France - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in France was 37,759,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 40,934,000 in 2009 and a minimum value of 2,193,710 in 1961.

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
1960 2,193,711
1961 2,193,710
1962 2,193,710
1963 2,193,710
1964 2,193,710
1965 3,065,000
1966 3,065,000
1967 3,065,000
1968 3,065,000
1969 3,065,000
1970 4,268,000
1971 4,268,000
1972 4,268,000
1973 4,268,000
1974 4,268,000
1975 7,099,000
1976 8,444,000
1977 10,060,000
1978 12,010,000
1979 13,959,000
1980 15,898,000
1981 17,743,000
1982 19,478,000
1983 20,942,000
1984 22,086,290
1985 23,030,560
1986 23,911,100
1987 24,803,610
1988 25,827,280
1989 26,942,450
1990 28,084,920
1991 29,100,000
1992 30,100,000
1993 30,900,000
1994 31,700,000
1995 32,400,000
1996 32,900,000
1997 33,700,000
1998 34,098,850
1999 33,888,000
2000 33,987,100
2001 34,083,940
2002 34,124,180
2003 33,913,000
2004 33,703,000
2005 33,707,000
2006 34,125,000
2007 34,800,000
2008 35,100,000
2009 40,934,000
2010 40,622,000
2011 40,370,000
2012 39,710,000
2013 39,080,000
2014 38,805,000
2015 38,929,000
2016 39,006,000
2017 38,728,000
2018 38,132,000
2019 37,797,000
2020 37,759,000

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in France was 57.85 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65.45 in 2009 and a minimum value of 4.80 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 4.80
1961 4.80
1962 4.80
1963 4.80
1964 4.80
1965 6.29
1966 6.29
1967 6.29
1968 6.29
1969 6.29
1970 8.41
1971 8.41
1972 8.41
1973 8.41
1974 8.41
1975 13.47
1976 15.94
1977 18.91
1978 22.48
1979 26.02
1980 29.51
1981 32.78
1982 35.81
1983 38.30
1984 40.18
1985 41.68
1986 43.05
1987 44.42
1988 46.02
1989 47.77
1990 49.56
1991 51.13
1992 52.67
1993 53.86
1994 55.05
1995 56.05
1996 56.71
1997 57.88
1998 58.34
1999 57.73
2000 57.59
2001 57.40
2002 57.06
2003 56.29
2004 55.53
2005 55.15
2006 55.48
2007 56.25
2008 56.42
2009 65.45
2010 64.60
2011 63.85
2012 62.47
2013 61.16
2014 60.45
2015 60.40
2016 60.32
2017 59.73
2018 58.67
2019 58.03
2020 57.85

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications