BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : OCTOBER 4, 1999 ISSUE
COVER STORY -- THE INTERNET AGE -- BUSINESS

Outposts on the Net


Projected number of regular Internet users by yearend 2000

                       MILLIONS    PER 1,000
                       OF PEOPLE    PEOPLE

NORTH AMERICA           148.7       479.1
WESTERN EUROPE          86.6        217.5
ASIA-PACIFIC            57.6        16.6
SOUTH/CENTRAL AMERICA   10.8        21.1
EASTERN EUROPE          9.5         32.7
MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA      7.5         7.2

DATA: COMPUTER INDUSTRY ALMANAC


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