South Asia - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in South Asia was 27,836,150 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 58,268,270 in 2005 and a minimum value of 429,647 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 | 429,647 |
| 1961 | 429,647 |
| 1962 | 429,647 |
| 1963 | 429,647 |
| 1964 | 429,647 |
| 1965 | 756,644 |
| 1966 | 756,644 |
| 1967 | 756,644 |
| 1968 | 756,644 |
| 1969 | 756,644 |
| 1970 | 1,220,101 |
| 1971 | 1,220,101 |
| 1972 | 1,220,101 |
| 1973 | 1,220,101 |
| 1974 | 1,220,101 |
| 1975 | 1,805,085 |
| 1976 | 1,983,234 |
| 1977 | 2,121,381 |
| 1978 | 2,295,448 |
| 1979 | 2,475,866 |
| 1980 | 2,640,060 |
| 1981 | 2,836,713 |
| 1982 | 3,027,745 |
| 1983 | 3,289,546 |
| 1984 | 3,592,965 |
| 1985 | 3,915,438 |
| 1986 | 4,325,813 |
| 1987 | 4,725,103 |
| 1988 | 5,179,389 |
| 1989 | 5,765,921 |
| 1990 | 6,359,099 |
| 1991 | 7,385,414 |
| 1992 | 8,517,889 |
| 1993 | 10,073,240 |
| 1994 | 12,189,370 |
| 1995 | 14,728,120 |
| 1996 | 17,653,550 |
| 1997 | 21,262,340 |
| 1998 | 25,458,630 |
| 1999 | 30,803,630 |
| 2000 | 37,082,780 |
| 2001 | 43,552,120 |
| 2002 | 46,973,500 |
| 2003 | 48,190,710 |
| 2004 | 53,002,180 |
| 2005 | 58,268,270 |
| 2006 | 49,703,340 |
| 2007 | 48,749,230 |
| 2008 | 47,987,060 |
| 2009 | 48,749,690 |
| 2010 | 46,941,330 |
| 2011 | 44,053,700 |
| 2012 | 42,185,380 |
| 2013 | 40,166,880 |
| 2014 | 36,567,520 |
| 2015 | 34,210,200 |
| 2016 | 31,769,050 |
| 2017 | 30,507,490 |
| 2018 | 29,694,380 |
| 2019 | 28,458,770 |
| 2020 | 27,836,150 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in South Asia was 1.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.90 in 2005 and a minimum value of 0.08 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 | 0.08 |
| 1961 | 0.08 |
| 1962 | 0.08 |
| 1963 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 0.08 |
| 1965 | 0.13 |
| 1966 | 0.13 |
| 1967 | 0.13 |
| 1968 | 0.13 |
| 1969 | 0.13 |
| 1970 | 0.17 |
| 1971 | 0.17 |
| 1972 | 0.17 |
| 1973 | 0.17 |
| 1974 | 0.17 |
| 1975 | 0.23 |
| 1976 | 0.24 |
| 1977 | 0.25 |
| 1978 | 0.27 |
| 1979 | 0.28 |
| 1980 | 0.29 |
| 1981 | 0.31 |
| 1982 | 0.32 |
| 1983 | 0.34 |
| 1984 | 0.36 |
| 1985 | 0.39 |
| 1986 | 0.42 |
| 1987 | 0.45 |
| 1988 | 0.48 |
| 1989 | 0.52 |
| 1990 | 0.56 |
| 1991 | 0.64 |
| 1992 | 0.72 |
| 1993 | 0.83 |
| 1994 | 0.99 |
| 1995 | 1.17 |
| 1996 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 1.62 |
| 1998 | 1.90 |
| 1999 | 2.26 |
| 2000 | 2.67 |
| 2001 | 3.07 |
| 2002 | 3.26 |
| 2003 | 3.28 |
| 2004 | 3.61 |
| 2005 | 3.90 |
| 2006 | 3.28 |
| 2007 | 3.16 |
| 2008 | 3.07 |
| 2009 | 3.02 |
| 2010 | 2.86 |
| 2011 | 2.65 |
| 2012 | 2.51 |
| 2013 | 2.35 |
| 2014 | 2.12 |
| 2015 | 1.96 |
| 2016 | 1.79 |
| 2017 | 1.70 |
| 2018 | 1.64 |
| 2019 | 1.55 |
| 2020 | 1.50 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
