
Telecommunication in Iceland
The development of telecommunications in Iceland is roughly equivalent to the United States. Under the country code +354, there were a total of 537,752 connections in 2021. Among them were 437,270 mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.2 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 369,969 webhosts, Iceland is well above the world's average. At the end of 2020, 27,673 of these, or about 7 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
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 Iceland from 1990 - 2021
Broadband internet in Iceland 1999 - 2021

Landlines 1990 - 2021
Mobile phones 1990 - 2021
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Distribution in 2021 | Iceland Total | Iceland percent | USA Total | USA percent |
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Internet users | 371,354.09 | 99.69 % | 304.52 m | 91.75 % |
Broadband users | 143,124.00 | 38.42 % | 125.89 m | 37.93 % |
Landlines | 100,482.00 | 26.97 % | 97.82 m | 29.47 % |
Mobile cellulars | 437,270.00 | 117.38 % | 361.66 m | 108.97 % |