Internet Penetration in India

In a 250 million Urban population in India, 65 million are PC literate. Out of them, 46 million claim to be internet users though only 32 million are active.

The growth of the claimed internet user base:

2000 : 4.9 million
2001 : 8.7 million
2003 : 11.9 million
2004 : 16.4 million
2006 : 32.2 million
2007 : 46 million

However, the growth of the active user base shows the following numbers:

2000 : 2.2 million
2001 : 4.3 million
2003 : 7.5 million
2004 : 11.2 million
2006 : 21.1 million
2007 : 32 million