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Internet Users Statistics for Africa
( Africa
Internet Usage, 2017 Population Stats and Facebook Subscribers)
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AFRICA 2017 POPULATION AND INTERNET USERS STATISTICS FOR 2017
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AFRICA
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Population
(2017 Est.)
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Internet Users
31-Dec-2000
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Internet Users
30-June-2017
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Penetration
(% Population)
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Internet
Growth %
2000 - 2017
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Facebook
subscribers
30-Jun-2017
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Algeria
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41,063,753
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50,000
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18,580,000
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45.2 %
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37,060.0 %
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18,000,000
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Angola
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26,655,513
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30,000
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5,951,453
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22.3 %
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19,738.2 %
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3,800,000
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Benin
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11,458,611
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15,000
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1,375,033
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12.0
%
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9,066.9 %
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800,000
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Botswana
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2,343,981
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15,000
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923,528
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39.4
%
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6,056.9 %
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690,000
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Burkina Faso
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19,173,322
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10,000
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2,684,265
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14.0
%
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26,742.7 %
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600,000
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Burundi
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11,936,481
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3,000
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617,116
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5.2
%
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20,470.5 %
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450,000
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Cabo
Verde
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533,468
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8,000
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256,972
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48.2
%
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3,112.2 %
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210,000
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Cameroon
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24,513,689
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20,000
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6,128,422
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25.0
%
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24,445.9 %
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2,100,000
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Central African Rep.
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5,098,826
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1,500
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246,432
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4.8
%
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16,328.8 %
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66,000
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Chad
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14,965,482
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1,000
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748,274
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5.0
%
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74,727.4 %
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170,000
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Comoros
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825,920
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1,500
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65,578
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7.9%
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4,271.9 %
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60,000
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Congo
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4,866,243
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500
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400,000
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8.2
%
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79,900.0 %
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400,000
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Congo,
Dem. Rep.
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82,242,685
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500
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5,107,271
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6.2
%
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1,021,354.2 %
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2,100,000
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Cote
d'Ivoire
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23,815,886
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40,000
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6,318,355
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26.5
%
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15,695.9 %
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2,400,000
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Djibouti
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911,382
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1,400
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180,000
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19.8
%
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12,757.1 %
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180,000
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Egypt
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95,215,102
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450,000
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37,333,841
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39.2
%
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8,196.4 %
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33,000,000
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Equatorial Guinea
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894,464
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500
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212,704
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23.8
%
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42,440.8 %
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67,000
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Eritrea
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5,481,906
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5,000
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71,000
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1.3
%
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1,320.0 %
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63,000
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Ethiopia
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104,344,901
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10,000
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16,037,811
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15.4
%
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160,278.1 %
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4,500,000
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Gabon
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1,801,232
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15,000
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865,492
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48.1
%
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5,669.9 %
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470,000
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Gambia
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2,120,418
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4,000
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392,277
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18.5
%
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9,706.9 %
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220,000
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Ghana
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28,656,723
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30,000
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9,935,286
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34.7
%
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33,017.6 %
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4,000,000
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Guinea
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13,290,659
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8,000
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1,302,485
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9.8
%
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16,181.1 %
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950,000
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Guinea-Bissau
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1,932,871
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1,500
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84,000
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4.3
%
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5,500.0 %
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84,000
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Kenya
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48,466,928
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200,000
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43,329,434
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89.4
%
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21,564.7 %
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6,200,000
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Lesotho
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2,185,159
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4,000
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597,860
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27.4
%
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14,846.5 %
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290,000
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Liberia
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4,730,437
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500
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395,063
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8.4 %
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78,912.6 %
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330,000
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Libya
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6,408,742
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10,000
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2,800,000
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43.7
%
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27,900.0 %
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2,800,000
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Madagascar
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25,612,972
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30,000
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1,300,000
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5.1
%
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4,233.3 %
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1,300,000
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Malawi
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18,298,679
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15,000
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1,758,503
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9.6
%
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11,623.4 %
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720,000
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Mali
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18,689,966
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18,800
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2,212,450
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11.8
%
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11,668.4 %
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1,000,000
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Mauritania
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4,266,448
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5,000
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770,000
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18.0
%
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15,300.0 %
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770,000
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Mauritius
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1,281,353
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87,000
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803,896
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62.7 %
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824.0 %
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630,000
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Mayotte (FR)
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253,068
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n/a
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107,940
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42.7 %
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n/a
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56,000
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Morocco
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35,241,418
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100,000
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20,535,174
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58.3 %
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20,435.2 %
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12,000,000
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Mozambique
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29,537,914
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30,000
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5,169,135
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17.5
%
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17,130.5 %
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1,400,000
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Namibia
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2,568,569
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30,000
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797,027
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31.0
%
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2,556.8 %
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520,000
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Niger
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21,563,607
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5,000
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931,548
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4.3
%
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18,531.0 %
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280,000
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Nigeria
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191,835,936
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200,000
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91,598,757
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47.7
%
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45,699.4 %
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16,000,000
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Reunion (FR)
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873,356
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130,000
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390,000
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44.7 %
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200.0 %
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390,000
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Rwanda
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12,159,586
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5,000
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3,724,678
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30.6
%
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74,393.6 %
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490,000
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Saint
Helena (UK)
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3,970
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n/a
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2,000
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50.4
%
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n/a
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2,000
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Sao
Tome & Principe
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198,481
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6,500
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55,575
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28.0 %
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755.0 %
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38,000
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Senegal
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16,054,275
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40,000
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4,119,527
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25.7
%
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10,198.8 %
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2,300,000
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Seychelles
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97,539
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6,000
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55,119
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56.5 %
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818.7 %
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48,000
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Sierra
Leone
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6,732,899
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5,000
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792,462
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11.8
%
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15,749.2 %
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310,000
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Somalia
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11,391,962
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200
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900,000
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7.9
%
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449,900.0 %
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900,000
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South
Africa
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55,436,360
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2,400,000
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29,935,634
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54.0
%
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1,147.3 %
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16,000,000
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South Sudan
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13,096,190
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n/a
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2,179,963
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16.6 %
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n/a
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180,000
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Sudan
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42,166,323
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30,000
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11,806,570
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28.0
%
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39,255.2 %
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3,000,000
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Swaziland
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1,320,356
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10,000
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436,051
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33.0 %
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4,260.5 %
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160,000
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Tanzania
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56,877,529
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115,000
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7,394,079
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13.0
%
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6,329.6 %
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6,100,000
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Togo
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7,691,915
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100,000
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869,956
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13.0
%
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770.0 %
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340,000
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Tunisia
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11,494,760
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100,000
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5,848,534
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50.9
%
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5,748.5 %
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5,800,000
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Uganda
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41,652,938
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40,000
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19,000,000
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45.6
%
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32,457.8 %
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2,200,000
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Western Sahara
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596,021
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n/a
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27,000
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4.5 %
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n/a
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23,000
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Zambia
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17,237,931
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20,000
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5,192,284
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30.1 %
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25,861.4 %
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1,400,000
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Zimbabwe
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16,337,760
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50,000
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6,722,677
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41.1
%
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13,345.4 %
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850,000
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TOTAL AFRICA
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1,246,504,865
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4,514,400
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388,376,491
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31.2 %
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8,503.1 %
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160,207,000
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Rest of World
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6,272,524,105
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83.4 %
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3,497,191,128
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55.8 %
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90.0 %
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1,819,496,530
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WORLD
TOTAL
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7,519,028,970
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100.0 %
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3,885,567,619
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51.7 %
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100.0 %
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1,979,703,530
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NOTES: (1) Africa Internet
Statistics were updated in June 30, 2017. (2) Africa Facebook subscribers
are in June 30, 2017. (3) CLICK on each country name for further data
on individual countries and regions. (4) Africa Population numbers are mid-year 2017
estimates, based on data from the
United Nations Population Division.
(5) For definitions, navigation help and methodology, see the
site surfing guide.
(6) Africa Internet usage information comes from, among others, data published by
WWW, ITU , Facebook, and other trustworthy sources. (7) For Internet
growth comparison purposes, baseline Internet usage data for the year 2000 is also displayed.
(8) Data from this table may be cited, giving the due credit and establishing a link back to internetworldstats.com Copyright 2017, © Miniwatts
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