Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 6,013,006 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,127,180 in 2014 and a minimum value of 179,236 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 | 179,236 |
| 1966 | 184,813 |
| 1967 | 184,813 |
| 1968 | 184,813 |
| 1969 | 184,813 |
| 1970 | 307,684 |
| 1971 | 309,285 |
| 1972 | 309,285 |
| 1973 | 309,285 |
| 1974 | 309,285 |
| 1975 | 434,112 |
| 1976 | 469,343 |
| 1977 | 472,789 |
| 1978 | 491,291 |
| 1979 | 513,005 |
| 1980 | 686,992 |
| 1981 | 793,628 |
| 1982 | 837,651 |
| 1983 | 883,669 |
| 1984 | 941,310 |
| 1985 | 986,221 |
| 1986 | 1,040,935 |
| 1987 | 1,081,355 |
| 1988 | 1,132,489 |
| 1989 | 1,207,525 |
| 1990 | 1,286,329 |
| 1991 | 1,371,946 |
| 1992 | 1,468,989 |
| 1993 | 1,566,769 |
| 1994 | 1,684,336 |
| 1995 | 1,832,429 |
| 1996 | 2,110,566 |
| 1997 | 2,325,342 |
| 1998 | 2,656,637 |
| 1999 | 3,065,957 |
| 2000 | 3,521,692 |
| 2001 | 3,851,473 |
| 2002 | 4,393,741 |
| 2003 | 4,800,883 |
| 2004 | 5,155,140 |
| 2005 | 5,081,438 |
| 2006 | 5,610,907 |
| 2007 | 5,968,644 |
| 2008 | 6,166,312 |
| 2009 | 6,631,939 |
| 2010 | 6,957,032 |
| 2011 | 7,059,877 |
| 2012 | 7,037,704 |
| 2013 | 6,786,613 |
| 2014 | 7,127,180 |
| 2015 | 6,691,609 |
| 2016 | 6,851,307 |
| 2017 | 6,500,549 |
| 2018 | 4,718,275 |
| 2019 | 5,885,521 |
| 2020 | 6,013,006 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 0.74 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.11 in 2010 and a minimum value of 0.13 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 |
|---|---|
| 1965 | 0.14 |
| 1966 | 0.13 |
| 1967 | 0.13 |
| 1968 | 0.13 |
| 1969 | 0.13 |
| 1970 | 0.17 |
| 1971 | 0.16 |
| 1972 | 0.16 |
| 1973 | 0.16 |
| 1974 | 0.16 |
| 1975 | 0.21 |
| 1976 | 0.21 |
| 1977 | 0.21 |
| 1978 | 0.22 |
| 1979 | 0.23 |
| 1980 | 0.29 |
| 1981 | 0.28 |
| 1982 | 0.29 |
| 1983 | 0.30 |
| 1984 | 0.31 |
| 1985 | 0.32 |
| 1986 | 0.33 |
| 1987 | 0.33 |
| 1988 | 0.34 |
| 1989 | 0.35 |
| 1990 | 0.36 |
| 1991 | 0.37 |
| 1992 | 0.39 |
| 1993 | 0.40 |
| 1994 | 0.42 |
| 1995 | 0.44 |
| 1996 | 0.49 |
| 1997 | 0.53 |
| 1998 | 0.59 |
| 1999 | 0.66 |
| 2000 | 0.74 |
| 2001 | 0.78 |
| 2002 | 0.87 |
| 2003 | 0.93 |
| 2004 | 1.02 |
| 2005 | 0.97 |
| 2006 | 1.05 |
| 2007 | 1.08 |
| 2008 | 1.09 |
| 2009 | 1.08 |
| 2010 | 1.11 |
| 2011 | 1.10 |
| 2012 | 1.07 |
| 2013 | 1.00 |
| 2014 | 1.02 |
| 2015 | 0.93 |
| 2016 | 0.93 |
| 2017 | 0.88 |
| 2018 | 0.74 |
| 2019 | 0.75 |
| 2020 | 0.74 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
