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Internet Ends 2009 with 1,802 Million (Internet World Stats News April 4th 2010)
The economic crisis has had no effect on Internet growth. On the contrary, we see growth in all parts of the world during year 2009.

The following table resumes the estimated population for each geographic region, the number of Internet users, and the penetration rate (this term means the percentage of the population that uses the Internet) in each region.

From this table from Internet World Stats, the year 2009 ends with 1,802,330,108 Internet users. This represents a 26.6% penetration rate.