India - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in India was 20,052,160 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 50,176,510 in 2005 and a minimum value of 332,399 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 | 332,399 |
| 1961 | 332,399 |
| 1962 | 332,399 |
| 1963 | 332,399 |
| 1964 | 332,399 |
| 1965 | 623,394 |
| 1966 | 623,394 |
| 1967 | 623,394 |
| 1968 | 623,394 |
| 1969 | 623,394 |
| 1970 | 981,356 |
| 1971 | 981,356 |
| 1972 | 981,356 |
| 1973 | 981,356 |
| 1974 | 981,356 |
| 1975 | 1,465,415 |
| 1976 | 1,613,644 |
| 1977 | 1,726,746 |
| 1978 | 1,867,828 |
| 1979 | 2,016,066 |
| 1980 | 2,149,470 |
| 1981 | 2,295,530 |
| 1982 | 2,466,364 |
| 1983 | 2,668,240 |
| 1984 | 2,897,862 |
| 1985 | 3,165,214 |
| 1986 | 3,487,908 |
| 1987 | 3,800,986 |
| 1988 | 4,174,278 |
| 1989 | 4,588,832 |
| 1990 | 5,074,734 |
| 1991 | 5,809,929 |
| 1992 | 6,796,748 |
| 1993 | 8,025,586 |
| 1994 | 9,795,304 |
| 1995 | 11,978,000 |
| 1996 | 14,542,650 |
| 1997 | 17,801,700 |
| 1998 | 21,593,690 |
| 1999 | 26,511,340 |
| 2000 | 32,436,130 |
| 2001 | 38,536,190 |
| 2002 | 41,420,000 |
| 2003 | 42,000,000 |
| 2004 | 46,198,020 |
| 2005 | 50,176,510 |
| 2006 | 40,770,000 |
| 2007 | 39,250,000 |
| 2008 | 37,900,000 |
| 2009 | 37,060,000 |
| 2010 | 35,090,000 |
| 2011 | 32,835,260 |
| 2012 | 30,940,620 |
| 2013 | 29,032,970 |
| 2014 | 27,000,100 |
| 2015 | 25,520,000 |
| 2016 | 24,404,000 |
| 2017 | 23,234,690 |
| 2018 | 21,868,190 |
| 2019 | 21,004,530 |
| 2020 | 20,052,160 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in India was 1.45 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.37 in 2005 and a minimum value of 0.07 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 | 0.07 |
| 1961 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 0.07 |
| 1965 | 0.12 |
| 1966 | 0.12 |
| 1967 | 0.12 |
| 1968 | 0.12 |
| 1969 | 0.12 |
| 1970 | 0.18 |
| 1971 | 0.18 |
| 1972 | 0.18 |
| 1973 | 0.18 |
| 1974 | 0.18 |
| 1975 | 0.24 |
| 1976 | 0.25 |
| 1977 | 0.26 |
| 1978 | 0.28 |
| 1979 | 0.30 |
| 1980 | 0.31 |
| 1981 | 0.32 |
| 1982 | 0.34 |
| 1983 | 0.36 |
| 1984 | 0.38 |
| 1985 | 0.40 |
| 1986 | 0.43 |
| 1987 | 0.46 |
| 1988 | 0.50 |
| 1989 | 0.54 |
| 1990 | 0.58 |
| 1991 | 0.65 |
| 1992 | 0.75 |
| 1993 | 0.87 |
| 1994 | 1.04 |
| 1995 | 1.24 |
| 1996 | 1.48 |
| 1997 | 1.78 |
| 1998 | 2.12 |
| 1999 | 2.55 |
| 2000 | 3.07 |
| 2001 | 3.58 |
| 2002 | 3.79 |
| 2003 | 3.78 |
| 2004 | 4.09 |
| 2005 | 4.37 |
| 2006 | 3.50 |
| 2007 | 3.32 |
| 2008 | 3.16 |
| 2009 | 3.04 |
| 2010 | 2.84 |
| 2011 | 2.63 |
| 2012 | 2.44 |
| 2013 | 2.27 |
| 2014 | 2.08 |
| 2015 | 1.95 |
| 2016 | 1.84 |
| 2017 | 1.74 |
| 2018 | 1.62 |
| 2019 | 1.54 |
| 2020 | 1.45 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
