IDA only - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in IDA only was 13,638,780 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15,314,560 in 2013 and a minimum value of 453,568 in 1970.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 453,568 |
| 1971 | 456,943 |
| 1972 | 456,943 |
| 1973 | 456,943 |
| 1974 | 456,943 |
| 1975 | 793,519 |
| 1976 | 870,110 |
| 1977 | 916,448 |
| 1978 | 988,773 |
| 1979 | 1,061,296 |
| 1980 | 1,168,401 |
| 1981 | 1,387,325 |
| 1982 | 1,539,343 |
| 1983 | 1,658,966 |
| 1984 | 1,799,597 |
| 1985 | 1,941,794 |
| 1986 | 2,080,401 |
| 1987 | 2,190,978 |
| 1988 | 2,307,023 |
| 1989 | 2,438,122 |
| 1990 | 2,624,128 |
| 1991 | 2,765,637 |
| 1992 | 2,919,881 |
| 1993 | 3,136,673 |
| 1994 | 3,406,020 |
| 1995 | 3,899,856 |
| 1996 | 4,391,470 |
| 1997 | 4,815,233 |
| 1998 | 5,413,315 |
| 1999 | 6,025,760 |
| 2000 | 6,732,494 |
| 2001 | 7,426,654 |
| 2002 | 8,455,858 |
| 2003 | 9,568,205 |
| 2004 | 10,519,020 |
| 2005 | 11,321,660 |
| 2006 | 12,186,750 |
| 2007 | 13,103,960 |
| 2008 | 13,608,170 |
| 2009 | 14,024,810 |
| 2010 | 14,895,740 |
| 2011 | 14,902,370 |
| 2012 | 15,186,900 |
| 2013 | 15,314,560 |
| 2014 | 14,548,040 |
| 2015 | 13,889,420 |
| 2016 | 14,180,080 |
| 2017 | 13,021,260 |
| 2018 | 10,627,740 |
| 2019 | 13,646,170 |
| 2020 | 13,638,780 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in IDA only was 1.23 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.64 in 2010 and a minimum value of 0.15 in 1971.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.16 |
| 1971 | 0.15 |
| 1972 | 0.15 |
| 1973 | 0.16 |
| 1974 | 0.16 |
| 1975 | 0.24 |
| 1976 | 0.25 |
| 1977 | 0.26 |
| 1978 | 0.28 |
| 1979 | 0.29 |
| 1980 | 0.34 |
| 1981 | 0.35 |
| 1982 | 0.35 |
| 1983 | 0.37 |
| 1984 | 0.39 |
| 1985 | 0.41 |
| 1986 | 0.43 |
| 1987 | 0.43 |
| 1988 | 0.44 |
| 1989 | 0.45 |
| 1990 | 0.48 |
| 1991 | 0.49 |
| 1992 | 0.50 |
| 1993 | 0.52 |
| 1994 | 0.55 |
| 1995 | 0.62 |
| 1996 | 0.68 |
| 1997 | 0.72 |
| 1998 | 0.79 |
| 1999 | 0.86 |
| 2000 | 0.94 |
| 2001 | 1.01 |
| 2002 | 1.12 |
| 2003 | 1.25 |
| 2004 | 1.38 |
| 2005 | 1.45 |
| 2006 | 1.55 |
| 2007 | 1.60 |
| 2008 | 1.63 |
| 2009 | 1.58 |
| 2010 | 1.64 |
| 2011 | 1.61 |
| 2012 | 1.60 |
| 2013 | 1.58 |
| 2014 | 1.47 |
| 2015 | 1.37 |
| 2016 | 1.37 |
| 2017 | 1.25 |
| 2018 | 1.18 |
| 2019 | 1.26 |
| 2020 | 1.23 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
