Global Online Population By 2013 - July 2009 Global Online Population to hit 2.2 Billion By 2013. The number of people online around the world will grow more than 45% to 2.2 billion users over the next 5 years, according to a new report by Forrester Research, Inc. Asia remains the biggest global Internet growth engine: 43% of the world's online population will reside in Asia by 2013, with 17% of the global online population in China.

Growth rates in the US, Western Europe, and the major industrialized nations in Asia Pacific such as Australia, Japan, and South Korea will slow to between 1% and 3%. The top-line, five-year forecast is available to select Forrester clients in the report "Global Online Population Forecast, 2008-2013"; subscribers to Forrester's ForecastView receive more detailed forecast data.