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To: OtherChap who wrote (18817)	9/28/1998 5:11:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

Over 300 Million Internet Users in Year 2000 BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the Internet Industry Almanac there will be over 327 million Internet users by year-end 2000 -- up from 100 million Internet users at year-end 1997. The U.S. is projected to have over 130 million Internet users or 40% of the total in year 2000. The top 15 countries shown in the following table account for nearly 82% of the worldwide Internet users in year 2000. These numbers include business, educational and home Internet users. Top 15 Countries in Internet Usage in Year 2000 Rank Country Internet Users in Millions 1 U.S. 132.3 2 Germany 22.9 3 Japan 21.9 4 United Kingdom 17.0 5 France 12.6 6 Canada 11.6 7 Italy 10.6 8 Australia 8.0 9 Netherlands 5.4 10 Brazil 5.2 11 Russia 5.0 12 Spain 4.4 13 China 3.8 14 Sweden 3.7 15 South Korea 3.2 Top 15 Countries 267.5 Europe 102 Worldwide 327 At year-end 1997 there were 11 countries with over one million Internet users, which will grow to 38 countries in year 2000. In 1997 there were also 11 countries where over 10% of the population were Internet users. By year 2000 there will be 25 countries where over 10% of the population will be Internet users. The Internet Industry Almanac projects that there will be 579 million computers in use worldwide at year-end 2000. The U.S. will grow to over 164 million computers in use at that time or 28% of the world's total computers. The Internet Industry Almanac is a new reference book that is loaded with statistics, rankings, technology trends, forecasts and projections about the Internet industry. The IIA contains salary and employment information, Internet history, directories of companies, people, publications, conferences, Internet technology and much more. The Internet Industry Almanac, $50/$60 (softcover/hardcover), is now available from Computer Industry Almanac Inc., PO Box 4987, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089, 800-377-6810, 702-749-5053, Fax 847-279-0328, info@c-i-a.com or in bookstores such as Computer Literacy, Borders, Amazon.com, Stacey's and Barnes & Noble. For further information, see our web site at c-i-a.com. SOURCE Computer Industry Almanac CO: Computer Industry Almanac ST: California, Nevada IN: CPR PUB SU: ECO 09/28/98 06:58 EDT prnewswire.com