The figures below compare the number of internet users in several European nations as well as the prevalence of online shopping in these countries. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The provided two charts showcase the number of web users in three distinct years (1995, 2000 and 2004)
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the proportion of online customers during 2004 among the five European
countries
, namely Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain and
UK
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the UK
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.
Overall
, as expected, the popularity of
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the internet
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internet
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increased
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time, resulting in a steady
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in the user population within the five
countries
respectively. At the same time, the ranking of
countries
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the
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internet users remained constant throughout the three years. Given that
UK
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took up the leading position, the data rose from 16
millions
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of
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users in 1995 to 41
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in 2004.
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by Germany (15
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in 2004), France (6
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in 2004) and Switzerland (4
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in 2004)
repectively
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respectively
. Meanwhile, the
modest
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country is Spain, containing 0.5
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population in 1995 to 2
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in 2004. Even though Britain still outnumbered other
countries
in terms of online shoppers in 2004, it accounted for approximately one-third of the pie chart,
similarly
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to Spain and France. At the same time, Germany and Switzerland shared the remaining one-
third,
concluding least Swiss shopped online.
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