Fixed broadband subscriptions in Australia

Australia had 36.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people in 2024.

Measure: Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people Unit: Subscriptions per 100 people Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Australia, 2024 36.5 Subscriptions per 100 people
Change from 2023 −0.1per 100 people 2023: 36.6 per 100 people
World, 2024 19.3 per 100 people Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 37.5 per 100 people Middle value of 37 countries

Fixed broadband subscriptions in Australia over time

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Subscriptions per 100 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people (subscriptions per 100 people), 2001 to 2025
Period AustraliaWorld
2025 – 20.1 per 100 people
2024 36.5 per 100 people 19.3 per 100 people
2023 36.6 per 100 people 18.6 per 100 people
2022 36.4 per 100 people 17.7 per 100 people
2021 35.8 per 100 people 16.7 per 100 people
2020 35.3 per 100 people 15.6 per 100 people
2019 34.5 per 100 people 14.7 per 100 people
2018 33.5 per 100 people 14.0 per 100 people
2017 32.0 per 100 people 13.5 per 100 people
2016 30.3 per 100 people 12.2 per 100 people
2015 28.5 per 100 people 11.3 per 100 people
2014 27.7 per 100 people 10.1 per 100 people
2013 25.7 per 100 people 9.7 per 100 people
2012 25.1 per 100 people 9.2 per 100 people
2011 24.7 per 100 people 8.6 per 100 people
2010 24.9 per 100 people 7.6 per 100 people
2009 24.0 per 100 people 6.9 per 100 people
2008 24.9 per 100 people 6.1 per 100 people
2007 – 5.2 per 100 people
2006 18.9 per 100 people 4.3 per 100 people
2005 9.9 per 100 people 3.4 per 100 people
2004 5.0 per 100 people –
2003 2.6 per 100 people –
2002 1.3 per 100 people –
2001 0.6 per 100 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 from 36.6 per 100 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 27.7 per 100 people, the figure has changed by +8.8.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 19.3 per 100 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IT.NET.BBND.P2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2024 for Australia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database