Small states - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Small states was 4,519,368 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,708,781 in 2009 and a minimum value of 192,663 in 1965.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1965 | 192,663 |
| 1966 | 194,256 |
| 1967 | 194,256 |
| 1968 | 194,256 |
| 1969 | 194,256 |
| 1970 | 304,707 |
| 1971 | 306,300 |
| 1972 | 306,300 |
| 1973 | 306,300 |
| 1974 | 306,300 |
| 1975 | 551,069 |
| 1976 | 583,869 |
| 1977 | 625,283 |
| 1978 | 670,536 |
| 1979 | 727,498 |
| 1980 | 782,807 |
| 1981 | 908,419 |
| 1982 | 994,347 |
| 1983 | 1,107,493 |
| 1984 | 1,203,928 |
| 1985 | 1,324,476 |
| 1986 | 1,453,887 |
| 1987 | 1,563,979 |
| 1988 | 1,670,183 |
| 1989 | 1,772,736 |
| 1990 | 1,915,747 |
| 1991 | 2,079,466 |
| 1992 | 2,273,631 |
| 1993 | 2,494,917 |
| 1994 | 2,708,206 |
| 1995 | 2,916,986 |
| 1996 | 3,195,081 |
| 1997 | 3,499,449 |
| 1998 | 3,754,297 |
| 1999 | 3,953,961 |
| 2000 | 4,155,264 |
| 2001 | 4,273,713 |
| 2002 | 4,221,678 |
| 2003 | 4,332,219 |
| 2004 | 4,325,280 |
| 2005 | 4,441,982 |
| 2006 | 4,472,925 |
| 2007 | 4,603,509 |
| 2008 | 4,687,515 |
| 2009 | 4,708,781 |
| 2010 | 4,626,981 |
| 2011 | 4,704,063 |
| 2012 | 4,661,851 |
| 2013 | 4,563,091 |
| 2014 | 4,529,562 |
| 2015 | 4,491,481 |
| 2016 | 4,468,842 |
| 2017 | 4,414,509 |
| 2018 | 4,231,996 |
| 2019 | 4,516,410 |
| 2020 | 4,519,368 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Small states was 11.45 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15.24 in 2001 and a minimum value of 1.66 in 1969.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1966 | 1.68 |
| 1967 | 1.67 |
| 1968 | 1.66 |
| 1969 | 1.66 |
| 1970 | 2.63 |
| 1971 | 2.24 |
| 1972 | 2.23 |
| 1973 | 2.22 |
| 1974 | 2.22 |
| 1975 | 3.73 |
| 1976 | 3.91 |
| 1977 | 4.29 |
| 1978 | 4.50 |
| 1979 | 4.83 |
| 1980 | 5.06 |
| 1981 | 4.81 |
| 1982 | 5.05 |
| 1983 | 5.43 |
| 1984 | 5.79 |
| 1985 | 6.23 |
| 1986 | 6.69 |
| 1987 | 7.05 |
| 1988 | 7.37 |
| 1989 | 7.67 |
| 1990 | 8.12 |
| 1991 | 8.66 |
| 1992 | 9.31 |
| 1993 | 10.06 |
| 1994 | 10.75 |
| 1995 | 11.40 |
| 1996 | 12.30 |
| 1997 | 13.26 |
| 1998 | 14.00 |
| 1999 | 14.52 |
| 2000 | 15.03 |
| 2001 | 15.24 |
| 2002 | 14.84 |
| 2003 | 14.53 |
| 2004 | 14.27 |
| 2005 | 14.14 |
| 2006 | 14.04 |
| 2007 | 14.15 |
| 2008 | 14.09 |
| 2009 | 13.84 |
| 2010 | 13.25 |
| 2011 | 13.28 |
| 2012 | 12.86 |
| 2013 | 12.51 |
| 2014 | 12.06 |
| 2015 | 11.78 |
| 2016 | 11.52 |
| 2017 | 11.19 |
| 2018 | 11.20 |
| 2019 | 11.62 |
| 2020 | 11.45 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
