Landline Internet subscriptions by download speed by country

Number of fixed broadband subscriptions, by speed (number)

Countries reporting
159
Highest
629.96 million number
China
Lowest
0 number
Chad
Median
510,364 number
Years covered
17
2007–2023
Data points
1,798

What the numbers show

Landline Internet subscriptions by download speed is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 629.96 million number in China; the lowest is 0 number in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 510,364 number, and the mean is 8.83 million number.

Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Algeria (up 2,793,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 100.0%).

Landline Internet subscriptions by download speed: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 629.96 million number 2023 up 2,148.3% volatile
2 United States 127.38 million number 2023 up 98.7% rising
3 Brazil 46.05 million number 2023 up 1,739.7% volatile
4 Japan 45.16 million number 2023 up 37.9% rising
5 India 38.44 million number 2023 up 2,682.0% volatile
6 Germany 37.08 million number 2023 up 134.1% volatile
7 Russia 34.83 million number 2023 up 253.4% rising
8 France 31.28 million number 2023 up 36.4% rising
9 United Kingdom 28.15 million number 2023 up 56.2% rising
10 South Korea 24.09 million number 2023 up 28.6% rising
11 Vietnam 22.72 million number 2023 up 673.2% rising
12 Mexico 20.41 million number 2023 up 1,653.6% volatile
13 Turkey 19.09 million number 2023 up 1,100.9% volatile
14 Italy 18.53 million number 2023 up 688.8% volatile
15 Spain 17.75 million number 2023 up 76.4% volatile
16 Canada 16.22 million number 2023 up 138.6% rising
17 Saudi Arabia 14.23 million number 2023 up 5,786.1% volatile
18 Egypt 12.44 million number 2023 up 1,840,680.0% volatile
19 Bangladesh 11.77 million number 2023 up 46,994.7% volatile
20 Thailand 10.93 million number 2023 up 1,168.8% volatile
21 Argentina 10.06 million number 2023 up 1,831.3% volatile
22 Indonesia 9.20 million number 2023 up 242.8% rising
23 Australia 8.77 million number 2023 up 68.7% rising
24 Uzbekistan 8.57 million number 2023 up 615,319.0% volatile
25 Colombia 8.15 million number 2023 up 5,709.8% volatile
26 Ukraine 7.99 million number 2023 up 64.7% rising
27 Poland 7.98 million number 2023 up 216.1% volatile
28 Netherlands 7.83 million number 2023 up 99.2% rising
29 Romania 6.57 million number 2023 up 117.6% rising
30 Iran 5.82 million number 2023 up 6,413.5% volatile
31 Algeria 5.53 million number 2023 up 2,793,400.0% volatile
32 Belgium 5.09 million number 2023 up 58.8% rising
33 Portugal 4.59 million number 2023 up 113.2% rising
34 Malaysia 4.55 million number 2023 up 5,663.4% volatile
35 Greece 4.49 million number 2023 up 141.3% rising
36 Chile 4.48 million number 2023 up 734.5% volatile
37 Sweden 4.25 million number 2023 up 86.1% rising
38 Switzerland 4.19 million number 2023 up 65.1% rising
39 Czechia 4.00 million number 2023 up 250.0% volatile
40 United Arab Emirates 3.89 million number 2023 up 1,365.9% volatile
41 Hungary 3.52 million number 2023 up 79.0% volatile
42 Peru 3.46 million number 2023 up 760.4% volatile
43 Hong Kong 2.96 million number 2023 up 42.7% rising
44 Israel 2.72 million number 2023 up 245.2% rising
45 Belarus 2.56 million number 2023 up 2,118.6% volatile
46 Denmark 2.53 million number 2023 up 33.8% rising
47 Bulgaria 2.49 million number 2023 up 88.5% rising
48 Austria 2.47 million number 2023 up 151.2% rising
49 Norway 2.47 million number 2022 up 165.3% volatile
50 Ecuador 2.41 million number 2023 up 2,339.5% volatile
51 Kazakhstan 2.20 million number 2023 up 223.0% rising
52 South Africa 2.06 million number 2023 up 1,128.2% volatile
53 Serbia 2.06 million number 2023 up 1,075.2% volatile
54 Finland 1.96 million number 2023 up 76.8% rising
55 Morocco 1.83 million number 2023 up 1,712.5% volatile
56 Pakistan 1.76 million number 2023 up 16,597.2% volatile
57 Slovakia 1.72 million number 2023 up 301.0% volatile
58 New Zealand 1.63 million number 2018 volatile
60 Singapore 1.59 million number 2023 up 73.9% volatile
61 Tunisia 1.53 million number 2023 up 30,412.9% volatile
62 Azerbaijan 1.51 million number 2023 up 1,435.2% volatile
63 Venezuela 1.14 million number 2023 up 4,536.8% volatile
64 Uruguay 1.09 million number 2023 up 67.9% rising
65 Costa Rica 1.04 million number 2023 up 57,447.2% volatile
66 Georgia 1.02 million number 2023 up 423.7% volatile
67 Croatia 966,496 number 2023 up 542.5% volatile
68 Sri Lanka 910,287 number 2023 up 44,434.6% volatile
69 Paraguay 862,545 number 2023 up 90,789.9% volatile
70 Dominican Republic 833,451 number 2023 up 257.9% rising
71 Moldova 832,489 number 2023 up 266.0% rising
72 Myanmar 786,145 number 2023 up 40,569.7% volatile
73 Iraq 776,682 number 2023 up 81.0% rising
74 Panama 768,129 number 2023 up 81,183.5% volatile
75 Lithuania 762,705 number 2019 up 367.0% rising
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 756,735 number 2023 up 952.1% volatile
77 Kenya 683,091 number 2023 volatile
78 Slovenia 655,590 number 2023 up 177.3% volatile
79 Jordan 631,703 number 2023 up 5,913.4% volatile
80 North Macedonia 517,727 number 2023 up 265.8% rising
81 El Salvador 510,364 number 2023 up 122,879.0% volatile
82 Armenia 473,754 number 2023 up 1,698.0% volatile
83 Estonia 461,688 number 2023 up 149.6% volatile
84 Jamaica 438,245 number 2023 up 392.0% rising
85 Latvia 435,776 number 2023 up 44.3% rising
86 Mongolia 433,528 number 2023 volatile
87 Kyrgyzstan 375,715 number 2023 up 2,571.3% volatile
88 Palestine 368,646 number 2023 up 33.3% rising
89 Trinidad and Tobago 363,491 number 2023 up 256.6% volatile
90 Cyprus 354,574 number 2023 up 1,497.3% volatile
91 Qatar 346,465 number 2023 up 8,915.5% volatile
92 Honduras 339,851 number 2023 up 58,193.5% volatile
93 Oman 330,813 number 2023 up 132,757.0% volatile
94 Mauritius 280,700 number 2023 up 1,433.9% rising
95 Bahrain 266,518 number 2023 up 1,456.0% volatile
98 Macao 210,975 number 2023 up 284.9% volatile
99 Cambodia 207,348 number 2023 up 588.0% rising
100 Montenegro 186,067 number 2023 up 1,858.0% volatile
101 Cote d'Ivoire 170,321 number 2022 up 217.8% volatile
102 Iceland 144,963 number 2023 up 29.0% rising
103 Togo 113,609 number 2023 up 757,293.0% volatile
104 Barbados 105,825 number 2022 up 4,898.8% rising
105 Gabon 98,039 number 2023 up 616.1% volatile
106 Bahamas 95,132 number 2023 up 55.9% rising
107 Brunei 92,540 number 2023 up 2,261.3% volatile
108 Suriname 90,296 number 2023 up 183.7% rising
109 Congo 76,757 number 2023 volatile
110 Laos 69,501 number 2023 up 1,578.0% volatile
111 Curacao 58,240 number 2023 up 225.1% rising
112 Rwanda 55,549 number 2023 up 442.4% volatile
113 Mali 45,270 number 2022 volatile
114 Namibia 43,018 number 2023 up 75,370.2% volatile
115 Bolivia 41,058 number 2018 volatile
116 Andorra 39,235 number 2023 up 53.6% rising
117 Nigeria 39,032 number 2023 up 47.0% volatile
118 Cape Verde 37,765 number 2023 up 336.2% rising
119 Kuwait 35,402 number 2023 up 219.3% rising
120 Zimbabwe 34,928 number 2023 up 3,588.3% volatile
121 Grenada 34,802 number 2022 up 310.6% volatile
122 Angola 33,026 number 2023 up 366,856.0% volatile
123 Madagascar 30,977 number 2023 up 13,916.7% volatile
124 Uganda 29,900 number 2023 up 3,793.2% volatile
125 Ethiopia 29,757 number 2022 down 79.0% volatile
126 French Polynesia 29,056 number 2023 volatile
127 Gibraltar 22,932 number 2022 up 160.4% rising
128 Mozambique 22,912 number 2022 up 2,096.7% volatile
129 Monaco 21,745 number 2023 up 33.7% rising
130 Senegal 20,595 number 2018 up 3,373.0% volatile
132 Saint Lucia 18,792 number 2022 up 182.1% rising
133 Faroe Islands 17,099 number 2020 up 619.4% rising
134 Eswatini 16,757 number 2023 up 558,467.0% volatile
135 Cameroon 14,968 number 2022 down 46.4% volatile
136 Dominica 11,892 number 2022 up 10,331.6% volatile
137 Benin 11,650 number 2023 volatile
138 Botswana 11,046 number 2023 up 3,056.0% volatile
139 San Marino 10,700 number 2022 up 749.2% rising
140 Guyana 10,032 number 2017 volatile
141 Greenland 9,834 number 2021 up 327,700.0% volatile
142 Lesotho 8,870 number 2023 up 126,614.0% volatile
143 Zambia 7,485 number 2023 up 26,632.1% volatile
144 British Virgin Islands 6,738 number 2020 volatile
145 Burkina Faso 4,705 number 2021 volatile
146 Cuba 4,172 number 2023 up 772.8% rising
147 Syria 3,740 number 2023 volatile
148 Comoros 2,207 number 2023 up 9,095.8% volatile
149 Malawi 2,164 number 2023 up 3,178.8% volatile
150 Turkmenistan 1,810 number 2022 up 1,045.6% volatile
151 Djibouti 1,788 number 2023 volatile
152 Vanuatu 1,577 number 2023 up 5,532.1% volatile
153 Sao Tome and Principe 1,357 number 2023 up 214.8% rising
154 Sudan 1,217 number 2021 volatile
155 Bhutan 690 number 2023 volatile
156 Burundi 394 number 2023 up 19,600.0% volatile
157 Afghanistan 360 number 2020 up 2.9% volatile
158 South Sudan 40 number 2023 rising
159 Guinea-Bissau 22 number 2023 volatile
160 Kiribati 2 number 2023 volatile
161 Central African Republic 0 number 2019 flat
161 Ghana 0 number 2022 down 100.0% volatile
161 Chad 0 number 2023 flat

About this data

Indicator
Landline Internet subscriptions by download speed
Unit
number
Source
International Telecommunication Union – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 1,798 data points, 2007–2023
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Number of fixed broadband subscriptions, by speed (number)