Fragile and conflict affected situations - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 21,321,700 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24,478,150 in 2016 and a minimum value of 306,390 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.

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Year Value
1960 306,390
1961 306,390
1962 306,390
1963 306,390
1964 306,390
1966 432,966
1967 432,966
1968 432,966
1969 432,966
1971 731,791
1972 731,791
1973 731,791
1974 731,791
1981 2,856,443
1982 3,440,676
1983 3,699,914
1984 3,995,473
1985 4,327,345
1986 4,678,053
1987 5,018,120
1988 5,217,724
1989 5,371,485
1990 5,620,794
1991 5,791,581
1992 6,253,691
1993 6,629,309
1994 7,120,595
1995 7,720,623
1996 8,368,291
1997 8,882,172
1998 9,229,472
1999 9,726,238
2000 10,343,390
2001 11,115,640
2002 12,832,440
2003 14,155,350
2004 15,236,720
2005 16,259,750
2006 18,172,620
2007 19,590,550
2008 20,709,140
2009 22,718,900
2010 23,434,050
2011 23,530,410
2012 23,488,740
2013 23,784,150
2014 23,626,530
2015 23,303,440
2016 24,478,150
2017 22,324,410
2018 17,116,680
2019 21,479,990
2020 21,321,700

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 2.33 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.19 in 2010 and a minimum value of 0.21 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 0.21
1961 0.21
1962 0.22
1963 0.22
1964 0.22
1966 0.26
1967 0.26
1968 0.26
1969 0.26
1971 0.32
1972 0.32
1973 0.33
1974 0.33
1981 0.92
1982 0.96
1983 1.01
1984 1.07
1985 1.13
1986 1.19
1987 1.25
1988 1.27
1989 1.27
1990 1.29
1991 1.30
1992 1.35
1993 1.39
1994 1.45
1995 1.53
1996 1.62
1997 1.67
1998 1.70
1999 1.75
2000 1.81
2001 1.90
2002 2.14
2003 2.30
2004 2.51
2005 2.60
2006 2.86
2007 3.00
2008 3.10
2009 3.17
2010 3.19
2011 3.13
2012 3.05
2013 3.01
2014 2.92
2015 2.81
2016 2.89
2017 2.62
2018 2.44
2019 2.40
2020 2.33

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications