Countries in Asia by internet users
The share of the population that used the internet in the last three months, from any device. 43 countries in Asia, highest first. World Bank, mostly 2024
Median country
86%
half above, half below| # | Country | % online | Year | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | 100% | 2024 | Western Asia | |
| =1 | 100% | 2025 | Western Asia | |
| =1 | 100% | 2024 | Western Asia | |
| =1 | 100% | 2024 | Western Asia | |
| 5 | 98% | 2024 | Western Asia | |
| 6 | 98% | 2024 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 7 | 98% | 2024 | Eastern Asia | |
| 8 | 96% | 2024 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 9 | 96% | 2024 | Western Asia | |
| 10 | 95% | 2024 | Western Asia | |
| 11 | 94% | 2024 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 12 | 93% | 2024 | Central Asia | |
| 13 | 92% | 2024 | Central Asia | |
| 14 | 92% | 2025 | Eastern Asia | |
| 15 | 91% | 2024 | Southern Asia | |
| 16 | 91% | 2024 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 17 | 91% | 2025 | Western Asia | |
| 18 | 90% | 2025 | Western Asia | |
| 19 | 90% | 2024 | Western Asia | |
| 20 | 90% | 2024 | Central Asia | |
| 21 | 88% | 2024 | Western Asia | |
| 22 | 86% | 2024 | Eastern Asia | |
| 23 | 85% | 2024 | Southern Asia | |
| 24 | 85% | 2024 | Southern Asia | |
| 25 | 85% | 2024 | Eastern Asia | |
| 26 | 84% | 2024 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 27 | 84% | 2024 | Western Asia | |
| 28 | 82% | 2024 | Western Asia | |
| 29 | 81% | 2024 | Western Asia | |
| 30 | 81% | 2024 | Western Asia | |
| 31 | 73% | 2024 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 32 | 70% | 2025 | Southern Asia | |
| 33 | 69% | 2024 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 34 | 67% | 2024 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 35 | 66% | 2024 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 36 | 57% | 2024 | Southern Asia | |
| 37 | 56% | 2024 | Central Asia | |
| 38 | 55% | 2024 | Southern Asia | |
| 39 | 53% | 2024 | Southern Asia | |
| 40 | 46% | 2024 | Southern Asia | |
| 41 | 45% | 2020 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 42 | 35% | 2021 | South-Eastern Asia | |
| 43 | 16% | 2024 | Southern Asia |
No World Bank figure for 5 countries: North Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Turkmenistan, Yemen.
Territories and other places
Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.
Questions
- Which country in Asia has the most internet users?
- Bahrain has the most internet users in Asia: 100% online (2024). Next come Kuwait (100% online) and Saudi Arabia (100% online).
- Which country in Asia has the fewest internet users?
- Afghanistan, with 16% online (2024).
- What is the typical internet users of a country in Asia?
- The median of the 43 countries in Asia is 86% online: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
- Where do the figures come from?
- The share of the population that used the internet in the last three months, from any device. Source: World Bank, mostly 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.
Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.