Arab World - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Arab World was 39,005,090 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39,005,090 in 2020 and a minimum value of 534,985 in 1966.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1966 | 534,985 |
| 1967 | 534,985 |
| 1968 | 534,985 |
| 1969 | 534,985 |
| 1970 | 895,016 |
| 1971 | 904,692 |
| 1972 | 904,692 |
| 1973 | 904,692 |
| 1974 | 904,692 |
| 1975 | 1,105,339 |
| 1976 | 1,188,602 |
| 1977 | 1,352,015 |
| 1978 | 1,526,373 |
| 1979 | 1,779,248 |
| 1981 | 2,847,188 |
| 1982 | 3,630,129 |
| 1983 | 4,043,409 |
| 1984 | 4,442,616 |
| 1985 | 5,059,805 |
| 1986 | 5,572,491 |
| 1987 | 6,009,086 |
| 1988 | 6,453,138 |
| 1989 | 6,994,746 |
| 1990 | 7,657,211 |
| 1991 | 8,368,752 |
| 1992 | 9,242,273 |
| 1993 | 9,996,852 |
| 1994 | 10,836,860 |
| 1995 | 11,808,490 |
| 1996 | 12,947,090 |
| 1997 | 14,241,080 |
| 1998 | 15,966,720 |
| 1999 | 18,060,810 |
| 2000 | 19,847,310 |
| 2001 | 21,794,620 |
| 2002 | 24,432,430 |
| 2003 | 26,632,510 |
| 2004 | 28,491,070 |
| 2005 | 29,926,700 |
| 2006 | 31,302,900 |
| 2007 | 33,558,370 |
| 2008 | 34,962,360 |
| 2009 | 34,636,500 |
| 2010 | 35,030,760 |
| 2011 | 34,952,260 |
| 2012 | 34,844,460 |
| 2013 | 32,979,240 |
| 2014 | 26,499,650 |
| 2015 | 30,118,420 |
| 2016 | 31,758,700 |
| 2017 | 33,369,280 |
| 2018 | 32,595,150 |
| 2019 | 37,115,980 |
| 2020 | 39,005,090 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Arab World was 8.95 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.06 in 2008 and a minimum value of 0.68 in 1966.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1966 | 0.68 |
| 1967 | 0.68 |
| 1968 | 0.68 |
| 1969 | 0.68 |
| 1970 | 0.81 |
| 1971 | 0.80 |
| 1972 | 0.80 |
| 1973 | 0.81 |
| 1974 | 0.81 |
| 1975 | 0.97 |
| 1976 | 1.01 |
| 1977 | 1.10 |
| 1978 | 1.20 |
| 1979 | 1.36 |
| 1981 | 1.66 |
| 1982 | 2.02 |
| 1983 | 2.18 |
| 1984 | 2.32 |
| 1985 | 2.57 |
| 1986 | 2.75 |
| 1987 | 2.88 |
| 1988 | 3.01 |
| 1989 | 3.18 |
| 1990 | 3.39 |
| 1991 | 3.61 |
| 1992 | 3.85 |
| 1993 | 4.06 |
| 1994 | 4.29 |
| 1995 | 4.57 |
| 1996 | 4.90 |
| 1997 | 5.27 |
| 1998 | 5.78 |
| 1999 | 6.39 |
| 2000 | 6.87 |
| 2001 | 7.38 |
| 2002 | 8.10 |
| 2003 | 8.64 |
| 2004 | 9.03 |
| 2005 | 9.27 |
| 2006 | 9.47 |
| 2007 | 9.90 |
| 2008 | 10.06 |
| 2009 | 9.73 |
| 2010 | 9.86 |
| 2011 | 9.62 |
| 2012 | 9.37 |
| 2013 | 8.68 |
| 2014 | 7.42 |
| 2015 | 7.60 |
| 2016 | 7.86 |
| 2017 | 8.39 |
| 2018 | 8.47 |
| 2019 | 8.68 |
| 2020 | 8.95 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
