Nigeria - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Nigeria was 107,031 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,687,972 in 2006 and a minimum value of 20,544 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 20,544
1961 20,544
1962 20,544
1963 20,544
1964 20,544
1966 20,544
1967 20,544
1968 20,544
1969 20,544
1971 20,544
1972 20,544
1973 20,544
1974 20,544
1981 163,360
1982 151,600
1983 182,550
1984 192,560
1985 203,980
1986 215,630
1987 227,460
1988 235,530
1989 250,000
1990 289,190
1991 294,166
1992 320,934
1993 342,287
1994 368,715
1995 405,073
1996 412,779
1997 404,177
1998 438,619
1999 473,316
2000 553,374
2001 600,321
2002 702,000
2003 888,534
2004 1,027,519
2005 1,223,258
2006 1,687,972
2007 1,579,664
2008 1,307,625
2009 1,482,000
2010 1,050,237
2011 719,406
2012 418,166
2013 360,537
2014 183,290
2015 187,155
2016 154,513
2017 139,344
2018 140,491
2019 107,154
2020 107,031

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Nigeria was 0.05 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.18 in 2006 and a minimum value of 0.05 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 0.05
1961 0.05
1962 0.05
1963 0.05
1964 0.05
1966 0.05
1967 0.05
1968 0.05
1969 0.05
1971 0.05
1972 0.05
1973 0.05
1974 0.05
1981 0.22
1982 0.20
1983 0.23
1984 0.24
1985 0.24
1986 0.25
1987 0.26
1988 0.26
1989 0.27
1990 0.30
1991 0.30
1992 0.32
1993 0.33
1994 0.35
1995 0.38
1996 0.37
1997 0.36
1998 0.38
1999 0.40
2000 0.45
2001 0.48
2002 0.55
2003 0.67
2004 0.76
2005 0.88
2006 1.18
2007 1.08
2008 0.87
2009 0.96
2010 0.66
2011 0.44
2012 0.25
2013 0.21
2014 0.10
2015 0.10
2016 0.08
2017 0.07
2018 0.07
2019 0.05
2020 0.05

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications