Between 2000 and 2010, Global Internet Users Grew 2-3 Orders of Magnitude, Globally

Growth of global Internet users of about eight percent on 2011 might not sound like too much, given the 2000 to 2010 rates of growth. After all, Internet users in Africa grew 2357 percent between 2000 and 2010. 

In Asia, growth was a more modest 622 percent. And global growth masks much-higher growth rates in some regions and areas. India's 2011 growth rate was 38 percent; Indonesia's growth rate was 22 percent; while in the Philippines Internet users grew 44 percent.