Bangladesh vs Sudan: Internet users
Internet users: 53.4% in Bangladesh in 2024 and 18.6% in Sudan in 2017, by ITU estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 2.9 percentage points, or 1.16 times that in Sudan.
BangladeshSudan
Watch it change on the mapLatest figures
% of people · ITU
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 53.4 2024 | 9.1 | 143 of 182 |
| Sudan | 18.6 2017 | 8.7 | — |
| World | 73.6 2025 | 39.9 |
What the numbers say
- Bangladesh has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Sudan.
- The world as a whole: 46.3% in 2017.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Bangladesh | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 53.4 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 44.5 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 41.6 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 38.9 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 36.1 | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 30.4 | – | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 25.6 | – | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 21.5 | 18.6 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 16.9 | 14.1 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 12.4 | 12 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 9.1 | – | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 6.6 | – | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 5 | – | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 4.5 | – | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 3.7 | – | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 3.1 | – | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 2.5 | – | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 1.8 | 8.7 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 1 | – | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 0.2 | – | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.2 | 0.8 | – |
| 2003 | 0.2 | 0.5 | – |
| 2002 | 0.1 | 0.4 | – |
| 2001 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – |
| 2000 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | – | 0 | – |
| 1995 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time