Papua New Guinea - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Papua New Guinea was 166,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 166,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 4,263 in 1965.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1965 | 4,263 |
| 1966 | 4,263 |
| 1967 | 4,263 |
| 1968 | 4,263 |
| 1969 | 4,263 |
| 1970 | 10,500 |
| 1971 | 10,500 |
| 1972 | 10,500 |
| 1973 | 10,500 |
| 1974 | 10,500 |
| 1975 | 17,500 |
| 1976 | 17,800 |
| 1977 | 18,400 |
| 1978 | 20,700 |
| 1979 | 22,800 |
| 1980 | 25,422 |
| 1981 | 25,554 |
| 1982 | 25,232 |
| 1983 | 27,569 |
| 1984 | 28,009 |
| 1985 | 30,002 |
| 1986 | 29,740 |
| 1987 | 30,428 |
| 1988 | 30,993 |
| 1989 | 30,991 |
| 1990 | 30,187 |
| 1991 | 33,875 |
| 1992 | 36,464 |
| 1993 | 39,321 |
| 1994 | 40,017 |
| 1995 | 43,648 |
| 1996 | 46,796 |
| 1997 | 54,087 |
| 1998 | 56,938 |
| 1999 | 59,773 |
| 2000 | 64,835 |
| 2001 | 61,610 |
| 2002 | 62,059 |
| 2003 | 62,885 |
| 2004 | 63,456 |
| 2005 | 63,720 |
| 2006 | 61,500 |
| 2007 | 60,000 |
| 2008 | 66,846 |
| 2009 | 91,125 |
| 2010 | 121,172 |
| 2011 | 130,000 |
| 2012 | 139,000 |
| 2013 | 140,000 |
| 2014 | 145,100 |
| 2015 | 150,000 |
| 2016 | 154,000 |
| 2017 | 158,000 |
| 2019 | 166,000 |
| 2020 | 166,000 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Papua New Guinea was 1.86 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.89 in 2019 and a minimum value of 0.17 in 1966.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1965 | 0.17 |
| 1966 | 0.17 |
| 1967 | 0.17 |
| 1968 | 0.17 |
| 1969 | 0.17 |
| 1970 | 0.38 |
| 1971 | 0.38 |
| 1972 | 0.38 |
| 1973 | 0.38 |
| 1974 | 0.38 |
| 1975 | 0.56 |
| 1976 | 0.55 |
| 1977 | 0.56 |
| 1978 | 0.61 |
| 1979 | 0.66 |
| 1980 | 0.71 |
| 1981 | 0.70 |
| 1982 | 0.67 |
| 1983 | 0.71 |
| 1984 | 0.70 |
| 1985 | 0.74 |
| 1986 | 0.71 |
| 1987 | 0.71 |
| 1988 | 0.70 |
| 1989 | 0.69 |
| 1990 | 0.65 |
| 1991 | 0.72 |
| 1992 | 0.75 |
| 1993 | 0.79 |
| 1994 | 0.79 |
| 1995 | 0.84 |
| 1996 | 0.88 |
| 1997 | 0.99 |
| 1998 | 1.02 |
| 1999 | 1.05 |
| 2000 | 1.11 |
| 2001 | 1.03 |
| 2002 | 1.02 |
| 2003 | 1.01 |
| 2004 | 1.00 |
| 2005 | 0.98 |
| 2006 | 0.93 |
| 2007 | 0.88 |
| 2008 | 0.96 |
| 2009 | 1.28 |
| 2010 | 1.66 |
| 2011 | 1.74 |
| 2012 | 1.82 |
| 2013 | 1.80 |
| 2014 | 1.83 |
| 2015 | 1.85 |
| 2016 | 1.86 |
| 2017 | 1.87 |
| 2019 | 1.89 |
| 2020 | 1.86 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
