
Telecommunication in Syria
Compared to the United States, Syria is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +963, there were a total of 19.81 million connections in 2021. Among them were 16.99 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.80 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 416 webhosts, Syria is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 3.1 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Syria ranks 175th in an international comparison. The upload rate was 3.9 Mbit/second (165th place).In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Syria comes 135th with a download speed of 9.2 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 6 Mbit was enough for 132nd place.
The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in December 2022 from 178 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 Syria from 1990 - 2020
Broadband internet in Syria 2004 - 2021

Landlines 1990 - 2021
Mobile phones 1990 - 2021
Distribution in 2021 | Syria Total | Syria percent | USA Total | USA percent |
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Broadband users | 1.58 m | 7.39 % | 127.03 m | 38.27 % |
Landlines | 2.82 m | 13.23 % | 97.11 m | 29.26 % |
Mobile cellulars | 16.99 m | 79.68 % | 361.62 m | 108.96 % |