Qatar tops global Internet adoption list with 99% users 09 Mar 2021 - 8:38 By Ayeni Olusegun | The Peninsula Doha: Qatar has ranked number one globally in Internet Adoption according to ‘The Global State of Digital 2021’ report released by Hootsuite. The report features in-depth profiles of more than 230 countries and territories around the world. With a population of 2.91 million in January 2021, over 99 percent of Qatar’s population live in urban areas, and 2.88 million Internet users were recorded in Qatar in January 2021, an increase of 29,000 between 2020 and 2021, the report said. Other countries with 99% Internet adoption include Bahrain, Iceland, Kuwait, Norway, and the UAE. The Hootsuite report also stated that Qatar has 2.87 million social media users, equivalent to 98.8 percent of the total population as of January 2021. Qatar’s mobile connections increased by 35,000 (+0.8%) between January 2020 and January 2021, raising the connections to 4.67 million and 160.6% of the population. The mobile connection figures are shown to exceed the total population because many people use several mobile connections.