India
Internet users in India
Internet users in India: 0% in 1990 and 70% in 2025, by ITU estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 70%
- Since 1990
- +70 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 130 of 182
- counting from the highest
- World, 2025
- 73.6%
% of people · ITU
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | India | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 64.9 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 60.3 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 55.9 | 67 |
| 2021 | 49.3 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 43.4 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 29.5 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 20.1 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 18.2 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 16.5 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 14.9 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 13.5 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 12.3 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 11.1 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 10.1 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 7.5 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 5.1 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 4.4 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 2.8 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 2.4 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 2 | – |
| 2003 | 1.7 | – |
| 2002 | 1.5 | – |
| 2001 | 0.7 | – |
| 2000 | 0.5 | – |
| 1999 | 0.3 | – |
| 1998 | 0.1 | – |
| 1997 | 0.1 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 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.
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Military
- Military spending2.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$93.3B in 2025
- Military spending per person$63 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel3.07 million people in 2020
- National power9.94% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2.86 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports81 million TIV in 2025