France
Internet users in France
Internet users in France: 0.1% in 1990 and 88.7% in 2024, by ITU estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 88.7%
- Since 1990
- +88.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 65 of 182
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 71.2%
% of people · ITU
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | France | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 88.7 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 86.8 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 85.3 | 67 |
| 2021 | 86.1 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 84.7 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 83.3 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 82 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 80.5 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 79.3 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 78 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 83.8 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 81.9 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 81.4 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 77.8 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 77.3 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 71.6 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 70.7 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 66.1 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 46.9 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 42.9 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 39.2 | – |
| 2003 | 36.1 | – |
| 2002 | 30.2 | – |
| 2001 | 26.3 | – |
| 2000 | 14.3 | – |
| 1999 | 9.1 | – |
| 1998 | 6.3 | – |
| 1997 | 4.3 | – |
| 1996 | 2.6 | – |
| 1995 | 1.6 | – |
| 1994 | 0.9 | – |
| 1993 | 0.6 | – |
| 1992 | 0.3 | – |
| 1991 | 0.1 | – |
| 1990 | 0.1 | – |
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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- Military spending2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$64.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,021 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel304,000 people in 2020
- National power1.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports236 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports3.37 billion TIV in 2025