North America - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in North America was 114,891,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 213,409,100 in 2000 and a minimum value of 54,265,800 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 | 54,265,800 |
| 1961 | 54,265,800 |
| 1962 | 54,265,800 |
| 1963 | 54,265,800 |
| 1964 | 54,265,800 |
| 1965 | 63,570,540 |
| 1966 | 63,570,540 |
| 1967 | 63,570,540 |
| 1968 | 63,570,540 |
| 1969 | 63,570,540 |
| 1970 | 75,569,030 |
| 1971 | 75,569,030 |
| 1972 | 75,569,030 |
| 1973 | 75,569,030 |
| 1974 | 75,569,030 |
| 1975 | 88,810,500 |
| 1976 | 91,433,900 |
| 1977 | 94,365,380 |
| 1978 | 97,722,500 |
| 1979 | 100,881,500 |
| 1980 | 104,283,400 |
| 1981 | 115,877,200 |
| 1982 | 117,881,100 |
| 1983 | 121,108,500 |
| 1984 | 124,406,700 |
| 1985 | 128,496,300 |
| 1986 | 131,268,500 |
| 1987 | 136,266,400 |
| 1988 | 141,097,200 |
| 1989 | 146,188,700 |
| 1990 | 151,447,300 |
| 1991 | 155,266,800 |
| 1992 | 159,628,000 |
| 1993 | 164,865,000 |
| 1994 | 170,742,600 |
| 1995 | 177,272,400 |
| 1996 | 184,468,500 |
| 1997 | 192,578,800 |
| 1998 | 199,197,700 |
| 1999 | 209,936,900 |
| 2000 | 213,409,100 |
| 2001 | 212,752,900 |
| 2002 | 209,928,100 |
| 2003 | 203,599,300 |
| 2004 | 198,307,600 |
| 2005 | 193,361,400 |
| 2006 | 185,753,600 |
| 2007 | 176,757,800 |
| 2008 | 181,070,600 |
| 2009 | 171,638,700 |
| 2010 | 168,103,800 |
| 2011 | 161,593,000 |
| 2012 | 156,390,000 |
| 2013 | 150,226,000 |
| 2014 | 144,927,800 |
| 2015 | 140,472,300 |
| 2016 | 136,518,900 |
| 2017 | 130,787,900 |
| 2018 | 124,175,000 |
| 2019 | 120,251,000 |
| 2020 | 114,891,000 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in North America was 31.15 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 68.32 in 2000 and a minimum value of 26.52 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 | 26.52 |
| 1961 | 26.52 |
| 1962 | 26.52 |
| 1963 | 26.52 |
| 1964 | 26.52 |
| 1965 | 28.97 |
| 1966 | 28.97 |
| 1967 | 28.97 |
| 1968 | 28.97 |
| 1969 | 28.97 |
| 1970 | 32.72 |
| 1971 | 32.72 |
| 1972 | 32.72 |
| 1973 | 32.72 |
| 1974 | 32.72 |
| 1975 | 36.67 |
| 1976 | 37.40 |
| 1977 | 38.23 |
| 1978 | 39.22 |
| 1979 | 40.10 |
| 1980 | 41.06 |
| 1981 | 45.20 |
| 1982 | 45.55 |
| 1983 | 46.36 |
| 1984 | 47.17 |
| 1985 | 48.25 |
| 1986 | 48.82 |
| 1987 | 50.18 |
| 1988 | 51.45 |
| 1989 | 52.78 |
| 1990 | 54.14 |
| 1991 | 54.96 |
| 1992 | 55.96 |
| 1993 | 57.22 |
| 1994 | 58.64 |
| 1995 | 60.22 |
| 1996 | 61.93 |
| 1997 | 63.87 |
| 1998 | 65.25 |
| 1999 | 67.96 |
| 2000 | 68.32 |
| 2001 | 67.42 |
| 2002 | 65.91 |
| 2003 | 63.35 |
| 2004 | 61.16 |
| 2005 | 59.09 |
| 2006 | 56.23 |
| 2007 | 52.98 |
| 2008 | 53.75 |
| 2009 | 50.46 |
| 2010 | 48.98 |
| 2011 | 46.69 |
| 2012 | 44.81 |
| 2013 | 42.71 |
| 2014 | 40.89 |
| 2015 | 39.35 |
| 2016 | 37.98 |
| 2017 | 36.14 |
| 2018 | 34.10 |
| 2019 | 32.81 |
| 2020 | 31.15 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
