(BEIRUT, LEBANON) — A recent study conducted by Dubai-based research firm, Madar Reserach and Development Center, says the number of internet users in Lebanon is expected to reach 3.2 million people by 2017. The report, which was published in a Byblos Bank report says that 69.2 percent of the Lebanese population will be using the internet by the end of 2017.
As of 2012, 2 million, or 45.1 percent of Lebanese actively used the internet.
Lebanon, according to the report, will have the 5th highest numbers of internet users in the Arab world in 2017, coming behind Bahrain (87.4 percent), Kuwait (73.7 percent), Morocco (72.4 percent) and the United Arab Emirates (72.2 percent).