Ciolek, T. Matthew. 2003. The Internet and its users: The physical dimensions of cyberpolitics in Eastern Asia. A paper presented at the conference "From the Book to the Internet: Communications Technologies, Human Motions, and Cultural Formations in Eastern Asia," University of Oregon, October 16-18, 2003.
www.ciolek.com/PAPERS/oregon-2003-text.html

• Table 1 - Populations and the Internet in Eastern Asia in 2002-2003
• Table 2 - Three levels of Internet skills
• Table 3 - Growth in the number of Internet hosts in Eastern Asia 1995-2003
• Table 4 - Internet hosts in Eastern Asia 1995-2003: changing growth rates
• Table 5 - Recorded Internet users in Eastern Asia 1996-2002
• Table 6 - Estimated Internet users in Eastern Asia in 2003
• Table 7 - Estimated advanced and other online users in Eastern Asia in 2003
• Table 8 - Estimated distribution of Internet skills in Eastern Asia in 2003, numbers
• Table 9 - Estimated distribution of Internet skills in Eastern Asia in 2003, percentages
• Chart 9a - Estimated distribution of Internet skills in Eastern Asia, percentages
• Chart 9b - Closeup of estimated distribution of Internet skills in Eastern Asia, percentages
• Chart 9c - Estimated distribution of Internet skills in Scandinavia, USA and Australia percentages
• Table 10 - Projected growth in the number of Internet hosts in countries of Eastern Asia 2003-2009
• Table 11 - Projected growth in the number of online users in countries of Eastern Asia 2003-2009
• Table 12 - Estimated distribution of Internet skills in Eastern Asia in 2009, numbers
• Table 13 - Estimated distribution of Internet skills in Eastern Asia in 2009, percentages
• Table 14 - Magnitude of Internet skills in Eastern Asia in 2003
• Table 15 - Intensity of Internet skills in Eastern Asia in 2003
• Table 16 - Internet Power Index (IPI) in Eastern Asia in 2003
• Chart 16a - Internet Power Index in E. Asia, Scandinavia, Australia & USA in 2003
• Chart 16b - Internet Power Index in Eastern Asia in 2003
• Table 17 - Magnitude and intensity of Internet skills in Eastern Asia in 2003
• Version and change history

Table 1 - Populations and the Internet in Eastern Asia in 2002-2003

Country	Popul.	Hosts	Hosts	People	Online users*	Online users	Online users
	[2002]	[2003]	as % of pop.	per host	[2002]	as % of pop.	per host
Japan	126,974,628	9,260,117	7%	13.7	56,000,000	44%	2.3
Taiwan	22,548,009	2,170,233	10%	10.4	20,000,000	89%	1.1
S. Korea	48,324,000	407,318	1%	118.6	25,600,000	53%	1.9
HK	7,303,334	398,151	5%	18.3	4,350,000	60%	1.7
Singapore	4,452,732	338,349	8%	13.2	2,310,000	52%	1.9
China	1,284,303,705	156,531	0%	8,204.80	45,800,000	4%	28
Malaysia	22,662,365	86,285	0%	262.6	5,700,000	25%	4
Thailand	62,354,402	100,132	0%	622.7	3,600,000	6%	17.3
Indonesia	231,328,092	61,279	0%	3,775.00	4,400,000	2%	52.6
Philippines	84,525,639	38,440	0%	2,198.90	4,500,000	5%	18.8
Vietnam*	81,098,416	529	0%	153,305.10	400,000	0%	202.7
Mongolia*	2,694,432	127	0%	21,216.00	40,000	1%	67.4
Sweden	8,876,744	1,209,266	14%	7.3	6,020,000	68%	1.5
Norway	4,525,116	589,621	13%	7.7	2,680,000	59%	1.7
Finland	5,183,545	1,140,838	22%	4.5	2,690,000	52%	1.9
Denmark	5,368,854	1,154,053	21%	4.7	3,370,000	63%	1.6
Iceland	279,384	68,282	24%	4.1	220,000	79%	1.3
Australia	19,546,792	2,564,339	13%	7.6	10,630,000	54%	1.8
USA	280,562,489	52,238,442	19%	5.4	165,750,000	59%	1.7
* The term "Online users" means here all those who use the Internet, without a reference of how much, how often and how well they do it
Src: Population - CIA 2002; Hosts - Internet Software Consortium 2003; Online users - CIA 2002.

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Table 2 - Three levels of Internet skills

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Table 3 - Growth in the number of Internet hosts in Eastern Asia 1995-2003

											Growth rate (times)
Country	Jan-95		Jan-97		Jan-99		Jan-01		Jan-03		since 1995.
Japan	96,632	64%	734,406	75%	1,687,534	69%	4,640,863	68%	9,260,117	71%	96
Taiwan	14,618	10%	34,650	4%	308,676	13%	1,095,718	16%	2,170,233	17%	148
S. Korea	18,049	12%	66,262	7%	186,414	8%	397,809	6%	407,318	3%	23
HK	12,437	8%	49,162	5%	82,773	3%	228,979	3%	398,151	3%	32
Singapore	5,252	3%	28,892	3%	67,060	3%	175,799	3%	338,349	3%	64
China	569	0%	19,739	2%	17,255	1%	70,391	1%	156,531	1%	275
Malaysia	1,606	1%	25,200	3%	47,852	2%	68,248	1%	86,285	1%	54
Thailand	1,728	1%	9,245	1%	20,527	1%	63,447	1%	100,132	1%	58
Indonesia	177	0%	9,591	1%	15,448	1%	26,727	0%	61,279	0%	346
Philippines	334	0%	3,628	0%	9,204	0%	19,448	0%	38,440	0%	115
Vietnam*	1	0%	5	0%	34	0%	179	0%	529	0%	529
Mongolia*	1	0%	10	0%	20	0%	171	0%	127	0%	127
TOTAL E.ASIA	151,404	100%	980,790	100%	2,442,797	100%	6,787,779	100%	13,017,491	100%	86
E. Asia: growth rate**			6.5		2.5		2.8		1.9
Sweden	77,594	34%	232,955	29%	431,809	27%	764,011	30%	1,209,266	29%	16
Norway	49,725	22%	171,686	21%	318,631	20%	525,030	21%	589,621	14%	12
Finland	71,372	31%	283,526	35%	546,244	34%	771,725	30%	1,140,838	27%	16
Denmark	25,935	11%	106,476	13%	279,790	18%	435,556	17%	1,154,053	28%	44
Iceland	4,735	2%	11,667	1%	21,894	1%	44,040	2%	68,282	2%	14
TOTAL SCANDINAVIA	229,361	100%	806,310	100%	1,598,368	100%	2,540,362	100%	4,162,060	100%	18
Scandinavia: growth rate**			3.5		2.0		1.6		1.6
Australia	161,166	5%	514,760	6%	792,351	4%	1,615,939	3%	2,564,339	5%	16
USA	2,873,389	95%	8,249,129	94%	20,887,593	96%	48,404,734	97%	52,238,442	95%	18
TOTAL AU & US	3,034,555	100%	8,763,889	100%	21,679,944	100%	50,020,673	100%	54,802,781	100%
AU & US: growth rate**			2.9		2.5		2.3		1.1
* Actually, in Jan 1995 in Vietnam and Mongolia there were 0 (zero) hosts.
** Calculated from the change over the previous two years.
Src: Internet Software Consortium 2003.

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Table 4 - Internet hosts in Eastern Asia 1995-2003: changing growth rates

Country/Years	1995 -1997	1997 -1999	1999 -2001	2001 -2003	Avg. biennial growth (95-03)
Japan	7.6	2.3	2.8	2	2.4
Taiwan	2.4	8.9	3.5	2	4.8
S. Korea	3.7	2.8	2.1	1	2.0
HK	4	1.7	2.8	1.7	2.1
Singapore	5.5	2.3	2.6	1.9	2.3
China	34.7	0.9	4.1	2.2	2.4
Malaysia	15.7	1.9	1.4	1.3	1.5
Thailand	5.4	2.2	3.1	1.6	2.3
Indonesia	54.2	1.6	1.7	2.3	1.9
Philippines	10.9	2.5	2.1	2	2.2
Vietnam	5	6.8	5.3	3	5.0
Mongolia	10	2	8.6	0.7	3.8
Whole E. Asia	6.5	2.5	2.8	1.9	2.4
Sweden	3	1.9	1.8	1.6	1.8
Norway	3.5	1.9	1.6	1.1	1.5
Finland	4	1.9	1.4	1.5	1.6
Denmark	4.1	2.6	1.6	2.6	2.3
Iceland	2.5	1.9	2	1.6	1.8
Whole Scandinavia	3.5	2	1.6	1.6	1.7
Australia	3.2	1.5	2	1.6	1.7
USA	2.9	2.5	2.3	1.1	2.0
Combined AU & US	2.9	2.5	2.3	1.1	2.0
Src: Calculated from Table 3.

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Table 5 - Recorded Internet users in Eastern Asia 1996-2002

Country	Online users*	Online users*	Online users*	Online users*	Years lapsed since	Total increase	Annual increase	Annualised growth rate
	then-year	then	now-year	now	then			(times)
Japan	Sep-97	6,560,000	2002	56,000,000	4.7	49,440,000	10,519,000	2
Taiwan	Jun-96	365,000	2001	20,000,000	4.5	19,635,000	4,363,000	12
S. Korea	Feb-97	700,000	2002	25,600,000	4.2	24,900,000	5,929,000	9
HK	Aug-97	500,000	2002	4,350,000	4.7	3,850,000	819,000	2
Singapore	Sep-97	500,000	2002	2,310,000	4.7	1,810,000	385,000	1
China	Jun /Aug 97	175,000	2002	45,800,000	4.6	45,625,000	9,918,000	57
Malaysia	Mar-Oct 97	83,718	2002	5,700,000	4.5	5,616,000	1,248,000	15
Thailand	Jan-98	131,000	2001	3,600,000	3.0	3,469,000	1,156,000	9
Indonesia	Dec-97	80,000	2002	4,400,000	4.0	4,320,000	1,080,000	14
Philippines	Aug-97	92,213	2002	4,500,000	4.7	4,408,000	938,000	10
Vietnam	Jun-98	6,000	2002	400,000	3.5	394,000	113,000	19
Mongolia	Dec-99	3,000	2002	40,000	2.0	37,000	18,500	7
Sweden	Jul-97	1,900,000	2002	6,020,000	4.6	4,120,000	896,000	1
Norway	Sep-97	500,000	2002	2,680,000	4.7	2,180,000	464,000	1
Finland	Sep-97	500,000	2002	2,690,000	4.7	2,190,000	466,000	1
Denmark	Sep-97	500,000	2002	3,370,000	4.7	2,870,000	611,000	1
Iceland	Feb-98	121,630	2002	220,000	3.2	98,000	31,000	1
Australia	Sep-97	1,210,000	2002	10,630,000	4.7	9,420,000	2,004,000	2
USA	1995	18,000,000	2002	165,750,000	7.0	147,750,000	21,107,000	1
* The term "Online users" means here all those who use the Internet, without a reference of how much, how often and how well they do it
Src: Past online users - Nua 2003; 2002 online users - CIA 2002.

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Table 6 - Estimated Internet users in Eastern Asia in 2003

Country	Online users*	Online users*	Annual increase	Years since	Online users*
	then (year)	then (numbers)	1996-2002	then	in 2003
Japan	2002	56,000,000	10,519,000	1	66,519,000
Taiwan**	2001	20,000,000	4,363,000	2	22,097,000
S. Korea	2002	25,600,000	5,929,000	1	31,529,000
HK	2002	4,350,000	819,000	1	5,169,000
Singapore	2002	2,310,000	385,000	1	2,695,000
China	2002	45,800,000	9,918,000	1	55,718,000
Malaysia	2002	5,700,000	1,248,000	1	6,948,000
Thailand	2001	3,600,000	1,156,000	2	5,912,000
Indonesia	2002	4,400,000	1,080,000	1	5,480,000
Philippines	2002	4,500,000	938,000	1	5,438,000
Vietnam	2002	400,000	113,000	1	513,000
Mongolia	2002	40,000	18,500	1	58,500
Sweden	2002	6,020,000	896,000	1	6,916,000
Norway	2002	2,680,000	464,000	1	3,144,000
Finland	2002	2,690,000	466,000	1	3,156,000
Denmark	2002	3,370,000	611,000	1	3,981,000
Iceland	2002	220,000	31,000	1	251,000
Australia	2002	10,630,000	2,004,000	1	12,634,000
USA	2002	165,750,000	21,107,000	1	186,857,000
* The term "Online users" means here all those who use the Internet, without a reference of how much, how often and how well they do it.
** The calculations for 2003 (28.7 mln) exceed the total Taiwan's population (22.5 mln). Therefore the estimated no. of online users is set to equal the 98% of Taiwan's population, i.e. 22.097 mln.
Src: Calculated from Table 5.

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Table 7 - Estimated advanced and other online users in Eastern Asia in 2003

Country	Hosts	All	Estimated	Estimated
	[2003]	online users* [2003]	Advanced users**	Other users**
Japan	9,260,117	66,519,000	9,260,000	57,259,000
Taiwan	2,170,233	22,097,000	2,170,000	19,927,000
S. Korea	407,318	31,529,000	407,000	31,122,000
HK	398,151	5,169,000	398,000	4,771,000
Singapore	338,349	2,695,000	338,000	2,357,000
China	156,531	55,718,000	157,000	55,561,000
Malaysia	86,285	6,948,000	86,000	6,862,000
Thailand	100,132	5,912,000	100,000	5,812,000
Indonesia	61,279	5,480,000	61,000	5,419,000
Philippines	38,440	5,438,000	38,000	5,400,000
Vietnam	529	513,000	529	512,471
Mongolia	127	58,500	127	58,373
Sweden	1,209,266	6,916,000	1,209,000	5,707,000
Norway	589,621	3,144,000	590,000	2,554,000
Finland	1,140,838	3,156,000	1,141,000	2,015,000
Denmark	1,154,053	3,981,000	1,154,000	2,827,000
Iceland	68,282	251,000	68,000	183,000
Australia	2,564,339	12,634,000	2,564,000	10,070,000
USA	52,238,442	186,857,000	52,238,000	134,619,000
* The term "Online users" means here all those who use the Internet, without a reference of how much, how often, or how well they do it.
** "Advanced users" are a function of the number of installed hosts (estimate 1 host = 1.00 advanced user).
*** "Other users" form the difference between all "online users" and the "advanced users".
Src: Calculated from Table 1 and Table 6.

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Table 8 - Estimated distribution of Internet skills in Eastern Asia in 2003, numbers

Country	Popul.	Estimated	Estimated	People with	People with	People with
	[2002]	Advanced users	Other users	Advanced skill	Moderate skills	Basic skills
Japan	126,974,628	9,260,000	57,259,000	9,260,000	17,177,700	40,081,300
Taiwan	22,548,009	2,170,000	19,927,000	2,170,000	5,978,100	13,948,900
S. Korea	48,324,000	407,000	31,122,000	407,000	9,336,600	21,785,400
HK	7,303,334	398,000	4,771,000	398,000	1,431,300	3,339,700
Singapore	4,452,732	338,000	2,357,000	338,000	707,100	1,649,900
China	1,284,303,705	157,000	55,561,000	157,000	16,668,300	38,892,700
Malaysia	22,662,365	86,000	6,862,000	86,000	2,058,600	4,803,400
Thailand	62,354,402	100,000	5,812,000	100,000	1,743,600	4,068,400
Indonesia	231,328,092	61,000	5,419,000	61,000	1,625,700	3,793,300
Philippines	84,525,639	38,000	5,400,000	38,000	1,620,000	3,780,000
Vietnam	81,098,416	529	512,471	529	153,741	358,730
Mongolia	2,694,432	127	58,373	127	17,512	40,861
Sweden	8,876,744	1,209,000	5,707,000	1,209,000	1,712,100	3,994,900
Norway	4,525,116	590,000	2,554,000	590,000	766,200	1,787,800
Finland	5,183,545	1,141,000	2,015,000	1,141,000	604,500	1,410,500
Denmark	5,368,854	1,154,000	2,827,000	1,154,000	848,100	1,978,900
Iceland	279,384	68,000	183,000	68,000	54,900	128,100
Australia	19,546,792	2,564,000	10,070,000	2,564,000	3,021,000	7,049,000
USA	280,562,489	52,238,000	134,619,000	52,238,000	40,385,700	94,233,300
Src: Population - CIA 2002; Advanced/Other users - Table 7; Skill type - Table 1;

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Table 9 - Estimated distribution of Internet skills in Eastern Asia in 2003, percentages

Country	Advanced	Moderate	Basic	Total	Advanced & Moderate skills
	as % of pop.	as % of pop.	as % of pop.	% of pop.	as % of pop.
Japan	7%	14%	32%	52%	21%
Taiwan	10%	27%	62%	98%	36%
S. Korea	1%	19%	45%	65%	20%
HK	5%	20%	46%	71%	25%
Singapore	8%	16%	37%	61%	23%
China	0%	1%	3%	4%	1%
Malaysia	0%	9%	21%	31%	9%
Thailand	0%	3%	7%	9%	3%
Indonesia	0%	1%	2%	2%	1%
Philippines	0%	2%	4%	6%	2%
Vietnam	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%
Mongolia	0%	1%	2%	2%	1%
Sweden	14%	19%	45%	78%	33%
Norway	13%	17%	40%	69%	30%
Finland	22%	12%	27%	61%	34%
Denmark	21%	16%	37%	74%	37%
Iceland	24%	20%	46%	90%	44%
Australia	13%	15%	36%	65%	29%
USA	19%	14%	34%	67%	33%
Src: Calculated from Table 8.

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Chart 9a - Estimated distribution of Internet skills in Eastern Asia, percentages

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Chart 9b - Closeup of estimated distribution of Internet skills in Eastern Asia, percentages

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Chart 9c - Estimated distribution of Internet skills in Scandinavia, USA and Australia percentages

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Table 10 - Projected growth in the number of Internet hosts in countries of Eastern Asia 2003-2009

Country	Jan 03	Avg. biennial growth (95-03)	Jan 05	Jan 07	Jan 09
Japan	9,260,117	2.4	17,779,425	34,136,495	65,542,071
Taiwan	2,170,233	4.8	8,333,695	32,001,388	122,885,329
S. Korea	407,318	2	651,709	1,042,734	1,668,375
HK	398,151	2.1	668,894	1,123,741	1,887,886
Singapore	338,349	2.3	622,562	1,145,514	2,107,746
China	156,531	2.4	300,540	577,036	1,107,909
Malaysia	86,285	1.5	103,542	124,250	149,100
Thailand	100,132	2.3	184,243	339,007	623,773
Indonesia	61,279	1.9	93,144	141,579	215,200
Philippines	38,440	2.2	67,654	119,072	209,566
Vietnam	529	5	2,116	8,464	33,856
Mongolia	127	3.8	386	1,174	3,568
Sweden	1,209,266	1.8	1,741,343	2,507,534	3,610,849
Norway	589,621	1.5	707,545	849,054	1,018,865
Finland	1,140,838	1.6	1,460,273	1,869,149	2,392,511
Denmark	1,154,053	2.3	2,123,458	3,907,162	7,189,178
Iceland	68,282	1.8	98,326	141,590	203,889
Australia	2,564,339	1.7	3,487,501	4,743,001	6,450,482
USA	52,238,442	2	83,581,507	133,730,412	213,968,658
Src: Calculated from Tables 3 and 4.

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Table 11 - Projected growth in the number of online users in countries of Eastern Asia 2003-2009

		Online users*	Online users*	Online users*	Online users*
Country	Popul. [2002]	2003	2005	2007	2009
Japan**	126,974,628	66,519,000	87,557,000	108,595,000	126,974,000
Taiwan**	22,548,009	22,097,000	22,097,000	22,097,000	22,097,000
S. Korea**	48,324,000	31,529,000	43,387,000	48,324,000	48,324,000
HK**	7,303,334	5,169,000	6,807,000	7,303,000	7,303,000
Singapore**	4,452,732	2,695,000	3,465,000	4,235,000	4,452,000
China	1,284,303,705	55,718,000	75,554,000	95,390,000	206,826,000
Malaysia	22,662,365	6,948,000	9,444,000	11,940,000	22,662,000
Thailand	62,354,402	5,912,000	8,224,000	10,536,000	22,360,000
Indonesia	231,328,092	5,480,000	7,640,000	9,800,000	20,760,000
Philippines	84,525,639	5,438,000	7,314,000	9,190,000	20,066,000
Vietnam	81,098,416	513,000	739,000	965,000	1,991,000
Mongolia	2,694,432	58,500	95,500	132,500	249,500
Sweden	8,876,744	6,916,000	8,708,000	8,708,000	8,708,000
Norway**	4,525,116	3,144,000	4,072,000	4,525,000	4,525,000
Finland**	5,183,545	3,156,000	4,088,000	5,020,000	5,183,000
Denmark**	5,368,854	3,981,000	5,203,000	5,368,000	5,368,000
Iceland**	279,384	251,000	279,000	279,000	279,000
Australia**	19,546,792	12,634,000	16,642,000	19,546,000	19,546,000
USA**	280,562,489	186,857,000	229,071,000	271,285,000	280,562,000
** The maximum number of online users is limited by the size of the total population in a given country
Src: Calculated from Table 6.

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Table 12 - Estimated distribution of Internet skills in Eastern Asia in 2009, numbers

Country	Popul.	Estimated	Estimated	People with	People with	People with
	[2002]	Advanced users	Other users	Advanced skills	Moderate skills	Basic skills
Japan	126,974,628	65,542,000	61,432,000	65,542,000	18,429,600	43,002,400
Taiwan	22,548,009	22,548,000	0	22,548,000	0	0
S. Korea	48,324,000	1,668,000	46,656,000	1,668,000	13,996,800	32,659,200
HK	7,303,334	1,888,000	5,415,000	1,888,000	1,624,500	3,790,500
Singapore	4,452,732	2,108,000	2,344,000	2,108,000	703,200	1,640,800
China	1,284,303,705	1,108,000	205,718,000	1,108,000	61,715,400	144,002,600
Malaysia	22,662,365	149,000	22,513,000	149,000	6,753,900	15,759,100
Thailand	62,354,402	624,000	21,736,000	624,000	6,520,800	15,215,200
Indonesia	231,328,092	215,000	20,545,000	215,000	6,163,500	14,381,500
Philippines	84,525,639	210,000	19,856,000	210,000	5,956,800	13,899,200
Vietnam	81,098,416	34,000	1,957,000	34,000	587,100	1,369,900
Mongolia	2,694,432	3,568	245,932	3,568	73,780	172,152
Sweden	8,876,744	3,611,000	5,097,000	3,611,000	1,529,100	3,567,900
Norway	4,525,116	1,019,000	3,506,000	1,019,000	1,051,800	2,454,200
Finland	5,183,545	2,393,000	2,790,000	2,393,000	837,000	1,953,000
Denmark	5,368,854	5,368,000	0	5,368,000	0	0
Iceland	279,384	204,000	75,000	204,000	22,500	52,500
Australia	19,546,792	6,450,000	13,096,000	6,450,000	3,928,800	9,167,200
USA	280,562,489	213,969,000	66,593,000	213,969,000	19,977,900	46,615,100
Src: Calculated from Tables 10 & 11, and using the model developed in Table 8.

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Table 13 - Estimated distribution of Internet skills in Eastern Asia in 2009, percentages

	Advanced	Moderate	Basic	Total %	Advanced & Moderate skills
Country	as % of pop.	as % of pop.	as % of pop.	of pop.	as % of pop.
Japan	52%	15%	34%	100%	67%
Taiwan	100%	0%	0%	100%	100%
S. Korea	3%	29%	68%	100%	32%
HK	26%	22%	52%	100%	48%
Singapore	47%	16%	37%	100%	63%
China	0%	5%	11%	16%	5%
Malaysia	1%	30%	70%	100%	31%
Thailand	1%	10%	24%	36%	11%
Indonesia	0%	3%	6%	9%	3%
Philippines	0%	7%	16%	24%	7%
Vietnam	0%	1%	2%	2%	1%
Mongolia	0%	3%	6%	9%	3%
Sweden	41%	17%	40%	98%	58%
Norway	23%	23%	54%	100%	46%
Finland	46%	16%	38%	100%	62%
Denmark	100%	0%	0%	100%	100%
Iceland	73%	8%	19%	100%	81%
Australia	33%	20%	47%	100%	53%
USA	76%	7%	17%	100%	83%
Src: Calculated from Table 12.

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Table 14 - Magnitude of Internet skills in Eastern Asia in 2003

Country	Magnitude of	Magnitude of	Total points for	Magnitude	Magnitude
	Advanced skills*	Moderate skills*	Advanced & Moderate skills	within the world %	within the region** %
Japan	759,320,000	841,707,300	1,601,027,300	14.4%	40.7%
Taiwan	177,940,000	292,926,900	470,866,900	4.2%	12.0%
S. Korea	33,374,000	457,493,400	490,867,400	4.4%	12.5%
HK	32,636,000	70,135,700	102,769,700	0.9%	2.6%
Singapore	27,716,000	34,647,900	62,363,900	0.6%	1.6%
China	12,874,000	816,746,700	829,620,700	7.5%	21.1%
Malaysia	7,052,000	100,871,400	107,923,400	1.0%	2.7%
Thailand	8,200,000	85,436,400	93,636,400	0.8%	2.4%
Indonesia	5,002,000	79,659,300	84,661,300	0.8%	2.2%
Philippines	3,116,000	79,380,000	82,496,000	0.7%	2.1%
Vietnam	43,378	7,533,324	7,576,702	0.1%	0.2%
Mongolia	10,414	858,083	868,497	0.0%	0.0%
sub-total			3,934,678,199		100.0%
Sweden	99,138,000	83,892,900	183,030,900	1.7%	34.1%
Norway	48,380,000	37,543,800	85,923,800	0.8%	16.0%
Finland	93,562,000	29,620,500	123,182,500	1.1%	23.0%
Denmark	94,628,000	41,556,900	136,184,900	1.2%	25.4%
Iceland	5,576,000	2,690,100	8,266,100	0.1%	1.5%
sub-total			536,588,200		100.0%
Australia	210,248,000	148,029,000	358,277,000	3.2%	5.4%
USA	4,283,516,000	1,978,899,300	6,262,415,300	56.5%	94.6%
sub-total			6,620,692,300		100.0%
Total			11,091,958,699
* Estimated from the percentage of populations with the Moderate and Advanced Internet skills. Method: 82 points (mid-range between 67% and 100% skill level) for each user with "Advanced" skills, 49 points (mid-range between 33% and 66% skill level) for each user with "Moderate" skills.
** Average regional score for Eastern Asian region (12 countries) is 100%/12 = 8.3%; for Scandinavia (5 countries) = 20%>
Src: Calculated from Table 8.

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Table 15 - Intensity of Internet skills in Eastern Asia in 2003

Country	Intensity of	Intensity of	Total points for	Intensity	Intensity
	Advanced skills*	Moderate skills*	Advanced & Moderate skills	within the world %	within the region** %
Japan	5.74	6.86	12.6	5.3%	15.6%
Taiwan	8.2	13.23	21.43	8.9%	26.5%
S. Korea	0.82	9.31	10.13	4.2%	12.5%
HK	4.1	9.8	13.9	5.8%	17.2%
Singapore	6.56	7.84	14.4	6.0%	17.8%
China	0	0.49	0.49	0.2%	0.6%
Malaysia	0	4.41	4.41	1.8%	5.5%
Thailand	0	1.47	1.47	0.6%	1.8%
Indonesia	0	0.49	0.49	0.2%	0.6%
Philippines	0	0.98	0.98	0.4%	1.2%
Vietnam	0	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
Mongolia	0	0.49	0.49	0.2%	0.6%
sub-total			80.79		100.0%
Sweden	11.48	9.31	20.79	8.7%	17.6%
Norway	10.66	8.33	18.99	7.9%	16.1%
Finland	18.04	5.88	23.92	10.0%	20.2%
Denmark	17.22	7.84	25.06	10.5%	21.2%
Iceland	19.68	9.8	29.48	12.3%	24.9%
sub-total			118.24		100.0%
Australia	10.66	7.35	18.01	7.5%	44.5%
USA	15.58	6.86	22.44	9.4%	55.5%
sub-total			40.45		100.0%
Total			239.48	100.0%
* Estimated from the size of populations with the Moderate and Advanced Internet skills. Method: 82 points (mid-range between 67% and 100% skill level) for each user with "Advanced" skills, 49 points (mid-range between 33% and 66% skill level) for each user with "Moderate" skills.
** Average regional score for Eastern Asian region (12 countries) is 100%/12 = 8.3%; for Scandinavia (5 countries) = 20%>
Src: Calculated from Table 9.

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Table 16 - Internet Power Index (IPI) in Eastern Asia in 2003

Country	IPI score in 2003
Japan	2,017
Taiwan	1,009
S. Korea	497
HK	143
Singapore	90
China	41
Malaysia	48
Thailand	14
Indonesia	4
Philippines	8
Vietnam	0
Mongolia	0
Sweden	381
Norway	163
Finland	295
Denmark	341
Iceland	24
Australia	645
USA	14,053
* Calculated as Magnitude points x Intensity points/10 mln
Src: Calculated from Table 14 and Table 15.

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Chart 16a - Internet Power Index in E. Asia, Scandinavia, Australia & USA in 2003

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Chart 16b - Internet Power Index in Eastern Asia in 2003

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Table 17 - Magnitude and intensity of Internet skills in Eastern Asia in 2003

Country	Magnitude	Score	Intensity	Score
	% within the region**		% within the region**
Japan	40.70%	HI	15.60%	HI
Taiwan	12.00%	HI	26.50%	HI
S. Korea	12.50%	HI	12.50%	HI
HK	2.60%	LO	17.20%	HI
Singapore	1.60%	LO	17.80%	HI
China	21.10%	HI	0.60%	LO
Malaysia	2.70%	LO	5.50%	LO
Thailand	2.40%	LO	1.80%	LO
Indonesia	2.20%	LO	0.60%	LO
Philippines	2.10%	LO	1.20%	LO
Vietnam	0.20%	LO	0.00%	LO
Mongolia	0.00%	LO	0.60%	LO
sub-total	100.00%		100.00%
Sweden	34.10%	HI	17.60%	LO
Norway	16.00%	LO	16.10%	LO
Finland	23.00%	HI	20.20%	HI
Denmark	25.40%	HI	21.20%	HI
Iceland	1.50%	LO	24.90%	HI
sub-total	100.00%		100.00%
Australia	5.40%		44.50%
USA	94.60%		55.50%
* High score is allocated to countries with higher than average regional score (see below)
** Average regional score for Eastern Asian region (12 countries) is 100%/12 = 8.3%; for Scandinavia (5 countries) = 20%
Src: Calculated from Table 14 and Table 15.

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