China
East Asia Capital Beijing
Population 1,425,178,782
Great Firewall (GFW) — Internet Security Law 2017 codifies censorship; full Google block enforced since 2010. Baidu holds ~75% domestic search share.
● Blocked
Open →
Google Access Index
Google Blocked Countries
A definitive record of every country where Google is completely inaccessible without a VPN, representing over 1.5 billion people cut off from the world's dominant search engine.
These nations operate under state-enforced firewalls, national intranets, or near-total internet isolation. Standard Google-based SEO has zero direct value in these markets.
BLOCKED
Countries with zero Google access
7
~1.57B People
~19.6% of global population
Alternatives
Baidu, Yandex & local engines
North Korea
East Asia Capital Pyongyang
Population 26,160,821
No public internet. Kwangmyong domestic intranet only (launched 2000). Internet Law 2014 prohibits external network access.
● Blocked
Open →
Iran
Middle East Capital Tehran
Population 88,550,570
National Information Network (Shoma) enacted 2012. Google Search blocked since 2012; Gmail, Play, Maps all blocked. VPNs widely used but intermittently blocked.
● Blocked
Open →
Crimea
Eastern Europe Capital Simferopol
Population 2,400,000
Google withdrew services from Crimea after US/EU sanctions post-2014 annexation. Play Store, AdSense, and Maps services disabled. Users rely on Russian alternatives.
● Blocked
Open →
Cuba
Caribbean Capital Havana
Population 11,194,449
ETECSA state monopoly controls all internet. Google services blocked since 2004. Decree 370 (2019) criminalises unauthorised online content distribution.
● Blocked
Open →
Turkmenistan
Central Asia Capital Ashgabat
Population 6,430,770
Türkmentelekom state monopoly. VPNs criminalised under Article 2030 (2016). ~21% internet penetration. Among world's most isolated internet environments.
● Blocked
Open →
Eritrea
East Africa Capital Asmara
Population 3,748,901
EriTel state monopoly. ~1.3% internet penetration. Google functionally inaccessible for ~99% of population due to near-total infrastructure absence.
● Blocked
Open →
About This Data
The information on this page is refreshed on a rolling basis so that readers always have access to the most current intelligence. The dataset currently displayed was fetched on March 15, 2026 at 14:25:32 (UTC+7 · Jakarta / Bangkok). If you check this page at a different point in time the figures may differ, as country-level access policies and search engine market positions shift continuously. We publish this reference to help strategists, SEO practitioners, and growth teams make informed decisions about which search engines and LLMs to prioritise, whether that means doubling down on Google in open markets, investing in Baidu or Yandex for restricted regions, or building an AI-answer presence on emerging platforms like Perplexity, ChatGPT, or Gemini.
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