Hong Kong SAR, China - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Hong Kong SAR, China was 3,900,599 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,419,423 in 2013 and a minimum value of 79,145 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 | 79,145 |
| 1961 | 79,145 |
| 1962 | 79,145 |
| 1963 | 79,145 |
| 1964 | 79,145 |
| 1966 | 79,145 |
| 1967 | 79,145 |
| 1968 | 79,145 |
| 1969 | 79,145 |
| 1970 | 473,000 |
| 1971 | 473,000 |
| 1972 | 473,000 |
| 1973 | 473,000 |
| 1974 | 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 |
| 2011 | 4,342,230 |
| 2012 | 4,381,555 |
| 2013 | 4,419,423 |
| 2014 | 4,417,856 |
| 2015 | 4,331,725 |
| 2016 | 4,318,346 |
| 2017 | 4,249,372 |
| 2018 | 4,196,061 |
| 2019 | 4,029,603 |
| 2020 | 3,900,599 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Hong Kong SAR, China was 52.03 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 62.61 in 2010 and a minimum value of 2.60 in 1961.
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 | 2.60 |
| 1961 | 2.60 |
| 1962 | 2.60 |
| 1963 | 2.60 |
| 1964 | 2.60 |
| 1966 | 2.60 |
| 1967 | 2.60 |
| 1968 | 2.60 |
| 1969 | 2.60 |
| 1970 | 12.29 |
| 1971 | 12.29 |
| 1972 | 12.29 |
| 1973 | 12.29 |
| 1974 | 12.29 |
| 1975 | 19.89 |
| 1976 | 21.03 |
| 1977 | 22.27 |
| 1978 | 23.49 |
| 1979 | 24.71 |
| 1980 | 26.27 |
| 1981 | 27.83 |
| 1982 | 29.20 |
| 1983 | 30.65 |
| 1984 | 31.96 |
| 1985 | 33.37 |
| 1986 | 34.94 |
| 1987 | 36.99 |
| 1988 | 39.42 |
| 1989 | 41.54 |
| 1990 | 43.21 |
| 1991 | 45.56 |
| 1992 | 48.08 |
| 1993 | 50.47 |
| 1994 | 52.49 |
| 1995 | 53.87 |
| 1996 | 55.79 |
| 1997 | 57.88 |
| 1998 | 58.11 |
| 1999 | 59.31 |
| 2000 | 59.43 |
| 2001 | 58.48 |
| 2002 | 57.18 |
| 2003 | 56.60 |
| 2004 | 55.80 |
| 2005 | 56.03 |
| 2006 | 56.39 |
| 2007 | 61.54 |
| 2008 | 60.78 |
| 2009 | 61.77 |
| 2010 | 62.61 |
| 2011 | 61.97 |
| 2012 | 62.18 |
| 2013 | 62.34 |
| 2014 | 61.92 |
| 2015 | 60.28 |
| 2016 | 59.62 |
| 2017 | 58.16 |
| 2018 | 56.92 |
| 2019 | 54.19 |
| 2020 | 52.03 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
