
Telecommunication in Qatar
The development of telecommunications in Qatar is roughly equivalent to the United States. Under the country code +974, there were a total of 4.34 million connections in 2021. Among them were 3.88 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.4 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 897 webhosts, Qatar is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 89.72 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Qatar ranks 41st in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 52.19 Mbit/second (34th place).In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Qatar comes 2nd with a download speed of 160.33 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 23 Mbit was only enough for 4th place.
The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in February 2023 from 180 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 percent mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.
Access to the internet in Qatar from 1990 - 2021
Broadband internet in Qatar 2002 - 2021

Landlines 1990 - 2021
Mobile phones 1990 - 2021
Distribution in 2021 | Qatar Total | Qatar percent | USA Total | USA percent |
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Internet users | 2.69 m | 100.00 % | 304.52 m | 91.75 % |
Broadband users | 311,888.00 | 11.60 % | 125.89 m | 37.93 % |
Landlines | 460,240.00 | 17.12 % | 97.82 m | 29.47 % |
Mobile cellulars | 3.88 m | 144.20 % | 361.66 m | 108.97 % |