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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

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryInternet users
1 Norway 96.5%
2 South Korea 96.0%
3 Canada 94.6%
4 Saudi Arabia 93.3%
5 Netherlands 91.9%
6 United Kingdom 90.7%
7 Hong Kong SAR China 90.5%
8 Finland 88.9%
9 United States 88.5%
10 Germany 87.0%
11 Spain 86.1%
12 Chile 84.9%
13 France 82.0%
14 Lebanon 80.9%
15 Russia 80.9%
16 Czechia 80.7%
17 Lithuania 79.7%
18 Argentina 77.7%
19 Poland 77.5%
20 Italy 74.4%
21 Greece 72.2%
22 Türkiye 71.0%
23 Romania 70.7%
24 Brazil 70.4%
25 China 65.4%
26 Bulgaria 64.8%
27 Colombia 64.1%
28 Ecuador 57.5%
29 Mexico 56.7%
30 Gabon 55.4%
31 Algeria 49.0%
32 Egypt 46.9%
33 Philippines 44.1%
34 Indonesia 39.9%
35 Honduras 36.0%
36 Bangladesh 25.6%
37 India 20.1%
38 Liberia 17.3%
39 Sierra Leone 14.4%
40 Congo - Brazzaville 11.8%
41 Congo - Kinshasa 11.7%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2018

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.