Tanzania - Telephone lines

Fixed telephone subscriptions

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Tanzania was 72,469 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 177,802 in 2001 and a minimum value of 8,130 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 8,130
1961 8,130
1962 8,130
1963 8,130
1964 8,130
1965 10,231
1966 10,231
1967 10,231
1968 10,231
1969 10,231
1970 14,977
1971 14,977
1972 14,977
1973 14,977
1974 14,977
1975 27,056
1976 28,766
1977 31,777
1978 35,021
1979 38,283
1980 39,770
1981 40,704
1982 42,007
1983 43,987
1984 47,509
1985 52,064
1986 54,460
1987 58,919
1988 66,058
1989 70,640
1990 73,011
1991 76,369
1992 81,306
1993 85,005
1994 88,315
1995 90,270
1996 92,760
1997 105,095
1998 121,769
1999 149,611
2000 173,591
2001 177,802
2002 161,590
2003 147,006
2004 148,360
2005 154,360
2006 152,000
2007 163,269
2008 123,809
2009 172,922
2010 174,511
2011 161,063
2012 176,367
2013 164,999
2014 151,274
2015 142,819
2016 129,597
2017 127,094
2018 124,238
2019 76,288
2020 72,469

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Tanzania was 0.121 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.518 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.081 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:

Year Value
1960 0.081
1961 0.081
1962 0.081
1963 0.081
1964 0.081
1965 0.088
1966 0.088
1967 0.088
1968 0.088
1969 0.088
1970 0.111
1971 0.111
1972 0.111
1973 0.111
1974 0.111
1975 0.170
1976 0.176
1977 0.188
1978 0.201
1979 0.213
1980 0.215
1981 0.213
1982 0.213
1983 0.216
1984 0.226
1985 0.241
1986 0.244
1987 0.256
1988 0.279
1989 0.289
1990 0.290
1991 0.293
1992 0.302
1993 0.305
1994 0.307
1995 0.304
1996 0.305
1997 0.337
1998 0.381
1999 0.458
2000 0.518
2001 0.517
2002 0.457
2003 0.405
2004 0.397
2005 0.401
2006 0.384
2007 0.401
2008 0.296
2009 0.401
2010 0.394
2011 0.353
2012 0.375
2013 0.340
2014 0.303
2015 0.277
2016 0.244
2017 0.233
2018 0.221
2019 0.132
2020 0.121

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications