Central Europe and the Baltics - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Central Europe and the Baltics was 17,472,140 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32,706,930 in 2004 and a minimum value of 1,624,795 in 1965.

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
1965 1,624,795
1966 1,624,795
1967 1,624,795
1968 1,624,795
1969 1,624,795
1970 2,447,603
1971 2,447,603
1972 2,447,603
1973 2,447,603
1974 2,447,603
1975 3,979,350
1976 4,412,695
1977 4,821,956
1978 5,211,812
1979 7,590,583
1980 8,100,880
1981 8,704,260
1982 8,974,976
1983 9,535,691
1984 9,997,954
1985 10,771,460
1986 11,065,370
1987 11,686,590
1988 12,345,340
1989 12,996,700
1990 14,130,340
1991 14,949,570
1992 16,055,550
1993 17,250,190
1994 18,980,560
1995 20,938,230
1996 23,293,450
1997 25,817,190
1998 28,508,020
1999 30,726,610
2000 32,046,150
2001 32,524,840
2002 32,440,590
2003 32,588,100
2004 32,706,930
2005 31,415,550
2006 30,250,140
2007 28,961,680
2008 27,986,550
2009 26,844,150
2010 25,319,110
2011 24,428,100
2012 22,965,140
2013 24,808,080
2014 25,773,380
2015 24,381,090
2016 22,863,100
2017 21,454,570
2018 19,787,410
2019 18,579,470
2020 17,472,140

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Central Europe and the Baltics was 17.13 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30.60 in 2004 and a minimum value of 2.38 in 1969.

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
1965 2.38
1966 2.38
1967 2.38
1968 2.38
1969 2.38
1970 3.24
1971 3.23
1972 3.23
1973 3.23
1974 3.23
1975 4.82
1976 5.30
1977 5.74
1978 6.16
1979 7.26
1980 7.70
1981 8.23
1982 8.44
1983 8.93
1984 9.33
1985 9.83
1986 10.24
1987 10.78
1988 11.36
1989 11.93
1990 12.73
1991 13.47
1992 14.48
1993 15.59
1994 17.20
1995 19.02
1996 21.23
1997 23.60
1998 26.15
1999 28.27
2000 29.59
2001 30.13
2002 30.16
2003 30.39
2004 30.60
2005 29.49
2006 28.48
2007 27.34
2008 26.50
2009 25.48
2010 24.10
2011 23.32
2012 21.99
2013 23.82
2014 24.82
2015 23.55
2016 22.15
2017 20.85
2018 19.29
2019 18.16
2020 17.13

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications