Younger people, men and urban dwellers are more likely to use the internet than older adults, women and those in rural areas, with the gender gap more pronounced in developing nations. Internet access is often unaffordable in poorer nations – almost three-quarters of people have never been online in the 46 least-developed countries. The ITU cited measures such as lockdowns, school closures and the need to access services such remote banking as having an influence.īut the growth has been uneven. The number of users globally grew by more than 10% in the first year of the Covid crisis – by far the largest annual increase in a decade.
We are determined to ensure no one will be left behind,” said the ITU secretary general, Houlin Zhao. WorldPop aims to meet these needs through the provision of detailed and open access population distribution datasets built using transparent approaches. “ITU will work to make sure the building blocks are in place to connect the remaining 2.9 billion. But even among those internet users, many hundreds of millions might only go online infrequently, using shared devices or facing connection speeds that hamper their internet use. The agency said the estimated number of people who have gone online rose from 4.1 billion in 2019 to 4.9 billion this year, partially due to a “Covid connectivity boost”. According to the US Census Bureau, the estimated world population as of April 2019 is 7.7 billion people, up from 7.3 billion in 2016.
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