Estonia - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Estonia was 304,728 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 522,816 in 2000 and a minimum value of 120,000 in 1975.

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.

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Year Value
1975 120,000
1976 130,000
1977 160,000
1978 170,000
1979 190,000
1980 200,000
1981 230,000
1982 240,000
1983 250,000
1984 260,000
1985 270,000
1986 280,000
1987 290,000
1988 298,000
1989 310,000
1990 320,000
1991 332,007
1992 339,370
1993 349,720
1994 377,884
1995 411,678
1996 438,811
1997 468,593
1998 498,556
1999 515,486
2000 522,816
2001 506,292
2002 475,000
2003 461,000
2004 444,031
2005 442,045
2006 451,912
2007 495,492
2008 498,129
2009 492,759
2010 482,211
2011 471,908
2012 448,212
2013 426,490
2014 407,289
2015 387,607
2016 370,589
2017 362,117
2018 345,690
2019 324,388
2020 304,728

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Estonia was 22.97 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37.37 in 2000 and a minimum value of 8.44 in 1975.

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
1975 8.44
1976 9.07
1977 11.08
1978 11.69
1979 12.97
1980 13.56
1981 15.50
1982 16.08
1983 16.65
1984 17.20
1985 17.74
1986 18.23
1987 18.70
1988 19.05
1989 19.75
1990 20.44
1991 21.44
1992 22.32
1993 23.50
1994 25.93
1995 28.73
1996 30.95
1997 33.24
1998 35.45
1999 36.72
2000 37.37
2001 36.38
2002 34.35
2003 33.58
2004 32.56
2005 32.61
2006 33.49
2007 36.86
2008 37.17
2009 36.88
2010 36.20
2011 35.54
2012 33.87
2013 32.33
2014 30.94
2015 29.47
2016 28.15
2017 27.45
2018 26.13
2019 24.47
2020 22.97

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications