05 November 2002 | Author: Lyndsay Menzies COO

One big happy family

The worldwide online population has recently grown to over 600 million.

New statistics from Nua Internet Surveys show that 605.6 million people had Internet access at the end of September 2002, compared to 580.7 million in May 2002.

And findings show Europe as the headcount leader with almost 200 million Internet users.

The Asia-Pacific region has boomed in online population in recent months, having overtaken North America in its population of Internet users.

The study shows that the online population in Asia-Pacific reached 187.24 million by the end of September.

Interestingly, North America's online population has stagnated over the past few months, prompting suggestion that the market in that region is saturated.

Europe currently accounts for 31.5 percent of global Internet users, while Asia-Pacific has 30.9 percent and North America has 30.1 percent.

Trailers include Latin America with 5.5 percent of the world's Internet users, and Africa and the Middle East with one percent each.

World Total 605.60 million
Africa 6.31 million
Asia/Pacific 187.24 million
Europe 190.91 million
Middle East 5.12 million
Canada & USA 182.67 million
Latin America 33.35 million

For more information see www.nua.com

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