Afghanistan - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Afghanistan was 145,787 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 145,787 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5,130 in 2009.
Definition: Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 7,700 |
| 1961 | 7,700 |
| 1962 | 7,700 |
| 1963 | 7,700 |
| 1964 | 7,700 |
| 1965 | 9,300 |
| 1966 | 9,300 |
| 1967 | 9,300 |
| 1968 | 9,300 |
| 1969 | 9,300 |
| 1970 | 16,000 |
| 1971 | 16,000 |
| 1972 | 16,000 |
| 1973 | 16,000 |
| 1974 | 16,000 |
| 1975 | 21,500 |
| 1976 | 22,200 |
| 1977 | 22,200 |
| 1978 | 25,300 |
| 1979 | 25,300 |
| 1980 | 25,800 |
| 1981 | 31,700 |
| 1982 | 28,000 |
| 1983 | 29,000 |
| 1984 | 30,000 |
| 1985 | 31,000 |
| 1986 | 32,000 |
| 1987 | 33,000 |
| 1988 | 34,000 |
| 1989 | 35,000 |
| 1990 | 36,200 |
| 1991 | 37,000 |
| 1992 | 29,000 |
| 1993 | 29,000 |
| 1994 | 29,000 |
| 1995 | 29,000 |
| 1996 | 29,000 |
| 1997 | 29,000 |
| 1998 | 29,000 |
| 1999 | 29,000 |
| 2000 | 29,000 |
| 2001 | 29,000 |
| 2002 | 33,050 |
| 2003 | 36,700 |
| 2009 | 5,130 |
| 2010 | 16,620 |
| 2011 | 13,509 |
| 2012 | 90,017 |
| 2013 | 95,769 |
| 2014 | 101,931 |
| 2015 | 110,000 |
| 2016 | 114,192 |
| 2017 | 118,769 |
| 2018 | 127,794 |
| 2019 | 134,636 |
| 2020 | 145,787 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Afghanistan was 0.375 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.375 in 2020 and a minimum value of 0.018 in 2009.
Definition: Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.086 |
| 1961 | 0.086 |
| 1962 | 0.086 |
| 1963 | 0.086 |
| 1964 | 0.086 |
| 1965 | 0.093 |
| 1966 | 0.093 |
| 1967 | 0.093 |
| 1968 | 0.093 |
| 1969 | 0.093 |
| 1970 | 0.143 |
| 1971 | 0.143 |
| 1972 | 0.143 |
| 1973 | 0.143 |
| 1974 | 0.143 |
| 1975 | 0.169 |
| 1976 | 0.172 |
| 1977 | 0.169 |
| 1978 | 0.190 |
| 1979 | 0.189 |
| 1980 | 0.193 |
| 1981 | 0.241 |
| 1982 | 0.217 |
| 1983 | 0.231 |
| 1984 | 0.246 |
| 1985 | 0.260 |
| 1986 | 0.273 |
| 1987 | 0.284 |
| 1988 | 0.293 |
| 1989 | 0.295 |
| 1990 | 0.292 |
| 1991 | 0.278 |
| 1992 | 0.200 |
| 1993 | 0.183 |
| 1994 | 0.170 |
| 1995 | 0.160 |
| 1996 | 0.154 |
| 1997 | 0.150 |
| 1998 | 0.147 |
| 1999 | 0.144 |
| 2000 | 0.140 |
| 2001 | 0.134 |
| 2002 | 0.146 |
| 2003 | 0.155 |
| 2009 | 0.018 |
| 2010 | 0.057 |
| 2011 | 0.045 |
| 2012 | 0.289 |
| 2013 | 0.297 |
| 2014 | 0.305 |
| 2015 | 0.320 |
| 2016 | 0.323 |
| 2017 | 0.327 |
| 2018 | 0.344 |
| 2019 | 0.354 |
| 2020 | 0.375 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
