Other Languages Growing on the Net (International)
Non-U.S. Internet users will outnumber U.S. users by the end of 1998, according to E-marketer, an Irish Internet research group.
The two fastest growing Internet markets are China and India.
According to the World Watch Institute, the number of users in China and India will multiply 15 times over to reach 5.5 million by 2000.
The Internet Society reports that more than half of the world's Internet users are currently Americans.
About 82 per cent of all websites are in English and 90 per cent of all e-mail is typed in English.
In 1997, France had fewer than four Internet-connected computers per 1000 residents. This is half the rate of Germany, one-third the rate of Great Britain and one-tenth the rate of the U.S.
