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

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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.

A glance at the figures provided reveals the comparison of Internet access in five European countries in 1995, 2000, 2004, as well as sales through the Internet in these countries. In general, there was an increase in total number of Internet users over the 10-year period, and it is evident that France was the country being on top of the European countries that had the biggest number of people using the Internet for shopping.

The UK came top with 16 million users in 1995 and increased steadily to reach 41 million in 2004. Growing exponentially from 5 million in 1995 to 314 million in 2000, the figure for Germany then plunged to a low of 15 million in 2004. In addition, Spain was the country having the smallest number of users, with 0.5 million. This nation saw a fourfold increase and reached 2 million in 2004. A similar pattern was repeated in Switzerland and France, with the figures in 2004 were 4 million and 6 million users respectively.

France had by far the highest number of online shoppers in Europe in 2004, followed by Switzerland. Though Germany came bottom, there was less marked difference between the figures for this country and Switzerland, the nation ranked second.

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