In the data section there is an analysis of large language communities that includes a description of internet development in Latin America.

This table shows the situation in the 16 Latin American countries with over 5,000 internet hosts.

	Number of hosts June 2004	Per 1000 inhabit.
Brazil	3,458,773	20.5
Mexico	1,523,277	15.6
Argentina	926,667	25.7
Chile	212,250	14.2
Colombia	184,751	4.6
Peru	110,118	4.2
Uruguay	108,188	34.2
Dominican Rep.	65,494	7.7
Venezuela	38,025	1.6
Guatemala	23,743	2.1
Costa Rica	11,194	2.9
Nicaragua	10,009	1.9
Panama	9,626	3.4
Paraguay	9,243	1.8
Ecuador	8,800	0.7
Bolivia	8,346	1.0
Latin America	6,734,400	13.9

This graph shows density (internet hosts per thousand inhabitants.)

Internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants
in 16 Latin American countries

And this is density in Latin America seen as a map.

Internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants

Simple arithmetic indicates that by now Argentina has probably become the third Latin American country with over a million internet hosts. There is relevant growth in several other countries. A more detailed analysis (including a graph in relation to income) is in the report on large language communities.

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Here is a summary of a new report in the data section that covers the situation in Asia. This table includes the 19 countries (of 50 in Asia) with over 10,000 internet hosts.

	Number of hosts June 2004	% growth in two years	Per 1000 inhabit.
Japan	16,445,223	+ 88.7	129.6
Taiwan	3,153,004	+ 73.8	149.7
Hong Kong	783,371	+ 102.1	116.8
Israel	754,244	+ 224.7	128.5
South Korea	600,000	n.a.	13.5
Singapore	503,099	+ 48.0	154.2
Turkey	474,129	+ 187.0	7.5
Thailand	360,255	+ 302.3	5.9
China	162,421	+ 79.8	0.13
India	143,654	+ 73.1	0.14
Malaysia	135,082	+ 70.0	5.8
Indonesia	111,630	+ 111.2	0.5
Arab Emirates	107,966	+ 32.6	36.7
Philippines	65,390	+ 117.7	0.86
Cyprus	27,966	+ 94.1	40.6
Pakistan	25,079	+ 73.3	0.19
Saudi Arabia	17,838	+ 78.0	0.86
Kazakhstan	12,526	+ 60.1	0.84
Lebanon	12,492	+ 62.9	4.0
Asia	23,690,000	+ 86.3	6.3

There are dramatic differences in Asia. As shown in this chart of density (hosts per 1000 inhabitants) in the same 19 countries.

Internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants
in 19 countries in Asia

A few small contries, with less than 10,000 hosts, have higher density of internet activity than most of Asia. The picture can be summarized in a map that includes the central and southern part of the continent, from the Middle East to East Asia.

Internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants

In the report on large language communities there is an analysis of the Chinese culture countries.

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Another document in the data section covers the situation of the internet in Africa, that was summarized in issue 72 (August 2004) and here is updated. This table includes the 13 African countries with over a million inhabitants and over a thousand internet hosts.

	Number of hosts 2004	% growth in two years	Per 1000 inhabit.
South Africa	350,501	+ 42	8.1
Morocco	71,393	n.a.	2.88
Egypt	23,407	+ 318	0.39
Kenya	10,016	+ 354	0.33
Zimbabwe	8,055	+ 130	0.77
Mozambique	7,167	n.a.	0.41
Tanzania	5,908	+ 200	0.17
Namibia	4,632	n.a.	3.06
Botswana	2,097	+ 65	1.23
Zambia	2,342	+ 114	0.25
Rwanda	1,744	+ 54	0.23
Swaziland	2,642	+ 80	2.56
Nigeria	2,321	+ 150	0.02
Africa	497,000	+ 76	0.61

This graph shows density in the same countries (except South Africa.)

Internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants
in 12 African countries

Most of Africa has density comparable to, or lower than, Nigeria. New data show a higher hostcount on Morocco, that appears to be now the second largest country in the internet in the continent, though far behind South Africa.

This is the density picture seen as a map.

Internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants

The picture is changing around the world. There are different speeds of growth, and different density levels, in all areas, from the most advanced (such as North America and Europe) to the least developed (such as Africa and a large part of Asia). There is considerable potential for growth practically everywhere.