The charts show the number of people using the internet from 1995 to 2002 and Internet users in the world in 2003 Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below You should write at least 150 words

Chart 1 shows the number of people online worldwide from 1995 to 2002. In general, this number has continously increased over 7 years. In 1995, there were 26 million people using Internet but in 1996 the figure went up to 61 million people. There was a dramatic increase in the number of Internet users from 1999 to 2000, which grew up by 256 million people from 195 million to 451 million. Since then, the figures continued to rise gradually and peaked at 580 million people in 2002.

Chart 2 illustrates the percentage of Internet users in 6 different areas in the world in 2003. USA and Canada had the most people using Internet, which accounted for 53% of total users while Europe had 24 % Internet users. The lowest proportion to use was in Middle East and Africa, which represented 1% of the total users. Next, 6% of users which was from South America was the other lower number. It was lower than 15% of the users in Africa/ Pacific.

Overall, the charts show that Internet has increased in popularity in the world over 8 years but in 2003, USA, Canada and Europe were the giants of Internet users.