Singapore - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Singapore was 1,891,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,018,100 in 2011 and a minimum value of 37,113 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 37,113
1961 37,113
1962 37,113
1963 37,113
1964 37,113
1965 58,378
1966 58,378
1967 58,378
1968 58,378
1969 58,378
1970 106,443
1971 106,443
1972 106,443
1973 106,443
1974 106,443
1975 210,390
1976 267,263
1977 339,896
1978 415,397
1979 480,003
1980 536,602
1981 589,597
1982 643,014
1983 693,580
1984 759,665
1985 805,128
1986 841,373
1987 886,103
1988 938,719
1989 998,073
1990 1,053,942
1991 1,101,079
1992 1,169,089
1993 1,245,571
1994 1,331,730
1995 1,428,607
1996 1,562,682
1997 1,684,949
1998 1,777,900
1999 1,876,600
2000 1,946,000
2001 1,947,500
2002 1,927,200
2003 1,889,500
2004 1,857,000
2005 1,844,400
2006 1,853,500
2007 1,861,800
2008 1,876,000
2009 1,930,900
2010 1,996,100
2011 2,018,100
2012 1,987,600
2013 1,967,000
2014 1,996,700
2015 2,016,100
2016 1,998,400
2017 1,991,700
2018 2,001,000
2019 1,911,200
2020 1,891,000

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Singapore was 32.32 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 48.30 in 2000 and a minimum value of 2.27 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 2.27
1961 2.27
1962 2.27
1963 2.27
1964 2.27
1965 3.11
1966 3.11
1967 3.11
1968 3.11
1969 3.11
1970 5.14
1971 5.14
1972 5.14
1973 5.14
1974 5.14
1975 9.31
1976 11.68
1977 14.68
1978 17.74
1979 20.23
1980 22.25
1981 23.96
1982 25.54
1983 26.87
1984 28.73
1985 29.76
1986 30.46
1987 31.46
1988 32.67
1989 33.98
1990 34.98
1991 35.51
1992 36.54
1993 37.68
1994 38.99
1995 40.52
1996 42.95
1997 44.91
1998 46.05
1999 47.45
2000 48.30
2001 47.77
2002 46.95
2003 45.76
2004 44.46
2005 43.24
2006 42.10
2007 40.66
2008 39.28
2009 38.88
2010 38.90
2011 38.34
2012 37.02
2013 36.07
2014 36.14
2015 36.05
2016 35.35
2017 34.89
2018 34.75
2019 32.93
2020 32.32

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications