The Internet connects people all over the world. However, according to International Telecommunication Union (ITU) estimates for the year 2019 almost half of the world's population (46%) is still not using the Internet. Africa has the highest non-user rate worldwide. Here almost 72% of the population is offline. Non-users account for 52% of the population in Asia. Europe and America have the highest rates of Internet users. But even there 18% and 23% of the people are still not online.
Eurostat compiles data on the proportion of the population which has never used the Internet. In 2019, this applied to 9% of the EU population. Nevertheless, there are considerable differences between countries: In the Scandinavian countries, in Luxemburg, Netherlands and Germany the proportion was 5% or less. The highest non-user rates were recorded in Bulgaria (24%), Greece and in Portugal (each 22%).