World Bank · Infrastructure

China: Individuals using the Internet

91.60percent · 2025+82.1% since 2015

Internet users are individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the last 3 months. The Internet can be used via a computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, games machine, digital TV etc. Annual figures for China from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202591.6
202492
202390.6
202275.611
202173.053
202070.053
201964.081
201865.358
201754.3
201653.2
201550.3
201447.9
201345.8
201242.3
201138.3
201034.3
200928.9
200822.6
200716
200610.523
20058.523
20047.3
20036.2
20024.596
20012.64
20001.776
19990.708
19980.169
19970.032
19960.013
19950.005
19940.001
19930
19900

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

The dataset for every country, with quality and provenance →

Cite or download

World Bank (2026). Individuals using the Internet. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-individuals-using-the-internet (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

CSV, all countriesJSON, ChinaAPI and MCP

Individuals using the Internet in other countries

Rank China against its region, see where publishers disagree, or ask a question in plain words on the Interva desk.