
|
Sierra
Leone
|
5,363,669
|
5,000
|
40,480
|
0.8
%
|
0.0 %
|
48,520
|
|
Somalia
|
9,925,640
|
200
|
106,000
|
1.1
%
|
0.1 %
|
55,140
|
|
South
Africa
|
49,004,031
|
2,400,000
|
6,800,000
|
13.9
%
|
5.7 %
|
4,822,820
|
|
South Sudan
|
8,260,490
|
-
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
0.0 %
|
n/a
|
|
Sudan
|
45,047,502
|
30,000
|
4,200,000
|
9.3
%
|
3.5 %
|
n/a
|
|
Swaziland
|
1,370,424
|
10,000
|
90,000
|
6.6 %
|
0.1 %
|
54,220
|
|
Tanzania
|
42,746,620
|
115,000
|
676,000
|
1.6
%
|
0.6 %
|
414,540
|
|
Togo
|
6,771,993
|
100,000
|
356,300
|
5.3
%
|
0.3 %
|
71,200
|
|
Tunisia
|
10,629,186
|
100,000
|
3,600,000
|
33.9
%
|
3.0 %
|
2,799,260
|
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Uganda
|
34,612,250
|
40,000
|
3,200,000
|
9.2
%
|
2.7 %
|
346,980
|
|
Western Sahara
|
507,160
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
0.0 %
|
n/a
|
|
Zambia
|
13,881,336
|
20,000
|
816,700
|
5.9
%
|
0.7 %
|
177,820
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
12,084,304
|
50,000
|
1,422,000
|
11.8
%
|
1.2 %
|
n/a
|
|
TOTAL
AFRICA
|
1,037,524,058
|
4,514,400
|
118,848,060
|
11.5
%
|
100.0 %
|
37,739,380
|
|
NOTES: (1) Africa Internet
Statistics were updated for December 31, 2011. (2) CLICK on each
country name for further data on individual countries and
regions. (3) Population numbers are based on data from the
U.S. Census Bureau. (4) For help and definitions, see
the site surfing
guide. (5) Internet
usage information comes mainly from data published by
WWW, ITU , Facebook, the Nielsen Company and other trustworthy sources. (6) For growth
comparison purposes, baseline usage data for the year 2000 is displayed.
(7) Data from this table may be cited, giving the due credit and
establishing an active link back to internetworldstats.com Copyright 2012, © Miniwatts
Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide.
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