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These are two 'lists of broadband Internet subscribers by country' for June 2006. The first list is sorted by total subscribers per country, the second list is sorted by subscribers per 100 inhabitants. A broadband subscription does not necessarily represent one person, as multiple users can potentially share one broadband connection. Data is compiled by the ''Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development''.
Newer data from December 2006, have been recently published by the OECD [1] but are not included on this chart.

'Total broadband subscribers'

'Broadband subs. per 100 inhabitants'

Rank Country Subscribers 1 United States 56,502,351 2 China 51,899,000 [1] 3 Japan 24,217,012 4 South Korea 12,770,911 5 Germany 12,444,600 6 United Kingdom 11,622,929 7 France 11,105,000 8 Italy 7,697,249 9 Canada 7,161,872 10 Spain 5,917,082 11 Netherlands 4,705,829 12 Australia 3,518,100 13 Turkey 3,100,000[2] 14 Mexico 2,950,988[3] 15 India 2,150,000 [4] 16 Sweden 2,046,222 17 Poland 2,032,700 18 Belgium 2,025,112 19 Switzerland 1,945,358 20 Denmark 1,590,539 21 Austria 1,460,000 22 Portugal 1,355,602 23 Finland 1,309,800 24 Norway 1,137,697 25 Chile 1,033,803[5] 26 Czech Republic 962,000 [6] 27 Hungary 791,555 28 New Zealand 479,000 29 Ireland 372,300 30 Greece 298,222 31 Slovakia 155,659 32 Luxembourg 81,303 33 Iceland 80,672

Rank Country Subs. per 100 inhab. 1 Denmark 29.3% 2 Netherlands 28.8% 3 Iceland 27.3% 4 South Korea 26.4% 5 Switzerland 26.2% 6 Finland 25.0% 7 Norway 24.6% 8 Sweden 22.7% 9 Canada 22.4% 10 United Kingdom 19.4% 11 Belgium 19.3% 12 United States 19.2% 13 Japan 19.0% 14 Luxembourg 17.9% 15 Austria 17.7% 16 France 17.7% 17 Australia 17.4% 18 Germany 15.1% 19 Spain 13.6% 20 Italy 13.2% 21 Portugal 12.9% 22 New Zealand 11.7% 23 Czech Republic 9.4% 24 Ireland 9.2% 25 Hungary 7.8% 26 Chile 6.8% 27 Poland 5.3% 28 Turkey 4.35% 29 China 4.0% 30 Slovakia 2.9% 31 Mexico 2.8% 32 Greece 2.7% 33 India 0.19% 4

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Source

★ OECD Broadband statistics

References

1. Top broadband countries in Q4 2006: USA, China, Japan, Germany [2]
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3. Data for Mexico and Sweden are preliminary estimates
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5. "Estudio de Banda Ancha en Chile 2002-2010" IDC
6. The OECD statistics for the "Other Broadband" category of the Czech Republic include a large number of fixed wireless broadband connections provided over mobile networks. Broadband subscriptions over 3G networks are not included for other countries but an exception was made for the Czech Republic because the connections make use of "fixed" equipment in a home and offer speeds greater than 256 kbit/s to individual users. The Czech market is particular due to the high number of these wireless broadband connections as a percentage of total connectivity. It is important to note that there is continuing debate in international circles as to whether this type of wireless connection (numbering 188 000 in CZ) should be included in international broadband comparisons.

See also

★ Broadband Internet access worldwide

External links

★ BBC News article