Emerging Economies Will Power Future Online Population Growth NEW YORK, June 24
NEW YORK, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- JupiterResearch, a leading authority on
the impact of the Internet and emerging consumer technologies on business, has
found that the number of worldwide online users will increase 44 percent
between 2007 and 2012, reaching 1.8 billion users. By 2012, one quarter of the
worldwide population will access the Internet on a regular basis, as indicated
in a new report Worldwide Online Population Forecast, 2007 to 2012, published
by JupiterResearch.
According to the report, the growth in online populations of emerging
economies will continue to increase at double-digit rates during the next five
years, driving the expansion of the worldwide online population. However, in
2012 their online penetration levels will only reach levels the U.S.
experienced in 2000 and at a minimum will trail those of developed nations by
five years' time.
"Even though the emerging economies will have lower online penetration
rates compared to the developed countries, JupiterResearch believes that they
will ramp up the learning curve in adopting sophisticated online activities
compared to the developing countries," explained Vikram Sehgal, Research
Director and lead author of the report for JupiterResearch.
Brazil, Russia, India, and China will experience some of the highest
growth rates. By 2011, China will overtake the U.S. in number of regular
online users to become the leading online population, with India following in
a distant third place.
According to David Schatsky, President of JupiterResearch, "Asia will not
only have the highest online growth rate compared to other regions in the
world, but will also present a substantially large pool of sophisticated
online users as a market to tap into."
The complete findings of this report are immediately available to
JupiterResearch clients online at www.jupiterresearch.com. For details on
JupiterResearch's methodology, visit
www.jupiterresearch.com/bin/item.pl/methodology or email
press@jupiterresearch.com to request a detailed methodology statement. For
additional information on this report or JupiterResearch's research service,
visit www.jupiterresearch.com or contact Kieran Kelly, Senior Vice President
of Global Sales and Client Service, at 1-800-481-1212 or
researchsales@jupiterresearch.com.
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