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Field Listing :: Broadband - fixed subscriptions
This entry gives the total number of fixed-broadband subscriptions, as well as the number of subscriptions per 100 inhabitants. Fixed broadband is a physical wired connection to the Internet (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber) at speeds equal to or greater than 256 kilobits/second (256 kbit/s).

Country Comparison Ranking

By Country Listing of the values for the Broadband - fixed subscriptions field
Country Broadband - fixed subscriptions
Afghanistan
total: 16,810 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Albania
total: 293,623
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 10 (2017 est.)
Algeria
total: 3,166,907
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8 (2017 est.)
Andorra
total: 34,284
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 45 (2017 est.)
Angola
total: 96,919
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
total: 9,261
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 10 (2017 est.)
Argentina
total: 7,870,222
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (2017 est.)
Armenia
total: 315,319
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 10 (2017 est.)
Australia
total: 7.923 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 34 (2017 est.)
Austria
total: 2,511,200
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 29 (2017 est.)
Azerbaijan
total: 1,805,214
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (2017 est.)
Bahamas, The
total: 86,868
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 26 (2017 est.)
Bahrain
total: 213,633
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15 (2017 est.)
Bangladesh
total: 7.296 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5 (2017 est.)
Barbados
total: 89,340
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 31 (2017 est.)
Belarus
total: 3,163,286
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 33 (2017 est.)
Belgium
total: 4,378,973
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 38 (2017 est.)
Belize
total: 22,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (2017 est.)
Benin
total: 28,833
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Bhutan
total: 16,707
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2017 est.)
Bolivia
total: 358,680
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
total: 663,670
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (2017 est.)
Botswana
total: 48,901
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2017 est.)
Brazil
total: 28,670,016
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14 (2017 est.)
Brunei
total: 41,209
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 9 (2017 est.)
Bulgaria
total: 1,764,782
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 25 (2017 est.)
Burkina Faso
total: 14,067
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Burma
total: 404,932
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Burundi
total: 3,914
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Cabo Verde
total: 14,493
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
Cambodia
total: 129,650
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
Cameroon
total: 42,117
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Canada
total: 13,922,504
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 39 (2017 est.)
Cayman Islands
total: 24,535
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 42 (2017 est.)
Chad
total: 10,470
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Chile
total: 3,058,979
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (2017 est.)
China
total: 378.54 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 27 (2017 est.)
Colombia
total: 6,318,936
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 13 (2017 est.)
Comoros
total: 1,644
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
total: 1,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Costa Rica
total: 744,059
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15 (2017 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
total: 142,825
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
Croatia
total: 1,095,881
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 26 (2017 est.)
Cuba
total: 33,536
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Cyprus
total: 295,686
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 24 (2017 est.)
Czechia
total: 3,060,597
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 29 (2017 est.)
Denmark
total: 2,475,382
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 44 (2017 est.)
Djibouti
total: 24,389
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
Dominica
total: 15,487
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21 (2017 est.)
Ecuador
total: 1,683,783
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 10 (2017 est.)
Egypt
total: 5,223,311
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5 (2017 est.)
El Salvador
total: 442,727
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 7 (2017 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
total: 3,382
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Eritrea
total: 600
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Estonia
total: 404,682
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 32 (2017 est.)
Eswatini
total: 7,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Ethiopia
total: 580,120
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
European Union
total: 174,634,171
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
total: 1,610
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 50 (2017 est.)
Faroe Islands
total: 17,973
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 35 (2017 est.)
Fiji
total: 12,135
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
Finland
total: 1,709,400
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 31 (2017 est.)
France
total: 28.429 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 42 (2017 est.)
French Polynesia
total: 55,443
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 19 (2017 est.)
Gabon
total: 14,967
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
Gambia, The
total: 3,750
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Gaza Strip
total: 320,500
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14 (2016 est.)

note: includes West Bank

Georgia
total: 770,113
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 16 (2017 est.)
Germany
total: 33.217 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 41 (2017 est.)
Ghana
total: 56,810
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Gibraltar
total: 17,373
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 59 (2017 est.)
Greece
total: 3,778,263
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 35 (2017 est.)
Grenada
total: 22,235
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20 (2017 est.)
Guatemala
total: 506,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
Guinea
total: 1,100
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
total: 629
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Guyana
total: 64,889
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 9 (2017 est.)
Haiti
total: 29,900
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Honduras
total: 232,990
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
Hong Kong
total: 2,645,752
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37 (2017 est.)
Hungary
total: 2,956,585
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 30 (2017 est.)
Iceland
total: 133,574
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 39 (2017 est.)
India
total: 17,856,024
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
Indonesia
total: 6,044,712
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2017 est.)
Iran
total: 10,057,769
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2017 est.)
Ireland
total: 1,401,356
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 28 (2017 est.)
Israel
total: 2.342 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 28 (2017 est.)
Italy
total: 16,586,376
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 27 (2017 est.)
Jamaica
total: 239,120
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8 (2017 est.)
Japan
total: 40,390,640
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 32 (2017 est.)
Jordan
total: 456,610
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2017 est.)
Kazakhstan
total: 2,573,500
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14 (2017 est.)
Kenya
total: 288,303
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Kiribati
total: 76
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Korea, South
total: 21,195,918
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 41 (2017 est.)
Kuwait
total: 113,427
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2017 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
total: 258,013
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2017 est.)
Laos
total: 27,217
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Latvia
total: 525,679
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 27 (2017 est.)
Lebanon
total: 1.3 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21 (2017 est.)
Lesotho
total: 4,984
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Liberia
total: 8,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Libya
total: 168,920
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
Liechtenstein
total: 15,935
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 42 (2017 est.)
Lithuania
total: 798,769
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 28 (2017 est.)
Luxembourg
total: 212,900
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 36 (2017 est.)
Macau
total: 177,959
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 30 (2017 est.)
Madagascar
total: 25,062
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Malawi
total: 9,220
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Malaysia
total: 2,687,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 9 (2017 est.)
Maldives
total: 36,001
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 9 (2017 est.)
Mali
total: 21,444
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Malta
total: 181,318
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 44 (2017 est.)
Marshall Islands
total: 1,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
Mauritania
total: 12,637
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Mauritius
total: 246,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (2017 est.)
Mexico
total: 17,131,820
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14 (2017 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
total: 3,776
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2017 est.)
Moldova
total: 584,330
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (2017 est.)
Monaco
total: 19,258
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 63 (2017 est.)
Mongolia
total: 285,093
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 9 (2017 est.)
Montenegro
total: 137,426
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21 (2017 est.)
Morocco
total: 1,378,867
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2017 est.)
Mozambique
total: 41,653
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Namibia
total: 63,894
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
Nepal
total: 224,184
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
Netherlands
total: 7,210,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 42 (2017 est.)
New Zealand
total: 1.582 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 35 (2017 est.)
Nicaragua
total: 210,124
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
Niger
total: 8,650
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Nigeria
total: 74,004
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
North Macedonia
total: 386,718
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (2017 est.)
Norway
total: 2,134,105
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 40 (2017 est.)
Oman
total: 348,926
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8 (2017 est.)
Pakistan
total: 1,829,673
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
Panama
total: 446,076
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2017 est.)
Papua New Guinea
total: 17,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Paraguay
total: 278,169
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2017 est.)
Peru
total: 2,310,217
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 7 (2017 est.)
Philippines
total: 3,399,291
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
Pitcairn Islands
Poland
total: 7,053,333
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (2017 est.)
Portugal
total: 3,574,047
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 33 (2017 est.)
Puerto Rico
total: 660,100
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20 (2017 est.)
Qatar
total: 256,094
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 11 (2017 est.)
Romania
total: 4.78 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 22 (2017 est.)
Russia
total: 30,872,788
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 22 (2017 est.)
Rwanda
total: 21,780
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
total: 1,347
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (2017 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
total: 16,400
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 31 (2017 est.)
Saint Lucia
total: 31,781
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 19 (2017 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
total: 24,507
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 24 (2017 est.)
Samoa
total: 1,692
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
San Marino
total: 12,500
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37 (2017 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
total: 1,479
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
Saudi Arabia
total: 2,498,692
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 9 (2017 est.)
Senegal
total: 111,795
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
Serbia
total: 1,474,970
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21 (2017 est.)
Seychelles
total: 15,221
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 16 (2017 est.)
Singapore
total: 1,470,400
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 25 (2017 est.)
Slovakia
total: 1,404,751
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 26 (2017 est.)
Slovenia
total: 601,821
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 31 (2017 est.)
Solomon Islands
total: 1,166
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Somalia
total: 92,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
South Africa
total: 1,698,360
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
South Sudan
total: 150
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Spain
total: 14,473,888
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 30 (2017 est.)
Sri Lanka
total: 1,220,504
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5 (2017 est.)
Sudan
total: 31,082
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Suriname
total: 71,217
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2017 est.)
Sweden
total: 3,735,884
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 38 (2017 est.)
Switzerland
total: 3.85 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 47 (2017 est.)
Syria
total: 1,154,909
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (2017 est.)
Taiwan
total: 5,713,568
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 24 (2017 est.)
Tajikistan
total: 6,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Tanzania
total: 1,848,167
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
Thailand
total: 8.208 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2017 est.)
Timor-Leste
total: 3,346
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Togo
total: 45,756
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
Tonga
total: 3,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
total: 326,776
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 27 (2017 est.)
Tunisia
total: 801,785
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 7 (2017 est.)
Turkey
total: 11,924,905
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15 (2017 est.)
Turkmenistan
total: 4,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Tuvalu
total: 1,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 9 (2017 est.)
Uganda
total: 145,765
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Ukraine
total: 5,239,743
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2017 est.)
United Arab Emirates
total: 1,297,585
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21 (2017 est.)
United Kingdom
total: 26,015,818
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 40 (2017 est.)
United States
total: 109.838 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 34 (2017 est.)
Uruguay
total: 949,974
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 28 (2017 est.)
Uzbekistan
total: 3,320,210
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 11 (2017 est.)
Vanuatu
total: 5,841
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2017 est.)
Venezuela
total: 2,610,118
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8 (2017 est.)
Vietnam
total: 11,269,936
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2017 est.)
West Bank
total: 371,299
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14 (2017 est.)

note: includes Gaza Strip

World
total: 1,002,793,951
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14 (2017)
Yemen
total: 430,400
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2017 est.)
Zambia
total: 35,912
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
Zimbabwe
total: 187,310
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)