IT Awareness  
      "educated guess" as to how many are online worldwide as of March 2000:
(NUA Internet Survey)
 
| Africa | 
Asia/Pacific | 
Europe | 
Middle East | 
Canada & USA | 
South America | 
    | 
World Total | 
 
2.58 m   0.85% | 
68.9 m   22.6% | 
83.35 m   27.4% | 
1.90 m   0.62% | 
136.86 m   45%  | 
10.74 m   3.53% | 
    | 
approx 304 million | 
 
 
 
as of May 2002:
| Africa | 
Asia/Pacific | 
Europe | 
Middle East | 
Canada & USA | 
South America | 
    | 
World Total | 
 
4.15 m   0.76% | 
157.49 m   28.9% | 
171.35 m   0.31% | 
4.65 m   0.85% | 
181.23 m   33.3%  | 
25.33 m   4.65% | 
    | 
approx 544 million | 
 
 
 
 
            According to U.S. Bureau of the Census, the total 
World population, 
projected to  20 Sept 2002 was:  
 
      6,251,308,733
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