Telecommunication in Georgia

Compared to the European Union, Georgia has a slight downturn in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +995, there were a total of 6.06 million connections in 2018. Among them were 5.46 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.5 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Georgia is back. Around 63% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 23% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 357,864 webhosts, Georgia is below the world's average by population.

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Development of telephone and internet connections

The following diagrams show the development of the different telephone and Internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100% mean that on average every inhabitant has more than one subscription.

Spread of internet connections in Georgia 1990 - 2018

Broadband internet in Georgia 2001 - 2018

Landlines in the years 1990 - 2018

Mobile phones in Georgia 1990 - 2018

Spreading in 2018	Georgia Total	Georgia percent	EU Total	EU percent
Internet users	2.34 m	62.72 %	431.35 m	84.05 %
Broadband users	840,603.00	22.53 %	179.09 m	34.90 %
Landlines	604,348.00	16.20 %	203.06 m	39.57 %
Mobile cellulars	5.46 m	146.32 %	624.64 m	121.71 %