"Table 5. Employed Teleworker Forecasts, Japan, 1998-2008 (Millions)" " ","1998","1999","2000","2001","2002","2003","2004","2005","2006","2007","2008" "Teleworkers >8hrs/month","2.22","2.92","3.76","4.96","6.22","7.60","8.96","10.06","11.04","11.88","12.82" "Growth"," ","31.5%","28.8%","31.9%","25.4%","22.2%","17.9%","12.3%","9.7%","7.6%","7.9%" "Teleworkers >8hrs/week","1.11","1.46","1.88","2.48","3.11","3.80","4.48","5.03","5.52","5.94","6.41" "Growth"," ","31.5%","28.8%","31.9%","25.4%","22.2%","17.9%","12.3%","9.7%","7.6%","7.9%" "Employee Population","56.49","56.72","56.95","57.18","57.23","57.29","57.35","57.41","57.46","57.52","57.58" "Penetration of Employee Population, >8hrs/month","3.9%","5.1%","6.6%","8.7%","10.9%","13.3%","15.6%","17.5%","19.2%","20.7%","22.3%" "Penetration of Employee Population, >8hrs/week","2.0%","2.6%","3.3%","4.3%","5.4%","6.6%","7.8%","8.8%","9.6%","10.3%","11.1%" "Source: Gartner Dataquest (June 2004)"