Telecommunication in Pakistan
Compared to the European Union, Pakistan is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +92, there were a total of 167.87 m connections in 2019. Among them were 165.41 m million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.76 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Pakistan is back. Around 17% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 1% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).
With about 365,813 webhosts, Pakistan is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 11.35 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Pakistan ranked 159th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 10.17 Mbit/second (138th place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 18th place.In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Pakistan comes 112nd with a download speed of 17.73 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 11 Mbit was only enough for 90th place.
The "Speedtest Global Index" published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in Februar 2021 from 175 countries.
The following diagrams show the development of the various 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 connection.
Access to the Internet in Pakistan from 1990 - 2019
Broadband internet in Pakistan 2005 - 2019
Landlines 1990 - 2019
Mobile phones 1990 - 2019
| Spreading in 2019 | Pakistan Total | Pakistan percent | EU Total | EU percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 36.97 m | 17.07 % | 382.31 m | 85.43 % |
| Broadband users | 1.76 m | 0.81 % | 158.30 m | 35.37 % |
| Landlines | 2.46 m | 1.14 % | 165.48 m | 36.98 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 165.41 m | 76.38 % | 542.60 m | 121.25 % |