Afghanistan - Telephone lines

Telephone lines

The value for Telephone lines in Afghanistan was 140,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 140,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 7,700 in 1960.

Definition: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.

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Year Value
1960 7,700
1965 9,300
1970 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
2004 50,000
2005 100,000
2006 90,000
2007 81,249
2008 101,124
2009 129,328
2010 140,000

Telephone lines (per 100 people)

The value for Telephone lines (per 100 people) in Afghanistan was 0.41 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.41 in 2010 and a minimum value of 0.08 in 1960.

Definition: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.08
1965 0.09
1970 0.13
1975 0.16
1976 0.16
1977 0.16
1978 0.17
1979 0.17
1980 0.17
1981 0.20
1982 0.17
1983 0.18
1984 0.18
1985 0.18
1986 0.18
1987 0.18
1988 0.19
1989 0.19
1990 0.19
1991 0.19
1992 0.14
1993 0.14
1994 0.13
1995 0.13
1996 0.13
1997 0.12
1998 0.12
1999 0.12
2000 0.11
2001 0.11
2002 0.12
2003 0.13
2004 0.17
2005 0.33
2006 0.29
2007 0.26
2008 0.31
2009 0.39
2010 0.41

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications