Upper middle income - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Upper middle income was 342,367,800 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 560,343,000 in 2007 and a minimum value of 19,515,360 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.

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Year Value
1975 19,515,360
1976 21,528,770
1977 24,328,780
1978 26,928,510
1979 30,278,660
1980 32,748,320
1981 36,577,600
1982 39,685,980
1983 42,595,720
1984 46,042,770
1985 49,659,420
1986 53,552,160
1987 58,115,130
1988 63,667,220
1989 69,165,780
1990 75,554,680
1991 82,836,470
1992 91,816,500
1993 103,830,800
1994 120,569,000
1995 140,675,800
1996 162,921,900
1997 188,700,900
1998 214,922,200
1999 247,312,500
2000 294,978,900
2001 342,315,700
2002 382,940,000
2003 435,966,600
2004 493,670,400
2005 537,304,100
2006 558,848,600
2007 560,343,000
2008 538,707,300
2009 511,754,200
2010 492,534,600
2011 483,039,500
2012 474,318,900
2013 458,793,400
2014 435,861,100
2015 414,548,700
2016 386,897,700
2017 378,455,500
2018 365,205,000
2019 354,776,700
2020 342,367,800

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Upper middle income was 13.41 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.16 in 2006 and a minimum value of 1.30 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 1.30
1976 1.40
1977 1.55
1978 1.69
1979 1.86
1980 1.97
1981 2.15
1982 2.29
1983 2.42
1984 2.57
1985 2.73
1986 2.89
1987 3.08
1988 3.31
1989 3.54
1990 3.81
1991 4.12
1992 4.50
1993 5.03
1994 5.78
1995 6.68
1996 7.67
1997 8.80
1998 9.93
1999 11.32
2000 13.39
2001 15.42
2002 17.12
2003 19.34
2004 21.65
2005 23.39
2006 24.16
2007 24.05
2008 22.96
2009 21.66
2010 20.69
2011 20.16
2012 19.64
2013 18.85
2014 17.77
2015 16.78
2016 15.55
2017 15.10
2018 14.55
2019 13.97
2020 13.41

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications