SKOPJE, May 6ؓlovenia leads among southeast European (SEE) countries in terms of Internet penetration rate with 64.8% of its population using the Internet at the end of March, Internet World Stats data showed on Wednesday.
Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro followas 44.2%, 44.0% and 41.3% of their population, respectively, were Internet users at the end of March 2009, a survey by the Internet World Stats indicated. Albania ranks dead last with only 16% of its population having access to internet, 5% less than Kosovo which ranks 2d last.
In terms of number of users, Romania tops the list of SEE countries with 7.43 million Internet users, followed by Serbia with 2.6 million and Bulgaria with 2.37 million.
Iceland leads the European countries in terms of penetration rate with 90% of its 304,000-strong population using the Internet. Germany leads in terms of number of users, with some 55.2 million.
Internet data for SEE countries:
Country Population Internet Users %Population % in Europe
Albania 3,619,778 580,000 16.0% 0.1%
BiH 4,590,310 1,441,000 31.4% 0.4%
Bulgaria 7,262,675 2,368,000 32.6% 0.6%
Croatia 4,491,543 1,984,800 44.2% 0.5%
Kosovo 1,794,984 377,000 21.0% 0.1%
Macedonia 2,061,315 906,979 44.0% 0.2%
Montenegro 678,177 280,000 41.3% 0.1%
Romania 22,246,862 7,430,000 33.4% 1.9%
Serbia 8,032,338 2,602,478 32.4% 0.7%
Slovenia 2,007,711 1,300,000 64.8% 0.3%
Internet World Stats (www.internetworldstats.com) is an international Internet usage and population statistics provider, covering 233 countries and world regions.
