NationMaster Stats Feed: Internet Category

Internet > Users

Definition: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Number of countries: 190

Internet > Users (per capita)

Definition: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Number of countries: 184

Internet > TLD

Definition: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Number of countries: 242

Internet > ISP

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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Number of countries: 162

Internet > ISP (per capita)

Definition: Per capita figures expressed per billion population
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Number of countries: 127

Internet > Hosts

Definition: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Number of countries: 228

Internet > Hosts (per capita)

Definition: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Per capita figures expressed per million population
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Number of countries: 222

Internet > Secure Internet servers

Definition: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Source: World Development Indicators database
Number of countries: 183

Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month

Definition: Price basket for Internet is calculated based on the cheapest available tariff for accessing the Internet 20 hours a month (10 hours peak and 10 hours off-peak). The basket does not include the telephone line rental but does include telephone usage charges if applicable. Data are compiled in the national currency and converted to U.S. dollars using the annual average exchange rate.
Source: World Development Indicators database
Number of countries: 180

Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps (per $ GDP)

Definition: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
Source: World Development Indicators database
Number of countries: 184