
Telecommunication in Albania
Compared to the United States, Albania is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +355, there were a total of 2.83 million connections in 2021. Among them were 2.64 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.94 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 15,528 webhosts, Albania is below the world's average by population. At the end of 2020, 2,511 of these, or about 16 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 45.64 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Albania ranks 89th in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 20.84 Mbit/second was significantly lower (91st place).In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Albania comes 53rd with a download speed of 41.85 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 10 Mbit was only enough for 86th 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 Albania from 1990 - 2021
Broadband internet in Albania 2005 - 2021

Landlines 1990 - 2021
Mobile phones 1990 - 2021
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Distribution in 2021 | Albania Total | Albania percent | USA Total | USA percent |
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Internet users | 2.23 m | 79.32 % | 304.52 m | 91.75 % |
Broadband users | 559,394.00 | 19.90 % | 125.89 m | 37.93 % |
Landlines | 197,690.00 | 7.03 % | 97.82 m | 29.47 % |
Mobile cellulars | 2.64 m | 93.73 % | 361.66 m | 108.97 % |