The 10 Countries with the Highest Internet Users (2025)

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Internet use exceeds 97% of the population in several Nordic countries. Across 186 countries with 2025 data, Bahrain tops the table for internet users (100 % of population), while Burundi sits at the bottom (8.6).

The top 10

  1. Bahrain — 100
  2. Kuwait — 100
  3. Saudi Arabia — 100
  4. United Arab Emirates — 100
  5. Denmark — 99.8
  6. Luxembourg — 99.1
  7. Monaco — 99
  8. Norway — 99
  9. Liechtenstein — 98.3
  10. Iceland — 98.2

At the other end of the table

  • Burundi — 8.6
  • Uganda — 8.9
  • Chad — 12.6

What the numbers show

The global average sits at about 72.6 % of population, with 119 of 186 countries above it. The median country (82.2) trails the leader by a wide margin. The top country reports roughly 11.6× the figure of the lowest — a reminder of how unevenly internet users is distributed.

Explore the complete, sortable ranking on the Internet Users by country map, or test your instincts in the daily map-guessing game. Data: World Bank Open Data, 2025.