JAN INTERNET GROWTH RANKINGS: ABSOLUTE GROWTH 2019 BASED ON THE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN THE TOTAL NUMBER INTERNET USERS IN COUNTRIES / TERRITORIES WITH POPULATIONS OVER 50,000 # LARGEST ABSOLUTE GROWTH ▲ USERS ▲% # LARGEST ABSOLUTE GROWTH ▲ USERS ▲% 01 INDIA +97,885,011 +21% 11 PHILIPPINES +9,000,000 +13% 02 CHINA +50,666,155 +6.7% 12 ARGENTINA +6,801,754 +20% 03 U.S.A. +25,379,895 +8.8% 13 AFGHANISTAN +5,694,586 +142% 04 INDONESIA +17,300,000 +13% 14 TURKEY +5,027,251 +9.3% 05 IRAN +16,241,877 +29% 15 CÔTE D'IVOIRE +4,529,978 +69% 06 UKRAINE +15,325,054 +60% 16 CAMBODIA +4,500,000 +56% 07 TANZANIA +14,560,898 +173% 17 GERMANY +4,322,056 +5.8% 08 ITALY +11,490,731 +27% 18 NIGERIA +3,572,903 +3.8% 09 BANGLADESH +10,158,000 +12% 19 SPAIN +3,541,726 +9.0% 10 BRAZIL +9,946,450 +7.2% 20 ALGERIA +3,484,731 +17% SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; WORLD BANK; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; EUROSTAT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES AND REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG; REPORTS IN 38 REPUTABLE MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM USER NUMBERS. NOTE: GROWTH FIGURES BASED ON DATA IN WE ARE SOCIAL & HOOTSUITE’S ‘DIGITAL 2018’ REPORTS.