Bar chart of the number of internet users in the world.

In the past five years, the global Internet population has grown from about 1 trillion to 1.6 trillion, and this growth is not going to stop in the short term. However, future growth is not equally distributed throughout all regions of the planet.

The latest report from Forrester ForecastView ensures that the Internet population will increase in all countries the world over the coming years, but emerging markets will grow at a faster pace. In 2014, one third of Internet users come from Brazil, Russia, India or China.

The large number of online buyers and increased per capita spending on electronic commerce opens up a great business opportunity is these emerging markets with great potential who are preparing to challenge the leadership in bandwidth United States and Europe.