Switzerland - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Switzerland was 3,071,296 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,387,568 in 2002 and a minimum value of 1,090,975 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 1,090,975
1961 1,090,980
1962 1,090,980
1963 1,090,980
1964 1,090,980
1965 1,466,000
1966 1,466,000
1967 1,466,000
1968 1,466,000
1969 1,466,000
1970 1,945,000
1971 1,945,000
1972 1,945,000
1973 1,945,000
1974 1,945,000
1975 2,470,000
1976 2,523,000
1977 2,599,000
1978 2,677,000
1979 2,755,000
1980 2,839,000
1981 2,925,000
1982 3,010,000
1983 3,095,057
1984 3,184,401
1985 3,277,026
1986 3,381,492
1987 3,499,609
1988 3,632,765
1989 3,784,506
1990 3,942,701
1991 4,080,651
1992 4,184,841
1993 4,265,818
1994 4,257,596
1995 4,480,000
1996 4,571,000
1997 4,688,000
1998 4,884,000
1999 5,066,000
2000 5,235,733
2001 5,383,483
2002 5,387,568
2003 5,323,452
2004 5,253,450
2005 5,149,736
2006 5,021,743
2007 4,927,184
2008 4,827,882
2009 5,131,810
2010 4,907,773
2011 4,898,770
2012 4,721,981
2013 4,593,321
2014 4,374,700
2015 4,140,000
2016 3,772,545
2017 3,559,361
2018 3,331,277
2019 3,171,158
2020 3,071,296

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Switzerland was 35.49 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 74.99 in 2001 and a minimum value of 20.66 in 1961.

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 20.66
1961 20.66
1962 20.66
1963 20.66
1964 20.66
1965 25.22
1966 25.22
1967 25.22
1968 25.22
1969 25.22
1970 31.62
1971 31.62
1972 31.62
1973 31.62
1974 31.62
1975 38.98
1976 39.82
1977 41.11
1978 42.48
1979 43.82
1980 45.18
1981 46.46
1982 47.62
1983 48.69
1984 49.79
1985 50.92
1986 52.24
1987 53.75
1988 55.46
1989 57.36
1990 59.26
1991 60.73
1992 61.61
1993 62.10
1994 61.36
1995 64.04
1996 64.95
1997 66.32
1998 68.87
1999 71.20
2000 73.29
2001 74.99
2002 74.62
2003 73.24
2004 71.73
2005 69.72
2006 67.33
2007 65.37
2008 63.33
2009 66.53
2010 62.85
2011 61.95
2012 58.97
2013 56.65
2014 53.31
2015 49.90
2016 45.02
2017 42.09
2018 39.07
2019 36.91
2020 35.49

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications