Number of fixed broadband internet connections rose 5.88% to 3.57 mil in Portugal in 2017, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed broadband internet connections in Portugal reached an all time high of 3.57 mil in 2017 and an all time low of 0.025 mil in 2000. When compared to Portugal's main peers, number of fixed broadband internet connections in France amounted to 28.4 mil, 1.40 mil in Ireland, 1.38 mil in Morocco and 14.5 mil in Spain in 2017.
Portugal has been ranked 34th within the group of 152 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed broadband internet connections, 5 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
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 |
Algeria | mil | ... | ... | ... | 0.981 | 1.15 | 1.28 | 1.60 | 2.27 | |||||||||||||
Belgium | mil | ... | ... | ... | 3.54 | 3.69 | 3.83 | 4.01 | 4.12 | |||||||||||||
Canada | mil | ... | ... | ... | 11.3 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 13.0 | |||||||||||||
France | mil | ... | ... | ... | 22.7 | 24.0 | 24.9 | 26.0 | 26.9 | |||||||||||||
Germany | mil | ... | ... | ... | 27.3 | 28.0 | 28.6 | 29.6 | 30.7 | |||||||||||||
Iceland | mil | ... | ... | ... | 0.112 | 0.113 | 0.117 | 0.120 | 0.124 | |||||||||||||
Ireland | mil | ... | ... | ... | 1.07 | 1.11 | 1.19 | 1.26 | 1.31 | |||||||||||||
Italy | mil | ... | ... | ... | 13.5 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 14.9 | |||||||||||||
Mauritania | mil | ... | ... | ... | 0.006 | 0.007 | 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.010 | |||||||||||||
Morocco | mil | ... | ... | ... | 0.595 | 0.690 | 0.844 | 0.993 | 1.15 | |||||||||||||
Portugal | mil | ... | ... | ... | 2.24 | 2.39 | 2.56 | 2.86 | 3.14 | |||||||||||||
Spain | mil | ... | ... | ... | 11.2 | 11.5 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 13.5 | |||||||||||||
Tunisia | mil | ... | ... | ... | 0.559 | 0.527 | 0.520 | 0.568 | 0.574 | |||||||||||||
United Kingdom | mil | ... | ... | ... | 20.6 | 21.7 | 23.0 | 23.7 | 24.7 |