Internet Will Pass 2 Billion Users This Year

According to the International Telecommunication Union, “the leading United Nations agency for information and technology communication issues,” the Internet will surpass 2 billion users by the end of this year.

Seeing as how the world’s population is close to 7 billion, about 30% of the entire world will be Internet users by the end of 2010. Another fun fact: 65% of the population in Europe is online, 55% of the population in the Americas is online, 21.9% population in the Asia/Pacific regions is online, and 9.6% of the population in Africa is online.

(via Mashable)

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