An analysis of Social Media use
in The SADC region - 2014 - 2020

Bill. In May 2020, the Government then gazetted63 the Cybersecurity and Data Protection Bill.
8.0. SADC region Internet Usage, 2020 Population Stats and Facebook Subscribers 64
Figure 5: AFRICA 2020 POPULATION AND INTERNET USERS65 STATISTICS66
Country

Angola

Population 67

Internet

Internet

Penetration

(2020 Est.)

Users

Users

(% Population)

31-Dec-2000 68

31-DEC-2019

30,000

7,078,067

32,866,272

69

21.5 %

23,493
%

Botswana

2,351,627

15,000

1,116,079

47.5 %

6,455
%

Comoros

869,901

1,500

178,500

20.5%

11,800
%

Congo, Dem. Rep.

89,561,403

500

7,475,917

8.3 %

Eswatini

1,160,164

10,000

665,245

57.3 %

6,552
%

Lesotho

2,142,249

4,000

682,990

31.9 %

16,975
%

Madagascar

27,691,018

30,000

2,643,025

9.5 %

8,710
%

Malawi

19,129,952

15,000

2,717,243

14.2 %

18,015
%

Mauritius

1,271,768

87,000

852,000

67.0 %

879 %

Mozambique

31,255,435

30,000

6,523,613

20.9 %

21,645
%

Namibia

2,540,905

30,000

1,347,418

53.0 %

4,391
%

63 http://www.veritaszim.net/sites/veritas_d/files/Cyber%20Security%20and%20Data%20Protection%20Bill.pdf
64 www.internetworldstats.com
65 Africa Internet usage information comes from, among others, data published by WWW, ITU , Facebook, and other trustworthy information sources.
66 For definitions, navigation help and methodology, see the site surfing guide.
67 Africa Population numbers are mid-year 2020 estimates, based on data from the United Nations Population Division.
68 For Internet growth comparison purposes, baseline Internet usage data for the year 2000 is also displayed.
69 Africa Internet Statistics for Dec 31, 2019, updated as of March 21, 2020

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