Hong Kong SAR, China - Telephone lines

Telephone lines

The value for Telephone lines in Hong Kong SAR, China was 4,361,669 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,361,669 in 2010 and a minimum value of 79,145 in 1960.

Definition: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1960 79,145
1970 473,000
1975 837,023
1976 909,679
1977 993,882
1978 1,082,408
1979 1,172,530
1980 1,278,866
1981 1,383,667
1982 1,476,960
1983 1,573,420
1984 1,664,372
1985 1,764,338
1986 1,877,322
1987 2,021,394
1988 2,190,997
1989 2,345,236
1990 2,474,998
1991 2,642,414
1992 2,819,797
1993 2,992,056
1994 3,149,280
1995 3,277,854
1996 3,451,241
1997 3,646,516
1998 3,729,191
1999 3,868,794
2000 3,925,843
2001 3,897,558
2002 3,831,829
2003 3,806,444
2004 3,763,350
2005 3,792,912
2006 3,835,936
2007 4,209,125
2008 4,183,017
2009 4,277,297
2010 4,361,669

Telephone lines (per 100 people)

The value for Telephone lines (per 100 people) in Hong Kong SAR, China was 61.71 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 61.71 in 2010 and a minimum value of 2.57 in 1960.

Definition: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1960 2.57
1970 11.95
1975 18.76
1976 20.13
1977 21.68
1978 23.19
1979 23.79
1980 25.26
1981 26.69
1982 28.06
1983 29.44
1984 30.83
1985 32.34
1986 33.98
1987 36.16
1988 38.93
1989 41.24
1990 43.39
1991 45.94
1992 48.61
1993 50.70
1994 52.18
1995 53.25
1996 53.63
1997 56.19
1998 56.99
1999 58.56
2000 58.90
2001 58.05
2002 56.82
2003 56.55
2004 55.48
2005 55.67
2006 55.94
2007 60.77
2008 59.95
2009 61.07
2010 61.71

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications