Bhutan - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Bhutan was 22,987.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33,000.00 in 2005 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1960.
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 | 0.00 |
| 1961 | 0.00 |
| 1962 | 0.00 |
| 1963 | 0.00 |
| 1964 | 0.00 |
| 1965 | 250.00 |
| 1966 | 250.00 |
| 1967 | 250.00 |
| 1968 | 250.00 |
| 1969 | 250.00 |
| 1970 | 385.00 |
| 1971 | 385.00 |
| 1972 | 385.00 |
| 1973 | 385.00 |
| 1974 | 385.00 |
| 1975 | 570.00 |
| 1976 | 670.00 |
| 1977 | 670.00 |
| 1978 | 670.00 |
| 1979 | 1,100.00 |
| 1980 | 1,190.00 |
| 1981 | 1,200.00 |
| 1982 | 1,300.00 |
| 1983 | 1,400.00 |
| 1984 | 1,450.00 |
| 1985 | 1,500.00 |
| 1986 | 1,600.00 |
| 1987 | 1,650.00 |
| 1988 | 1,700.00 |
| 1989 | 1,838.00 |
| 1990 | 1,871.00 |
| 1991 | 2,500.00 |
| 1992 | 2,959.00 |
| 1993 | 3,809.00 |
| 1994 | 4,572.00 |
| 1995 | 5,243.00 |
| 1996 | 6,074.00 |
| 1997 | 6,430.00 |
| 1998 | 10,437.00 |
| 1999 | 11,990.00 |
| 2000 | 14,145.00 |
| 2001 | 17,553.00 |
| 2002 | 19,615.00 |
| 2003 | 23,657.00 |
| 2004 | 30,285.00 |
| 2005 | 33,000.00 |
| 2006 | 31,526.00 |
| 2007 | 29,857.00 |
| 2008 | 27,475.00 |
| 2009 | 26,348.00 |
| 2010 | 26,292.00 |
| 2011 | 27,490.00 |
| 2012 | 27,005.00 |
| 2013 | 26,485.00 |
| 2014 | 23,823.00 |
| 2015 | 21,811.00 |
| 2016 | 21,081.00 |
| 2017 | 21,364.00 |
| 2018 | 22,015.00 |
| 2019 | 21,581.00 |
| 2020 | 22,987.00 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Bhutan was 2.98 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5.09 in 2005 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1960.
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 | 0.00 |
| 1961 | 0.00 |
| 1962 | 0.00 |
| 1963 | 0.00 |
| 1964 | 0.00 |
| 1965 | 0.10 |
| 1966 | 0.10 |
| 1967 | 0.10 |
| 1968 | 0.10 |
| 1969 | 0.10 |
| 1970 | 0.13 |
| 1971 | 0.13 |
| 1972 | 0.13 |
| 1973 | 0.13 |
| 1974 | 0.13 |
| 1975 | 0.16 |
| 1976 | 0.19 |
| 1977 | 0.18 |
| 1978 | 0.17 |
| 1979 | 0.28 |
| 1980 | 0.29 |
| 1981 | 0.29 |
| 1982 | 0.30 |
| 1983 | 0.32 |
| 1984 | 0.32 |
| 1985 | 0.32 |
| 1986 | 0.33 |
| 1987 | 0.33 |
| 1988 | 0.33 |
| 1989 | 0.35 |
| 1990 | 0.35 |
| 1991 | 0.47 |
| 1992 | 0.55 |
| 1993 | 0.72 |
| 1994 | 0.86 |
| 1995 | 0.98 |
| 1996 | 1.12 |
| 1997 | 1.17 |
| 1998 | 1.85 |
| 1999 | 2.07 |
| 2000 | 2.39 |
| 2001 | 2.91 |
| 2002 | 3.18 |
| 2003 | 3.77 |
| 2004 | 4.74 |
| 2005 | 5.09 |
| 2006 | 4.80 |
| 2007 | 4.49 |
| 2008 | 4.09 |
| 2009 | 3.88 |
| 2010 | 3.84 |
| 2011 | 3.97 |
| 2012 | 3.85 |
| 2013 | 3.73 |
| 2014 | 3.31 |
| 2015 | 3.00 |
| 2016 | 2.86 |
| 2017 | 2.87 |
| 2018 | 2.92 |
| 2019 | 2.83 |
| 2020 | 2.98 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
