Middle income - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Middle income was 450,806,300 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 709,383,900 in 2007 and a minimum value of 26,873,390 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 26,873,390
1976 29,553,200
1977 32,969,230
1978 36,168,720
1979 40,161,680
1980 43,030,860
1981 48,272,840
1982 52,395,630
1983 56,302,650
1984 60,743,430
1985 65,714,540
1986 71,031,700
1987 76,911,350
1988 84,064,970
1989 91,413,280
1990 99,725,930
1991 109,534,700
1992 121,601,100
1993 137,260,500
1994 158,848,200
1995 184,728,900
1996 214,090,200
1997 246,622,400
1998 280,831,400
1999 322,789,100
2000 381,009,700
2001 439,314,200
2002 488,574,900
2003 547,914,000
2004 622,523,300
2005 669,712,600
2006 697,232,100
2007 709,383,900
2008 704,080,100
2009 685,103,000
2010 665,950,500
2011 647,823,400
2012 636,216,300
2013 606,498,300
2014 573,498,100
2015 534,230,300
2016 503,645,600
2017 493,231,900
2018 475,752,800
2019 463,067,600
2020 450,806,300

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Middle income was 7.67 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.97 in 2007 and a minimum value of 0.97 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 0.97
1976 1.04
1977 1.14
1978 1.22
1979 1.33
1980 1.42
1981 1.50
1982 1.55
1983 1.63
1984 1.72
1985 1.82
1986 1.93
1987 2.04
1988 2.19
1989 2.33
1990 2.50
1991 2.69
1992 2.94
1993 3.26
1994 3.72
1995 4.26
1996 4.87
1997 5.53
1998 6.21
1999 7.04
2000 8.20
2001 9.33
2002 10.25
2003 11.35
2004 12.71
2005 13.74
2006 13.92
2007 13.97
2008 13.71
2009 13.18
2010 12.66
2011 12.18
2012 11.82
2013 11.14
2014 10.41
2015 9.59
2016 8.94
2017 8.66
2018 8.31
2019 7.95
2020 7.67

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications