
Telecommunication in Estonia
Compared to the United States, Estonia is at the forefront of the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +372, there were a total of 2.28 million connections in 2021. Among them were 1.98 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.5 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 865,494 webhosts, Estonia is below the world's average by population. At the end of 2020, 112,151 of these, or about 13 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 59.98 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Estonia ranks 67th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 44.13 Mbit/second (42nd place).In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Estonia comes 35th with a download speed of 56.26 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 11 Mbit was only enough for 62nd 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 Estonia from 1990 - 2021
Broadband internet in Estonia 2001 - 2021

Landlines 1990 - 2021
Mobile phones 1990 - 2021
Distribution in 2021 | Estonia Total | Estonia percent | USA Total | USA percent |
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Broadband users | 497,504.00 | 37.38 % | 127.03 m | 38.27 % |
Landlines | 296,620.00 | 22.29 % | 97.11 m | 29.26 % |
Mobile cellulars | 1.98 m | 148.83 % | 361.62 m | 108.96 % |