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Growing number of internet users in Russia

In this photo taken Wednesday, April 3, 2013, people work on their computers at the British Library in London. Capturing the unruly, ever-changing Internet is like trying to pin down a raging river. But the British Library is going to try. For centuries the library has preserved a copy of every book, pamphlet, magazine and newspaper published in Britain. Starting Saturday, April 6, 2013, it will also be bound to record every website, e-book and blog, in a bid to preserve the nation’s “digital memory.” (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Invest Foresight has composed a rating of Russia’s regions by an average annual growth of internet users per 100 residents, based on 2013–2018 data.

The rating’s top positions are held by the regions of low urbanization level and population density and hence of a relatively low internet proliferation, where internet availability is now catching up and therefore the growth figures are higher.

Region Average annual growth (%) in number of internet users per 100 residents (2013-2018)
Republic of Chechnya 15.83
Amur Region 12.18
Republic of Daghestan 11.86
Republic of Tuva 11.25
Republic of Altai 10.82
Republic of Ingushetia 10.27
Astrakhan Region 9.92
Karachayevo-Circassian Republic 9.72
Krasnodar Territory 9.55
Republic of Adygeya 8.94
Republic of North Ossetia-Alania 8.50
Voronezh Region 8.23
Kamchatka Territory 7.70
Republic of Bashkortostan 7.48
Bryansk Region 7.47
Republic of Kalmykia 7.37
Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) 7.07
Samara Region 6.53
Republic of Buryatia 6.42
Vologda Region 6.36
Tver Region 6.27
Chukotka Autonomous Area 6.20
Republic of Crimea 6.17
Ryazan Region 6.12
Orenburg Region 5.96
Stavropol Territory 5.77
Saratov Region 5.70
Kursk Region 5.69
Ulyanovsk Region 5.61
Nizhny Novgorod Region 5.59
Republic of Khakassia 5.50
Moscow Region 5.44
Trans-Baikal Territory 5.34
Rostov Region 5.24
Komi Republic 5.22
Tambov Region 5.19
Tyumen Region (less Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area) 5.09
Ivanovo Region 5.06
Kaluga Region 4.95
Pskov Region 4.95
Khabarovsk Territory 4.84
Lipetsk Region 4.83
Russia (average) 4.83
Jewish Autonomous Region 4.82
Republic of Tatarstan 4.62
Kirov Region 4.54
Orel Region 4.49
Vladimir Region 4.48
Kostroma Region 4.46
Kabardino-Balkarian Republic 4.28
Republic of Mari El 4.25
Tomsk Region 4.22
Krasnoyarsk Territory 4.18
Novgorod Region 4.12
Tula Region 4.07
Chelyabinsk Region 3.96
Sakhalin Region 3.91
Smolensk Region 3.85
Primorye Territory 3.84
Arkhangelsk Region (less Nenets Autonomous Area) 3.79
Arkhangelsk Region 3.78
Kurgan Region 3.71
Magadan Region 3.59
Altai Territory 3.55
Belgorod Region 3.39
Tyumen Region 3.39
Novosibirsk Region 3.38
Perm Territory 3.35
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area 3.35
Irkutsk Region 3.30
Penza Region 3.27
Yaroslavl Region 3.23
Republic of Karelia 3.00
Udmurtian Republic 2.90
Moscow 2.83
Omsk Region 2.81
Volgograd Region 2.79
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area – Yugra 2.62
Republic of of Chuvashia 2.59
Leningrad Region 2.55
Murmansk Region 2.50
Kemerovo Region 2.44
Republic of Mordovia 2.41
Nenets Autonomous Area 2.27
St Petersburg 2.17
Sverdlovsk Region 2.10
Sevastopol 1.69
Kaliningrad Region 1.63

By Roman Mamchits

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