More than a third of world’s population have never used internet, says UN

Nearly 3bn people, or 37% of global population, have never been online despite rise in use during pandemic

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Nearly 3 billion people - or 37% of the world's population - have never used the internet, according to the United Nations, despite the Covid-19 pandemic driving people online.

The UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) estimated that 96% of the 2.9 billion people who have not accessed the web live in developing countries.