Asian league tables

We always enjoy a browse through the Computer Industry Almanac's annual world rankings of 224 countries in terms of Internet users, penetration and ISPs. 26 of those countries are in Asia.

No surpise that China ranks #1 in terms of users (99.8 million this report says). Bhutan is bottom of the list with none. The top 10 looks like this:

Internet Users (mn)

1 China 99.80

2 Japan 78.05

3 India 36.97

4 South Korea 31.67

5 Australia 13.01

6 Indonesia 12.86

7 Malaysia 10.04

8 Taiwan 9.52

9 Thailand 7.57

10 Philippines 5.96

When measured by penetration, of course, the picture changes dramatically with Hong Kong taking the top spot and China sinking to 12th:

Penetration

1 Hong Kong 66.4%

2 South Korea 65.4%

3 Australia 64.8%

4 Singapore 62.1%

5 Japan 61.3%

6 New Zealand 57.9%

7 Malaysia 41.8%

8 Taiwan 41.6%

9 Macau 22.5%

10 Thailand 11.6%

In terms of ISPs, Australia rules the roost with 571, a massive 8 times larger than nearest rival, Japan which has 73. India looks strong in third place with 43 while China has to make do with just 3 ISPs to serve all those users.