List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions

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Worldwide broadband subscriptions
  2007a 2011a,b
World population 6.6 billion 7.0 billion
Fixed broadband 5.3% 8.5%
Developing world 2.3% 4.8%
Developed world 18.3% 25.7%
Mobile broadband 4.0% 17.0%
Developing world 0.8% 8.5%
Developed world 18.5% 56.5%
a Share of regional population. b Estimate.
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[1]
Broadband subscriptions
Fixed subscriptions: 2007a 2011a,b
Africa 0.1% 0.2%
Americas 11.0% 15.5%
Arab States 0.9% 2.2%
Asia and Pacific 3.3% 6.2%
Commonwealth of
Independent States		  
2.3%		  
9.6%
Europe 18.4% 25.8%
Mobile subscriptions: 2007a 2011a,b
Africa 0.2% 3.8%
Americas 6.4% 30.5%
Arab States 0.8% 13.3%
Asia and Pacific 3.1% 10.7%
Commonwealth of
Independent States		  
0.2%		  
14.9%
Europe 14.7% 54.1%
a Share of regional population. b Estimate.
Source: International Telecommunications Union.[1]
Millions of DSL lines by countries at the end of 2005, compared to the previous year.
Worldwide major ADSL operators in number of lines, at the end of the first 2005 half.

This is a list of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions.

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Countries by number of fixed broadband subscriptions [edit]

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The following is a list of countries by fixed (wired) broadband Internet subscriptions and penetration rate, compiled by the International Telecommunication Union mostly for the year 2010. It refers to subscriptions to high-speed access to the public Internet (a TCP/IP connection), at downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s. This can include for example cable modem, DSL, fibre-to-the-home/building and other fixed (wired) broadband subscriptions. This total is measured irrespective of the method of payment. It excludes subscriptions that have access to data communications (including the Internet) via mobile cellular networks.[2]

Note: Because an Internet subscription may be shared by many people, the penetration rate will not reflect the actual level of access to broadband Internet of the population.

Rank Country or territory Fixed broadband
subscriptions[3]		 Percentage of
population[3]		 Year
1  China 126,337,000 9.42 2010
2  United States 85,723,155 27.62 2010
3  Japan 34,044,729 26.91 2010
4  Germany 26,089,800 31.70 2010
5  France 21,345,000 34.00 2010
6  United Kingdom 19,579,823 31.56 2010
7  Korea, South 17,193,570 35.68 2010
8  Russia 15,700,000 10.98 2010
9  India 15,010,000 1.23 Jan 2013[4]
10  Brazil 13,266,310 6.81 2010
11  Italy 13,259,398 21.90 2010
12  Mexico 11,325,022 9.98 2010
13  Spain 10,534,492 22.86 2010
14  Canada 10,138,741 29.81 2010
15  Turkey 7,079,792 9.73 2010
16  Netherlands 6,330,000 38.10 2010
17  Australia 5,385,000 24.18 2010
18  Taiwan 5,265,026 22.68 2010
19  Poland 4,960,528 12.96 2010
20  Argentina 3,862,354 9.56 2010
21  Vietnam 3,631,396 4.13 2010
22  Belgium 3,373,143 31.49 2010
23  Thailand 3,188,618 4.61 2010
24  Sweden 2,987,008 31.85 2010
25  Romania 2,980,000 13.87 2010
26  Ukraine 2,954,556 6.50 2010
27  Switzerland 2,908,119 37.94 2010
28  Colombia 2,594,055 5.60 2010
29  Greece 2,257,110 19.87 2010
—  Hong Kong 2,111,109 29.93 2010
30  Denmark 2,092,379 37.70 2010
31  Malaysia 2,078,500 7.32 2010
32  Portugal 2,052,930 19.23 2010
33  Austria 2,002,000 23.85 2010
34  Hungary 1,956,218 19.59 2010
35  Indonesia 1,900,300 0.79 2010
36  Israel 1,864,900 25.14 2010
37  Chile 1,788,490 10.45 2010
38  Norway 1,723,678 35.30 2010
39  Philippines 1,722,400 1.85 2010
40  Belarus 1,665,889 17.36 2010
41  Venezuela 1,556,485 5.37 2010
42  Finland 1,532,700 28.57 2010
43  Czech Republic 1,521,000 14.50 2010
44  Saudi Arabia 1,496,607 5.45 2010
45  Egypt 1,449,904 1.79 2010
46  Kazakhstan 1,426,800 8.90 2010
47  Singapore 1,268,800 24.94 2010
48  New Zealand 1,089,000 24.93 2010
49  Bulgaria 1,088,286 14.52 2010
50  Ireland 941,405 21.06 2010
51  Peru 911,635 3.14 2010
52  Algeria 900,000 2.54 2010
53  Serbia 858,219 11.18 2010
54  Croatia 803,823 18.25 2010
55  United Arab Emirates 786,818 10.47 2010
56  South Africa 743,000 1.48 2010
57  Slovakia 694,414 12.71 2010
58  Lithuania 684,057 20.58 2010
—  Puerto Rico 551,520 14.71 2010
59  Pakistan 531,787 0.31 2010
60  Iran 500,000 0.68 2010
61  Morocco 498,682 1.56 2010
62  Slovenia 492,115 24.25 2010
63  Tunisia 481,810 4.60 2010
64  Azerbaijan 460,000 5.01 2010
65  Latvia 434,876 19.31 2010
66  Uruguay 367,480 10.91 2010
67  Dominican Republic 360,039 3.63 2010
68  Estonia 336,323 25.08 2010
69  Bosnia and Herzegovina 307,489 8.18 2010
70  Costa Rica 288,236 6.19 2010
71  Panama 275,639 7.84 2010
72  Moldova 269,067 7.53 2010
73  Guatemala 259,000 1.80 2010
74  Macedonia, Republic of 256,943 12.47 2010
75  Georgia 253,916 5.83 2010
76  Sri Lanka 228,316 1.09 2010
77  Lebanon 200,000 4.73 2010
78  Ecuador 197,890 1.37 2010
79  Jordan 195,784 3.16 2010
80  Cyprus 194,455 17.62 2010
81  El Salvador 175,274 2.83 2010
82  Luxembourg 168,368 33.18 2010
83  Sudan 164,500 0.38 2010
84  Trinidad and Tobago 145,028 10.81 2010
85  Qatar 144,057 8.19 2010
—  Macao 131,372 24.16 2010
86  Jamaica 116,685 4.26 2010
87  Malta 116,569 27.99 2010
88  Iceland 109,212 34.11 2010
89  Albania 105,519 3.29 2010
90  Nigeria 99,108 0.06 2010
91  Bolivia 95,937 0.97 2010
92  Uzbekistan 89,100 0.32 2010
93  Armenia 85,177 2.75 2010
94  Yemen 84,000 0.35 2010
95  Mauritius 79,227 6.10 2010
96  Senegal 78,647 0.63 2010
97  Honduras 76,000 1.00 2010
98  Libya 72,800 1.15 2010
99  Mongolia 71,709 2.60 2010
100  Bahrain 67,625 5.36 2010
101  Syria 67,564 0.33 2010
102  Bangladesh 60,000 0.04 2010
103  Nepal 58,435 0.20 2010
104  Barbados 56,190 20.56 2010
—  Palestinian Authority 55,648 1.49 2007
105  Uganda 54,804 0.16 2010
106  Montenegro 52,400 8.30 2010
107  Ghana 50,082 0.21 2010
108  Nicaragua 47,600 0.82 2010
109  Kuwait 46,000 1.68 2010
110  Oman 45,449 1.63 2010
—  Bermuda 40,100 61.75 2010
—  New Caledonia 38,196 15.23 2010
111  Cambodia 35,666 0.25 2010
112  Zimbabwe 33,000 0.26 2010
—  French Polynesia 32,247 11.91 2010
—  French Guiana 30,186 13.39 2009
113  Paraguay 28,147 0.44 2010
114  Bahamas 24,702 7.20 2010
115  Andorra 24,502 28.87 2010
116  Fiji 23,250 2.70 2010
117  Liechtenstein 23,000 63.83 2010
118  Brunei 21,699 5.44 2010
119  Saint Lucia 20,180 11.58 2010
120  Angola 20,000 0.10 2010
—  Aruba 19,217 17.88 2010
—  Cayman Islands 18,852 33.53 2010
121  Burma 16,400 0.03 2010
—  Faroe Islands 16,269 33.40 2010
122  Cape Verde 15,971 3.22 2010
123  Suriname 15,672 2.99 2010
124  Kyrgyzstan 15,400 0.29 2010
125  Maldives 15,148 4.80 2010
126  Mozambique 14,633 0.06 2010
127  Saint Kitts and Nevis 14,600 27.86 2010
128  Grenada 14,437 13.82 2010
129  Burkina Faso 14,193 0.09 2010
130  Monaco 13,800 38.98 2010
131  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12,502 11.43 2010
—  Greenland 12,328 21.52 2010
132  Laos 12,025 0.19 2010
133  Botswana 11,978 0.60 2010
134  Guyana 11,193 1.48 2010
—  Gibraltar 10,433 35.68 2010
135  Zambia 10,267 0.08 2010
136  San Marino 10,100 32.03 2010
137  Namibia 9,640 0.42 2010
138  Dominica 9,391 13.86 2010
—  Virgin Islands, U.S. 9,100 8.34 2010
139  Belize 8,915 2.86 2010
140  Bhutan 8,675 1.20 2010
141  Congo, Democratic Republic of the 8,673 0.01 2010
142  Djibouti 8,058 0.91 2010
143  Côte d'Ivoire 7,900 0.04 2010
144  Antigua and Barbuda 7,119 8.03 2010
145  Mauritania 6,624 0.19 2010
146  Seychelles 6,278 7.26 2010
147  Papua New Guinea 6,100 0.09 2010
148  Madagascar 5,359 0.03 2010
149  Malawi 5,120 0.03 2010
150  Tajikistan 4,700 0.07 2010
151  Kenya 4,155 0.01 2010
152  Ethiopia 4,107 0.00 2010
153  Gabon 4,082 0.27 2010
154  Togo 3,852 0.06 2010
155  Niger 3,707 0.02 2010
156  Cuba 3,706 0.03 2010
—  Anguilla 3,653 24.79 2008
157  Benin 3,569 0.04 2010
158  Tanzania 3,150 0.01 2010
—  Guam 3,000 1.67 2010
159  Rwanda 2,640 0.02 2010
160  Mali 2,314 0.02 2010
161  Solomon Islands 2,000 0.37 2010
—  Cook Islands 1,675 8.26 2010
162  Swaziland 1,626 0.14 2010
163  Afghanistan 1,500 0.00 2010
164  Equatorial Guinea 1,186 0.17 2010
—  Falkland Islands 1,174 38.91 2010
—  Wallis and Futuna 1,061 7.82 2010
165  Cameroon 1,000 0.01 2010
166  Tonga 1,000 0.96 2010
167  Micronesia, Federated States of 998 0.90 2010
168  Kiribati 900 0.90 2010
169  Turkmenistan 723 0.01 2010
170  São Tomé and Príncipe 582 0.35 2010
—  Saint Helena 537 13.04 2010
171  Guinea 500 0.01 2010
172  Timor-Leste 500 0.04 2010
173  Vanuatu 500 0.21 2010
174  Lesotho 400 0.02 2010
175  Nauru 400 3.90 2010
176  Gambia 350 0.02 2010
177  Tuvalu 320 3.26 2010
—  Ascension Island 313 N/A 2010
178  Palau 239 1.17 2010
179  Burundi 200 0.00 2010
180  Samoa 200 0.11 2010
181  Liberia 186 0.00 2010
182  Chad 150 0.00 2010
183  Comoros 150 0.02 2010
184  Congo, Republic of the 124 0.00 2010
185  Eritrea 118 0.00 2010
186  Iraq 77 0.00 2010
—  Montserrat 50 0.84 2010

Countries by number of broadband Internet users [edit]

Abbreviations
  • p.p. – population penetration
  • Total p.p. – Total population penetration = Total subscribers / Total country population.
  • H.p. – Household penetration = Total home subscribers / Total number of households in the country.
Rank Country DSL p.p. Cable p.p. Other p.p. Total p.p. H.p. Total subscribers Date
—  World[5] 4.5% N/A N/A 7.0% N/A 523,070,000 Dec. 2010
1 China China[5] 6.3% N/A N/A 7.7% N/A 116,650,000 Mar. 2011 [6]
2 United States United States[7] 10.9% 14.6% 1.7% 27.2% N/A 83,344,927 Jun. 2010
3 Japan Japan[7] 7.3% 4.2% 14.8% 26.3% N/A 33,537,796 Jun. 2010
4 Germany Germany[7] 27.9% 3.2% 0.3% 31.3% N/A 25,599,360 Jun. 2010
5 France France[7] 29.7% 1.6% 0.1% 31.4% N/A 20,257,000 Jun. 2010
6 United Kingdom United Kingdom[7] 24.1% 6.4% 0.0% 30.5% N/A 18,827,700 Jun. 2010
7 South Korea South Korea[7] 5.9% 10.6% 17.9% 34.4% N/A 16,789,170 Jun. 2010
8 Russia Russia[8] 5.4%[5] N/A N/A 11.5% 27.2%[9] 16,500,000 Mar. 2011
9 Brazil Brazil[10] 4.7% 1.9% 1.5% 8.1% N/A 16,500,000[11] Dec. 2011
10 India India [12] N/A N/A N/A 0.9% N/A 14,310,000 May. 2012
11 Italy Italy[7] 20.9% 0.0% 0.5% 21.3% N/A 12,849,074 Jun. 2010
12 Mexico Mexico[7] 7.8% 2.2% 0.1% 10.1% N/A 10,843,812 Jun. 2010
13 Spain Spain[7] 18.0% 4.1% 0.1% 22.2% N/A 10,261,933 Jun. 2010
14 Canada Canada[7] 13.1% 16.9% 0.0% 30.1% N/A 10,138,741 Jun. 2010
15 Turkey Turkey[7] 9.0 0.3% 0.1% 12.3% N/A 9,098,755 Mar. 2011
16 Netherlands Netherlands[7] 22.0% 14.8% 0.9% 37.8% N/A 6,245,000 Jun. 2010
17 Australia Australia[7] 19.3% 4.1% 0.1% 23.4% N/A 5,167,000 Jun. 2010
18 Taiwan Republic of China (Taiwan)[5] 10.1% N/A N/A 21.6% N/A 5,001,000 Dec. 2009
19 Poland Poland[7] 7.6% 4.0% 1.4% 13.1% N/A 4,982,882 Jun. 2010
20 Argentina Argentina[13] 6.4% 2.3% 2.5% 11.2% N/A 4,507,703 Dec. 2010
21 Belgium Belgium[7] 16.7% 13.2% 0.1% 30.0% N/A 3,237,052 Jun. 2010
22 Malaysia Malaysia[14] N/A N/A N/A 64.6% N/A 3,210,700 Oct. 2010
23 Vietnam Vietnam[5] 3.3% N/A N/A 3.4% N/A 3,013,000 Dec. 2009
24 Sweden Sweden[7] 17.5% 6.4% 7.9% 31.8% N/A 2,966,384 Jun. 2010
25 Romania Romania[5] 3.7% N/A N/A 13.4% N/A 2,934,762 Dec. 2009
26 Switzerland Switzerland[7] 25.9% 10.4% 0.8% 37.1% N/A 2,894,830 Jun. 2010
27 Hong Kong Hong Kong[5] 19.3% N/A N/A 34.3% N/A 2,417,654 Dec. 2009
28 Colombia Colombia[15] 3.3% 1.6% 0.2% 5.1% N/A 2,309,688 Mar. 2010
29 Greece Greece [16] 19.9% 0.0% 0.0% 19.9% N/A 2,252,653 Jan. 2011
30 Denmark Denmark[7] 22.3% 10.0% 5.1% 37.3% N/A 2,062,000 Jun. 2010
31 Portugal Portugal[7] 10.5% 7.6% 0.7% 18.9% N/A 2,013,528 Jun. 2010
32 Pakistan Pakistan[17] N/A N/A N/A 1.18% N/A 2,009,593 April 2012
33 Austria Austria[7] 15.9% 6.9% 0.2% 23.0% N/A 1,921,445 Jun. 2010
34 Ukraine Ukraine[18] 1,8%[19] N/A N/A 34.1%[20] 34% 6,700,000 Jun-Dec. 2012
35 Hungary Hungary[7] 8.2% 8.7% 1.8% 18.7% N/A 1,870,149 Jun. 2010
36 Chile Chile[7] 5.4% 4.8% 0.0% 10.2% N/A 1,729,575 Jun. 2010
37 Philippines Philippines[5] 1.6% N/A N/A 1.9% N/A 1,722,407 Dec. 2009
38 Norway Norway[7] 20.2% 9.2% 4.9% 34.2% N/A 1,653,837 Jun. 2010
39 Israel Israel[21] 14.9% N/A N/A 24.3%[22] N/A 1,560,000 Dec. 2007
40 Venezuela Venezuela[23] N/A N/A N/A 5.0% N/A 1,460,149 Jun. 2010
41 Czech Republic Czech Republic[7] 7.7% 4.5% 1.5% 13.7% N/A 1,446,900 Jun. 2010
42 Finland Finland[7] 21.8% 4.3% 0.3% 26.4% N/A 1,407,500 Jun. 2010
43 New Zealand New Zealand[7] 23.0% 1.5% 0.1% 24.5% N/A 1,048,518 Jun. 2010
44 Croatia Croatia[24] N/A N/A N/A 23.00% 70.02% 1,029,063 Jun. 2010
45 Peru Peru[25] N/A N/A N/A 3.3% N/A 912,323 Jun. 2010
46 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland[7] 16.3 3.9 0.1 20.3% N/A 907,859 Jun. 2010
47 Slovakia Slovakia[7] 7.0% 1.6% 3.4% 12.0% N/A 651,268 Jun. 2010
48 Egypt Egypt[21] N/A N/A N/A 0.5%[22] N/A 437,207 Dec. 2007
49 Indonesia Indonesia[26] N/A N/A N/A 0.18%[26] N/A 400,000 2008
50 Uruguay Uruguay[27] N/A N/A N/A 11.0% N/A 382,948 Dec. 2010
51 Iran Iran[26] N/A N/A N/A 0.41%[26] N/A 300,000 2008
52 Ecuador Ecuador[28] N/A N/A N/A 1.6% N/A 242,134 Oct. 2010
53 Luxembourg Luxembourg[7] 28.0% 5.8% 0.3% 34.1% N/A 169,757 Jun. 2010
54 Bolivia Bolivia[29] 0.8% 0.1% 0.2% 1.1% N/A 122,522 Jun. 2010
55 Iceland Iceland[7] 30.5% 0.0% 2.8% 33.3% N/A 106,258 Jun. 2010
56 Belarus Belarus[21] N/A N/A N/A 1.0%[22] N/A 101,000 Dec. 2007
N/A Monaco Monaco[21] N/A N/A N/A 38.0% 93.8% N/A Dec. 2007
N/A Singapore Singapore[30] N/A N/A N/A N/A 99.9% N/A Dec. 2008
N/A Macau Macau[21] N/A N/A N/A N/A 82.5% N/A Dec. 2007

See also [edit]

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