Based on a comparison of 171 countries in 2018, China ranked the highest in number of fixed broadband internet connections with 379 mil followed by USA and Japan. On the other end of the scale was Eritrea with < 0.001 mil, Guinea Bissau with < 0.001 mil and Dem. Republic of the Congo with 0.001 mil.
Total number of fixed broadband internet connections reached 1,075 mil in 2018 in the World according to World Bank. This is 6.53 % more than in the previous year and 61.8 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total number of fixed broadband internet connections reached an all time high of 1,075 mil in 2018 and an all time low of 1.03 mil in 1998. The average annual growth amounted to 44.2 % since 1998.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 35.2 % of number of fixed broadband internet connections in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 49.2 % share while the ten largest countries some 66.5 % in 2018.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Fixed Broadband Internet Connections indicator page.
Number of Fixed Broadband Internet Connections | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Brazil | mil | ... | ... | ... | 17.8 | 19.1 | 21.4 | 24.0 | 25.5 | |||||||||||||
Canada | mil | ... | ... | ... | 11.3 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 13.0 | |||||||||||||
China | mil | ... | ... | ... | 156 | 175 | 189 | 200 | 277 | |||||||||||||
France | mil | ... | ... | ... | 22.7 | 24.0 | 24.9 | 26.0 | 26.9 | |||||||||||||
Germany | mil | ... | ... | ... | 27.3 | 28.0 | 28.6 | 29.6 | 30.7 | |||||||||||||
India | mil | ... | ... | ... | 13.4 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | |||||||||||||
Italy | mil | ... | ... | ... | 13.5 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 14.9 | |||||||||||||
Japan | mil | ... | ... | ... | 35.7 | 36.1 | 36.9 | 37.8 | 38.9 | |||||||||||||
Mexico | mil | ... | ... | ... | 11.6 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 14.8 | |||||||||||||
Russia | mil | ... | ... | ... | 17.6 | 20.9 | 23.7 | 25.0 | 26.9 | |||||||||||||
South Korea | mil | ... | ... | ... | 17.9 | 18.3 | 18.7 | 19.2 | 20.0 | |||||||||||||
Spain | mil | ... | ... | ... | 11.2 | 11.5 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 13.5 | |||||||||||||
Turkey | mil | ... | ... | ... | 7.59 | 7.87 | 8.89 | 8.87 | 9.50 | |||||||||||||
USA | mil | ... | ... | ... | 88.3 | 92.5 | 96.0 | 97.8 | 102 | |||||||||||||
United Kingdom | mil | ... | ... | ... | 20.6 | 21.7 | 23.0 | 23.7 | 24.7 |