UK
September 2002  34.3 million  57.24   Nielsen-Netratings
May 2002 34 million 56.88 Nielsen-Netratings
June 2001 33 million 55.32 Jupiter MMXI
November 2000 19.98 million 33.58 Nielsen NetRatings
July 2000 19.47 million 32.72 Nielsen NetRatings
May 2000 19.36 million 32.53 Nielsen NetRatings
January 2000 15.7 million 26.56 Fletcher Research
December 1999 13.98 million 23.65 Computer Industry Almanac
September 1999 12.5 million 21.15 CommerceNet/Nielsen Media
December 1998 10.6 million 18 NOP Research Group
October 1998 7.5 million 16 CNET
March 1998 4.3 million 9.0 NOP Research Group
June 1997 960,000 2.0 NOP Research Group

Source: NUA

USA
  April 2002  165.75 million  59.1  NielsenNetRatings
  January 2002 164.14 million 58.5 NielsenNetRatings
  August 2001 166.14 million 59.75 NielsenNetRatings
  July 2001 165.18 million 59.4 NielsenNetRatings
  December 2000 164.4 million 59.86 NielsenNetRatings
  November 2000 153.84 million 53.83 NielsenNetRatings
  October 2000 149.6 million 54.29 ***NielsenNetRatings
  September 2000 148.03 million 53.72 ***NielsenNetRatings
  August 2000 146.9 million 53.31 ***NielsenNetRatings
  July 2000 143.96 million 52.24 ***NielsenNetRatings
  June 2000 134.2 million 48.7 ***NielsenNetRatings
  February 2000 123.6 million 45.33 *** NielsenNetRatings
  January 2000 122.8 million 45.04 *** NielsenNetRatings
  July 1999 106.3 million 39.37 *** NielsenNetRatings
  May 1999 101 million 37.4 *** NielsenNetRatings
  April 1999 95.8 million 35.4 *** NielsenNetRatings
  April 1999 92 million 34 * CommerceNet/Nielsen
  March 1999 83 million 30.7 * Millward Brown IntelliQuest
  January 1999 79.4 million 29.3 * Millward Brown IntelliQuest
  October 1998 73 million 27.8 * Millward Brown IntelliQuest
  August 1998 79 million 29 * CommerceNet/Nielsen
  February 1998 62 million 23.0 * Millward Brown IntelliQuest
  November 1997 56 million 21.0 * Millward Brown IntelliQuest
  June 1997 51 million 19.17 * Millward Brown IntelliQuest
  April 1997 40 - 45 million 16.16 * FIND/SVP
  1995 18 million 6.7 * CommerceNet/Nielsen

Source: NUA>

US PC ownership - Consumer Expnditure Survey
(also CTAM

1988    10.2
1989    13.8
1990    15.5
1991    16.9
1992    19.6
1993    22.1
1994    23.9
1995    26.8
1996    32.9
1997    35.3
1998    41.3
2001    55
2002    67

UK PC Ownership - General Household Survey (also ICT Access and USE)
 

1988    17.2
1989    18.6
1990    19.5
1991    20.3
1992    22.8
1993    23.2
1994    24.5
1995    25.5
1996    26.6
1997    -
1998    33.7
1999    38
2000    44
2001    52

Source: Give PC's a Chance: Personal Computer Ownership and the Digital Divide in the United States and Great Britain