Iran - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Iran was 29,093,590 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31,069,940 in 2017 and a minimum value of 116,417 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 116,417
1961 116,417
1962 116,417
1963 116,417
1964 116,417
1965 200,000
1966 200,000
1967 200,000
1968 200,000
1969 200,000
1970 285,000
1971 285,000
1972 285,000
1973 285,000
1974 285,000
1975 685,000
1976 814,000
1977 830,000
1978 850,800
1979 852,840
1980 915,122
1981 1,025,043
1982 1,055,757
1983 1,120,670
1984 1,202,166
1985 1,318,638
1986 1,480,235
1987 1,661,228
1988 1,879,682
1989 2,029,038
1990 2,199,285
1991 2,456,437
1992 2,997,852
1993 3,597,900
1994 4,319,900
1995 5,090,363
1996 5,824,968
1997 6,503,466
1998 7,354,992
1999 8,371,167
2000 9,486,260
2001 10,896,570
2002 12,887,530
2003 15,340,810
2004 16,342,050
2005 20,339,000
2006 22,626,940
2007 23,835,000
2008 24,800,000
2009 25,804,100
2010 25,815,160
2011 27,766,930
2012 28,758,460
2013 29,688,560
2014 29,376,100
2015 30,418,970
2016 30,869,310
2017 31,069,940
2018 30,481,730
2019 28,954,860
2020 29,093,590

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Iran was 34.64 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38.82 in 2013 and a minimum value of 0.53 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 0.53
1961 0.53
1962 0.53
1963 0.53
1964 0.53
1965 0.80
1966 0.80
1967 0.80
1968 0.80
1969 0.80
1970 1.00
1971 1.00
1972 1.00
1973 1.00
1974 1.00
1975 2.09
1976 2.41
1977 2.38
1978 2.37
1979 2.29
1980 2.37
1981 2.55
1982 2.52
1983 2.57
1984 2.64
1985 2.79
1986 3.00
1987 3.24
1988 3.54
1989 3.70
1990 3.90
1991 4.26
1992 5.10
1993 6.02
1994 7.13
1995 8.28
1996 9.35
1997 10.30
1998 11.50
1999 12.92
2000 14.46
2001 16.40
2002 19.15
2003 22.52
2004 23.70
2005 29.15
2006 32.07
2007 33.41
2008 34.39
2009 35.38
2010 35.00
2011 37.20
2012 38.07
2013 38.82
2014 37.92
2015 38.75
2016 38.80
2017 38.51
2018 37.26
2019 34.92
2020 34.64

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications