France vs United Kingdom: Landline Internet subscriptions

France

32.56 million

in 2024

United Kingdom

29.15 million

in 2024

France rank

8th

United Kingdom rank

9th

Landline Internet subscriptions over time

France currently reports 32.56 million against 29.15 million in United Kingdom, a difference of 3.41 million.

That makes France's figure about 1.1 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was France ahead.

France ranks 8th and United Kingdom ranks 9th 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.