Pakistan - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Pakistan was 2,876,794 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,370,860 in 2013 and a minimum value of 66,776 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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1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
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2005
2010
2015
2020
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1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
8,000,000
Year Value
1960 66,776
1961 66,776
1962 66,776
1963 66,776
1964 66,776
1965 96,000
1966 96,000
1967 96,000
1968 96,000
1969 96,000
1970 140,000
1971 140,000
1972 140,000
1973 140,000
1974 140,000
1975 208,000
1976 227,000
1977 242,000
1978 260,000
1979 286,000
1980 303,000
1981 326,930
1982 337,710
1983 384,430
1984 441,091
1985 455,675
1986 519,540
1987 583,930
1988 636,590
1989 792,211
1990 843,346
1991 1,116,113
1992 1,243,569
1993 1,528,470
1994 1,830,000
1995 2,127,344
1996 2,376,786
1997 2,557,619
1998 2,661,000
1999 2,874,000
2000 3,053,460
2001 3,252,000
2002 3,655,474
2003 4,047,423
2004 4,502,230
2005 5,227,831
2006 5,240,012
2007 4,806,206
2008 4,416,737
2009 6,144,250
2010 6,079,095
2011 5,721,725
2012 5,861,915
2013 6,370,860
2014 4,897,814
2015 3,537,600
2016 3,104,415
2017 2,940,243
2018 2,934,735
2019 2,778,241
2020 2,876,794

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Pakistan was 1.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.50 in 2009 and a minimum value of 0.15 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:

1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
0.00
0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00
3.50
4.00
Year Value
1960 0.15
1961 0.15
1962 0.15
1963 0.15
1964 0.15
1965 0.19
1966 0.19
1967 0.19
1968 0.19
1969 0.19
1970 0.24
1971 0.24
1972 0.24
1973 0.24
1974 0.24
1975 0.31
1976 0.33
1977 0.34
1978 0.36
1979 0.38
1980 0.39
1981 0.41
1982 0.40
1983 0.45
1984 0.49
1985 0.49
1986 0.55
1987 0.59
1988 0.63
1989 0.76
1990 0.78
1991 1.01
1992 1.09
1993 1.31
1994 1.52
1995 1.72
1996 1.87
1997 1.95
1998 1.97
1999 2.07
2000 2.15
2001 2.23
2002 2.44
2003 2.64
2004 2.87
2005 3.26
2006 3.19
2007 2.86
2008 2.57
2009 3.50
2010 3.39
2011 3.12
2012 3.13
2013 3.33
2014 2.51
2015 1.77
2016 1.52
2017 1.41
2018 1.38
2019 1.28
2020 1.30

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications