China's fixed broadband subscriptions was 669.83 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 234.11% from 200.48 million in 2014 (12.82% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 669.83 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 449.28 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 200.48 million | 2014 |
| Highest | 669.83 million | 2024 |
| Lowest | 22,660 | 2000 |
| Average since 2015 | 476.56 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 22,660 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, China's fixed broadband subscriptions rose 5.3% on 2023 (from 636.31 million to 669.83 million).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +130.1% and a typical year strayed about 329.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1,384% in 2001. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 43.2 million a year. A straight line explains 99% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 809.31 million for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 22.81 million, against 96.14 million for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2024, China had the 2nd highest value of the 151 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| China | 669.83 million | 2024 |
| World | 1.65 billion | 2025 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 875 million | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 937 million | 2025 |
Closest to China in the 2024 ranking
- United States — 2nd of 151: 134.22 million
- Brazil — 3rd of 151: 51.05 million
- India — 4th of 151: 45.71 million
What this measures
Fixed broadband subscriptions refers to fixed subscriptions to high-speed access to the public Internet (a TCP/IP connection), at downstream speeds equal to, or greater than, 256 kbit/s. This includes cable modem, DSL, fiber-to-the-home/building, other fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions, satellite broadband and terrestrial fixed wireless broadband. This total is measured irrespective of the method of payment. It excludes subscriptions that have access to data communications (including the Internet) via mobile-cellular networks. It should include fixed WiMAX and any other fixed wireless technologies. It includes both residential subscriptions and subscriptions for organizations.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 25 values
| Year | Fixed broadband subscriptions |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 669,825,900 |
| 2023 | 636,306,400 |
| 2022 | 589,648,375 |
| 2021 | 535,786,600 |
| 2020 | 483,549,500 |
| 2019 | 449,279,000 |
| 2018 | 407,382,000 |
| 2017 | 394,190,000 |
| 2016 | 322,597,000 |
| 2015 | 277,046,000 |
| 2014 |
Fixed broadband subscriptions in nearby economies
- Australia — 9.74 million (2024)
- Brunei Darussalam — 97,991 (2024)
- Cambodia — 731,245 (2024)
- Fiji — 16,719 (2024)
- French Polynesia — 99,947 (2023)
- Guam — 3,038 (2022)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 2.99 million (2024)
- Indonesia — 13.95 million (2024)
- Japan — 48.05 million (2023)
- Kiribati — 47 (2024)
- Korea, Rep. — 24.72 million (2024)
More infrastructure data for China
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 1.87 billion (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 131.75 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 4.91 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 26,170 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 619.22 million (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 166.51 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 11.73 (2024)
- ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$73.61 billion (2025)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 19.14% (2025)
- Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is China's fixed broadband subscriptions?
- 669.83 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 2.96 million% from 22,660 in 2000 (53.56% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 669.83 million in 2024 and the lowest 22,660 in 2000.
- How does China rank?
- 2nd highest of 151 economies with data for 2024.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IT.NET.BBND, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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