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 and in 2006 grew to 18 million.

In this chart we see the situation in the 17 countries with over 10,000 hosts (that have over 99 percent of the total hostcount in Latin America.)

	Number of hosts December 2006	Per 1000 inhab.
Brazil	7,422,440	40.3
Mexico	6,697,570	65.0
Argentina	1,838,050	47.6
Colombia	721,114	15.7
Chile	621,565	38.2
Peru	269,981	9.9
Uruguay	182,403	56.0
Venezuela	122,404	4.6
Dominican Rep.	98,180	10.9
Guatemala	49,062	4.0
Ecuador	27,923	2.1
Nicaragua	24,690	4.5
Bolivia	20,085	2.3
Paraguay	13,178	2.4
Costa Rica	12,751	3.0
El Salvador	12,429	1.1
Panama	9,626	3.1
Latin America	18,150,000	34.6

Latin America has very fast growth. 70 percent in a year (as compared to 25 percent world average.)  There are several changes, including strong development in Mexico.

Nearly 99 percent of the total hostcount in Latin America is in nine countries, as we see in this graph.

9 countries in Latin America

82 % of the total is in three countries: Brazil, Mexico and Argentina.

The next graph shows density (internet hosts per thousand inhabitants) in 17 countries with over 10,000 hosts.

Internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants
in 17 Latin American countries

And this is the picture as a map.

Internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants

The same five countries as in past years (Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Chile) remain ahead of general density in the area (and 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 24 countries with over 10,000 internet hosts (that have over 99 percent of the total hostcount in Asia.)

	Number of hosts December 2006	% of Asia	Per 1000 inhab.
Japan	30,841,523	73.2	241.4
Taiwan	4,418,705	10.5	194.1
China	1,933,919	4.6	1.49
India	1,684,958	4.0	1.54
Turkey	1,581,866	3.8	22.0
Israel	1,311,796	3.1	182.4
South Korea	1,000,000	2.4	20.3
Thailand	938,784	2.2	14.5
Singapore	909,284	2.2	255.9
Hong Kong	801,298	1.9	116.4
Arab Emir.	337,092	0.80	73.281
Indonesia	257,671	0.61	1.17
Philippines	243,663	0.58	2.9
Malaysia	167,449	0.40	6.4
Pakistan	98,147	0.23	0.65
Cyprus	75,846	0.18	101.26
Saudi Arabia	68,532	0.16	2.9
Kirghizstan	29,196	0.07	5.7
Kazakhstan	25,411	0.06	1.67
Lebanon	19,968	0.05	5.2
Nepal	18,640	0.04	0.74
Jordan	16.032	0.04	2.9
Brunei	15,255	0.04	41.7
Viet Nam	12,956	0.03	0.16
Asia	42,150,000		10.8

For the first time in 2004, with a fast increase of hostcount, India had overtaken China. The trend continued in 2005 and 2006. In the second half of 2006 there was a “sudden” increase in China. It will probably take a few more years to understand these developments.

Japan is still dominant in Asia, as we see in this “pie” (countries with over 500,000 internet hosts.)

10 countries

These countries have 97 percent of the total hostcount in the continent. The first six, with six percent of the population, have nearly 90 percent of the internet activity in Asia.

If we remove Japan from the graph. this is the situation in the other 13 countries in Asia with over 100,000 internet hosts.

13 countries

Taiwan, with 0.6 percent of the population, still has over ten percent of the total hostcount in Assia. But the picture is changing, with growth not only in India and China, but also in other countries.

There are great differences in Asia, as shown by this graph – internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants in 24 countries with over 10,000 internet hosts.

Internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants
in 24 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 inhabitans

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 2006. The table includes the 21 African countries with over a thusand internet hosts (that have 99 percent of the total in the continent.)

	Number of hosts December 2006	% of Africa	Per 1000 inhab.
South Africa	1,036,891	68.1	22.1
Morocco	268.601	17.6	9.0
Egypt	89,063	5.9	1.29
Tanzania	17,516	1.15	0.47
Kenya	14,663	0.96	0.47
Zimbabwe	13,814	0.91	1.16
Mozambique	12,948	0.85	0.67
Mauritius	9,654	0.63	8.19
Ghana	7,420	0.49	0.35
Zambia	7,420	0.49	0.35
Botswana	5,815	0.38	3.3
Angola	5,533	0.36	0.36
Namibia	4,632	0.30	2.3
Swaziland	2,642	0.17	2.4
Ivory Coast	2,580	0.17	0.14
Nigeria	2,498	0.16	0.02
Congo	1,894	0.12	0.03
Madagascar	1,868	0.14	0.11
Rwanda	1,744	0.11	0.20
Uganda	1,365	0.09	0.05
Eritrea	1,304	0.09	0.29
Africa	1,522,000		1.74

Though Morocco and other countries are growing, South Africa remains dominant, as we see in this graph (seven African countries with over 10,000 internet hoists, that have 95 percent of the total in the continent.)

7 African countries

This is density as a graph – 21 African countries with over a thousand internet hosts.

Internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants
in 21 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 was slower in previous years, appeared to be growing again in 2005 – but still remains far behind “European” levels.

This is the density picture as a map.

Internet hosts per 1000 inhabitants

In 2006 Africa had 71 percent growth, much faster than the 25 percent world average – and, for the first time, over a million internet hosts. But the fact remains that the entire continent, with 14 percent of the world’s population, has 0.3 percent of the 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.