Tag archive: population

We knew this day would come. Even though only around 75-80 percent of U.S. citizens are online, the number of wireless devices with cell phone plans has increased to 327.6 million, which is higher than the entire population of the United States, which stands at 312.4 million, reports CTIA, which is holding its wireless enterprise & apps conference in San Diego, California this week. Not every living American has a cell phone, which means… Read More

In the 1960s, the world was populated by around 3.5 billion people. This year, the population is expected to double that mark. According to a new report by the United Nations, the population of Earth is expected to hit seven billion by the end of 2011, with the tally expected to hit 10 billion by the year 2100. And while these numbers have caused no small amount of concern regarding the planet's ability to sustain such a massive… Read More

Hide your blogs! There are more than 457 million people on the Internet as of the end of 2010, according to new figures released by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) and reported by Xinhua. That means 34 percent of Chinese citizens are now on the Net. China gained 73 million new users in the last year, or a 19 percent increase over 2009, when the country gained 86 million users, which was itself a 28 percent increase from… Read More

It was bound to happen when a country with 1.3 billion people starting wiring up: China has officially become the most population online nation, surpassing the United States for total users. According to information released by the Chinese government on Friday, the nation now hosts 253 million surfers. The country’s Internet usage has been surging upward in recent years as more and more Chinese plug in, despite strict government… Read More

China's state-run Xinhua news agency reports that China now claims to have the world's largest Internet-using population, reaching a total of 221 million Internet users at the end of February. The figure would put China ahead of most estimates for the size of the U.S. Internet-using population, which currently settle around 220 million, although Nielsen/NetRatings says there were 221 million U.S. Internet users in March. Xinhua… Read More

A new report from market analysis firm JupiterResearch forecasts that the online population will increase from 1.1 billion users in 2006 to 1.5 billion users in 2011, representing about 22 percent of the world's overall population, or just over one in five individuals. Much of the growth will come from developing economies like Brazil, Inida, China, and Russia. "China and India, given their large population base will provide the… Read More