The pie chart visualizes the proportion of individuals using several languages online in December 2001. The table depicts information about the number of people online in five different years between November 1997 and August 2001, and it measured in millions. Overall, it is readily apparent that the highest usage of online language was English, and the lowest was Dutch. While, the quantity of individuals online in August 2001 witnessed the large number, and the least was in November 1997.
It is clear that English experienced the highest percentage, and became the most widely used language online, as much as 43% from the total 529 million. Japanese and Chinese were the second and the third used, with the very tiny difference (0,1%). Afterwards, both German and Spanish were experienced at each 6,5% and 6,8%. The five remaining languages such as Korean, Italian, Franch, Portuguese, and Dutch had the tiniest proportion among the formers which was under 5% in general.
The given table, conversely, just 76 million people used internet in November 1997, and it was the lowest quantity; however, in August 2001 the figure witnessed the highest which was 513 million. This statistic saw that there was an increase proportion from 1,8% to 8,4% of the world population. One of the noticeable improvements was from August 1999 to August 2000 by adding 173 million. Additionally, in September 1998, the number increased approximately twice from November 1997.
To sum up, English was the most popular online language in the world used by people, and the proportion of Dutch was the least in demand. The number of individuals online had significantly surged from 1999 to 2000.