Zambia - Telephone lines

Telephone lines

The value for Telephone lines in Zambia was 90,100 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 94,665 in 2005 and a minimum value of 15,000 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.

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Year Value
1960 15,000
1965 17,100
1970 23,200
1975 28,400
1976 28,200
1977 29,500
1978 30,000
1979 30,698
1980 32,659
1981 34,927
1982 36,330
1983 37,493
1984 41,819
1985 43,772
1986 47,164
1987 50,919
1988 58,492
1989 65,750
1990 65,057
1991 68,935
1992 75,880
1993 77,966
1994 79,786
1995 76,769
1996 77,935
1997 77,377
1998 77,700
1999 83,084
2000 83,326
2001 85,662
2002 87,674
2003 88,426
2004 91,719
2005 94,665
2006 93,427
2007 91,789
2008 90,600
2009 90,341
2010 90,100

Telephone lines (per 100 people)

The value for Telephone lines (per 100 people) in Zambia was 0.70 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.92 in 1993 and a minimum value of 0.48 in 1965.

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 0.49
1965 0.48
1970 0.56
1975 0.58
1976 0.56
1977 0.56
1978 0.55
1979 0.55
1980 0.57
1981 0.59
1982 0.59
1983 0.59
1984 0.64
1985 0.65
1986 0.67
1987 0.71
1988 0.79
1989 0.86
1990 0.83
1991 0.85
1992 0.92
1993 0.92
1994 0.92
1995 0.86
1996 0.85
1997 0.82
1998 0.80
1999 0.84
2000 0.82
2001 0.82
2002 0.82
2003 0.81
2004 0.82
2005 0.83
2006 0.80
2007 0.76
2008 0.73
2009 0.71
2010 0.70

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications