China vs Japan: Landline Internet subscriptions

China

669.83 million

in 2024

Japan

48.05 million

in 2023

China rank

1st

Japan rank

4th

Landline Internet subscriptions over time

China currently reports 669.83 million against 48.05 million in Japan, a difference of 621.78 million.

That makes China's figure about 13.9 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Japan ahead.

China ranks 1st and Japan ranks 4th of 206 countries.

Indicator: Landline Internet subscriptions
Source: International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 206 places, 4,325 data points, 1998–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Subscriptions to fixed access to the public Internet with a download speed of at least 256 kbit/s.