Internet adoption 2000–2023

ITU via World Bank WDI · IT.NET.USER.ZS (CC BY 4.0). Six selected countries: Brazil, China, Indonesia, India, Mexico, Nigeria. Observed years: 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2023; values rounded to one decimal. Percent of each country’s population, not absolute users or a world ranking. Motion interpolates observed dates; no annual observations, cumulative sum or missing values invented. Background: NASA Earth Observatory Black Marble 2016 satellite composite, a decorative illustration; night lights do not measure Internet use. Source and image conditions: /examples/internet-illustrated-20261018.sources.json.

Data: CC BY 4.0, ITU via World Bank. Six public-domain country flags (Flagpedia terms). Background: NASA Earth Observatory, used under NASA Images and Media guidelines; no NASA logo or endorsement. Image source: https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/earth-at-night/maps/ · Conditions: https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/