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Number of fixed broadband subscriptions — all countries

Number of fixed broadband subscriptions — Euro area

Number of fixed broadband subscriptions in the Euro area in 2024 — 143,872,429 subs. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10,884.6%.

2024 144M subs −0.49% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 145M subs2023
Period minimum 1.31M subs2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · subscriptions

Number of fixed broadband subscriptions — Euro area, 2000–2024050M100M150M2000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 1,309,768 subs2001: 5,079,735 subs2002: 10,106,274 subs2003: 17,597,241 subs2004: 29,852,936 subs2005: 43,343,854 subs2006: 57,679,464 subs2007: 71,209,387 subs2008: 80,364,054 subs2009: 88,022,316 subs2010: 94,096,733 subs2011: 98,601,127 subs2012: 102,135,297 subs2013: 105,916,629 subs2014: 110,172,936 subs2015: 114,419,012 subs2016: 118,710,944 subs2017: 123,156,916 subs2018: 126,665,017 subs2019: 129,827,746 subs2020: 133,712,574 subs2021: 137,133,402 subs2022: 140,546,555 subs2023: 144,584,912 subs2024: 143,872,429 subs
Change over the period: +143M (+10,884.57%) Average annual rate: 21.63 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Euro area

Euro area 144M subs
World 1.58B subs
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 144M −712,483 −0.49%
2023 145M +4.04M +2.87%
2022 141M +3.41M +2.49%
2021 137M +3.42M +2.56%
2020 134M +3.88M +2.99%
2019 130M +3.16M +2.5%
2018 127M +3.51M +2.85%
2017 123M +4.45M +3.75%
2016 119M +4.29M +3.75%
2015 114M +4.25M +3.85%
2014 110M +4.26M +4.02%
2013 106M +3.78M +3.7%
2012 102M +3.53M +3.58%
2011 98.6M +4.5M +4.79%
2010 94.1M +6.07M +6.9%
2009 88.02M +7.66M +9.53%
2008 80.36M +9.15M +12.86%
2007 71.21M +13.53M +23.46%
2006 57.68M +14.34M +33.07%
2005 43.34M +13.49M +45.19%
2004 29.85M +12.26M +69.65%
2003 17.6M +7.49M +74.12%
2002 10.11M +5.03M +98.95%
2001 5.08M +3.77M +287.83%
2000 1.31M — —

About the indicator

The number of fixed internet subscriptions at a speed of at least 256 kbit/s: fiber, cable, DSL and other wired technologies. The unit of count is the subscription, and that is usually a household or an organization rather than a person, so the value is several times smaller than the number of internet users. In countries where the internet arrived as mobile from the start, fixed subscriptions are few even at high penetration of the network.

Important: Fixed access only: mobile internet does not enter this series. The threshold of 256 kbit/s is set by ITU and is low by present-day standards, so a very slow connection counts as “broadband” too.

Source: ICT Indicators (ITU), license ITU terms of use.

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