#6 Brazil

2012

Number of users: 67 million

Total devices: 412 million

Population: 202 million

2017

Number of users: 110 million

Total devices: 611 million

Population: 210 million

The Internet in Brazil was launched in 1988. In 2011 Brazil ranked fifth in the world with nearly 89 million Internet users, 45 percent of the population. In 2010 Brazil ranked 9th in the world with 13,266,310 fixed broadband subscriptions, 6.8 per 100 residents. The country uses the .br top level domain, which is managed by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee. In 2011 Brazil ranked fourth in the world with 23,456,00 Internet hosts. In April 2012 Brazil was 10th in the world with 48,572,160 IPv4 addresses allocated, 23.6 per 100 residents. The Internet is a popular medium for citizen–government interaction.

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