By Mary Moylum, Arb.

UN Internet Statistics In 1998, there were an estimated 143 million internet users, with numbers expected to reach 700 million by 2001. In 1993, there were 50 pages on the World Wide Web. Today there are more than 50 million pages. It is estimated that in just over 5 years, some 900 million electronic devices could be connected to the internet - equal the number of telephones in the world. By July 1998, there were more than 200 nations connected to the internet. Some 88% of all users in 1998 lived in industrialized countries, homes to less than 15% of the world's people. Back