IDA total - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in IDA total was 21,814,440 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25,746,870 in 2013 and a minimum value of 486,345 in 1966.

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
1966 486,345
1967 486,345
1968 486,345
1969 486,345
1970 737,568
1971 762,728
1972 762,728
1973 762,728
1974 762,728
1975 1,551,944
1976 1,693,351
1977 1,834,922
1978 1,978,034
1979 2,136,943
1980 2,309,980
1981 2,805,374
1982 3,033,313
1983 3,310,459
1984 3,608,169
1985 3,878,279
1986 4,197,727
1987 4,499,958
1988 4,807,147
1989 5,289,328
1990 5,652,101
1991 6,168,267
1992 6,586,195
1993 7,155,172
1994 7,801,748
1995 8,692,132
1996 9,484,675
1997 10,161,030
1998 10,973,160
1999 11,925,020
2000 12,986,220
2001 13,983,380
2002 15,602,130
2003 17,318,800
2004 18,885,630
2005 20,655,290
2006 22,087,760
2007 22,687,660
2008 22,821,050
2009 25,412,980
2010 25,658,780
2011 25,033,040
2012 25,153,430
2013 25,746,870
2014 24,203,340
2015 22,313,490
2016 22,690,170
2017 21,183,810
2018 18,602,850
2019 21,653,170
2020 21,814,440

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in IDA total was 1.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.90 in 2009 and a minimum value of 0.16 in 1966.

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
1966 0.16
1967 0.16
1968 0.17
1969 0.17
1970 0.20
1971 0.18
1972 0.18
1973 0.18
1974 0.18
1975 0.35
1976 0.36
1977 0.38
1978 0.41
1979 0.44
1980 0.48
1981 0.46
1982 0.46
1983 0.49
1984 0.52
1985 0.54
1986 0.57
1987 0.59
1988 0.61
1989 0.66
1990 0.68
1991 0.72
1992 0.75
1993 0.79
1994 0.84
1995 0.92
1996 0.97
1997 1.02
1998 1.07
1999 1.14
2000 1.21
2001 1.27
2002 1.38
2003 1.50
2004 1.63
2005 1.74
2006 1.84
2007 1.83
2008 1.79
2009 1.90
2010 1.88
2011 1.80
2012 1.76
2013 1.77
2014 1.62
2015 1.46
2016 1.45
2017 1.34
2018 1.29
2019 1.32
2020 1.30

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications