Zambia - Telephone lines
Fixed telephone subscriptions
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions in Zambia was 71,844 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 118,388 in 2010 and a minimum value of 15,000 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 | 15,000 |
| 1961 | 15,000 |
| 1962 | 15,000 |
| 1963 | 15,000 |
| 1964 | 15,000 |
| 1965 | 17,100 |
| 1966 | 17,100 |
| 1967 | 17,100 |
| 1968 | 17,100 |
| 1969 | 17,100 |
| 1970 | 23,200 |
| 1971 | 23,200 |
| 1972 | 23,200 |
| 1973 | 23,200 |
| 1974 | 23,200 |
| 1975 | 28,400 |
| 1976 | 28,200 |
| 1977 | 29,500 |
| 1978 | 30,000 |
| 1979 | 30,698 |
| 1980 | 32,659 |
| 1981 | 34,927 |
| 1982 | 36,330 |
| 1983 | 37,493 |
| 1984 | 41,819 |
| 1985 | 43,772 |
| 1986 | 47,164 |
| 1987 | 50,919 |
| 1988 | 58,492 |
| 1989 | 65,750 |
| 1990 | 65,057 |
| 1991 | 68,935 |
| 1992 | 75,880 |
| 1993 | 77,966 |
| 1994 | 79,786 |
| 1995 | 76,769 |
| 1996 | 77,935 |
| 1997 | 77,377 |
| 1998 | 77,700 |
| 1999 | 83,084 |
| 2000 | 83,326 |
| 2001 | 85,662 |
| 2002 | 87,674 |
| 2003 | 88,426 |
| 2004 | 91,719 |
| 2005 | 94,665 |
| 2006 | 93,427 |
| 2007 | 91,789 |
| 2008 | 90,600 |
| 2009 | 90,341 |
| 2010 | 118,388 |
| 2011 | 85,727 |
| 2012 | 82,542 |
| 2013 | 115,762 |
| 2014 | 114,420 |
| 2015 | 116,165 |
| 2016 | 101,407 |
| 2017 | 101,444 |
| 2018 | 100,444 |
| 2019 | 96,719 |
| 2020 | 71,844 |
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
The value for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Zambia was 0.391 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.901 in 1993 and a minimum value of 0.391 in 2020.
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 | 0.488 |
| 1961 | 0.488 |
| 1962 | 0.488 |
| 1963 | 0.488 |
| 1964 | 0.488 |
| 1965 | 0.479 |
| 1966 | 0.479 |
| 1967 | 0.479 |
| 1968 | 0.479 |
| 1969 | 0.479 |
| 1970 | 0.555 |
| 1971 | 0.555 |
| 1972 | 0.555 |
| 1973 | 0.555 |
| 1974 | 0.555 |
| 1975 | 0.575 |
| 1976 | 0.552 |
| 1977 | 0.558 |
| 1978 | 0.549 |
| 1979 | 0.543 |
| 1980 | 0.558 |
| 1981 | 0.577 |
| 1982 | 0.580 |
| 1983 | 0.578 |
| 1984 | 0.624 |
| 1985 | 0.632 |
| 1986 | 0.660 |
| 1987 | 0.691 |
| 1988 | 0.770 |
| 1989 | 0.841 |
| 1990 | 0.809 |
| 1991 | 0.836 |
| 1992 | 0.898 |
| 1993 | 0.901 |
| 1994 | 0.900 |
| 1995 | 0.844 |
| 1996 | 0.834 |
| 1997 | 0.806 |
| 1998 | 0.788 |
| 1999 | 0.819 |
| 2000 | 0.800 |
| 2001 | 0.801 |
| 2002 | 0.799 |
| 2003 | 0.786 |
| 2004 | 0.794 |
| 2005 | 0.798 |
| 2006 | 0.767 |
| 2007 | 0.734 |
| 2008 | 0.705 |
| 2009 | 0.684 |
| 2010 | 0.870 |
| 2011 | 0.611 |
| 2012 | 0.571 |
| 2013 | 0.776 |
| 2014 | 0.743 |
| 2015 | 0.732 |
| 2016 | 0.620 |
| 2017 | 0.602 |
| 2018 | 0.579 |
| 2019 | 0.542 |
| 2020 | 0.391 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Communications
