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Broadband internet subscribers, in thousands, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 194 countries was 7299 thousand subscribers. The highest value was in China: 590000 thousand subscribers and the lowest value was in Chad: 0 thousand subscribers. The indicator is available from 1998 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: thousand subscribers; Source: The International Telecommunication Union
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Countries Internet subscribers, 2022 Global rank Available data
China 590000 1 2000 - 2023
USA 128000 2 1998 - 2023
Japan 46100 3 1998 - 2023
Brazil 45300 4 1998 - 2023
Germany 37500 5 2000 - 2023
Russia 35900 6 2002 - 2022
India 33500 7 2001 - 2023
France 32000 8 1998 - 2023
UK 28100 9 2000 - 2023
Mexico 26300 10 2000 - 2023
South Korea 23500 11 1998 - 2023
Vietnam 21300 12 2002 - 2023
Turkey 19000 13 2001 - 2023
Italy 18600 14 2000 - 2023
Spain 17100 15 2000 - 2023
Canada 16400 16 1998 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 13500 17 2001 - 2023
Indonesia 13400 18 2000 - 2023
Thailand 12600 19 2001 - 2023
Bangladesh 12100 20 2007 - 2023
Egypt 12000 21 2002 - 2023
Argentina 11200 22 2001 - 2023
Iran 10900 23 2000 - 2023
Australia 9580 24 2001 - 2023
Poland 9150 25 2001 - 2023
Uzbekistan 9010 26 2003 - 2023
Colombia 8800 27 2000 - 2023
Philippines 8740 28 2001 - 2023
Netherlands 7800 29 1998 - 2023
Ukraine 7190 30 2005 - 2023
Iraq 6390 31 2006 - 2023
Romania 6370 32 2001 - 2023
Belgium 5070 33 1998 - 2023
Algeria 4710 34 2003 - 2023
Greece 4470 35 2003 - 2023
Portugal 4470 36 1999 - 2023
Chile 4450 37 2000 - 2023
Sweden 4260 38 2000 - 2023
Malaysia 4220 39 2001 - 2023
Switzerland 4100 40 2000 - 2023
Czechia 4030 41 2000 - 2023
UA Emirates 3770 42 1999 - 2023
Hungary 3540 43 2000 - 2023
Peru 3160 44 1999 - 2023
Belarus 3130 45 2002 - 2023
Pakistan 3130 46 2005 - 2023
Hong Kong 2980 47 1998 - 2023
Kazakhstan 2900 48 2003 - 2023
Venezuela 2700 49 2000 - 2022
Ecuador 2690 50 2001 - 2023
Israel 2660 51 2001 - 2023
Austria 2650 52 1999 - 2023
Denmark 2650 53 2000 - 2023
Norway 2490 54 2000 - 2022
Morocco 2420 55 2002 - 2022
Bulgaria 2390 56 2004 - 2023
Sri Lanka 2200 57 2001 - 2023
Azerbaijan 2100 58 2002 - 2023
Serbia 1950 59 2005 - 2023
South Africa 1950 60 2002 - 2023
Finland 1910 61 2000 - 2023
New Zealand 1860 62 2000 - 2023
Slovakia 1860 63 2002 - 2023
Tunisia 1690 64 2002 - 2023
Ireland 1610 65 2002 - 2023
Syria 1610 66 2004 - 2023
Singapore 1560 67 1998 - 2023
Nepal 1440 68 2006 - 2022
Tanzania 1430 69 2005 - 2023
Bolivia 1330 70 2002 - 2022
Domin. Rep. 1200 71 2003 - 2023
Uruguay 1140 72 2004 - 2023
Burma 1130 73 2005 - 2023
Costa Rica 1110 74 2002 - 2023
Croatia 1080 75 2003 - 2023
Georgia 1080 76 2001 - 2023
Kenya 1040 77 2005 - 2023
Guatemala 897 78 2005 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 876 79 2000 - 2023
Lithuania 809 80 2001 - 2023
Moldova 800 81 2001 - 2023
Jordan 796 82 2001 - 2023
Paraguay 738 83 2000 - 2023
Puerto Rico 722 84 2001 - 2023
Panama 721 85 2001 - 2023
Slovenia 677 86 2001 - 2023
El Salvador 671 87 2003 - 2022
Cameroon 603 88 2005 - 2022
Albania 585 89 2005 - 2023
Ethiopia 566 90 2003 - 2022
Oman 537 91 2002 - 2023
North Macedonia 515 92 2005 - 2022
Estonia 514 93 2001 - 2023
Armenia 511 94 2001 - 2023
Cambodia 510 95 2002 - 2022
Latvia 489 96 2000 - 2023
Yemen 486 97 2005 - 2022
Honduras 461 98 2010 - 2023
Mongolia 437 99 2001 - 2023
Jamaica 425 100 2001 - 2023
Palestine 421 101 2004 - 2023
Lebanon 419 102 2002 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan 390 103 2002 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 389 104 2002 - 2023
Ivory Coast 380 105 2003 - 2023
Turkmenistan 377 106 2008 - 2022
Qatar 366 107 2002 - 2023
Cyprus 349 108 2001 - 2023
Nicaragua 337 109 2000 - 2023
Mauritius 334 110 2002 - 2023
Libya 326 111 2008 - 2022
Bahrain 276 112 2001 - 2023
Luxembourg 250 113 2001 - 2022
Senegal 248 114 2002 - 2023
Malta 229 115 2000 - 2023
Macao 209 116 2000 - 2023
Ghana 207 117 2004 - 2023
Zimbabwe 207 118 2001 - 2023
Montenegro 196 119 2005 - 2023
Laos 183 120 2003 - 2022
Mali 179 121 2006 - 2022
Iceland 142 122 1999 - 2023
Angola 138 123 2006 - 2023
Suriname 125 124 2002 - 2022
Somalia 119 125 2012 - 2022
Botswana 111 126 2005 - 2023
Barbados 106 127 2003 - 2022
Guyana 106 128 2005 - 2022
Nigeria 97 129 2005 - 2023
Namibia 95 130 2005 - 2023
Togo 94 131 2007 - 2023
Maldives 91 132 2002 - 2023
Brunei 90 133 2001 - 2023
Zambia 86 134 2000 - 2023
Bahamas 84 135 2001 - 2023
Gabon 80 136 2003 - 2022
Mozambique 65 137 2006 - 2022
Kuwait 63 138 2001 - 2023
N. Caledonia 56 139 2001 - 2022
Rwanda 48 140 2004 - 2023
Andorra 41 141 2002 - 2023
Uganda 40 142 2005 - 2023
Belize 39 143 2003 - 2022
Seychelles 37 144 2004 - 2023
Grenada 35 145 2002 - 2022
Haiti 35 146 2012 - 2022
Cape Verde 34 147 2004 - 2023
DR Congo 33 148 2010 - 2022
Madagascar 33 149 2006 - 2023
Afghanistan 32 150 2004 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 30 151 2001 - 2023
Sudan 30 152 2004 - 2022
Swaziland 27 153 2008 - 2023
R. of Congo 26 154 2009 - 2023
Saint Lucia 24 155 2003 - 2022
Bermuda 23 156 2005 - 2022
Fiji 23 157 2005 - 2022
Gibraltar 23 158 2009 - 2022
Monaco 22 159 2000 - 2023
Papua N.G. 22 160 2008 - 2022
Benin 21 161 2002 - 2023
Aruba 19 162 2003 - 2022
Faroe Isl. 19 163 2001 - 2022
Liechtenstein 19 164 2002 - 2023
Djibouti 16 165 2000 - 2023
Burkina Faso 15 166 2002 - 2022
Liberia 15 167 2008 - 2022
Malawi 15 168 2003 - 2023
Dominica 14 169 2000 - 2022
Mauritania 14 170 2005 - 2022
Niger 14 171 2004 - 2022
San Marino 12 172 2003 - 2022
Ant.& Barb. 10 173 2004 - 2022
Lesotho 9 174 2004 - 2023
Tonga 9 175 2002 - 2022
Micronesia 7 176 2003 - 2022
Eritrea 6 177 2008 - 2022
Gambia 6 178 2004 - 2022
Tajikistan 6 179 2003 - 2022
Bhutan 5 180 2008 - 2023
G.-Bissau 5 181 2010 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 5 182 2006 - 2023
Burundi 4 183 2008 - 2023
Vanuatu 4 184 2003 - 2022
Comoros 2 185 2004 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 2 186 2005 - 2022
Samoa 2 187 2004 - 2022
C.A. Republic 1 188 2011 - 2022
Guinea 1 189 2010 - 2022
Palau 1 190 2004 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 1 191 2004 - 2022
Chad 0 192 2009 - 2022
Kiribati 0 193 2005 - 2023
Tuvalu 0 194 2004 - 2022



Definition: Fixed broadband subscriptions refers to fixed 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 includes cable modem, DSL, fiber-to-the-home/building, other fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions, satellite broadband and terrestrial fixed wireless broadband. 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. It should include fixed WiMAX and any other fixed wireless technologies. It includes both residential subscriptions and subscriptions for organizations.

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