Japan - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Japan was 61,978,590 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 66,794,250 in 2009 and a minimum value of 3,632,938 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 3,632,938
1961 3,632,940
1962 3,632,940
1963 3,632,940
1964 3,632,940
1965 7,399,000
1966 7,399,000
1967 7,399,000
1968 7,399,000
1969 7,399,000
1970 16,403,000
1971 16,403,000
1972 16,403,000
1973 16,403,000
1974 16,403,000
1975 32,377,000
1976 34,444,000
1977 35,837,000
1978 37,214,000
1979 38,611,000
1980 39,934,000
1981 40,275,770
1982 41,500,870
1983 42,879,290
1984 43,958,540
1985 45,299,760
1986 46,771,990
1987 48,419,270
1988 50,339,600
1989 52,453,640
1990 54,527,950
1991 56,259,920
1992 57,652,440
1993 58,830,080
1994 60,690,000
1995 62,292,000
1996 64,037,000
1997 65,735,000
1998 62,413,290
1999 62,053,580
2000 61,957,100
2001 61,325,780
2002 60,772,460
2003 60,219,000
2004 59,608,000
2005 58,053,000
2006 56,029,000
2007 51,235,000
2008 48,426,820
2009 66,794,250
2010 65,618,750
2011 64,668,520
2012 64,225,260
2013 64,019,260
2014 63,557,380
2015 63,705,580
2016 64,130,390
2017 63,954,470
2018 63,442,830
2019 62,743,200
2020 61,978,590

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Japan was 49.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 51.96 in 2009 and a minimum value of 3.88 in 1961.

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 3.88
1961 3.88
1962 3.88
1963 3.88
1964 3.88
1965 7.52
1966 7.52
1967 7.52
1968 7.52
1969 7.52
1970 15.63
1971 15.63
1972 15.63
1973 15.63
1974 15.63
1975 28.80
1976 30.30
1977 31.21
1978 32.11
1979 33.04
1980 33.89
1981 33.92
1982 34.70
1983 35.61
1984 36.27
1985 37.17
1986 38.18
1987 39.34
1988 40.73
1989 42.28
1990 43.80
1991 45.03
1992 46.00
1993 46.80
1994 48.15
1995 49.30
1996 50.56
1997 51.80
1998 49.10
1999 48.74
2000 48.58
2001 48.02
2002 47.52
2003 47.02
2004 46.49
2005 45.24
2006 43.63
2007 39.87
2008 37.67
2009 51.96
2010 51.05
2011 50.33
2012 50.01
2013 49.89
2014 49.59
2015 49.78
2016 50.19
2017 50.16
2018 49.88
2019 49.46
2020 49.00

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications