India Fourth Largest Internet User

U.S. continues to lead with nearly 200 million Internet users at the end of 2005, China and India are now in second and fourth place among Internet users. India boasts 50.6 million internet users.

The number of Internet users surpassed one billion in 2005, up from only 45 million in 1995 and 420 million in 2000. It is expected to cross 2 billion in 2011 according to prediction by eTforecasts, U.S.-based research and consulting firm.

According to eTForecast’s data, the U.S. share of the global online population slid from 19.86 percent in 2004 to 18.3 percent last year, while China’s share crept up from 10.68 percent to 11.1 percent. Another survey also observes that Indians are increasingly becoming net-savvy with the Internet users base registering a 54 percent growth, with 38.5 million people using the medium this year.

via SiliconIndia Thanks