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Number of fixed broadband subscriptions — all countries

Number of fixed broadband subscriptions — Sub-Saharan Africa

Number of fixed broadband subscriptions in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 — 15,000,000 subs. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 6,682.6%.

2025 15M subs +36.36% vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 15M subs2025
Period minimum 221,153 subs2005

Trend over time

2005–2025 · subscriptions

Number of fixed broadband subscriptions — Sub-Saharan Africa, 2005–202505M10M15M200520072009201120132015201720192021202320252005: 221,153 subs2007: 671,709 subs2008: 801,225 subs2009: 947,491 subs2010: 1,345,449 subs2011: 1,654,192 subs2012: 2,095,874 subs2013: 2,971,686 subs2014: 3,613,564 subs2015: 3,700,000 subs2016: 4,100,000 subs2017: 4,200,000 subs2018: 4,600,000 subs2019: 5,300,000 subs2020: 5,000,000 subs2021: 6,000,000 subs2022: 7,000,000 subs2023: 8,000,000 subs2024: 11,000,000 subs2025: 15,000,000 subs
Change over the period: +14.78M (+6,682.63%) Average annual rate: 23.47 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 15M subs
World 1.65B subs
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2025 15M +4M +36.36%
2024 11M +3M +37.5%
2023 8M +1M +14.29%
2022 7M +1M +16.67%
2021 6M +1M +20%
2020 5M −300,000 −5.66%
2019 5.3M +700,000 +15.22%
2018 4.6M +400,000 +9.52%
2017 4.2M +100,000 +2.44%
2016 4.1M +400,000 +10.81%
2015 3.7M +86,436 +2.39%
2014 3.61M +641,878 +21.6%
2013 2.97M +875,812 +41.79%
2012 2.1M +441,682 +26.7%
2011 1.65M +308,743 +22.95%
2010 1.35M +397,958 +42%
2009 947,491 +146,266 +18.26%
2008 801,225 +129,516 +19.28%
2007 671,709 — —
2005 221,153 — —

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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