IBRD only - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in IBRD only was 450,134,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 714,559,000 in 2007 and a minimum value of 28,314,440 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 | 28,314,440 |
| 1976 | 30,991,300 |
| 1977 | 34,475,310 |
| 1978 | 37,742,490 |
| 1979 | 41,766,270 |
| 1980 | 45,000,500 |
| 1981 | 49,844,730 |
| 1982 | 54,040,680 |
| 1983 | 58,025,700 |
| 1984 | 62,569,880 |
| 1985 | 67,729,210 |
| 1986 | 73,108,990 |
| 1987 | 78,949,820 |
| 1988 | 86,203,560 |
| 1989 | 93,442,560 |
| 1990 | 101,963,000 |
| 1991 | 111,982,700 |
| 1992 | 124,555,400 |
| 1993 | 140,802,900 |
| 1994 | 163,058,100 |
| 1995 | 189,586,200 |
| 1996 | 219,982,100 |
| 1997 | 253,836,400 |
| 1998 | 289,055,700 |
| 1999 | 331,838,100 |
| 2000 | 390,376,900 |
| 2001 | 448,871,900 |
| 2002 | 497,820,800 |
| 2003 | 556,638,800 |
| 2004 | 630,966,300 |
| 2005 | 676,016,500 |
| 2006 | 702,644,200 |
| 2007 | 714,559,000 |
| 2008 | 709,644,100 |
| 2009 | 688,008,300 |
| 2010 | 668,282,000 |
| 2011 | 650,314,000 |
| 2012 | 637,692,600 |
| 2013 | 609,685,900 |
| 2014 | 579,044,000 |
| 2015 | 540,441,300 |
| 2016 | 508,597,900 |
| 2017 | 496,012,100 |
| 2018 | 477,028,800 |
| 2019 | 463,090,000 |
| 2020 | 450,134,000 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in IBRD only was 9.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.51 in 2007 and a minimum value of 1.11 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 | 1.11 |
| 1976 | 1.19 |
| 1977 | 1.30 |
| 1978 | 1.40 |
| 1979 | 1.51 |
| 1980 | 1.61 |
| 1981 | 1.72 |
| 1982 | 1.79 |
| 1983 | 1.89 |
| 1984 | 2.00 |
| 1985 | 2.12 |
| 1986 | 2.25 |
| 1987 | 2.38 |
| 1988 | 2.55 |
| 1989 | 2.71 |
| 1990 | 2.91 |
| 1991 | 3.15 |
| 1992 | 3.44 |
| 1993 | 3.84 |
| 1994 | 4.38 |
| 1995 | 5.03 |
| 1996 | 5.76 |
| 1997 | 6.56 |
| 1998 | 7.38 |
| 1999 | 8.38 |
| 2000 | 9.74 |
| 2001 | 11.07 |
| 2002 | 12.15 |
| 2003 | 13.44 |
| 2004 | 15.03 |
| 2005 | 16.27 |
| 2006 | 16.40 |
| 2007 | 16.51 |
| 2008 | 16.23 |
| 2009 | 15.58 |
| 2010 | 14.98 |
| 2011 | 14.43 |
| 2012 | 14.01 |
| 2013 | 13.26 |
| 2014 | 12.48 |
| 2015 | 11.53 |
| 2016 | 10.76 |
| 2017 | 10.40 |
| 2018 | 9.94 |
| 2019 | 9.54 |
| 2020 | 9.20 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
