"Table 4. Employed Teleworker Forecasts, Western Europe, 1998-2008 (Millions)" " ","1998","1999","2000","2001","2002","2003","2004","2005","2006","2007","2008" "Teleworkers >8hrs/month","5.10","7.45","9.90","12.29","14.50","17.00","19.20","21.00","22.20","23.30","24.28" "Growth"," ","46.1%","32.8%","24.1%","18.0%","17.2%","12.9%","9.4%","5.7%","4.9%","4.2%" "Teleworkers >8hrs/week","1.63","2.40","3.25","4.07","5.14","6.10","7.17","8.08","8.90","9.60","10.17" "Growth"," ","47.2%","35.4%","25.2%","26.3%","18.7%","17.5%","12.7%","10.1%","7.9%","5.9%" "Employee Population","143.68","144.11","144.54","144.98","145.01","145.04","145.07","145.10","145.12","145.15","145.18" "Penetration of Employee Population, >8hrs/month","3.5%","5.2%","6.8%","8.5%","10.0%","11.7%","13.2%","14.5%","15.3%","16.1%","16.7%" "Penetration of Employee Population, >8hrs/week","1.1%","1.7%","2.2%","2.8%","3.5%","4.2%","4.9%","5.6%","6.1%","6.6%","7.0%" "Source: Gartner Dataquest (September 2005)"