Fixed broadband subscriptions by country, 2024 (per 100 people)
Wired and fixed wireless internet lines of 256 kbit/s or more, such as fibre, cable and DSL, for every 100 people, for 205 countries and areas, ranked from highest to lowest. Source: World Bank, from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Key facts
- World: 20.11 fixed broadband lines per 100 people (2025).
- Highest: Gibraltar (60.97), Cayman Islands (56.36) and Monaco (55.68).
- Lowest in the list: Guinea and Timor-Leste (0.01).
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| 1 | Gibraltar | 60.97 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cayman Islands | 56.36 | 2022 |
| 3 | Monaco | 55.68 | 2024 |
| 4 | Andorra | 52.36 | 2024 |
| 5 | Bermuda | 51.30 | 2024 |
| 6 | Liechtenstein | 50.01 | 2024 |
| 7 | France | 48.93 | 2024 |
| 8 | South Korea | 47.80 | 2024 |
| 9 | China | 47.19 | 2024 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 47.02 | 2024 |
| 11 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 46.74 | 2022 |
| 12 | Germany | 45.61 | 2024 |
| 13 | Portugal | 45.24 | 2024 |
| 14 | Norway | 45.16 | 2024 |
| 15 | Greece | 44.68 | 2024 |
| 16 | Malta | 44.51 | 2024 |
| 17 | Belgium | 44.23 | 2024 |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 44.07 | 2024 |
| 19 | Denmark | 43.39 | 2024 |
| 20 | Netherlands | 42.98 | 2024 |
| 21 | Canada | 42.52 | 2024 |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 42.16 | 2024 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 40.84 | 2024 |
| 24 | Sweden | 40.62 | 2024 |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 40.32 | 2024 |
| 26 | Hong Kong SAR China | 40.27 | 2024 |
| 27 | Spain | 39.23 | 2024 |
| 28 | Czechia | 38.87 | 2024 |
| 29 | United States | 38.86 | 2024 |
| 30 | Japan | 38.63 | 2023 |
| 31 | New Zealand | 38.05 | 2024 |
| 32 | Cyprus | 37.56 | 2024 |
| 33 | Hungary | 37.54 | 2024 |
| 34 | Iceland | 37.52 | 2024 |
| 35 | Barbados | 37.48 | 2022 |
| 36 | Bulgaria | 37.02 | 2023 |
| 37 | Australia | 36.48 | 2024 |
| 37 | Finland | 36.48 | 2024 |
| 39 | Belarus | 36.26 | 2024 |
| 40 | Romania | 35.80 | 2024 |
| 41 | San Marino | 35.79 | 2022 |
| 42 | French Polynesia | 35.55 | 2023 |
| 43 | Estonia | 35.35 | 2024 |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 34.74 | 2024 |
| 45 | Faroe Islands | 34.59 | 2022 |
| 46 | Slovenia | 34.23 | 2024 |
| 47 | Slovakia | 33.81 | 2024 |
| 48 | Serbia | 33.37 | 2024 |
| 49 | Uruguay | 33.04 | 2024 |
| 50 | Montenegro | 32.31 | 2024 |
| 51 | Ireland | 32.30 | 2024 |
| 52 | Greenland | 31.98 | 2022 |
| 53 | Italy | 31.78 | 2024 |
| 54 | Seychelles | 31.60 | 2024 |
| 55 | Curaçao | 31.51 | 2023 |
| 56 | Georgia | 30.42 | 2024 |
| 57 | Austria | 30.13 | 2024 |
| 58 | North Macedonia | 29.89 | 2024 |
| 59 | Macao SAR China | 29.86 | 2024 |
| 60 | Grenada | 29.77 | 2022 |
| 61 | Moldova | 29.63 | 2024 |
| 62 | Croatia | 29.60 | 2024 |
| 63 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 29.46 | 2024 |
| 64 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 29.39 | 2024 |
| 65 | Israel | 29.18 | 2024 |
| 66 | Puerto Rico | 27.99 | 2024 |
| 67 | Mauritius | 27.97 | 2024 |
| 68 | Lithuania | 27.85 | 2024 |
| 69 | Singapore | 27.81 | 2024 |
| 70 | Russia | 27.13 | 2024 |
| 71 | Trinidad & Tobago | 27.03 | 2024 |
| 72 | Argentina | 26.10 | 2024 |
| 73 | Latvia | 25.75 | 2024 |
| 74 | Poland | 25.36 | 2024 |
| 75 | Bahamas | 25.27 | 2024 |
| 76 | British Virgin Islands | 24.91 | 2024 |
| 77 | Albania | 24.88 | 2024 |
| 78 | Brazil | 24.08 | 2024 |
| 79 | Chile | 23.73 | 2024 |
| 80 | Vietnam | 23.71 | 2024 |
| 81 | Türkiye | 23.43 | 2024 |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 23.29 | 2024 |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 21.75 | 2024 |
| 84 | Mexico | 21.74 | 2024 |
| 85 | Ukraine | 21.65 | 2024 |
| 86 | Brunei | 21.18 | 2024 |
| 87 | Dominica | 20.86 | 2022 |
| 88 | Armenia | 20.31 | 2024 |
| 89 | Maldives | 19.65 | 2024 |
| 90 | New Caledonia | 19.37 | 2022 |
| 91 | Suriname | 18.75 | 2024 |
| 92 | Panama | 18.13 | 2023 |
| 93 | Iraq | 17.63 | 2024 |
| 94 | Aruba | 17.49 | 2022 |
| 95 | Ecuador | 17.25 | 2024 |
| 96 | Colombia | 17.22 | 2024 |
| 97 | Bahrain | 16.99 | 2024 |
| 98 | Jamaica | 15.98 | 2024 |
| 99 | Mongolia | 15.78 | 2024 |
| 100 | Kazakhstan | 15.32 | 2024 |
| 101 | Tunisia | 14.97 | 2024 |
| 102 | Thailand | 14.89 | 2024 |
| 103 | St. Lucia | 13.57 | 2022 |
| 104 | Malaysia | 13.55 | 2024 |
| 105 | Algeria | 13.32 | 2024 |
| 106 | Guyana | 12.94 | 2022 |
| 106 | Venezuela | 12.94 | 2024 |
| 108 | Paraguay | 12.88 | 2023 |
| 109 | El Salvador | 12.46 | 2024 |
| 110 | Bolivia | 12.07 | 2024 |
| 111 | Iran | 12.06 | 2024 |
| 112 | Qatar | 11.82 | 2024 |
| 113 | Egypt | 11.69 | 2024 |
| 114 | Peru | 11.68 | 2024 |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 11.20 | 2024 |
| 116 | Oman | 11.06 | 2024 |
| 117 | Antigua & Barbuda | 10.68 | 2022 |
| 118 | Nepal | 10.07 | 2024 |
| 118 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 10.07 | 2022 |
| 120 | Nauru | 9.96 | 2022 |
| 121 | Belize | 9.75 | 2022 |
| 122 | Sri Lanka | 8.47 | 2024 |
| 123 | Cape Verde | 8.31 | 2024 |
| 124 | Tonga | 8.17 | 2022 |
| 125 | Palestinian Territories | 8.16 | 2024 |
| 126 | Bangladesh | 8.09 | 2024 |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.80 | 2024 |
| 128 | Botswana | 7.44 | 2024 |
| 129 | Palau | 7.33 | 2023 |
| 130 | Morocco | 7.30 | 2024 |
| 131 | Lebanon | 7.29 | 2022 |
| 132 | Philippines | 7.14 | 2024 |
| 133 | Jordan | 7.02 | 2024 |
| 134 | Syria | 6.86 | 2023 |
| 135 | Micronesia | 5.82 | 2022 |
| 136 | Nicaragua | 5.78 | 2024 |
| 137 | South Africa | 5.35 | 2024 |
| 138 | Guatemala | 5.34 | 2024 |
| 139 | Turkmenistan | 5.22 | 2022 |
| 140 | Indonesia | 4.92 | 2024 |
| 141 | Gabon | 4.69 | 2024 |
| 142 | Honduras | 4.58 | 2024 |
| 143 | Libya | 4.52 | 2022 |
| 143 | Tuvalu | 4.52 | 2022 |
| 145 | Cambodia | 4.15 | 2024 |
| 146 | Senegal | 4.04 | 2024 |
| 147 | India | 3.15 | 2024 |
| 148 | Cuba | 3.08 | 2024 |
| 149 | Kenya | 3.04 | 2024 |
| 150 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 2.99 | 2024 |
| 151 | Bhutan | 2.92 | 2024 |
| 152 | Myanmar (Burma) | 2.87 | 2024 |
| 153 | Namibia | 2.83 | 2024 |
| 154 | Laos | 2.72 | 2023 |
| 155 | Eswatini | 2.51 | 2024 |
| 156 | Marshall Islands | 2.35 | 2022 |
| 157 | Cameroon | 2.13 | 2022 |
| 158 | Zimbabwe | 1.94 | 2024 |
| 159 | Guam | 1.84 | 2022 |
| 160 | Fiji | 1.80 | 2024 |
| 161 | Côte d’Ivoire | 1.60 | 2024 |
| 162 | Djibouti | 1.47 | 2023 |
| 162 | Pakistan | 1.47 | 2024 |
| 164 | Togo | 1.42 | 2024 |
| 165 | Congo - Brazzaville | 1.27 | 2023 |
| 165 | Yemen | 1.27 | 2022 |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 1.16 | 2024 |
| 168 | Kuwait | 1.01 | 2023 |
| 169 | Tajikistan | 0.98 | 2023 |
| 170 | Mauritania | 0.95 | 2024 |
| 171 | Samoa | 0.88 | 2022 |
| 172 | Burkina Faso | 0.85 | 2024 |
| 173 | Zambia | 0.79 | 2024 |
| 174 | Mali | 0.77 | 2022 |
| 175 | Somalia | 0.72 | 2023 |
| 176 | Ghana | 0.66 | 2024 |
| 177 | Rwanda | 0.60 | 2024 |
| 178 | Ethiopia | 0.59 | 2024 |
| 179 | Gambia | 0.52 | 2024 |
| 180 | Comoros | 0.39 | 2023 |
| 180 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.39 | 2024 |
| 182 | Lesotho | 0.38 | 2024 |
| 183 | Angola | 0.36 | 2024 |
| 184 | Haiti | 0.31 | 2022 |
| 185 | Benin | 0.28 | 2024 |
| 186 | Liberia | 0.27 | 2022 |
| 187 | Tanzania | 0.25 | 2024 |
| 188 | Papua New Guinea | 0.23 | 2024 |
| 189 | Uganda | 0.21 | 2024 |
| 190 | Eritrea | 0.17 | 2022 |
| 191 | Mozambique | 0.14 | 2024 |
| 192 | Madagascar | 0.12 | 2023 |
| 193 | Niger | 0.11 | 2024 |
| 193 | Solomon Islands | 0.11 | 2022 |
| 195 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.10 | 2022 |
| 196 | Malawi | 0.09 | 2024 |
| 197 | Afghanistan | 0.08 | 2023 |
| 197 | Nigeria | 0.08 | 2024 |
| 199 | Sudan | 0.06 | 2022 |
| 200 | Congo - Kinshasa | 0.03 | 2024 |
| 200 | Kiribati | 0.03 | 2024 |
| 202 | Burundi | 0.02 | 2023 |
| 202 | Central African Republic | 0.02 | 2022 |
| 204 | Guinea | 0.01 | 2022 |
| 204 | Timor-Leste | 0.01 | 2024 |
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 2026-11-09
About this data
One line usually serves a whole household, so about 40 lines per 100 people already means most homes are connected. Mobile data is not included: see the mobile subscriptions and internet users tables.
Many people in Africa and South Asia go online mainly through mobile networks, so low fixed broadband there does not mean few internet users.
FAQ
Which country has the most broadband subscriptions per person?
Gibraltar, with 60.97 per 100 people in 2022, followed by Cayman Islands (56.36) and Monaco (55.68).
How many fixed broadband lines does the world have?
20.11 per 100 people in 2025.
Does broadband include mobile internet?
No. This counts fixed lines such as fibre, cable and DSL; mobile data plans are counted separately.
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