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India to be 3rd on netizens list soon

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NEW DELHI, INDIA: India is projected to have the third largest online population by 2013 while during the same time the number of internet users worldwide is expected to touch 2.2 billion. 

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The number of people online around the world will grow more than 45 per cent to 2.2 billion users by 2013 and Asia will continue to be the biggest internet growth engine, states a new Forrester report.

The  Forrester report titled 'Global Online Population Forecast, 2008 to 2013' said India will be the third largest internet user base by 2013—with China and the US taking the first two spots, respectively, technology and market. Globally, there were about 1.5 billion internet users in 2008.

The report noted that emerging markets like India would see a growth of 10 to 20 per cent by 2013.

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In some of the emerging markets in Asia such as China, India and Indonesia, the average annual growth rates will be 10 to 20 per cent over the next five years (2008-13), the report said. The number of internet users in India was estimated to be 52 million in 2008.

In the next four years, about 43 per cent of internet users globally are anticipated to reside in Asia and neighbouring China would account for about half of that population. “... the shifting online population and growing spending power among Asian consumers means that Asian markets will represent a far greater percentage of the total in 2013 than they do today,” Forrester Research senior analyst Zia Daniell Wigder said.

According to the report, the percentage of internet users in Asia would increase to 43 per cent in 2013 from 38 per cent in 2008.

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The percentage of the global online population located in North America will drop from 17 per cent to 13 per cent between 2008 and 2013, while Europe’s share will shrink from 26 per cent to 22 per cent during that period. The percentage of those in Asia will increase from 38 per cent to 43 per cent and Latin America will remain steady at around 11 per cent of the global total, Forrester said.

US & China to occupy first two spots in terms of largest online population in 2013 India’s estimated 52 million internet users in 2008 expected to swell by 10-20 per cent Asia to be the biggest growth engine among the 2.2 billion users by 2013 North America’s global online population to drop from 17 per cent to 13 per cent, while Europe’s share will shrink from 26 per cent to 22 per cent

(Agencies)

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