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ISP Market Research

DSL Subscriber Numbers Analysis: DSL Subscribers by Nation

The latest figures show that Canada, Belgium, and Hong Kong have surged forward in DSL deployment, but South Korea surges ahead of the pack, having hooked up almost one quarter of all the nation's phone lines to DSL.

by John Bosnell
of point-topic.com
[April 24, 2002]
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Point Topic continues to track the latest operator reports for DSL subscriber numbers. But how do the numbers break down around the world? A closer look at the figures gives some clues as to the state of DSL markets in different regions.

The "DSL/100 population" and "DSL/100 phone lines" statistics translate directly into percentages. Thus, 1.59 percent of the U.S. population has DSL, but 2.27 percent of U.S. households that have phone lines also have DSL.

Buildouts in Canada, Belgium, and Hong Kong have passed 5 percent of all phone lines, and South Korea stands out far ahead of the pack, with DSL reaching 23.61 percent of all phone lines, for a total of 5,178,300 DSL lines in South Korea.

Of the world's phone lines, 2.12 have been hooked up to DSL.

Country
Population
Main telephone lines
DSL lines
DSL/100 population
DSL/100 phone lines
Notes
North America
Canada
30,750,000
20,803,000
1,145,600
3.73
5.51
USA
275,130,000
192,519,000
4,363,900
1.59
2.27
Latin America
Argentina
37,032,000
7,894,000
122,600
0.33
1.55
Pop. and tel lines yearend 30.09.00
Brazil
170,115,000
30,926,000
232,700
0.14
0.75
Chile
15,307,000
3,388,000
17,800
0.12
0.53
Colombia
42,321,000
7,159,000
0.0
0.00
0.00
Mexico
98,881,000
12,332,000
4,000
0.00
0.03
Peru
25,662,000
1,717,100
7,200
0.03
0.42
Venezuela
2,4170,000
2,606,000
17,900
0.07
0.69
Western Europe
Austria
8,211,000
3,833,000
115,000
1.40
3.00
Belgium
10,161,000
5,061,000
280,000
2.76
5.53
Denmark
5,330,000
3,835,000
151,800
2.85
3.96
Finland
5,176,000
2,848,000
86,000
1.66
3.02
France
58,892,000
34,114,000
430,000
0.73
1.26
Germany
82,260,000
50,220,000
1,837,900
2.23
3.66
Greece
10,645,000
5,659,000
0.0
0.00
0.00
Ireland
3,787,000
1,590,000
0.0
0.00
0.00
Pop. and tel. lines year beginning 01.04.00
Italy
57,298,000
27,153,000
390,000
0.68
1.44
Luxembourg
441,000
330,900
2,000
0.45
0.60
Netherlands
15,987,000
9,879,000
146,000
0.91
1.48
Norway
4,485,000
2,386,000
50,000
1.11
2.10
Portugal
10,024,000
4,314,000
3,000
0.03
0.07
Spain
40,600,000
17,102,000
375,800
0.93
2.20
Sweden
8,881,000
6,057,000
194,000
2.18
3.20
Switzerland
7,204,000
5,235,000
40,000
0.56
0.76
UK
59,766,000
35,177,000
142,000
0.24
0.40
Eastern Europe
Croatia
4,473,000
1,634,000
200
0.00
0.01
Pop. and tel. lines yearend 31.12.99
Czech Republic
10,244,000
3,872,000
20,000
0.20
0.52
Estonia
1,439,000
522,000
17,000
1.18
3.26
Hungary
10,197,000
3,798,000
10,000
0.10
0.26
Latvia
2,424,000
734,700
2,500
0.10
0.34
Lithuania
3,699,000
1,188,000
600
0.02
0.05
Poland
38,765,000
10,946,000
1,800
0.00
0.02
Russia
146,934,000
32,070,000
1,000
0.00
0.00
Middle East and Africa
Iran
63,661,000
9,486,000
0.0
0.00
0.00
Pop. and tel. lines year beginning 22.03.00
Israel
6,270,000
3,021,000
40,600
0.65
1.34
Saudi Arabia
21,607,000
2,965,000
1,000
0.00
0.03
South Africa
43,686,000
4,962,000
0.0
0.00
0.00
Pop. and tel. lines year beginning 01.04.00
Turkey
65,700,000
14,400,000
4,300
0.01
0.03
United Arab Emirates
2,606,000
1,020,100
2,000
0.08
0.20
Asia and Oceania
China
1,295,330,000
144,829,000
234,800
0.02
0.16
Hong Kong
6,732,000
3,926,000
374,000
5.56
9.53
Pop. and tel. lines year beginning 01.04.00
India
1,012,396,000
32,436,000
20,000
0.00
0.06
Pop. and tel. lines year beginning 01.04.00
Indonesia
212,092,000
6,662,000
10,000
0.00
0.15
Japan
126,919,000
74,344,000
1,524,600
1.20
2.05
Pop. and tel. lines year beginning 01.04.00
Malaysia
23,270,000
4,634,000
4,000
0.02
0.09
New Zealand
3,831,000
1,915,000
32,500
0.85
1.70
Philippines
76,499,000
3,061,000
10,000
0.01
0.33
Singapore
4,018,000
1,947,000
56,000
1.39
2.88
Pop. and tel. lines year beginning 01.04.00
South Korea
47,300,000
21,932,000
5,178,300
10.95
23.61
Taiwan
22,276,000
12,642,000
1,075,600
4.83
8.51
Thailand
60,607,000
5,591,000
6,700
0.01
0.12
Vietnam
79,832,000
2,543,000
0.0
0.00
0.00
Totals worldwide
4,135,211,000
813,664,600
17,211,700
0.42
2.12

Source www.point-topic.com

About Point-Topic
Point Topic provides detailed up-to-date profiles of broadband DSL or ADSL services worldwide from their website at www.point-topic.com. Information includes DSL coverage, subscriber numbers, service data rates, tariffs, technology suppliers and regulation. For further information about Point-Topic, contact Leila Hackett.

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