Puerto Rico - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Puerto Rico was 711,512 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,299,291 in 2000 and a minimum value of 242,900 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 | 242,900 |
| 1976 | 276,200 |
| 1977 | 306,800 |
| 1978 | 340,200 |
| 1979 | 377,400 |
| 1980 | 413,200 |
| 1981 | 451,600 |
| 1982 | 473,792 |
| 1983 | 501,400 |
| 1984 | 547,462 |
| 1985 | 593,500 |
| 1986 | 639,368 |
| 1987 | 696,100 |
| 1988 | 763,584 |
| 1989 | 812,998 |
| 1990 | 982,187 |
| 1991 | 1,032,758 |
| 1992 | 1,096,225 |
| 1993 | 1,095,446 |
| 1994 | 1,130,238 |
| 1995 | 1,195,921 |
| 1996 | 1,254,088 |
| 1997 | 1,256,646 |
| 1998 | 1,261,733 |
| 1999 | 1,294,704 |
| 2000 | 1,299,291 |
| 2001 | 1,288,439 |
| 2002 | 1,276,493 |
| 2003 | 1,212,779 |
| 2004 | 1,111,894 |
| 2005 | 1,037,700 |
| 2006 | 1,038,000 |
| 2007 | 1,012,909 |
| 2008 | 949,377 |
| 2009 | 905,735 |
| 2010 | 890,820 |
| 2011 | 826,145 |
| 2012 | 706,274 |
| 2013 | 660,838 |
| 2014 | 823,527 |
| 2015 | 813,106 |
| 2016 | 813,546 |
| 2017 | 783,739 |
| 2018 | 703,266 |
| 2019 | 686,901 |
| 2020 | 711,512 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Puerto Rico was 24.87 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35.41 in 2000 and a minimum value of 8.54 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 | 8.54 |
| 1976 | 9.54 |
| 1977 | 10.41 |
| 1978 | 11.35 |
| 1979 | 12.39 |
| 1980 | 13.37 |
| 1981 | 14.42 |
| 1982 | 14.95 |
| 1983 | 15.66 |
| 1984 | 16.93 |
| 1985 | 18.19 |
| 1986 | 19.42 |
| 1987 | 20.97 |
| 1988 | 22.82 |
| 1989 | 24.10 |
| 1990 | 28.86 |
| 1991 | 30.06 |
| 1992 | 31.60 |
| 1993 | 31.27 |
| 1994 | 31.96 |
| 1995 | 33.52 |
| 1996 | 34.87 |
| 1997 | 34.70 |
| 1998 | 34.63 |
| 1999 | 35.38 |
| 2000 | 35.41 |
| 2001 | 35.10 |
| 2002 | 34.84 |
| 2003 | 33.19 |
| 2004 | 30.53 |
| 2005 | 28.57 |
| 2006 | 28.64 |
| 2007 | 28.01 |
| 2008 | 26.31 |
| 2009 | 25.18 |
| 2010 | 24.88 |
| 2011 | 23.21 |
| 2012 | 19.97 |
| 2013 | 18.86 |
| 2014 | 23.84 |
| 2015 | 24.05 |
| 2016 | 24.78 |
| 2017 | 24.77 |
| 2018 | 23.14 |
| 2019 | 23.42 |
| 2020 | 24.87 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
