Other small states - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Other small states was 3,094,476 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,259,560 in 2012 and a minimum value of 168,385 in 1971.

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
1971 168,385
1972 168,385
1973 168,385
1974 168,385
1975 350,445
1976 373,838
1977 422,844
1978 460,565
1979 516,816
1980 565,848
1981 657,469
1982 717,958
1983 792,842
1984 852,058
1985 911,768
1986 987,524
1987 1,063,544
1988 1,139,147
1989 1,209,829
1990 1,287,240
1991 1,387,036
1992 1,499,326
1993 1,621,686
1994 1,751,107
1995 1,880,706
1996 2,042,452
1997 2,216,328
1998 2,362,516
1999 2,483,210
2000 2,600,854
2001 2,666,718
2002 2,659,437
2003 2,726,619
2004 2,732,896
2005 2,955,631
2006 2,968,044
2007 3,065,423
2008 3,171,312
2009 3,202,185
2010 3,170,199
2011 3,246,857
2012 3,259,560
2013 3,172,815
2014 3,184,809
2015 3,153,659
2016 3,119,903
2017 3,117,223
2018 3,018,415
2019 3,102,689
2020 3,094,476

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Other small states was 10.47 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.66 in 2001 and a minimum value of 1.90 in 1974.

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
1971 1.92
1972 1.91
1973 1.91
1974 1.90
1975 3.92
1976 4.15
1977 4.48
1978 4.76
1979 5.25
1980 5.53
1981 5.24
1982 5.58
1983 6.00
1984 6.28
1985 6.55
1986 6.90
1987 7.23
1988 7.53
1989 7.79
1990 8.10
1991 8.54
1992 9.05
1993 9.62
1994 10.21
1995 10.76
1996 11.47
1997 12.22
1998 12.78
1999 13.18
2000 13.56
2001 13.66
2002 13.40
2003 12.90
2004 12.68
2005 13.05
2006 12.79
2007 12.87
2008 12.96
2009 12.74
2010 12.29
2011 12.30
2012 12.08
2013 11.70
2014 11.35
2015 11.02
2016 10.68
2017 10.46
2018 10.32
2019 10.68
2020 10.47

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications