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According to latest “Global Internet audience” data released by comscore, 41% of the global Internet users are from Asia-pacific region.
Here is the region-wise breakdown of Internet traffic in Dec 2008:
Asia Pacific          416.28 million   41.3%
Europe                 282.65 million   28.0%
North America         185.11 million    18.4%
Latin America           74.91 million     7.4%
Middle East & Africa  48.78 million    4.8%


                                     The above figures used for ranking are only home and office Internet users. The Internet traffic from public computers like Internet cafes and mobile phones is not counted in this report!
I believe countries like China and India are having more Internet users from public computers like cafes, as still in these regions personal or home computers are not reached to most of the users, and they regularly use Internet from cafes.
In most of the European and North-Latin American countries the internet audience is reached to its maximum limit and there is very low scope for drastic increase in internet users, whereas in Asian countries, its just a start now and many people and cities are now getting connected by internet and hence big scope to increase Internet audience!!
Here is the list of Top 15 Countries by Internet Audience with unique visitors and global share of Internet users for Dec 2008:
China:           179.71 million     17.8%
United States:   163.3 million      16.2%
Japan:           59.99 million      6.0%
Germany:         36.99 million      3.7%
United Kingdom:  36.66 million      3.6%
France:          34.01 million      3.4%
India:           32.09 million      3.2%
Russia:          28.99 million      2.9%
Brazil:          27.68 million      2.7%
South Korea:     27.25 million      2.7%
Canada:          21.81 million      2.2%
Italy:           20.78 million      2.1%
Spain:           17.89 million      1.8%
Mexico:          12.48 million      1.2%
Netherlands:     11.81 million      1.2%
Surely in future Asia is going to play a big role and will be the center for most of the Internet dependent business decisions.

The White House on Friday unveiled the recipients of approximately $795 million in broadband grants and loans that will come out of the $7.2 billion set aside in the stimulus package for broadband grants.
The 66 projects receiving money were selected by the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture, and will mainly deal with building out broadband infrastructure and providing the technology to public computing centers. Recipients have also provided $200 million in matching grants.
Awards range from a $448,000 grant/loan project to expand high-speed broadband service to Georgia's Sapelo Island to a $62.5 million grant intended to link regional public networks throughout the country.
With this announcement, the government has now awarded $2.7 billion to 260 broadband projects since December 2009, the White House said. President Obama is set to formally announce the most recent recipients on Saturday.
The $62.5 million project, proposed by a group of national research and education networking organizations, will be supplemented by $34.3 million in matching funds. It will be known as the United States Unified Community Anchor Network (U.S. UCAN), which will use the money to build an advanced 100 Gbit/s network backbone that will link regional networks like schools, libraries, community colleges, health centers, and public safety organizations.
The recipient of the second-largest award is Georgia's Wilkes Telephone & Electric Company, which will use the $48.1 million in grant/loan funds to build out a fiber to the home (FTTH), wireline, fiber-optic cable network to residents in Lincoln, Taliaferro, and Wilkes Counties. It is intended to support speeds in excess of 20 Gbps and could reach up to 20,300 people, 802 businesses, and 58 community institutions in the region.
The Massachusetts Technology Park, meanwhile, will take home a $45.4 million grant, which will be matched by $26.2 million in additional matching funds. The group will be building out 1,300 miles of new fiber to residents and businesses in Western Massachusetts, which MPT estimates will benefit 1 million people, 44,000 businesses, and 700 community institutions.
The awards are going to organizations and companies in 37 states, including six projects in Iowa. A $16.2 million grant to the Iowa Communications Network will upgrade an existing 3,000-mile network to provide 10 Gbps service in all counties, while $17.7 million to the Iowa Health System will upgrade the health system's fiber network, which connects more than 200 healthcare facilities. The four other projects will use a combined $35.9 million to provide FTTH service to specific communities throughout the state.
The city of Washington, D.C., meanwhile, will receive $17.5 million to improve broadband access at 190 community centers in economically distressed areas. Another $1.6 million will provide 1,000 new workstations at 24 libraries, two recreation centers, three public schools, and one community college library in D.C.
A full list of the recipients is available on the White House Web site.