If all the “digital natives” in the world combined to form their own country, it would be slightly larger than the US, according to a report [pdf] from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the Georgia Institute of Technology, which together constructed a model to estimate the number – and penetration – of digital natives around the world. Out of the world’s population of 7 billion, an estimated 363 million count as digital natives, per the report. That’s 5.2% of the world’s population – but that figure varies significantly by country. (more…)
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