The internet remains unavailable & un-affordable to majority of the world’s population including Pakistan, Here, 165 million population remains offline, According To Report.
India at top of the list with offline population of 1.063 billion, China 755 million, Indonesia 213 million and Bangladesh 148 million.
According to the Report, total global population stands at 7.4 billion including 7 billion within mobile coverage, 5.2 billion with mobile phones, 3.2 billion total internet users and 1.1 billion having access to high-speed internet.World Bank report says that while the internet, mobile phones and other digital technologies are spreading rapidly throughout the developing world, the anticipated digital dividends of higher growth, more jobs, and better public services have fallen short of expectations, and 60 percent of the world’s population remains excluded from the ever-expanding digital economy.
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