Global mobile and internet numbers

Its always good to get a top level perspective of things.

As of 2010, there are:

• 6.8 billion people on Earth


• 5.28 billion mobile subscriptions


• 2.08 billion internet users


• 1.2 billion fixed telephone landlines


• 555 million fixed broadband subscriptions


• 940 million mobile broadband subscriptions

Lets look at the growth rates. During the last decade, the internet userbase has grown 8 times from a base of 250 million to about 2 billion, while the mobile subscriptions base has grown 10 times from a larger base of 500 million to about 5 billion.

Reality Check: the internet base is of “users” while the mobile base is of “subscriptions” i.e. SIM cards. Polygamy of SIM cards is common among mobile users

Source of data is this AFP press release.

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