| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : OCTOBER 4, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| 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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RELATED ITEMS The Internet Economy: the World's Next Growth Engine TABLE: A Thumbnail History of Disruptive Technologies TABLE: Outposts on the Net INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||||||