The figures below compare the number of internet users in several European nations as well as the prevalence of online shopping in these countries.

A glance at the table and the pie chart delineates information about surfing on the

Internet

for some countries in Europe, the former focusing on the number of users in the

years

1995, 2000, and 2004, and the latter concerning the popularity of shopping using the

Internet

in 2004. At first sight, it can be explicitly perceived that the distinguished European nations generally were charmed more engaging the

Internet

over the chronological framework, accompanied by Britishers and Frenches as the maximum users per the three

years

and shoppers through the

Internet

in 2004, respectively. Enhancing from 16

million

in 1995 to 22

million

in 2000, Brit users reached a staggering summit of 41

million

in 2004, culminating in all these countries and

years

. Germany stood in second ranking with 5, 14, and 15

million

citizens using the

Internet

in the order of 1995, 2000, and 2004,

while

tertiary was allocated to French peoples by a mounted threefold of 2, 3, and 6

million

for these

years

. Swiss and Spanish nations,

however

, encompassed approximately lower and mere enthusiasts of

this

significant technology who were the penultimate and least proponents. Meanwhile, it is noteworthy that France's population preferred

Internet

shopping in 2004, outnumbering Switzerland's people.

This

was followed by Germans in third importance among these three countries.