European Union - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in European Union was 160,149,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 207,636,100 in 2002 and a minimum value of 16,721,140 in 1960.

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
1960 16,721,140
1961 16,721,150
1962 16,721,150
1963 16,721,150
1964 16,721,150
1965 24,706,580
1966 24,706,580
1967 24,706,580
1968 24,706,580
1969 24,706,580
1970 36,638,820
1971 36,638,820
1972 36,638,820
1973 36,638,820
1974 36,638,820
1975 55,202,870
1976 60,326,170
1977 66,113,130
1978 72,281,410
1979 80,536,250
1980 86,979,510
1981 92,906,790
1982 97,990,100
1983 103,082,900
1984 108,081,100
1985 113,083,100
1986 117,515,900
1987 122,274,200
1988 127,710,200
1989 133,914,600
1990 142,429,100
1991 148,716,900
1992 155,150,600
1993 160,770,800
1994 167,100,000
1995 174,761,200
1996 181,382,400
1997 188,142,800
1998 194,476,100
1999 199,400,300
2000 204,877,900
2001 206,487,100
2002 207,636,100
2003 207,063,000
2004 206,333,200
2005 205,124,100
2006 205,322,800
2007 198,014,600
2008 193,852,900
2009 202,240,100
2010 198,822,400
2011 194,642,000
2012 189,549,900
2013 187,696,400
2014 185,464,000
2015 181,611,300
2016 179,330,800
2017 176,222,000
2018 170,787,400
2019 164,857,500
2020 160,149,000

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in European Union was 35.99 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 48.38 in 2002 and a minimum value of 5.38 in 1960.

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
1960 5.38
1961 5.38
1962 5.38
1963 5.38
1964 5.38
1965 7.17
1966 7.18
1967 7.18
1968 7.18
1969 7.18
1970 10.13
1971 10.13
1972 10.13
1973 10.12
1974 10.11
1975 14.65
1976 15.92
1977 17.36
1978 18.89
1979 19.96
1980 21.47
1981 22.85
1982 24.02
1983 25.20
1984 26.35
1985 27.36
1986 28.49
1987 29.56
1988 30.78
1989 32.18
1990 33.97
1991 35.36
1992 36.79
1993 38.01
1994 39.42
1995 41.15
1996 42.66
1997 44.23
1998 45.70
1999 46.82
2000 48.02
2001 48.28
2002 48.38
2003 48.06
2004 47.71
2005 47.27
2006 47.18
2007 45.38
2008 44.32
2009 46.14
2010 45.27
2011 44.24
2012 43.02
2013 42.54
2014 41.98
2015 41.05
2016 40.48
2017 39.72
2018 38.45
2019 37.07
2020 35.99

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications