Haiti Leads Caribbean in Growth of Internet Users

28 March 2011 14:37
Written by Samuel Maxime

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A report released by Exito Exportador noted that Haiti led the Caribbean community in percentage of growth of internet users in the past 10 years.
In terms of total internet users Haiti ranks 5 in the Caribbean. Haitians living in Haiti added up to 85,480 Facebook users in August of 2010.
These statistics were taken and are available for the 25 countries that make up the Caribbean.
The report also shows that Haiti’s neighbor, the Dominican Republic, leads the Caribbean in total internet users.
In terms of the percentage of users compared to total respective population, Haiti ranked last at 10%. The nation is one of five to have 1 million
internet users, and Haitians make up 10% of the total internet usage in the Caribbean. The statistics are show below.

Full Statistics: Internet Users in the Caribbean

The Caribbean
Population
( Est. 2010)
Users,
Year 2000
Users Year 2010
Percentage of
Population
Increase (%)
2000-2010
Percentage of Users
in the Caribbean
14,766
919
6,840
46.3 %
644.3 %
0.1 %
86,754
5,000
65,000
74.9 %
1,200.0 %
0.7 %
228,693
2,000
82,280
36.0 %
4,014.0 %
0.8 %
104,589
4,000
41,300
39.5 %
932.5 %
0.4 %
310,428
13,100
131,280
42.3 %
902.1 %
1.3 %
285,653
6,000
142,000
49.7 %
2,266.7 %
1.4 %
11,477,459
60,000
1,605,000
14.0 %
2,575.0 %
16.0 %
72,813
2,000
27,500
37.8 %
1,275.0 %
0.3 %
107,818
4,100
27,160
25.2 %
562.4 %
0.3 %
444,100
8,000
149,200
33.6 %
1,765.0 %
1.5 %
9,648,924
6,000
1,000,000
10.4 %
16,566.7 %
9.9 %
50,209
7,800
26,200
52.2 %
235.9 %
0.3 %
23,528
n/d
24,939
14,620
58.6 %
0.0 %
0.1 %
109,750
12,000
30,000
27.3 %
150.0 %
0.3 %
2,847,232
60,000
1,581,100
55.5 %
2,535.2 %
15.7 %
406,057
5,000
170,000
41.9 %
3,300.0 %
1.7 %
5,118
1,200
23.4 %
0.0 %
0.0 %
3,978,702
200,000
1,221,840
30.7 %
510.9 %
12.2 %
9,823,821
55,000
3,000,000
30.5 %
5,354.5 %
29.8 %
49,898
2,000
17,580
35.2 %
779.0 %
0.2 %
104,217
3,500
76,000
72.9 %
2,071.4 %
0.8 %
30,235
0.0
160,922
3,000
142,900
88,8 %
4,663,3 %
1,5 %
1,228,691
100,000
485,000
39.5 %
385.0 %
5.0 %
TOTAL El Caribe
41,632,722
559,419
10,055,240
24.2 %
1,697.4 %
100.0 %
NOTAS: (1) Las estadisticas de la region Caribeña datos fueron actualizadas en Agosto 31 del 2010. (2) Las cifras en detalle estan contenidas en las paginas correspondientes a cada region y pais. (3) Las cifras de población se basan en los datos actuales de US Census Bureau. (4) Los datos mas recientes de usuarios corresponden a datos de Nielsen, ITU, NICs, ISPs y otras fuentes locales y (5) Las cifras de crecimiento se determinaron comparando el dato actual de usuarios con el dato del año 2000, tomado de las estadisticas del ITU. (6) Se autoriza la reproducción de los datos, siempre y cuando se establezca un enlace activo y se cite a “ ExitoExportador.com ” como la fuente original.
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