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Internet.. y eso
¿qué es?
¿Estamos en la era de la información o es un mero
espejismo?. Mientras el mundo occidental y desarrollado disfruta de
las ventajas del uso de las Tecnologías de la información, una gran
parte de la humanidad (más del 55%) no ha utilizado nunca internet y
el 26% de ella no sabe ni que es.
Esta es la conclusión más destacada de
un reciente estudio de la consultora Alpha Research, que
desmitifica la idea de que la web es algo que está en la vida de
todos y que es ya una herramienta indispensable para vivir.
"Fractura Digital"
Casi una sexta parte de la población mundial es "usuaria" de las
Tecnologías de la información. En total unos 932 millones sobre los
6.000 millones que habitan el mundo. Aunque si hablamos de usuarios
"activos", es decir aquellos que se conectan a menudo o que realizan
una actividad cotidiana de la red, esta cifra es aún menor.
La inmensa mayoría de estos internautas están concentrados en países
desarrollados económicamente y aunque para el año 2007 se prevé que
el número de habitantes online se incrementará en unos 400 millones
más (alcanzando los 1.350 millones, según datos de Computer
Industry Almanac), este hecho se producirá en aquellos
países que ya tienen una base consolidada de usuarios siendo el
aumento muy menor en los países del tercer mundo y subdesarrollados.
Los más conectados
Estados Unidos, China (aunque en este caso el porcentaje de
población online es aún muy bajo), encabezan el ranking de países
con mayor número de usuarios online. Eso sí, si observamos el
ranking desde otra perspectiva, es decir el porcentaje de población
online el ranking varia de manera importante.
África, por el contrario encabeza la región con menor número de
usuarios online. Somalia, con 200 usuarios, seguido de El Congo con
500, Liberia con 600 y la Guinea Ecuatorial con 900, son los países
en los que acceso a las nuevas tecnologías es aun un lujo disponible
solo para las capas más selectas de la comunidad.
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Top
15 Countries in Internet Usage
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Fuente
Computer Industry Almanac |
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Year-end
2004:
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Internet Users (#K)
|
Share %
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1. U.S. |
185,550
|
19.86
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2. China |
99,800
|
10.68
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3. Japón |
78,050
|
8.35
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4. Alemania |
41,880
|
4.48
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5. India |
36,970
|
3.96
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6. UK |
33,110
|
3.54
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7. Corea del Sur |
31,670
|
3.39
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8. Italia |
25,530
|
2.73
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9. Francia |
25,470
|
2.73
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10. Brasil |
22,320
|
2.39
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11. Rusia |
21,230
|
2.27
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12. Canadá |
20,450
|
2.19
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13. México |
13,880
|
1.49
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14. España |
13,440
|
1.44
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15. Australia |
13,010
|
1.39
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Top 15 países
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662,360
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70.88
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Total Mundo |
934,480
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100
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Active Internet Users by Country, September
2004, Home
Fuente Nielsen Netratings |
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Country |
August
2004 |
September
2004 |
Growth % |
Change |
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Australia |
8.817.815 |
8.850.479 |
0.37% |
32.664 |
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Brazil |
12.019.552 |
11.992.791 |
-0.22% |
-26.762 |
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France |
14.222.597 |
15.197.078 |
6.85% |
974.481 |
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Germany |
29.215.331 |
30.073.931 |
2.94% |
858.600 |
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Hong Kong |
2.673.388 |
2.483.261 |
-7.11% |
-190.127 |
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Italy |
14.930.690 |
16.622.066 |
11.33% |
1.691.376 |
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Japan |
35.646.372 |
36.277.805 |
1.77% |
631.433 |
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Spain |
7.466.380 |
8.498.602 |
13.82% |
1.032.222 |
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Sweden |
4.694.397 |
4.646.457 |
-1.02% |
-47.940 |
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Switzerland |
3.321.652 |
3.170.841 |
-4.54% |
-150.812 |
United
Kingdom |
21.783.154 |
22.505.058 |
3.31% |
721.903 |
United
States |
137.038.072 |
135.423.830 |
-1.18% |
-1.614.242 |
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TOTALS |
291.829.401 |
295.742.198 |
1.34% |
3.912.797 |
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| Nation |
Population
(CIA's
World
Factbook) |
Internet Users
(CIA's
World
Factbook) |
| Afghanistan |
28.71 million |
NA |
| Albania |
3.58 million |
12,000 |
| Algeria |
32.81 million |
180,000 |
| Andorra |
69,150 |
24,500 |
| Angola |
10.76 million |
60,000 |
| Anguilla |
12,738 |
919 |
| Antigua and
Barbuda |
67,897 |
5,000 |
| Argentina |
38.74 million |
4.65 million
. |
| Armenia |
3.32 million |
30,000 |
| Aruba |
70,844 |
24,000 |
| Australia |
19.73 million |
13.01 million
. |
| Austria |
8.18 million |
4.65 million
. |
| Azerbaijan |
7.83 million |
25,000 |
| The Bahamas |
297,477 |
16,900 |
| Bahrain |
667,238 |
140,200 |
| Bangladesh |
138.44 million |
150,000 |
| Barbados |
277,264 |
6,000 |
| Belarus |
10.33 million |
422,000 |
| Belgium |
10.28 million |
4.87 million
. |
| Belize |
266,440 |
18,000 |
| Benin |
7.04 million |
25,000 |
| Bhutan |
2.13 million |
2,500 |
| Bolivia |
8.58 million |
78,000 |
| Bosnia and
Herzegovian |
3.98 million |
45,000 |
| Botswana |
1.57 million |
33,000 |
| Brazil |
182.03 million |
22.32 million
. |
| Brunei |
358,098 |
35,000 |
| Bulgaria |
7.53 million |
1.61 million
. |
| Burkina Faso |
13.22 million |
25,000 |
| Burma |
42.51 million |
10,000 |
| Burundi |
6.09 million |
6,000 |
| Cambodia |
13.12 million |
10,000 |
| Cameroon |
15.74 million |
45,000 |
| Canada |
32.20 million |
20.45 million
. |
| Cape Verde |
412,137 |
12,000 |
| Cayman Islands |
41,934 |
NA |
| Central African
Republic |
3.68 million |
2,000 |
| Chad |
9.25 million |
4,000 |
| Chile |
15.66 million |
5.04 million
. |
| China |
1.28 billion |
99.80 million
. |
| Colombia |
41.66 million |
1.87 million
. |
| Comoros |
632,948 |
2,500 |
Congo,
Democratic
Republic of the |
56.62 million |
6,000 |
| Congo, Republic |
2.95 million |
500 |
| Cook Islands |
21,008 |
NA |
| Costa Rica |
3.89 million |
384,000 |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
16.96 million |
70,000 |
| Croatia |
4.42 million |
480,000 |
| Cuba |
11.26 million |
120,000 |
| Cyprus |
771,657 |
150,000 |
| Czech Republic |
10.24 million |
3.53 million
. |
| Denmark |
5.38 million |
3.72 million
. |
| Djibouti |
457,130 |
3,300 |
| Dominica |
69,655 |
2,000 |
| Dominican
Republic |
8.71 million |
186,000 |
| East Timor |
977,853 |
NA |
| Ecuador |
13.71 million |
328,000 |
| Egypt |
74.71 million |
2.42 million
. |
| El Salvador |
6.47 million |
40,000 |
| Equatorial
Guinea |
510,473 |
900 |
| Eritrea |
4.36 million |
10,000 |
| Estonia |
1.40 million |
620,000 |
| Ethiopia |
66.55 million |
20,000 |
| Faroe Islands |
46,345 |
3,000 |
| Fiji |
856,300 |
15,000 |
| Finland |
5.19 million |
3.27 million
. |
| France |
60.18 million |
25.47 million
. |
| French Guiana |
182,917 |
2,000 |
| French Polynesia |
262,125 |
16,000 |
| Gabon |
1.32 million |
18,000 |
| Gambia |
1.5 million |
5,000 |
| Georgia |
4.93 million |
25,000 |
| Germany |
82.39 million |
41.88 million
. |
| Ghana |
20.46 million |
200,000 |
| Gilbraltar |
27,776 |
NA |
| Greece |
10.66 million |
2.71 million
. |
| Greenland |
56,385 |
20,000 |
| Grenada |
89,258 |
5,200 |
| Guadeloupe |
440,189 |
4,000 |
| Guam |
163,941 |
5,000 |
| Guatemala |
13.90 million |
200,000 |
| Guernsey |
64,818 |
NA |
| Guinea |
9.03 million |
15,000 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1.36 million |
4,000 |
| Guyana |
702,100 |
95,000 |
| Haiti |
7.52 million |
30,000 |
| Honduras |
6.66 million |
40,000 |
| Hong Kong |
7.39 million |
4.58 million
. |
| Hungary |
10.04 million |
2.94 million
. |
| Iceland |
200,000 |
198,000
. |
| India |
1.04 billion |
36.97 million
. |
| Indonesia |
234.89 million |
12.86 million
. |
| Iran |
68.27 million |
420,000 |
| Iraq |
24.68 million |
12,500 |
| Ireland |
3.92 million |
1.81 million
. |
| Isle of Man |
74,261 |
NA |
| Islas Malvinas
(Falkland Islands) |
2,967 |
NA |
| Israel |
6.11 million |
3.13 million
. |
| Italy |
57.99 million |
25.53 million
. |
| Jamaica |
2.69 million |
100,000 |
| Japan |
127.21 million |
78.05 million
. |
| Jersey |
90,156 |
NA |
| Jordan |
5.46 million |
212,000 |
| Kazakhstan |
16.76 million |
100,000 |
| Kenya |
31.63 million |
500,000 |
| Kiribati |
98,549 |
1,000 |
| Kuwait |
2.18 million |
200,000 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
4.89 million |
51,600 |
| Laos |
5.92 million |
10,000 |
| Latvia |
2.34 million |
455,000 |
| Lebanon |
3.72 million |
300,000 |
| Lesotho |
1.86 million |
5,000 |
| Liberia |
3.31 million |
500 |
| Libya |
5.49 million |
20,000 |
| Liechtenstein |
33,14 |
NA |
| Lithuania |
3.59 million |
480,000 |
| Luxembourg |
454,157 |
100,000 |
| Macau |
469,903 |
101,000 |
| Macedonia |
2.06 million |
100,000 |
| Madagascar |
16.97 million |
35,000 |
| Malawi |
11.65 million |
35,000 |
| Malaysia |
23.09 million |
10.04 million
. |
| Maldives |
329,684 |
6,000 |
| Mali |
11.62 million |
30,000 |
| Malta |
400,420 |
59,000 |
| Marshall Islands |
56,429 |
900 |
| Martinique |
425,966 |
5,000 |
| Mauritania |
2.91 million |
7,500 |
| Mauritius |
1.21 million |
158,000 |
| Mexico |
104.90 million |
13.88 million
. |
| Micronesia |
108,143 |
2,000 |
| Moldova |
4.43 million |
15,000 |
| Monaco |
32,130 |
NA |
| Mongolia |
2.71 million |
40,000 |
| Montserrat |
8,995 |
NA |
| Morocco |
31.68 million |
400,000 |
| Mozambique |
17,47 million |
22,500 |
| Namibia |
1.92 million |
45,000 |
| Nauru |
12,570 |
NA |
| Nepal |
26.46 million |
60,000 |
| The Netherlands |
16.15 million |
9.79 million |
| Netherlands
Antilles |
216,226 |
2,000 |
| New Caledonia |
210,798 |
24,000 |
| New Zealand |
3.95 million |
2.34 million |
| Nicaragua |
5.12 million |
20,000 |
| Niger |
10.05 million |
12,000 |
| Nigeria |
133.88 million |
100,000 |
| Niue |
2,145 |
NA |
| Norfolk Island |
1,853 |
NA |
| North Korea |
22.46 million |
NA |
| Northern Mariana
Islar |
80,006 |
NA |
| Norway |
4.54 million |
3.03 million |
| Oman |
2.80 million |
120,000 |
| Pakistan |
150.69 million |
1.2 million |
| Palau |
19,717 |
NA |
| Panama |
2.96 million |
45,000 |
| Papua New Guinea |
5.29 million |
135,000 |
| Paraguay |
6.03 million |
20,000 |
| Peru |
28.40 million |
4.57 million
. |
| Philippines |
84.61 million |
5.96 million
. |
| Pitcairn Islands |
47 |
NA |
| Poland |
38.62 million |
10.4 million
. |
| Portugal |
10.10 million |
6.09 million
. |
| Puerto Rico |
3.88 million |
600,000 |
| Qatar |
817,052 |
75,000 |
| Reunion |
755,171 |
10,000 |
| Romania |
22.27 million |
4.94 million
. |
| Russia |
144.52 million |
21.23 million
. |
| Rwanda |
7.81 million |
20,000 |
| St. Kitts and
Nevis |
38,763 |
2,000 |
| St. Lucia |
162,157 |
3,000 |
| St. Vincent and
the Grenadines |
116,812 |
3,500 |
| Samoa |
178,173 |
3,000 |
| San Marino |
28,119 |
NA |
| Sao Tome and
Principe |
175,883 |
9,000 |
| Saudi Arabia |
24.29 million |
2.54 million
. |
| Senegal |
10.58 million |
100,000 |
| Seychelles |
80,469 |
9,000 |
| Sierra Leone |
5.73 million |
20,000 |
| Singapore |
4.60 million |
2.75 million
. |
| Slovakia |
5.43 million |
1.61 million
. |
| Slovenia |
1.93 million |
930,000 |
| Solomon Islands |
509,190 |
8,400 |
| Somalia |
8.02 million |
200 |
| South Africa |
43.6 million |
4.78 million
. |
| South Korea |
42.76 million |
31.67 million
. |
| Spain |
40.21 million |
13.44 million
. |
| Sri Lanka |
19.74 million |
121,500 |
| Sudan |
38.11 million |
56,000 |
| Suriname |
435,449 |
14,500 |
| Svalbard |
2,811 |
NA |
| Swaziland |
1.16 million |
14,000 |
| Sweden |
8.87 million |
6.12 million
. |
| Switzerland |
7.31 million |
4.60 million
. |
| Syria |
17.58 million |
60,000 |
| Taiwan |
22.60 million |
9.52 million
. |
| Tajilistan |
6.86 million |
5,000 |
| Tanzania |
35.92 million |
300,000 |
| Thailand |
64.26 million |
7.57 million
. |
| Togo |
5.42 million |
50,000 |
| Tokelau |
1,418 |
NA |
| Tonga |
108,141 |
1,000 |
| Trinidad and
Tobago |
1.10 million |
120,000 |
| Tunisia |
9.92 million |
400,000 |
| Turkey |
68.10 million |
7.27 million
. |
| Turkmenistan |
4.77 million |
2,000 |
| Turks and Caicos |
19,350 |
NA |
| Tuvalu |
11,305 |
NA |
| Uganda |
25.63 million |
60,000 |
| Ukraine |
48.05 million |
5.2781 million
. |
| United Arab
Emirates |
2.48 million |
900,000 |
| United Kingdom |
60.09 million |
33.11 million
. |
| United States |
290.34 million |
185.55 million
. |
| Uruguay |
3.41 million |
600,000
. |
| Uzbekistan |
25.98 million |
100,000 |
| Vanuatu |
199,414 |
3,000 |
| Venezuela |
24.65 million |
2.31 million
. |
| Vietnam |
81.62 million |
400,000 |
| Virgin Islands |
124,778 |
12,000 |
| Wallis and
Futuna |
15,734 |
NA |
| Western Sahara |
261,794 |
NA |
| Yemen |
19.34 million |
17,000 |
| Zambia |
10.30 million |
25,000 |
| Zimbabwe |
12.57 million |
100,000 |
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