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About a third of the world's population has access to Internet. However, more needs to be done in order to achieve Internet penetration targets set out in the Millennium Development Goals, said an International Telecommunications Union's Broadband report in September.
The report released by the ITU's Broadband Commission for Digital Development and titled State of Broadband 2012 evaluated the deployment of broadband services around the world in 170 countries. It also tracked progress towards achieving targets set by the commission regarding increasing the affordability and use of broadband.
Let's take a look at how many people in 21 countries, including India, use Internet.
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India
Internet access (2011): 10.1 per cent
Global rank: 136
Broadband access (2011): 1.0 per cent
Global rank: 112
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Iceland
Internet access (2011): 95 per cent
Global rank: 1
Broadband access (2011): 33.9 per cent
Global rank: 9
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Norway
Internet access (2011): 94.0 per cent
Global rank: 2
Broadband access (2011): 36.5 per cent
Global rank: 7
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The Netherlands
Internet access (2011): 92.3 per cent
Global rank: 3
Broadband access (2011): 38.7 per cent
Global rank: 4
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Sweden
Internet access (2011): 91.0 per cent
Global rank: 4
Broadband access (2011): 31.8 per cent
Global rank: 15
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Luxembourg
Internet access (2011): 90.9 per cent
Global rank: 5
Broadband access (2011): 32.9 per cent
Global rank: 11
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Denmark
Internet access (2011): 90.0 per cent
Global rank: 6
Broadband access (2011): 38.2 per cent
Global rank: 5
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Finland
Internet access (2011): 89.4 per cent
Global rank: 7
Broadband access (2011): 29.5 per cent
Global rank: 17
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Qatar
Internet access (2011): 86.2 per cent
Global rank: 8
Broadband access (2011): 8.7 per cent
Global rank: 66
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New Zealand
Internet access (2011): 86.0 per cent
Global rank: 9
Broadband access (2011): 25.8 per cent
Global rank: 23
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Switzerland
Internet access (2011): 85.2 per cent
Global rank: 10
Broadband access (2011): 39.2 per cent
Global rank: 3
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Liechtenstein
Internet access (2011): 85.0 per cent
Global rank: 11
Broadband access (2011): 71.6 per cent
Global rank: 1
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South Korea
Internet access (2011): 83.8 per cent
Global rank: 12
Broadband access (2011): 36.9 per cent
Global rank: 6
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Germany
Internet access (2011): 83.0 per cent
Global rank: 13
Broadband access (2011): 32.5 per cent
Global rank: 13
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Canada
Internet access (2011): 83.0 per cent
Global rank: 14
Broadband access (2011): 32 per cent
Global rank: 14
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The United Kingdom
Internet access (2011): 82.0 per cent
Global rank: 15
Broadband access (2011): 32.7 per cent
Global rank: 12
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Antigua and Barbuda
Internet access (2011): 82.0 per cent
Global rank: 16
Broadband access (2011): 6.7 per cent
Global rank: 74
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Andorra
Internet access (2011): 81.0 per cent
Global rank: 17
Broadband access (2011): 28.7 per cent
Global rank: 19
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Austria
Internet access (2011): 79.8 per cent
Global rank: 18
Broadband access (2011): 26.5 per cent
Global rank: 22
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France
Internet access (2011): 79.6 per cent
Global rank: 19
Broadband access (2011): 36.1 per cent
Global rank: 8
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Japan
Internet access (2011): 79.5 per cent
Global rank: 20
Broadband access (2011): 27.4 per cent
Global rank: 20