The number of worldwide Internet users grew by 200 million in 2015 to 3.2 billion, according to a report from Facebook.

The growth is consistent with previous years. Facebook said the number of Internet users has increased by 200 million to 300 million every year for the past 10 years.

Dan Olds, an analyst with The Gabriel Consulting Group, said he sees the consistent growth in connectivity numbers as a strong trend.

“I think it’s amazing that in 30 years, nearly half of the world’s population is now online and able to access the vast amounts of information available on the Web,” said Dan Olds, an analyst with The Gabriel Consulting Group. “If you asked a technologist back in 1995 to predict the breadth of reach and richness of content of today’s web, they would have significantly underestimated both. We’ve come a very long way in a very little amount of time.”

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