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Internet users in Bangladesh

1990 – 2024 · 29 data points 37 of 41 · Countries Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Internet users, 1990 – 2024 percent · Bangladesh · World
+44.4 pp since 2014
Bangladesh World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Compared with Internet users · percent
Bangladesh
53.4%
World
73.6% · 2025

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Bangladesh · 1990 – 2024
Latest value 53.4% · 2024
First value 0.0% · 1990
Highest 53.4% · 2024
Lowest 0.0% · 1990
Data points 29

By year

All years · 1990 – 2024

YearBangladeshChange World
2024 53.4% +8.9 pp 71.2%
2023 44.5% +2.9 pp 69.2%
2022 41.6% +2.7 pp 67.0%
2021 38.9% +2.8 pp 63.8%
2020 36.1% +5.7 pp 60.1%
2019 30.4% +4.8 pp 53.9%
2018 25.6% +4.1 pp 49.4%
2017 21.5% +4.6 pp 46.3%
2016 16.9% +4.5 pp 43.6%
2015 12.4% +3.3 pp 39.9%
2014 9.1% +2.4 pp 37.4%
2013 6.6% +1.6 pp 35.3%
2012 5.0% +0.5 pp 33.3%
2011 4.5% +0.8 pp 30.9%
2010 3.7% +0.6 pp 28.4%
2009 3.1% +0.6 pp 25.3%
2008 2.5% +0.7 pp 22.8%
2007 1.8% +0.8 pp 20.2%
2006 1.0% +0.8 pp 17.2%
2005 0.2% +0.0 pp 15.6%
2004 0.2% +0.0 pp —
2003 0.2% +0.0 pp —
2002 0.1% +0.0 pp —
2001 0.1% +0.1 pp —
2000 0.1% +0.0 pp —
1999 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1998 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1997 0.0% +0.0 pp —
1990 0.0% —

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
42 Congo - Kinshasa 3.0%
41 Liberia 5.4%
40 Sierra Leone 6.1%
39 Congo - Brazzaville 7.1%
38 Bangladesh 9.1%
37 India 13.5%
36 Indonesia 17.1%
35 Yemen 22.5%
34 Honduras 23.0%
33 Algeria 29.5%
32 Egypt 33.9%
31 Philippines 34.7%
30 Gabon 38.1%
29 Mexico 44.4%
28 Ecuador 45.6%
27 China 47.9%
26 Türkiye 51.0%
25 Colombia 52.6%
24 Romania 54.1%
23 Brazil 54.6%
22 Bulgaria 55.5%
21 Italy 55.6%
20 Chile 61.1%
19 Greece 63.2%
18 Argentina 64.7%
17 Saudi Arabia 64.7%
16 Poland 66.6%
15 Russia 70.5%
14 Lithuania 72.1%
13 United States 73.0%
12 Lebanon 73.0%
11 Czechia 74.2%
10 Spain 76.2%
9 Hong Kong SAR China 79.9%
8 France 83.8%
7 Germany 86.2%
6 Finland 86.5%
5 Canada 87.1%
4 South Korea 87.6%
3 United Kingdom 91.6%
2 Netherlands 91.7%
1 Norway 96.3%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2014

What it means

The share of people who used the internet in the last three months.

How it is calculated

Internet users of any age and device divided by the population, from surveys and estimates.