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# Country and language statistics

## Country of origin

Country of origin refers to the geographical location of the organization, individual, or individuals responsible for the intellectual content of a public Web site.

Note: country of origin does NOT refer to the physical location of the Web server on which the site's content is stored.

1999 | 2002
--- | ---
Country | Percent of public sites | Country | Percent of public sites
US | 49% | US | 55%
Germany | 5% | Germany | 6%
UK | 5% | Japan | 5%
Canada | 4% | UK | 3%
Japan | 3% | Canada | 3%
Australia | 2% | Italy | 2%
Brazil | 2% | France | 2%
Italy | 2% | Netherlands | 2%
France | 2% | Others | 18%
Others | 16% | Unknown | 4%
Unknown | 10% |  |

## Language(s) of textual content

The languages used to express the textual content of a public site. Note that multiple languages can be used. The percentage below refers to the number of public sites on which the language appears. Only languages appearing on 1 percent or more of public Web sites are listed.

1999 | 2002
--- | ---
Language | Percent of public sites | Language | Percent of public sites
English | 72% | English | 72%
German | 7% | German | 7%
French | 3% | Japanese | 6%
Japanese | 3% | Spanish | 3%
Spanish | 3% | French | 3%
Chinese | 2% | Italian | 2%
Italian | 2% | Dutch | 2%
Portuguese | 2% | Chinese | 2%
Dutch | 1% | Korean | 1%
Finnish | 1% | Portuguese | 1%
Russian | 1% | Russian | 1%
Swedish | 1% | Polish | 1%