China
Internet users in China
Internet users in China: 0% in 1990 and 91.6% in 2025, by ITU estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 91.6%
- Since 1990
- +91.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 46 of 182
- counting from the highest
- World, 2025
- 73.6%
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- The highest was 92% in 2024, the lowest 0% in 1990.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91.6 | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 92 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 90.6 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 75.6 | 67 |
| 2021 | 73.1 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 70.1 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 64.1 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 65.4 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 54.3 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 53.2 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 50.3 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 47.9 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 45.8 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 42.3 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 38.3 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 34.3 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 28.9 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 22.6 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 16 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 10.5 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 8.5 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 7.3 | – |
| 2003 | 6.2 | – |
| 2002 | 4.6 | – |
| 2001 | 2.6 | – |
| 2000 | 1.8 | – |
| 1999 | 0.7 | – |
| 1998 | 0.2 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
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
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Military
- Military spending1.73% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$335B in 2025
- Military spending per person$237 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel2.54 million people in 2020
- National power23.41% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports207 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports880 million TIV in 2025