Fast Facts
Gary Pattillo · College & Research Libraries News · 2015
Information and communications technology access About 3.2 billion people will be using the Internet by the end of 2015, according to a report on Internet usage worldwide released by the International Telecommunications Union.Of that number, 2 billion are from developing countries.These numbers are up from 400 million Internet users (100 million from developing countries) in the year 2000.Four billion people from developing countries remain offline.Of the lowest income countries, less than 10 percent of the population uses the Internet.International Telecommunication Union, "ITU ICT Facts and Figures-The world in 2015," May 2015, www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/ICTFactsFigures2015.pdf(retrieved June 10, 2015).