Demographics: half a billion online

The latest editorial from NUA Internet Surveys provides interesting data, disaggregated by region, about Internet access around the world. It's full of interesting pieces of information such as this one: "If we take a whirlwind tour around the world's regions, we can see that Internet penetration remains low in most developing countries. In Africa, for example, almost all countries have a penetration rate of less than 2 percent."
There is further data about people with Internet access in Africa. Included is a link to the actual data tables themselves and the research methodology. An easy, informative read.