Gmail is now open to all.
By Arpit On Thursday, February 08, 2007 At 2:24 PM
Till now Gmail was freely available in some countries like US.
In other countries you needed an invitation from a pre-existing Gmail user to have your own Gmail account. Gmail is now offering a free signup in the countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as in Brazil, Australia, Russia and Japan.

So if you are from any of the above country you can create a Gmail account by signing up here.
via [BBC]
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