China - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in China was 181,908,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 367,786,000 in 2006 and a minimum value of 1,692,000 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 | 1,692,000 |
| 1976 | 1,761,000 |
| 1977 | 1,833,000 |
| 1978 | 1,925,000 |
| 1979 | 2,033,000 |
| 1980 | 2,140,700 |
| 1981 | 2,220,900 |
| 1982 | 2,342,500 |
| 1983 | 2,508,000 |
| 1984 | 2,774,000 |
| 1985 | 3,120,000 |
| 1986 | 3,504,000 |
| 1987 | 3,907,000 |
| 1988 | 4,727,000 |
| 1989 | 5,680,400 |
| 1990 | 6,850,300 |
| 1991 | 8,450,600 |
| 1992 | 11,469,100 |
| 1993 | 17,332,000 |
| 1994 | 27,295,300 |
| 1995 | 40,705,700 |
| 1996 | 54,947,000 |
| 1997 | 70,310,000 |
| 1998 | 87,420,940 |
| 1999 | 108,715,800 |
| 2000 | 144,829,000 |
| 2001 | 180,368,000 |
| 2002 | 214,222,000 |
| 2003 | 262,747,000 |
| 2004 | 311,756,000 |
| 2005 | 350,445,000 |
| 2006 | 367,786,000 |
| 2007 | 365,637,000 |
| 2008 | 340,359,000 |
| 2009 | 313,732,000 |
| 2010 | 294,383,000 |
| 2011 | 285,115,000 |
| 2012 | 278,153,000 |
| 2013 | 266,985,000 |
| 2014 | 249,430,000 |
| 2015 | 230,996,000 |
| 2016 | 206,624,000 |
| 2017 | 193,757,000 |
| 2018 | 192,085,000 |
| 2019 | 191,033,000 |
| 2020 | 181,908,000 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in China was 12.64 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27.48 in 2006 and a minimum value of 0.18 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 | 0.18 |
| 1976 | 0.19 |
| 1977 | 0.19 |
| 1978 | 0.20 |
| 1979 | 0.21 |
| 1980 | 0.21 |
| 1981 | 0.22 |
| 1982 | 0.23 |
| 1983 | 0.24 |
| 1984 | 0.26 |
| 1985 | 0.29 |
| 1986 | 0.32 |
| 1987 | 0.35 |
| 1988 | 0.42 |
| 1989 | 0.49 |
| 1990 | 0.58 |
| 1991 | 0.71 |
| 1992 | 0.95 |
| 1993 | 1.42 |
| 1994 | 2.22 |
| 1995 | 3.28 |
| 1996 | 4.39 |
| 1997 | 5.57 |
| 1998 | 6.87 |
| 1999 | 8.48 |
| 2000 | 11.22 |
| 2001 | 13.88 |
| 2002 | 16.39 |
| 2003 | 19.98 |
| 2004 | 23.56 |
| 2005 | 26.33 |
| 2006 | 27.48 |
| 2007 | 27.16 |
| 2008 | 25.15 |
| 2009 | 23.05 |
| 2010 | 21.51 |
| 2011 | 20.71 |
| 2012 | 20.09 |
| 2013 | 19.18 |
| 2014 | 17.82 |
| 2015 | 16.42 |
| 2016 | 14.61 |
| 2017 | 13.64 |
| 2018 | 13.45 |
| 2019 | 13.32 |
| 2020 | 12.64 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
