Kuwait - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Kuwait was 583,463 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 583,463 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3,316 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 3,316
1961 3,316
1962 3,316
1963 3,316
1964 3,316
1965 13,000
1966 13,000
1967 13,000
1968 13,000
1969 13,000
1970 38,000
1971 38,000
1972 38,000
1973 38,000
1974 38,000
1975 89,000
1976 103,000
1977 114,000
1978 126,000
1979 139,000
1980 157,000
1981 170,213
1982 191,605
1983 203,969
1984 210,226
1985 221,882
1986 235,447
1987 254,826
1988 281,771
1989 310,837
1990 331,406
1991 321,909
1992 345,583
1993 357,996
1994 372,719
1995 382,287
1996 391,841
1997 411,629
1998 427,288
1999 455,643
2000 467,067
2001 472,414
2002 481,891
2003 486,904
2004 496,973
2005 504,806
2006 516,982
2007 538,219
2008 519,966
2009 528,497
2010 519,418
2011 514,696
2012 510,000
2013 508,000
2014 494,000
2015 480,000
2016 533,234
2017 542,082
2018 515,542
2019 583,463
2020 583,463

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Kuwait was 13.66 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.09 in 1996 and a minimum value of 1.23 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 1.23
1961 1.23
1962 1.23
1963 1.23
1964 1.23
1965 2.75
1966 2.75
1967 2.75
1968 2.75
1969 2.75
1970 5.10
1971 5.10
1972 5.10
1973 5.10
1974 5.10
1975 8.71
1976 9.49
1977 9.88
1978 10.29
1979 10.72
1980 11.47
1981 11.83
1982 12.71
1983 12.93
1984 12.72
1985 12.79
1986 12.85
1987 13.14
1988 13.85
1989 14.85
1990 15.82
1991 15.85
1992 18.07
1993 20.20
1994 22.46
1995 23.81
1996 24.09
1997 24.07
1998 23.33
1999 23.35
2000 22.84
2001 22.46
2002 22.55
2003 22.52
2004 22.58
2005 22.24
2006 21.78
2007 21.49
2008 19.58
2009 18.73
2010 17.36
2011 16.25
2012 15.23
2013 14.41
2014 13.38
2015 12.51
2016 13.48
2017 13.36
2018 12.46
2019 13.87
2020 13.66

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications