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Table 20 Distribution of Online Population by Language
Percent of total world online population.
*Language Percent   Language Percent   Language Percent   Language Percent
 
**English 37.23%   Dutch 2.00%   Romania 0.37%   Ukranian 0.15%
Chinese 11.04%   Norwegian 1.31%   Finnish 0.36%   Bulgarian 0.10%
Korean 9.91%   Polish 1.11%   French 0.36%   Slovenian 0.10%
Spanish 7.62%   Swedish 1.10%   Hebrew 0.32%   Estonian 0.06%
Greek 6.78%   Arabic 0.89%   Hungarian 0.32%   Serbian 0.06%
Latvian 4.57%   Turkish 0.74%   Catalan 0.31%   Croatian 0.05%
Japanese 3.87%   Danish 0.57%   Icelandic 0.24%   Malay 0.05%
German 3.55%   Czech 0.50%   Slovak 0.16%   Lithuanian 0.03%
Portugeuse 3.07%   Persian 0.45%   Vietnamese 0.16%   *Other 0.00%
Russian 2.97%   Thai 0.39%   Italian 0.15%   100%
Source: Global Reach. 2002. [online document] 30 September 2002. (27 October 2002) Global internet statistics (by language) / Details by country.
Notes: * A language population is not restricted by the country of residence. For example, someone living in Hong Kong, the United States, or Brazil accessing a Japanese website in Tokyo or Osaka would be considered part of the Japanese language population.
  ** The gray highlighted areas represent Hong Kong's principal trade partners.
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