Latvia - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Latvia was 211,849 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 742,298 in 1998 and a minimum value of 211,849 in 2020.

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
1975 250,000
1976 280,000
1977 330,000
1978 360,000
1979 390,000
1980 410,000
1981 470,000
1982 480,000
1983 490,000
1984 510,000
1985 530,000
1986 550,000
1987 570,000
1988 584,000
1989 600,000
1990 620,000
1991 643,042
1992 652,466
1993 694,296
1994 667,124
1995 704,504
1996 739,200
1997 740,114
1998 742,298
1999 731,527
2000 734,693
2001 721,752
2002 701,211
2003 653,853
2004 650,455
2005 731,094
2006 657,380
2007 644,043
2008 592,850
2009 561,650
2010 532,100
2011 516,344
2012 476,141
2013 423,000
2014 400,000
2015 356,000
2016 362,940
2017 342,296
2018 266,214
2019 227,616
2020 211,849

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Latvia was 11.23 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.46 in 2005 and a minimum value of 10.12 in 1975.

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
1975 10.12
1976 11.28
1977 13.24
1978 14.39
1979 15.53
1980 16.26
1981 18.57
1982 18.89
1983 19.21
1984 19.89
1985 20.54
1986 21.14
1987 21.70
1988 22.04
1989 22.52
1990 23.27
1991 24.27
1992 24.90
1993 26.88
1994 26.23
1995 28.08
1996 29.82
1997 30.17
1998 30.54
1999 30.38
2000 30.82
2001 30.60
2002 30.06
2003 28.36
2004 28.54
2005 32.46
2006 29.54
2007 29.30
2008 27.30
2009 26.19
2010 25.11
2011 24.66
2012 23.01
2013 20.69
2014 19.79
2015 17.82
2016 18.38
2017 17.54
2018 13.80
2019 11.94
2020 11.23

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications