Bulgaria - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Bulgaria was 872,757 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,887,000 in 2001 and a minimum value of 805,000 in 1979.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1979 | 805,000 |
| 1980 | 908,000 |
| 1981 | 1,144,300 |
| 1982 | 1,130,300 |
| 1983 | 1,352,700 |
| 1984 | 1,400,000 |
| 1985 | 1,500,000 |
| 1986 | 1,600,000 |
| 1987 | 1,745,000 |
| 1988 | 1,886,000 |
| 1989 | 1,994,000 |
| 1990 | 2,175,423 |
| 1991 | 2,205,483 |
| 1992 | 2,339,668 |
| 1993 | 2,410,427 |
| 1994 | 2,487,918 |
| 1995 | 2,562,915 |
| 1996 | 2,647,459 |
| 1997 | 2,681,074 |
| 1998 | 2,757,990 |
| 1999 | 2,833,395 |
| 2000 | 2,881,786 |
| 2001 | 2,887,000 |
| 2002 | 2,871,801 |
| 2003 | 2,817,512 |
| 2004 | 2,726,800 |
| 2005 | 2,490,022 |
| 2006 | 2,399,424 |
| 2007 | 2,300,355 |
| 2008 | 2,189,773 |
| 2009 | 2,205,394 |
| 2010 | 2,164,258 |
| 2011 | 2,272,834 |
| 2012 | 2,132,905 |
| 2013 | 1,942,424 |
| 2014 | 1,816,974 |
| 2015 | 1,654,879 |
| 2016 | 1,478,975 |
| 2017 | 1,289,853 |
| 2018 | 1,120,392 |
| 2019 | 975,355 |
| 2020 | 872,757 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Bulgaria was 12.56 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.51 in 2002 and a minimum value of 9.09 in 1979.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1979 | 9.09 |
| 1980 | 10.23 |
| 1981 | 12.85 |
| 1982 | 12.66 |
| 1983 | 15.11 |
| 1984 | 15.61 |
| 1985 | 16.71 |
| 1986 | 17.83 |
| 1987 | 19.47 |
| 1988 | 21.10 |
| 1989 | 22.41 |
| 1990 | 24.60 |
| 1991 | 25.16 |
| 1992 | 26.97 |
| 1993 | 28.11 |
| 1994 | 29.36 |
| 1995 | 30.59 |
| 1996 | 31.93 |
| 1997 | 32.65 |
| 1998 | 33.89 |
| 1999 | 35.12 |
| 2000 | 36.03 |
| 2001 | 36.40 |
| 2002 | 36.51 |
| 2003 | 36.10 |
| 2004 | 35.21 |
| 2005 | 32.39 |
| 2006 | 31.44 |
| 2007 | 30.36 |
| 2008 | 29.10 |
| 2009 | 29.51 |
| 2010 | 29.15 |
| 2011 | 30.80 |
| 2012 | 29.08 |
| 2013 | 26.64 |
| 2014 | 25.08 |
| 2015 | 22.99 |
| 2016 | 20.68 |
| 2017 | 18.16 |
| 2018 | 15.89 |
| 2019 | 13.93 |
| 2020 | 12.56 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
