World - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in World was 901,317,600 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,261,206,000 in 2006 and a minimum value of 116,343,800 in 1966.
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 | 116,343,800 |
| 1967 | 116,343,800 |
| 1968 | 116,343,800 |
| 1969 | 116,343,800 |
| 1971 | 158,436,000 |
| 1972 | 158,436,000 |
| 1973 | 158,436,000 |
| 1974 | 158,436,000 |
| 1975 | 229,134,100 |
| 1976 | 243,357,500 |
| 1977 | 259,049,100 |
| 1978 | 275,751,800 |
| 1979 | 294,226,300 |
| 1980 | 310,828,500 |
| 1981 | 336,615,300 |
| 1982 | 351,911,500 |
| 1983 | 368,580,300 |
| 1984 | 385,180,000 |
| 1985 | 403,506,300 |
| 1986 | 420,358,600 |
| 1987 | 441,038,300 |
| 1988 | 464,605,200 |
| 1989 | 489,418,400 |
| 1990 | 517,584,400 |
| 1991 | 543,078,200 |
| 1992 | 570,936,600 |
| 1993 | 602,706,600 |
| 1994 | 642,258,800 |
| 1995 | 688,176,400 |
| 1996 | 738,046,000 |
| 1997 | 792,107,600 |
| 1998 | 838,347,100 |
| 1999 | 904,516,400 |
| 2000 | 975,057,900 |
| 2001 | 1,034,496,000 |
| 2002 | 1,083,358,000 |
| 2003 | 1,135,704,000 |
| 2004 | 1,203,419,000 |
| 2005 | 1,243,521,000 |
| 2006 | 1,261,206,000 |
| 2007 | 1,254,127,000 |
| 2008 | 1,249,458,000 |
| 2009 | 1,254,101,000 |
| 2010 | 1,229,409,000 |
| 2011 | 1,201,533,000 |
| 2012 | 1,179,304,000 |
| 2013 | 1,142,234,000 |
| 2014 | 1,091,281,000 |
| 2015 | 1,045,930,000 |
| 2016 | 1,007,952,000 |
| 2017 | 983,849,900 |
| 2018 | 947,458,400 |
| 2019 | 925,394,600 |
| 2020 | 901,317,600 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in World was 11.61 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.35 in 2005 and a minimum value of 5.02 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 | 5.15 |
| 1967 | 5.11 |
| 1968 | 5.07 |
| 1969 | 5.02 |
| 1971 | 6.08 |
| 1972 | 6.03 |
| 1973 | 5.97 |
| 1974 | 5.91 |
| 1975 | 6.00 |
| 1976 | 6.22 |
| 1977 | 6.51 |
| 1978 | 6.83 |
| 1979 | 7.13 |
| 1980 | 7.49 |
| 1981 | 7.66 |
| 1982 | 7.70 |
| 1983 | 7.89 |
| 1984 | 8.10 |
| 1985 | 8.33 |
| 1986 | 8.53 |
| 1987 | 8.77 |
| 1988 | 9.07 |
| 1989 | 9.39 |
| 1990 | 9.76 |
| 1991 | 10.07 |
| 1992 | 10.41 |
| 1993 | 10.82 |
| 1994 | 11.37 |
| 1995 | 12.01 |
| 1996 | 12.70 |
| 1997 | 13.45 |
| 1998 | 14.04 |
| 1999 | 14.95 |
| 2000 | 15.91 |
| 2001 | 16.66 |
| 2002 | 17.23 |
| 2003 | 17.84 |
| 2004 | 18.72 |
| 2005 | 19.35 |
| 2006 | 19.17 |
| 2007 | 18.80 |
| 2008 | 18.50 |
| 2009 | 18.26 |
| 2010 | 17.68 |
| 2011 | 17.08 |
| 2012 | 16.56 |
| 2013 | 15.85 |
| 2014 | 15.04 |
| 2015 | 14.19 |
| 2016 | 13.52 |
| 2017 | 13.08 |
| 2018 | 12.82 |
| 2019 | 12.05 |
| 2020 | 11.61 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
