United States — Internet users
Individuals Using the Internet (% of Population) for United States, 1990–2024.
Internet users for United States was 94.69% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1990 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 0.79% in 1990 (about 120.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 15.14% per year.
United States ranks 31 of 203 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 15%. The median for North America is 94.69%, so United States sits level with it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 30%. Its sharpest one-year move was up 114% in 1994. That is 8% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1990 level: doubled by 1992; grown tenfold by 1995. Doubling roughly every 4.9 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 1st of 201 in 1990 → 11th of 195 in 2000 → 27th of 200 in 2010 → 31st of 183 in 2020 → 29th of 180 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2024
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 94.69% | +1.2 pp |
| 2023 | 93.53% | +0.8 pp |
| 2022 | 92.73% | +1.5 pp |
| 2021 | 91.27% | +0.9 pp |
| 2020 | 90.34% | +0.9 pp |
| 2019 | 89.43% | +0.9 pp |
| 2018 | 88.5% | +1.2 pp |
| 2017 | 87.27% | +1.7 pp |
| 2016 | 85.54% | +11.0 pp |
| 2015 | 74.55% | +1.6 pp |
| 2014 | 73% | +1.6 pp |
| 2013 | 71.4% | -3.3 pp |
| 2012 | 74.7% | +5.0 pp |
| 2011 | 69.73% | -2.0 pp |
| 2010 | 71.69% | +0.7 pp |
| 2009 | 71% | -3.0 pp |
| 2008 | 74% | -1.0 pp |
| 2007 | 75% | +6.1 pp |
| 2006 | 68.93% | +1.0 pp |
| 2005 | 67.97% | +3.2 pp |
| 2004 | 64.76% | +3.1 pp |
| 2003 | 61.7% | +2.9 pp |
| 2002 | 58.79% | +9.7 pp |
| 2001 | 49.08% | +6.0 pp |
| 2000 | 43.08% | +7.3 pp |
| 1999 | 35.8% | +5.7 pp |
| 1998 | 30.1% | +8.5 pp |
| 1997 | 21.6% | +5.2 pp |
| 1996 | 16.4% | +7.2 pp |
| 1995 | 9.24% | +4.4 pp |
| 1994 | 4.86% | +2.6 pp |
| 1993 | 2.27% | +0.6 pp |
| 1992 | 1.72% | +0.6 pp |
| 1991 | 1.16% | +0.4 pp |
| 1990 | 0.79% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was United States’s Internet users in 1991?
1.16% (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of population, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is United States’s Internet users growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2024 the series was growing overall: +11962.9% in total — about 15.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator IT.NET.USER.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 94.69%; 2023: 93.53%; 2022: 92.73%; 2021: 91.27%; 2020: 90.34%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
IT.NET.USER.ZS — Individuals Using the Internet (% of Population). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.