An analysis of large language communities in the data section includes information on the development of the internet in Latin America – that in 2005, for the first time, exceeded 10 million internet hosts.

In this chart we see the situation in the 16 countries with over 5,000 hosts (that have over 99 percent of the total hostcount in Latin America.)

	Number of hosts December 2005	Per 1000 inhab.
Brazil	5,094,730	28.1
Mexico	2,555,047	24.5
Argentina	1,464,719	39.2
Chile	462,420	29.9
Colombia	440,585	9.7
Peru	263,786	9.6
Uruguay	125,775	38.8
Dominican Rep.	98,180	11.1
Venezuela	47,614	1.9
Guatemala	44,635	3.8
Nicaragua	18,638	3.4
Ecuador	17,701	1.4
Bolivia	16,274	1.9
Costa Rica	12,596	3.0
Paraguay	10,840	2.0
Panama	9,626	3.1
Latin America	10,695,000	20.1

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

Internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants
in 16 Latin American countries

And this is the picture as a map.

Internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants

The same five countries as in past years (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil and Mexico) remain ahead of general density in the area (the first four are above the world average). But also in other parts of Latin America there is relevant growth.

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This is a summary of a document in the data section that covers the situation in Asia. The chart includes the 20 countries with over 10,000 internet hosts (that have 99 percent of the total hostcount in Asia.)

	Number of hosts December 2005	% of   Asia	Per 1000 inhab.
Japan	24,903,759	70.3	195.4
Taiwan	3,943,555	11.1	173.8
South Korea	1,500,000	4.2	32.6
Israel	1,212,264	3.4	176.6
Hong Kong	859,926	2.4	124.9
India	838,139	2.4	0.81
Singapore	804,262	2.3	230.6
Turkey	794,795	2.2	11.7
Thailand	787,342	2.2	12.3
China	208,277	0.59	0.16
Malaysia	154,888	0.44	6.7
Indonesia	154,735	0.43	0.71
Arab Emirates	130,479	0.37	32.3
Philippines	107,336	0.30	1.40
Saudi Arabia	62,120	0.18	2.98
Pakistan	59,739	0.17	0.45
Cyprus	56,760	0.16	82.3
Kazakhstan	19,275	0.05	1.30
Lebanon	14,577	0.04	4.7
Kirghizhstan	13,973	0.04	2.7
Jordan	9,537	0.02	1.74
Nepal	8,853	0.02	0.38
Viet Nam	8,265	0.02	0.10
Uzbekhstan	7,923	0.02	0.30
Brunei	7,237	0.02	21.2
Sri Lanka	7,010	0.02	0.36
Bhutan	6,779	0.02	5.8
Asia	35,445,000		9.4

For the first time in 2004, with a fast increase of hosctcunt, India had overtaken China. The trend continued in 2005. India will probably exceed a million internet hosts in 2006 – still far below its potential, but a substantial increase compared to the past (see the analysis of large low-density countries.)

There are great differences in Asia, as shown by this graph (internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants) in the 20 countries with over 10,000 internet hosts.

Internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants
in 20 countries in Asia

This is the picture as shown in a map of the central and southern part of the continent – from the Middle East to East Asia.

Internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants

Some data on the Chinese area are included in the analysis of language communities.

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Another document in the data section is an analysis of the internet in Africa. Here is a summary of the situation at year-end 2005. The table includes the 19 African countries with over a thusand internet hosts (that have 99 percent of the total in the continent.)

	Number of hosts December 2005	% of Africa	Per 1000 inhab-
South Africa	468,888	55.8	10.6
Morocco	250,174	27.8	8.5
Egypt	86,548	9.6	1.26
Kenya	11,695	1.3	0.41
Tanzania	9,444	1.05	0.27
Zimbabwe	8,055	0.95	0.69
Mozambique	7,676	0.85	0.40
Mauritius	4,958	0.55	4.1
Namibia	4,632	0.51	2.5
Zambia	2,789	0.31	0.27
Swaziland	2,642	0.29	2.7
Angola	2,516	0.28	0.21
Nigeria	2,498	0.27	0.03
Ivory Coast	2,224	0.25	0.14
Botswana	2,097	0.23	1.25
Ghana	1,783	0.20	0.09
Rwanda	1,744	0.19	0.21
Congo	1,516	0.17	0.04
Uganda	1,362	0.15	0.06
Africa	900,000		1.06

This is density as a graph.

Internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants
in 19 African countries

Two other small insular countries,
the Seychelles e São Tomé & Principe,
have higher density than Mauritius.

Density in most of Africa is comparable to, or below, the level of Nigeria. In a general picture of very weak internet activity, there are large differences also in Africa. Recent changes include the growth of Morocco. Egypt, that appeared slower in recent years, now seems to be growing again – but still remains far behind “European” levels.

This is the density picture as a map.

Internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants

In 2005 Africa had faster growth (+ 35 percent) than the world average (+ 24 percent). And in some African countries the speed was considerably higher. But the fact remains that the whole continent, with 14 percent of the world’s population, has 0.3 percent of global activity in the internet.

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The picture is evolving everywhere. There are different speeds of growth, and different levels of density, inside all of the areas, from those with the highest concentration, such as North America and Europe, to the weakest environments, such as Africa and most of Asia. There is still large room for development in all parts of the world.