Pacific island small states - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Pacific island small states was 89,015 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 210,035 in 2009 and a minimum value of 34,064 in 1982.

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
1982 34,064
1983 39,426
1984 41,725
1985 43,189
1986 47,664
1987 49,272
1988 52,579
1989 57,821
1990 63,643
1991 68,710
1992 76,854
1993 88,294
1994 97,873
1995 105,045
1996 113,557
1997 116,505
1998 124,942
1999 131,954
2000 138,408
2001 147,235
2002 162,061
2003 169,963
2004 180,225
2005 187,426
2006 171,690
2007 182,770
2008 195,922
2009 210,035
2010 209,382
2011 199,336
2012 164,770
2013 147,482
2014 132,791
2015 126,962
2016 116,575
2017 120,731
2018 82,559
2019 91,614
2020 89,015

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Pacific island small states was 3.62 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.80 in 2009 and a minimum value of 2.63 in 1983.

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
1982 2.70
1983 2.63
1984 2.79
1985 2.82
1986 3.06
1987 3.13
1988 3.30
1989 3.59
1990 3.79
1991 4.03
1992 4.43
1993 5.00
1994 5.45
1995 5.76
1996 6.14
1997 6.21
1998 6.58
1999 6.87
2000 7.12
2001 7.49
2002 8.08
2003 8.38
2004 8.79
2005 9.28
2006 9.21
2007 9.67
2008 10.21
2009 10.80
2010 9.70
2011 9.98
2012 7.45
2013 6.59
2014 5.71
2015 5.55
2016 5.07
2017 5.17
2018 4.03
2019 3.78
2020 3.62

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications