HOW Many People Are On-Line?

The art of estimating how many are online throughout the world is an

inexact one at best. Surveys abound, using all sorts of measurement

parameters. However, from observing many of the published surveys over

the last two years, here is an ‘educated guess’ as to how many are

online worldwide as of September 1998. And the number is 148 million .

World Total 148 million

Africa 0.80 million

Asia/Pacific 23.71 million

Europe 33.25 million

Middle East 0.78 million

Canada & USA 87 million

South America 4.5 million