Fixed broadband subscriptions in World
World: Fixed broadband subscriptions was 1.65 billion in 2025. ▲ Rising
Fixed broadband subscriptions in World, 2005–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
World recorded 1.65 billion for fixed broadband subscriptions in 2025. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 96.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fixed broadband subscriptions in World peaked at 1.65 billion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 219.60 million, in 2005.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 345.76 million | 219.60 million | 468.10 million | 5 |
| 2010s | 819.47 million | 526.30 million | 1.14 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.45 billion | 1.23 billion | 1.65 billion | 6 |
More infrastructure data for World
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 9.9 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 815.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 111.5 per 100 people (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 9.17 billion (2025)
- Air transport, passengers carried 4.27 billion (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 34.76 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 213,782 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 42,807 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 5,393 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 73.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fixed broadband subscriptions in World?
- Fixed broadband subscriptions in World was 1.65 billion in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest fixed broadband subscriptions recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 1.65 billion in 2025.
- What is the lowest fixed broadband subscriptions recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 219.60 million in 2005.
- Is fixed broadband subscriptions rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 96.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed broadband subscriptions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Fixed broadband subscriptions refers to fixed subscriptions to high-speed access to the public Internet (a TCP/IP connection), at downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s. This includes cable modem, DSL, fiber-to-the-home/building, other fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions, satellite broadband and terrestrial fixed wireless broadband. This total is measured irrespective of the method of payment. It excludes subscriptions that have access to data communications (including the Internet) via mobile-cellular networks. It should include fixed WiMAX and any other fixed wireless technologies. It includes both residential subscriptions and subscriptions for organizations.