Euro area - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Euro area was 142,655,900 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 171,442,200 in 2009 and a minimum value of 13,019,250 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 13,019,250
1961 13,019,260
1962 13,019,260
1963 13,019,260
1964 13,019,260
1965 19,354,960
1966 19,354,960
1967 19,354,960
1968 19,354,960
1969 19,354,960
1970 29,745,750
1971 29,745,750
1972 29,745,750
1973 29,745,750
1974 29,745,750
1975 46,317,190
1976 50,821,010
1977 56,070,010
1978 61,735,780
1979 67,520,360
1980 73,306,810
1981 78,618,710
1982 83,354,870
1983 87,847,540
1984 92,291,500
1985 96,695,760
1986 100,435,900
1987 104,481,600
1988 109,164,200
1989 114,667,200
1990 122,392,400
1991 127,866,400
1992 133,300,400
1993 137,873,900
1994 142,553,000
1995 148,407,000
1996 152,886,400
1997 157,096,100
1998 160,699,500
1999 163,755,100
2000 167,869,300
2001 168,881,300
2002 169,968,300
2003 169,126,800
2004 168,606,300
2005 168,916,100
2006 170,525,200
2007 164,982,500
2008 161,696,200
2009 171,442,200
2010 169,932,500
2011 166,887,600
2012 163,526,100
2013 160,106,300
2014 157,122,000
2015 155,081,100
2016 154,784,800
2017 153,740,000
2018 150,198,600
2019 145,826,100
2020 142,655,900

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Euro area was 41.89 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 52.81 in 2002 and a minimum value of 5.02 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 5.02
1961 5.03
1962 5.03
1963 5.03
1964 5.03
1965 7.14
1966 7.15
1967 7.15
1968 7.15
1969 7.15
1970 10.60
1971 10.60
1972 10.60
1973 10.60
1974 10.59
1975 15.81
1976 17.26
1977 18.96
1978 20.79
1979 22.66
1980 24.52
1981 26.21
1982 27.72
1983 29.14
1984 30.53
1985 31.70
1986 33.05
1987 34.28
1988 35.70
1989 37.38
1990 39.50
1991 41.12
1992 42.69
1993 43.99
1994 45.32
1995 47.04
1996 48.36
1997 49.61
1998 50.67
1999 51.53
2000 52.66
2001 52.75
2002 52.81
2003 52.24
2004 51.78
2005 51.61
2006 51.87
2007 49.99
2008 48.83
2009 51.61
2010 51.00
2011 49.95
2012 48.83
2013 47.70
2014 46.71
2015 46.00
2016 45.80
2017 45.39
2018 44.24
2019 42.88
2020 41.89

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications