Iraq - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Iraq was 2,699,758 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,237,858 in 2017 and a minimum value of 92,000 in 1970.

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
1970 92,000
1971 92,000
1972 92,000
1973 92,000
1974 92,000
1980 250,000
1981 275,000
1982 300,000
1983 325,446
1984 390,000
1985 470,000
1986 560,000
1987 673,965
1988 677,809
1989 675,000
1990 712,109
1991 669,830
1992 714,389
1993 680,210
1994 649,207
1995 638,593
1996 639,699
1997 650,616
1998 649,963
1999 675,000
2000 675,000
2001 675,000
2002 1,128,300
2003 1,183,300
2004 1,034,240
2005 1,115,000
2006 1,247,512
2007 1,364,512
2008 1,082,300
2009 1,650,136
2010 1,720,591
2011 1,794,000
2012 1,871,000
2013 1,900,000
2014 1,947,700
2015 1,997,000
2016 2,031,000
2017 3,237,858
2018 2,705,028
2019 2,859,094
2020 2,699,758

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Iraq was 6.71 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.62 in 2017 and a minimum value of 0.93 in 1970.

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
1970 0.93
1971 0.93
1972 0.93
1973 0.93
1974 0.93
1980 1.83
1981 1.96
1982 2.08
1983 2.20
1984 2.57
1985 3.02
1986 3.52
1987 4.15
1988 4.08
1989 3.97
1990 4.09
1991 3.74
1992 3.88
1993 3.59
1994 3.32
1995 3.17
1996 3.08
1997 3.03
1998 2.94
1999 2.96
2000 2.87
2001 2.79
2002 4.53
2003 4.61
2004 3.93
2005 4.14
2006 4.54
2007 4.89
2008 3.81
2009 5.70
2010 5.79
2011 5.84
2012 5.87
2013 5.73
2014 5.66
2015 5.61
2016 5.55
2017 8.62
2018 7.04
2019 7.27
2020 6.71

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications