Statistic 

Source 

There are an estimated 359.8 million internet users worldwide today, (as of July 2000.)

Nua Internet Surveys 

One quarter of business to business purchasing will be done on-line by 2003. By then, B2B e-commerce will account for USD2.8 trillion, equal to 33% annual growth since 1998.

Boston Consulting Group 

eCommerce revenues in the Asia/PC Rim region grew from only $460 million in 1997 to $2.2 billion in 1998. They will triple to $6.63 billion in 1999, and rise rapidly thereafter to reach $88 billion by the year 2003.

eMarketer 

Europe is set to bridge the ecommerce gap with the US with a projected 100% growth over the next three years.

Forrester Research 

Over 40% of Australians are now on-line.

Australian Bureau of Statistics 

On-line banking in Asia is set to boom.

Excite News 

A new study shows that banner ads are more effective than traditional advertising when it comes to enticing experienced US Internet users to make purchases over the Web. In a survey of nearly 1500 such users, 25 percent said that banner advertising drove them to shop online.

Anderson Consulting. 

A new survey finds that the amount of people using the Internet is Asia will increase by 422% in the next six years and will number 228 million by 2005.

Newsbytes Asia. 

64.6 percent of Japanese Internet users have had some experience of buying online.

Fujitsu Research

Online business to consumer sales tripled in France in 1999.

The Benchmark Group 

Internet Users Worldwide

World Total

Africa:
Asia Pacific:
Europe:
Middle East:
Canada and USA:
Latin America:

359.8 million 

3.11 million
89.43 million
94.22 million
2.40 million 
157.24 million
13.4 million 

Nua Internet Surveys