France vs Russia: Landline Internet subscriptions

France

32.56 million

in 2024

Russia

39.29 million

in 2024

France rank

8th

Russia rank

6th

Landline Internet subscriptions over time

Russia currently reports 39.29 million against 32.56 million in France, a difference of 6.74 million.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.2 times France's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2002 it was France ahead.

France ranks 8th and Russia ranks 6th 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.