There were an estimated 2,267,233,742 internet users worldwide at year-end 2011, according to Internet World Stats. This represented about 32.7% of the population worldwide and a 528.1% growth compared to 2000.

Internet users worldwide by regions, year-end 2011 (December 2011):
WORLDWIDE: 2,267,233,742
- Asia: 1,016,799,076 (44.8% of internet users worldwide)
- Europe: 500,723,686 (22.1%)
- North America: 273,067,546 (12.0%)
- Latin America / Caribbean: 235,819,740 (10.4%)
- Africa: 139,875,242 (6.2%)
- Middle East: 77,020,995 (3.4%)
- Oceania / Australia: 23,927,457 (1.1%)