Australia

Internet users in Australia

Internet users in Australia: 0.6% in 1990 and 96.1% in 2024, by ITU estimates.

Latest, 2024
96.1%
Since 1990
+95.5 percentage points
Rank, 2024
19 of 182
counting from the highest
World, 2024
71.2%
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% of people · ITU

Internet users in AustraliaInternet users in Australia: 0.6% in 1990 and 96.1% in 2024, by ITU estimates. The highest was 97% in 2021, the lowest 0.6% in 1990.
Estimates, ITUWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 97% in 2021, the lowest 0.6% in 1990.

Every year

% of people · ITU

YearAustraliaWorld
2025–73.6
202496.171.2
202396.169.2
202296.167
20219763.8
202094.760.1
201993.653.9
20189049.4
201786.646.3
201686.543.6
201584.639.9
20148437.4
201383.535.3
20127933.3
201179.530.9
20107628.4
200974.325.3
200871.722.8
200769.520.2
20066617.2
20056315.6
200152.7–
200046.8–
199940.8–
199830.8–
199716.4–
19963.3–
19952.8–
19942.2–
19932–
19921.8–
19911.1–
19900.6–

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.

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