Access to Information: Broadband internet subscribers

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Access to Information: Broadband internet subscribers

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Population, Health and Human Well-being — Access to Information: Broadband internet subscribers Units: Number of people

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World
World {1}		..	..	103,165,016	65,908,443	36,928,980	..	..	..

		2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998
Region/Classification
Asia (excluding Middle East)		..	..	42,431,891	26,708,726	14,075,676	5,504,430	..	..
Central America & Caribbean		2,382,080	1,209,529	557,134	289,611	55,896	..	..	..
Europe		63,973,870	42,755,840	..	13,635,155	6,382,304	..	..	..
Middle East & North Africa		..	..	1,027,916	350,692	..	..	..	..
North America		57,630,000	42,820,000	32,210,000	23,420,000	15,640,000	8,480,000	3,332,000	846,000
Oceania		2,389,865	1,232,115	602,659	302,211	142,182	..	..	..
South America		7,161,510	4,797,790	1,865,676	1,194,924	558,820	..	..	1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa		..	..	..	7,124	..	..	..	..
Developed Countries		147,766,070	107,444,400	..	46,992,309	26,046,504	..	..	..
Developing Countries		..	..	30,390,413	18,915,064	10,882,395	..	..	..
High Income Countries		156,955,010	118,678,920	84,923,190	58,425,982	34,687,336	15,513,500	..	1,006,400
Low Income Countries		..	..	..	90,563	52,451	..	..	..
Middle Income Countries		..	..	..	5,291,898	1,059,193	..	..	..

	ISO	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	220	200	0	0	0	..	..	..
Albania	ALB	..	..	0	0	0	..	..	..
Algeria	DZA	195,000	36,000	18,000	0	0	..	..	..
American Samoa	ASM	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Andorra	AND	10,300	6,280	3,600	1,150	..	..	..	..
Angola	AGO	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	5,720	1,560	0	0	..	..	..	..
Argentina	ARG	927,000	543,000	259,000	115,000	85,000	..	..	0
Armenia	ARM	..	1,000	10	8	..	..	..	..
Aruba	ABW	12,300	6,730	1,410	0	0	..	..	..
Australia	AUS	2,030,000	1,030,000	517,000	258,000	123,000	74,000	..	7,000
Austria	AUT	1,170,000	870,000	589,000	451,000	321,000	191,000	50,900	0
Azerbaijan	AZE	2,180	900	..	0	0	..	..	..
Bahamas	BHS	13,400	12,800	10,900	7,540	..	..	..	..
Bahrain	BHR	..	..	9,740	4,980	1,180	0	0	0
Bangladesh	BGD	..	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Barbados	BRB	31,900	..	27,300	0	..	..	..	..
Belarus	BLR	1,560	750	123	20	..	..	..	..
Belgium	BEL	2,010,000	1,620,000	1,240,000	815,000	459,000	127,000	..	10,900
Belize	BLZ	5,020	2,830	940	0	0	..	..	..
Benin	BEN	196	81	21	21	0	..	..	..
Bermuda	BMU	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Bhutan	BTN	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Bolivia	BOL	10,800	8,720	5,740	3,330	0	..	..	..
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	13,700	6,640	..	213	0	0	0	0
Botswana	BWA	1,600	0	0	0	0	0	..	..
Brazil	BRA	4,390,000	3,160,000	966,000	731,000	331,000	100,000	7,000	1,000
Brunei Darussalam	BRN	8,130	6,260	3,840	2,760	1,900	..	..	..
Bulgaria	BGR	..	1,290	0	0	..	..	..	..
Burkina Faso	BFA	384	154	145	50	0	..	..	..
Burundi	BDI	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Cambodia	KHM	..	..	419	50	0	..	..	..
Cameroon	CMR	202	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Canada	CAN	6,430,000	5,420,000	4,510,000	3,520,000	2,840,000	1,410,000	582,000	140,000
Cape Verde	CPV	937	283	0	0	0	..	..	..
Cayman Islands	CYM	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	1,240	826	413	0	0	..	..	..
Central African Rep	CAF	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Chad	TCD	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Chile	CHL	709,000	479,000	352,000	188,000	66,700	7,880	..	0
China	CHN	37,400,000	24,900,000	11,200,000	3,300,000	336,000	22,700	..	0
Colombia	COL	319,000	127,000	64,400	34,900	13,800	8,870	..	0
Comoros	COM	4	1	0	0	0	..	..	..
Congo	COG	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	1,500	1,450	1,000	0	0	..	..	..
Costa Rica	CRI	46,700	27,900	14,900	363	0	..	..	..
Croatia	HRV	116,000	26,800	..	12,000	0	..	..	..
Cuba	CUB	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Cyprus	CYP	26,700	13,400	10,000	5,880	2,500	0	0	0
Czech Rep	CZE	709,000	236,000	34,700	15,300	6,200	2,500	0	0
Denmark	DNK	1,350,000	1,020,000	718,000	451,000	223,000	56,600	..	0
Djibouti	DJI	42	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Dominica	DMA	..	3,250	2,650	2,240	175	80	..	0
Dominican Rep	DOM	65,900	37,300	15,000	0	0	..	..	..
Ecuador	ECU	26,800	11,600	6,920	6,500	2,620	..	..	..
Egypt	EGY	114,000	47,500	4,850	937	..	..	..	..
El Salvador	SLV	42,300	29,300	19,600	0	0	..	..	..
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	180	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Eritrea	ERI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Estonia	EST	179,000	139,000	90,300	45,700	17,300	..	..	..
Ethiopia	ETH	..	..	57	0	0	..	..	..
Faeroe Islands	FRO	5,870	3,130	394	114	54	..	..	..
Fiji	FJI	7,000	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Finland	FIN	1,170,000	800,000	491,000	274,000	52,000	20,300	..	0
France	FRA	9,470,000	6,560,000	3,570,000	1,660,000	602,000	196,000	..	0
French Guiana	GUF	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
French Polynesia	PYF	11,000	4,350	946	0	0	..	..	..
Gabon	GAB	1,530	650	170	0	0	..	..	..
Gambia	GMB	71	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Georgia	GEO	..	..	1,410	920	..	..	..	..
Germany	DEU	10,700,000	6,900,000	4,470,000	3,210,000	2,100,000	265,000	..	0
Ghana	GHA	1,900	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Gibraltar	GIB	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Greece	GRC	160,000	51,500	10,500	0	0	0	0	0
Greenland	GRL	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Grenada	GRD	3,220	609	..	563	0	..	..	..
Guadeloupe	GLP	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Guam	GUM	..	..	..	..	1,750	..	..	..
Guatemala	GTM	27,100	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Guinea	GIN	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Guyana	GUY	2,000	..	..	0	..	..	..	..
Haiti	HTI	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Honduras	HND	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Hong Kong	HKG	1,660,000	1,520,000	1,270,000	1,040,000	716,000	444,000	86,500	11,000
Hungary	HUN	652,000	411,000	264,000	111,000	20,000	3,400	..	0
Iceland	ISL	78,000	55,800	41,600	24,300	10,400	2,360	81	0
India	IND	1,350,000	180,000	140,000	82,400	50,000	0	0	0
Indonesia	IDN	..	..	..	38,300	15,000	4,000	..	0
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	..	..	18,700	16,200	661	176	..	..
Iraq	IRQ	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Ireland	IRL	323,000	152,000	41,800	10,600	0	0	0	0
Israel	ISR	1,230,000	980,000	633,000	232,000	43,900	0	0	0
Italy	ITA	6,780,000	4,700,000	2,250,000	850,000	390,000	115,000	..	0
Jamaica	JAM	45,000	..	9,000	9,000	..	..	..	..
Japan	JPN	22,400,000	19,600,000	14,900,000	9,400,000	3,840,000	855,000	216,000	32,000
Jordan	JOR	..	10,400	5,000	3,180	409	..	..	..
Kazakhstan	KAZ	..	2,000	..	0	..	..	..	..
Kenya	KEN	..	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Kiribati	KIR	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Korea, Rep	KOR	12,200,000	11,900,000	11,200,000	10,400,000	7,810,000	3,870,000	278,000	14,000
Kuwait	KWT	25,000	20,000	13,000	10,500	5,000	..	..	..
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	2,460	1,910	139	36	..	..	..	..
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	133	50	..	0	0	..	..	..
Latvia	LVA	261,000	49,100	19,500	10,000	3,240	284	0	0
Lebanon	LBN	130,000	80,000	70,000	35,000	0	..	..	..
Lesotho	LSO	45	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Liberia	LBR	..	..	0	0	0	..	..	..
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LBY	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Liechtenstein	LIE	8,620	4,740	1,500	1,440	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	LTU	234,000	129,000	66,800	20,000	2,430	0	0	0
Luxembourg	LUX	70,100	36,500	15,400	5,700	1,220	0	0	0
Macau	MAC	68,000	45,200	27,700	17,000	9,790	3,730	..	..
Macedonia, FYR	MKD	12,400	..	..	0	..	..	..	..
Madagascar	MDG	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Malawi	MWI	404	138	69	0	0	..	..	..
Malaysia	MYS	507,000	253,000	110,000	19,300	4,000	0	0	0
Maldives	MDV	3,260	717	503	190	0	0	0	0
Mali	MLI	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Malta	MLT	44,700	37,600	22,700	17,700	9,160	1,660	..	..
Marshall Islands	MHL	..	..	0	0	0	..	..	..
Martinique	MTQ	..	..	6,000	0	0	..	..	..
Mauritania	MRT	164	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Mauritius	MUS	3,150	2,560	1,180	285	..	..	..	..
Mexico	MEX	1,920,000	1,060,000	428,000	231,000	50,000	15,000	0	0
Micronesia, Fed States	FSM	46	26	6	0	0	..	..	..
Moldova, Rep	MDA	10,400	2,430	597	418	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	MNG	1,800	900	500	90	49	..	..	..
Morocco	MAR	249,000	64,700	2,710	2,000	0	..	..	..
Mozambique	MOZ	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Myanmar	MMR	243	0	0	0	0	0	..	..
Namibia	NAM	..	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Nepal	NPL	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Netherlands	NLD	4,100,000	3,210,000	1,990,000	1,070,000	466,000	260,000	..	75,500
Netherlands Antilles	ANT	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
New Caledonia	NCL	9,600	5,150	1,670	700	132	0	0	0
New Zealand	NZL	331,000	192,000	83,000	43,500	17,300	4,660	0	0
Nicaragua	NIC	10,500	5,000	4,400	2,320	1,600	700	..	..
Niger	NER	212	77	0	0	0	..	..	..
Nigeria	NGA	500	..	..	0	..	..	..	..
Norway	NOR	991,000	672,000	399,000	205,000	88,500	23,300	..	0
Oman	OMN	8,340	668	136	97	0	..	..	..
Pakistan	PAK	44,600	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Palau	PLW	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Palestinian Territories		7,670	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Panama	PAN	17,600	16,700	15,000	12,200	4,040	..	..	..
Papua New Guinea	PNG	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Paraguay	PRY	5,600	3,050	500	500	300	150	..	..
Peru	PER	353,000	228,000	93,900	37,400	22,800	1,080	75	0
Philippines	PHL	..	..	55,000	21,000	10,000	0	0	0
Poland	POL	945,000	812,000	196,000	122,000	12,000	0	0	0
Portugal	PRT	1,210,000	859,000	503,000	263,000	99,300	25,200	297	0
Puerto Rico	PRI	118,000	..	..	22,700	..	..	..	..
Qatar	QAT	25,100	10,700	2,990	228	0	0	0	0
Réunion	REU	..	56,500	31,700	..	..	..	..	..
Romania	ROU	751,000	383,000	196,000	15,800	6,000	..	..	..
Russian Federation	RUS	1,590,000	675,000	..	11,000	0	0	0	0
Rwanda	RWA	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	..	..	..	500	..	..	..	..
Samoa	WSM	65	32	0	0	0	..	..	..
San Marino	SMR	1,220	1,080	600	..	..	..	..	..
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	..	..	0	0	0	0	..	..
Saudi Arabia	SAU	..	19,700	8,400	2,290	1,000	0	0	0
Senegal	SEN	18,000	7,670	2,380	1,200	0	..	..	..
Serbia and Montenegro	YUG	..	..	..	0	..	..	..	..
Seychelles	SYC	575	349	0	0	..	..	..	..
Sierra Leone	SLE	..	..	..	0	..	..	..	..
Singapore	SGP	666,000	546,000	422,000	270,000	151,000	76,000	30,000	10,000
Slovakia	SVK	139,000	49,200	7,710	0	0	..	..	..
Slovenia	SVN	197,000	115,000	58,000	56,700	5,500	..	..	..
Solomon Islands	SLB	450	200	0	0	0	..	..	..
Somalia	SOM	..	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
South Africa	ZAF	165,000	60,000	20,300	2,670	0	0	0	0
Spain	ESP	5,040,000	3,400,000	2,120,000	1,250,000	430,000	76,400	..	0
Sri Lanka	LKA	26,100	20,500	3,420	592	327	..	..	..
St. Lucia	LCA	..	..	..	0	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent & Grenadines	VCT	3,650	1,320	1,150	1,090	81	0	0	0
Sudan	SDN	1,270	793	0	0	0	..	..	..
Suriname	SUR	1,110	420	216	94	..	..	..	..
Swaziland	SWZ	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sweden	SWE	1,920,000	1,410,000	1,100,000	840,000	587,000	249,000	0	0
Switzerland	CHE	1,660,000	1,230,000	784,000	455,000	140,000	43,000	0	0
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	..	600	0	0	..	..	..	..
Taiwan	TWN	4,340,000	3,750,000	3,040,000	2,100,000	1,130,000	229,000	31,000	15,000
Tajikistan	TJK	..	..	10	0	0	..	..	..
Tanzania	TZA	..	..	0	0	0	..	..	..
Thailand	THA	..	..	45,000	15,000	1,610	0	0	0
Togo	TGO	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Tonga	TON	645	334	22	11	0	..	..	..
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	10,800	4,230	884	95	0	..	..	..
Tunisia	TUN	16,500	2,840	2,590	0	0	0	..	..
Turkey	TUR	1,590,000	578,000	199,000	21,200	10,900	0	0	0
Turkmenistan	TKM	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Uganda	UGA	850	..	..	0	..	..	..	..
Ukraine	UKR	..	..	..	0	..	..	..	..
United Arab Emirates	ARE	128,000	55,500	29,800	16,200	7,750	1,390	367	0
United Kingdom	GBR	9,890,000	6,120,000	3,110,000	1,360,000	331,000	52,900	0	0
United States	USA	51,200,000	37,400,000	27,700,000	19,900,000	12,800,000	7,070,000	2,750,000	706,000
Uruguay	URY	61,200	27,000	0	0	0	..	..	..
Uzbekistan	UZB	..	..	2,760	0	..	..	..	..
Vanuatu	VUT	59	23	15	0	0	..	..	..
Venezuela	VEN	356,000	210,000	117,000	78,200	36,600	4,470	..	0
Viet Nam	VNM	210,000	52,700	9,180	1,080	0	..	..	..
Virgin Islands	VIR	2,970	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Yemen	YEM	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..
Zambia	ZMB	250	250	91	48	31	21	..	..
Zimbabwe	ZWE	10,200	8,970	6,390	2,850	771	..	..	..

Footnotes

1 - World

World totals were calculated by WRI.

Source

International Telecommunication Union (ITU). 2007. World Telecommunication Indicators 2006. Geneva: ITU. Available online at http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/publications/world/world.html.