United States
Internet users in United States
Internet users in United States: 0.8% in 1990 and 94.7% in 2024, by ITU estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 94.7%
- Since 1990
- +93.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 29 of 182
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 71.2%
% of people · ITU
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | United States | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 94.7 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 93.5 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 92.7 | 67 |
| 2021 | 91.3 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 90.3 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 89.4 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 88.5 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 87.3 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 85.5 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 74.6 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 73 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 71.4 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 74.7 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 69.7 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 71.7 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 71 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 74 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 75 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 68.9 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 68 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 64.8 | – |
| 2003 | 61.7 | – |
| 2002 | 58.8 | – |
| 2001 | 49.1 | – |
| 2000 | 43.1 | – |
| 1999 | 35.8 | – |
| 1998 | 30.1 | – |
| 1997 | 21.6 | – |
| 1996 | 16.4 | – |
| 1995 | 9.2 | – |
| 1994 | 4.9 | – |
| 1993 | 2.3 | – |
| 1992 | 1.7 | – |
| 1991 | 1.2 | – |
| 1990 | 0.8 | – |
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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United States in numbers
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Military
- Military spending3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$929B in 2025
- Military spending per person$2,755 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel1.4 million people in 2020
- National power12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports14 billion TIV in 2025