Chile - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Chile was 2,567,938 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,555,311 in 2009 and a minimum value of 131,803 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 131,803
1961 131,803
1962 131,803
1963 131,803
1964 131,803
1965 163,000
1966 163,000
1967 163,000
1968 163,000
1969 163,000
1970 237,000
1971 237,000
1972 237,000
1973 237,000
1974 237,000
1975 297,000
1976 308,000
1977 325,000
1978 345,000
1979 351,000
1980 363,000
1981 386,706
1982 404,196
1983 436,860
1984 481,002
1985 537,089
1986 557,987
1987 580,795
1988 625,466
1989 645,863
1990 864,155
1991 1,056,027
1992 1,283,048
1993 1,520,291
1994 1,587,000
1995 1,818,000
1996 2,151,000
1997 2,693,286
1998 3,046,698
1999 3,108,799
2000 3,302,498
2001 3,478,492
2002 3,467,013
2003 3,252,063
2004 3,345,102
2005 3,460,645
2006 3,383,597
2007 3,459,611
2008 3,524,790
2009 3,555,311
2010 3,459,367
2011 3,370,104
2012 3,292,502
2013 3,347,231
2014 3,427,749
2015 3,445,880
2016 3,375,037
2017 3,200,245
2018 2,997,192
2019 2,750,272
2020 2,567,938

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Chile was 13.43 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.42 in 2001 and a minimum value of 1.62 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 1.62
1961 1.62
1962 1.62
1963 1.62
1964 1.62
1965 1.81
1966 1.81
1967 1.81
1968 1.81
1969 1.81
1970 2.42
1971 2.42
1972 2.42
1973 2.42
1974 2.42
1975 2.80
1976 2.86
1977 2.98
1978 3.11
1979 3.12
1980 3.18
1981 3.34
1982 3.44
1983 3.67
1984 3.98
1985 4.38
1986 4.48
1987 4.59
1988 4.87
1989 4.95
1990 6.51
1991 7.83
1992 9.35
1993 10.90
1994 11.20
1995 12.64
1996 14.75
1997 18.21
1998 20.34
1999 20.50
2000 21.53
2001 22.42
2002 22.10
2003 20.52
2004 20.89
2005 21.38
2006 20.69
2007 20.93
2008 21.10
2009 21.05
2010 20.27
2011 19.56
2012 18.92
2013 19.05
2014 19.30
2015 19.18
2016 18.53
2017 17.33
2018 16.00
2019 14.51
2020 13.43

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications