Number of Indian and English language internet users in India 2011-2021

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Tanushree Basuroy
,
Jul 10, 2025
This statistic displays the number of Indian and English language internet users across India from 2011 to 2021. In 2016, the number of English internet users amounted to about
***
million and was projected to increase to
***
million in 2021. For Indian language users, this number was about
***
million users in 2016, and was projected to reach
***
million in 2021.
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Number of Indian and English language internet users across India from 2011 to 2021 (in millions)*

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Statistic: Number of Indian and English language internet users across India from 2011 to 2021 (in millions)*

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Release date

April 2017

Region

India

Survey time period

2011 and 2016

Supplementary notes

* According to the source, non-English or Indian language users are literates who prefer their primary language over English to read, write and converse with each other.
** Forecast.

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