Lower middle income - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Lower middle income was 108,438,500 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 173,416,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 2,291,698 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.

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Year Value
1960 2,291,698
1961 2,291,698
1962 2,291,698
1963 2,291,698
1964 2,291,698
1965 3,154,638
1966 3,405,216
1967 3,405,216
1968 3,405,216
1969 3,405,216
1970 4,744,523
1971 4,774,598
1972 4,774,598
1973 4,774,598
1974 4,774,598
1975 7,358,031
1976 8,024,425
1977 8,640,444
1978 9,240,203
1979 9,883,016
1980 10,282,530
1981 11,695,240
1982 12,709,650
1983 13,706,940
1984 14,700,660
1985 16,055,120
1986 17,479,540
1987 18,796,220
1988 20,397,750
1989 22,247,500
1990 24,171,250
1991 26,698,200
1992 29,784,600
1993 33,429,720
1994 38,279,170
1995 44,053,060
1996 51,168,320
1997 57,921,470
1998 65,909,180
1999 75,476,670
2000 86,030,830
2001 96,998,460
2002 105,635,000
2003 111,947,400
2004 128,852,900
2005 132,408,400
2006 138,383,400
2007 149,040,900
2008 165,372,900
2009 173,348,800
2010 173,416,000
2011 164,783,800
2012 161,897,400
2013 147,704,900
2014 137,637,000
2015 119,681,600
2016 116,747,900
2017 114,776,500
2018 110,547,900
2019 108,290,900
2020 108,438,500

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Lower middle income was 3.26 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.12 in 2009 and a minimum value of 0.27 in 1964.

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 0.27
1961 0.27
1962 0.27
1963 0.27
1964 0.27
1965 0.36
1966 0.34
1967 0.34
1968 0.34
1969 0.33
1970 0.43
1971 0.40
1972 0.39
1973 0.39
1974 0.39
1975 0.58
1976 0.62
1977 0.65
1978 0.68
1979 0.71
1980 0.75
1981 0.77
1982 0.77
1983 0.81
1984 0.84
1985 0.90
1986 0.96
1987 1.00
1988 1.06
1989 1.13
1990 1.20
1991 1.30
1992 1.42
1993 1.56
1994 1.75
1995 1.98
1996 2.25
1997 2.50
1998 2.80
1999 3.14
2000 3.52
2001 3.90
2002 4.18
2003 4.35
2004 4.92
2005 5.14
2006 5.13
2007 5.43
2008 5.93
2009 6.12
2010 6.02
2011 5.64
2012 5.45
2013 4.90
2014 4.50
2015 3.86
2016 3.71
2017 3.60
2018 3.44
2019 3.30
2020 3.26

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications