Times of Better Bharat

India, measured — every morning · est. 2026

Fixed broadband

Fixed broadband subscriptions per hundred people. Low, and the counterpoint to the mobile story: India came online through the phone, largely skipping the wired connection the richer economies built first.

Latest
3.15
2024
Published by
World Bank / ITU
annual

Fixed broadband over time

0123420012005200920132017202120243.15
2001–2024 · 24 observations · per 100 people
View as table
PeriodFixed broadband
20243.15
20232.75
20222.35
20211.95
20201.64
20191.38
20181.32
20171.31
20161.39
20151.28
20141.2
20131.15
20121.17
20111.06
20100.884
20090.632
20080.437
20070.263
20060.196
20050.117
20040.021
20030.013
20020.008
20010.005

Compared with

China
47.2
Germany
45.6
United States
38.9
Japan
38.6
Brazil
24.1
Vietnam
23.7
Nepal
10.1
Sri Lanka
8.47
Bangladesh
8.09
South Africa
5.35
Indonesia
4.92
India
3.15
Pakistan
1.47
Latest available year for each country · per 100 people

Source

World Bank / ITU — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.BBND.P2