According to new data from the Internet World Stats report, which is based in particular on data from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Tunisia has crossed the threshold of 50% of the population using the Internet.
Tunisia thus has 5,800,000 Internet users for a population of 11,494,760, i.e. a penetration rate of 50.5%.
As for the number of Internet users in Morocco, it is 20,207,154 out of a population of 35,241,418, i.e. a penetration rate of 57.3%. A rate that makes it the most connected country of the Maghreb.
With 18.580.000 million Internet users out of a population estimated at 41.063.753 million, Algeria lags behind the Maghreb countries in Internet penetration rate (45.2%).
Worldwide, Asia is the most connected continent with a rate of 50.1%, followed by Europe (17%). Africa remains the most disconnected continent with its 9.4% of its population using the Internet.