USA
Leads Broadband Subscriber Top 15 Ranking.
Worldwide
Broadband Subscribers
Will
Top 215M
in
2005.
November 14, 2005 - The worldwide number of Internet broadband subscribers will surpass 215 million in 2005—up from less than 5M in 1999 and 67M in 2002. USA is the leader in broadband subscribers and will reach nearly 47M at year-end 2005. China is in second place and will challenge for the lead in a few years. Worldwide broadband Internet subscribers are forecasted to reach 500M by the end of 2010.
In comparison, the USA will have nearly 198M Internet users by year-end 2005 and worldwide Internet users are projected to top 1B in 2005. Worldwide Internet users are forecasted to reach nearly 1.8B in 2010.
Top
15 Countries in Broadband Subscribers |
||
Year-end
2005: |
Broadband
Subscribers (#M) |
Share
% |
| 1. USA | 46.9 | 21.6 |
| 2. China | 35.9 | 16.5 |
| 3. Japan | 26.4 | 12.2 |
| 4. South Korea | 13.1 | 6.04 |
| 5. France | 9.6 | 4.42 |
| 6. Germany | 9.5 | 4.40 |
| 7. UK | 8.9 | 4.35 |
| 8. Canada | 6.7 | 4.09 |
| 9. Italy | 6.6 | 3.05 |
| 10. Spain | 4.6 | 2.12 |
| 11. Netherlands | 4.4 | 2.00 |
| 12. Taiwan | 4.3 | 1.97 |
| 13. Brazil | 3.0 | 1.39 |
| 14. Australia | 2.6 | 1.21 |
| 15. Belgium | 2.1 | 0.97 |
| Top 15 Countries | 185.2 | 85.25 |
| Worldwide Total | 217.2 | 100 |
South Korea is the leader in broadband subscribers per capita followed by the Netherlands, Hong Kong and the Scandinavian countries. The USA is ranked #15 in broadband subscribers per capita. Japan also has higher broadband penetration than the USA and is ranked #8. All broadband technologies such as cable modems DSL lines, fixed wireless and fiber lines are included in the broadband numbers.
More information is available in “Internet Users by Country,” a market research report by Computer Industry Almanac. The report estimates and forecasts the number of Internet users and broadband subscribers for over 55 countries and the six main regions of the world for 1990 through 2010.
Computer Industry Almanac publishes market research reports for the PC, mobile phone, Smartphones, information appliance and Internet industries. For more information see Market Research Reports.
