The total population connected to or covered by mobile internet has been increasing rapidly across the globe. From 2014 to 2021, the usage and coverage gap, representing people who are not connected or neither covered nor connected has consistently decreased, reaching approximately 3.18 billion people and 0.41 billion people respectively in 2021. In 2022, approximately 55 percent of the global population was reported connected to mobile internet and 41 percent covered in spite of not using it. Only four percent of the population worldwide was accounted as not covered by mobile internet in 2022.
Share of the population connected/covered by mobile internet worldwide from 2014 to 2022
(in percent)
The source adds the following information:
"Coverage gap: Those who live in an area not covered by a mobile broadband network.
Usage gap: Those who live within the footprint of a mobile broadband network but are not using mobile internet services.
Connected: People who use mobile internet."
Percentage points exceeding 100 percent are probably due to rounding.
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GSMA . (March 22, 2023). Share of the population connected/covered by mobile internet worldwide from 2014 to 2022 (in percent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/976100/global-population-connected-covered-by-mobile-internet/
GSMA . "Share of the population connected/covered by mobile internet worldwide from 2014 to 2022 (in percent)." Chart. March 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/976100/global-population-connected-covered-by-mobile-internet/
GSMA . (2023). Share of the population connected/covered by mobile internet worldwide from 2014 to 2022 (in percent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/976100/global-population-connected-covered-by-mobile-internet/
GSMA . "Share of The Population Connected/Covered by Mobile Internet Worldwide from 2014 to 2022 (in Percent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/976100/global-population-connected-covered-by-mobile-internet/
GSMA , Share of the population connected/covered by mobile internet worldwide from 2014 to 2022 (in percent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/976100/global-population-connected-covered-by-mobile-internet/ (last visited May 02, 2025)
Share of the population connected/covered by mobile internet worldwide from 2014 to 2022 (in percent) [Graph], GSMA , March 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/976100/global-population-connected-covered-by-mobile-internet/
