Number of Fixed Telephone Subscriptions

This key economic indicator for the Fixed Line sector has been recently updated.

  1. In 2019, Number of Fixed Telephone Subscriptions in China decreased by 0.6% compared to a year earlier.
  2. Since 2014 Japan Number of Fixed Telephone Subscriptions decreased by 0.3% year on year close to 62,743,196 Units.
  3. In 2019 France was number 5 in Number of Fixed Telephone Subscriptions.
  4. In 2019 Ethiopia was number 71 in Number of Fixed Telephone Subscriptions reaching 1,140,000 Units, from 203 in 2018.

Top Countries in Number of Fixed Telephone Subscriptions

Units - 1960 to 2019

# 204 Countries Units Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
China
191,033,000 2019 -0.6 % -5.2 % View data
2 #2
United States
107,568,000 2019 -2.6 % -3.5 % View data
3 #3
Japan
62,743,196 2019 -1.1 % -0.3 % View data
4 #4
Germany
40,400,000 2019 -4.9 % -3.0 % View data
5 #5
France
37,797,000 2019 -0.9 % -0.5 % View data
6 #6
Brazil
33,712,877 2019 -12.0 % -5.2 % View data
7 #7
United Kingdom
32,288,000 2019 +2.5 % -0.6 % View data
8 #8
Iran
28,954,855 2019 -5.0 % -0.3 % View data
9 #9
Russia
27,674,128 2019 -8.1 % -6.3 % View data
10 #10
South Korea
24,727,415 2019 -4.5 % -3.5 % View data
11 #11
Mexico
22,717,180 2019 +4.9 % +4.1 % View data
12 #12
India
21,004,534 2019 -4.0 % -4.9 % View data
13 #13
Spain
19,639,778 2019 +0.8 % +0.4 % View data
14 #14
Italy
19,519,434 2019 -4.3 % -1.1 % View data
15 #15
Canada
13,267,000 2019 -4.2 % -4.2 % View data
16 #16
Turkey
11,532,903 2019 -0.9 % -1.6 % View data
17 #17
Indonesia
9,662,135 2019 +16.4 % -18.1 % View data
18 #18
Egypt
8,760,436 2019 +11.4 % +6.8 % View data
19 #19
Australia
7,820,000 2019 -4.6 % -3.2 % View data
20 #20
Argentina
7,757,243 2019 -20.6 % -4.6 % View data
21 #21
Malaysia
7,446,300 2019 +0.2 % +11.0 % View data
22 #22
Colombia
7,012,306 2019 +0.6 % -0.5 % View data
23 #23
Poland
6,824,896 2019 +3.8 % -6.8 % View data
24 #24
Netherlands
5,560,000 2019 -5.8 % -4.3 % View data
25 #25
Thailand
5,415,000 2019 -10.6 % -1.0 % View data
26 #26
Saudi Arabia
5,377,978 2019 -0.2 % NA View data
27 #27
Venezuela
5,351,312 2019 -3.5 % -7.3 % View data
28 #28
Portugal
5,087,977 2019 +0.3 % +2.1 % View data
29 #29
Greece
4,820,898 2019 -5.1 % -1.9 % View data
30 #30
Algeria
4,635,217 2019 +10.3 % +8.4 % View data
31 #31
Belarus
4,451,144 2019 -0.8 % -0.3 % View data
32 #32
Philippines
4,255,808 2019 +3.0 % +6.6 % View data
33 #33
Ukraine
4,182,994 2019 -31.1 % -16.8 % View data
34 #34
Belgium
3,930,410 2019 -4.3 % -2.8 % View data
35 #35
Austria
3,722,128 2019 -0.3 % +1.1 % View data
36 #36
Vietnam
3,658,005 2019 -14.9 % -11.5 % View data
37 #37
Uzbekistan
3,553,310 2019 +2.7 % +7.2 % View data
38 #38
Romania
3,380,000 2019 -7.7 % -5.8 % View data
39 #39
Israel
3,140,000 2019 -1.9 % -1.7 % View data
40 #40
Switzerland
3,102,504 2019 -5.2 % -6.6 % View data
41 #41
Peru
3,082,040 2019 +12.9 % +0.3 % View data
42 #42
Kazakhstan
3,072,500 2019 -4.2 % -6.7 % View data
43 #43
Hungary
3,048,754 2019 -1.0 % +0.3 % View data
44 #44
Iraq
2,859,094 2019 +5.7 % +8.0 % View data
45 #45
Syria
2,843,103 2019 +3.8 % -4.8 % View data
46 #46
Chile
2,750,272 2019 -8.2 % -4.3 % View data
47 #47
Serbia
2,565,392 2019 -0.4 % -2.1 % View data
48 #48
Pakistan
2,461,916 2019 -12.0 % -12.8 % View data
49 #49
United Arab Emirates
2,362,602 2019 +0.9 % +2.4 % View data
50 #50
Sri Lanka
2,291,464 2019 -7.4 % -3.3 % View data
51 #51
Ecuador
2,195,840 2019 -7.0 % -2.1 % View data
52 #52
Morocco
2,054,545 2019 -6.6 % -3.8 % View data
53 #53
South Africa
2,024,730 2019 -39.5 % -11.1 % View data
54 #54
Guatemala
1,974,006 2019 -19.0 % +2.8 % View data
55 #55
Singapore
1,911,200 2019 -4.5 % -0.9 % View data
56 #56
Ireland
1,766,937 2019 -3.4 % -2.7 % View data
57 #57
New Zealand
1,760,000 2019 +0.0 % -1.0 % View data
58 #58
Sweden
1,750,989 2019 -19.1 % -14.3 % View data
59 #59
Azerbaijan
1,673,211 2019 -0.5 % -1.4 % View data
60 #60
Libya
1,576,000 2019 +0.0 % +11.5 % View data
61 #61
Czech Republic
1,494,175 2019 -1.2 % -5.7 % View data
62 #62
Laos
1,490,831 2019 +0.6 % +10.1 % View data
63 #63
Tunisia
1,454,183 2019 +11.7 % +8.9 % View data
64 #64
Bangladesh
1,449,646 2019 +0.0 % +8.3 % View data
65 #65
Cuba
1,447,134 2019 +4.5 % +2.7 % View data
66 #66
Croatia
1,333,661 2019 -1.6 % -3.2 % View data
67 #67
Dominican Republic
1,211,081 2019 -5.3 % -0.3 % View data
68 #68
Yemen
1,190,000 2019 +0.0 % +0.4 % View data
69 #69
North Korea
1,180,000 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
70 #70
Uruguay
1,165,373 2019 +1.0 % +1.5 % View data
71 #71
Ethiopia
1,140,000 2019 NA +6.8 % View data
72 #72
Moldova
1,071,514 2019 -3.3 % -2.5 % View data
73 #73
Denmark
1,003,524 2019 -10.6 % -11.7 % View data
74 #74
Bulgaria
975,355 2019 -12.9 % -11.7 % View data
75 #75
Lebanon
882,175 2019 -1.3 % -1.8 % View data
76 #76
El Salvador
881,334 2019 -4.5 % -1.6 % View data
77 #77
Cameroon
856,411 2019 -5.1 % -5.8 % View data
78 #78
Nepal
837,291 2019 +4.7 % +0.0 % View data
79 #79
Panama
741,269 2019 +1.8 % +4.7 % View data
80 #80
Bosnia and Herzegovina
728,322 2019 -8.1 % -3.0 % View data
81 #81
Slovenia
707,059 2019 -2.2 % -1.7 % View data
82 #82
Puerto Rico
686,901 2019 -2.3 % -3.6 % View data
83 #83
Turkmenistan
682,000 2019 +0.0 % +1.8 % View data
84 #84
Slovakia
675,297 2019 -6.6 % -6.0 % View data
85 #85
Bolivia
652,272 2019 -8.4 % -5.7 % View data
86 #86
Costa Rica
640,302 2019 -16.6 % -6.2 % View data
87 #87
Oman
592,196 2019 +5.7 % +9.6 % View data
88 #88
Kuwait
583,463 2019 +13.2 % +3.4 % View data
89 #89
Myanmar
520,863 2019 +0.0 % -0.2 % View data
90 #90
Georgia
518,624 2019 -14.2 % -13.9 % View data
91 #91
Honduras
490,103 2019 -7.9 % -1.4 % View data
92 #92
Tajikistan
479,000 2019 +0.0 % +1.7 % View data
93 #93
Palestine
467,189 2019 -0.5 % +3.0 % View data
94 #94
Qatar
461,289 2019 +2.0 % +2.0 % View data
95 #95
Mauritius
458,700 2019 +5.6 % +4.3 % View data
96 #96
Armenia
451,571 2019 -5.5 % -4.6 % View data
97 #97
Norway
444,600 2019 -21.4 % -16.3 % View data
98 #98
Macedonia
400,454 2019 +4.6 % +0.9 % View data
99 #99
Jamaica
398,048 2019 +9.4 % +9.4 % View data
100 #100
Lithuania
368,213 2019 -13.8 % -8.9 % View data
101 #101
Jordan
355,537 2019 -3.7 % -1.1 % View data
102 #102
Mongolia
351,361 2019 -5.0 % +9.0 % View data
103 #103
Trinidad and Tobago
343,385 2019 +7.5 % +3.5 % View data
104 #104
Estonia
324,388 2019 -6.2 % -4.5 % View data
105 #105
Cyprus
323,914 2019 +4.0 % -0.2 % View data
106 #106
Kyrgyzstan
298,855 2019 -9.8 % -7.6 % View data
107 #107
Ghana
288,531 2019 +3.6 % +2.1 % View data
108 #108
Paraguay
272,656 2019 -9.9 % -6.0 % View data
109 #109
Bahrain
272,614 2019 -0.8 % -0.9 % View data
110 #110
Ivory Coast
271,724 2019 -10.1 % +2.3 % View data
111 #111
Finland
269,000 2019 -16.7 % -15.9 % View data
112 #112
Luxembourg
267,400 2019 -2.2 % -0.3 % View data
113 #113
Zimbabwe
265,734 2019 -1.2 % -4.2 % View data
114 #114
Malta
256,838 2019 +0.6 % +2.2 % View data
115 #115
Albania
242,859 2019 -2.3 % +0.6 % View data
116 #116
Mali
242,241 2019 +6.2 % +9.4 % View data
117 #117
Nicaragua
228,782 2019 -29.8 % -7.6 % View data
118 #118
Latvia
227,616 2019 -14.5 % -10.7 % View data
119 #119
Senegal
207,592 2019 -31.3 % -7.8 % View data
120 #120
Montenegro
188,175 2019 +8.8 % +2.7 % View data
121 #121
Papua New Guinea
158,000 2019 +0.0 % +1.7 % View data
122 #122
Botswana
142,587 2019 +0.1 % -3.4 % View data
123 #123
Namibia
139,698 2019 -9.8 % -5.2 % View data
124 #124
Sudan
137,842 2019 +0.7 % -19.8 % View data
125 #125
Guyana
135,795 2019 +0.0 % -3.2 % View data
126 #126
Afghanistan
134,636 2019 +5.3 % +5.7 % View data
127 #127
Barbados
128,043 2019 +0.0 % -1.2 % View data
128 #128
Iceland
125,567 2019 -8.2 % -6.0 % View data
129 #129
Angola
124,726 2019 -27.4 % -15.4 % View data
130 #130
Niger
114,352 2019 +0.0 % +1.7 % View data
131 #131
Nigeria
107,154 2019 -23.7 % -10.2 % View data
132 #132
Zambia
96,719 2019 -3.7 % -3.3 % View data
133 #133
Suriname
92,756 2019 +5.3 % +1.8 % View data
134 #134
Bahamas
91,129 2019 -19.7 % -6.2 % View data
135 #135
Brunei
86,590 2019 +4.8 % +3.9 % View data
136 #136
Mozambique
80,791 2019 +28.2 % -1.4 % View data
137 #137
New Caledonia
77,719 2019 +0.0 % -2.6 % View data
138 #138
Fiji
76,522 2019 +0.0 % +0.2 % View data
139 #139
Uganda
76,492 2019 -6.8 % -25.1 % View data
140 #140
Tanzania
76,288 2019 -38.6 % -12.8 % View data
141 #141
United States Virgin Islands
76,000 2019 +0.0 % -0.0 % View data
142 #142
Burkina Faso
75,291 2019 -1.9 % -9.6 % View data
143 #143
Kenya
70,394 2019 +7.2 % -17.1 % View data
144 #144
Madagascar
69,046 2019 +0.0 % -14.2 % View data
145 #145
Guam
68,000 2019 +0.0 % +0.2 % View data
146 #146
Eritrea
66,170 2019 +0.0 % +0.7 % View data
147 #147
Mauritania
61,858 2019 +3.2 % +3.8 % View data
148 #148
French Polynesia
60,123 2019 -33.4 % -0.3 % View data
149 #149
Cape Verde
57,511 2019 -8.3 % -0.7 % View data
150 #150
Cambodia
56,445 2019 -36.0 % -31.0 % View data
151 #151
Monaco
44,119 2019 +1.7 % -2.7 % View data
152 #152
Gambia
44,000 2019 +0.0 % -4.7 % View data
153 #153
Togo
43,605 2019 +15.7 % -3.9 % View data
154 #154
Swaziland
41,000 2019 +0.0 % -1.6 % View data
155 #155
Andorra
39,657 2019 +0.7 % +0.7 % View data
156 #156
Djibouti
37,107 2019 +0.7 % +11.1 % View data
157 #157
Saint Lucia
36,469 2019 +0.0 % +2.1 % View data
158 #158
Benin
35,917 2019 -26.0 % -28.8 % View data
159 #159
Aruba
35,000 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
160 #160
Cayman Islands
34,768 2019 +0.0 % +1.1 % View data
161 #161
Grenada
32,491 2019 +44.1 % +3.6 % View data
162 #162
Antigua and Barbuda
24,000 2019 +0.0 % +3.8 % View data
163 #163
Gabon
22,291 2019 +2.2 % +3.8 % View data
164 #164
Northern Mariana Islands
22,000 2019 +0.0 % -0.4 % View data
165 #165
Bermuda
21,883 2019 +0.0 % -5.6 % View data
166 #166
Bhutan
21,581 2019 -2.0 % -2.0 % View data
167 #167
Burundi
20,936 2019 -15.6 % -0.7 % View data
168 #168
Seychelles
20,122 2019 -0.8 % -1.1 % View data
169 #169
Belize
18,500 2019 -11.3 % -4.0 % View data
170 #170
Faroe Islands
18,021 2019 +4.8 % -3.0 % View data
171 #171
Saint Kitts and Nevis
17,293 2019 +7.1 % -2.3 % View data
172 #172
Republic of the Congo
17,000 2019 NA +0.8 % View data
173 #173
Gibraltar
16,968 2019 -4.0 % -6.2 % View data
174 #174
Maldives
16,664 2019 -11.1 % -5.9 % View data
175 #175
San Marino
16,000 2019 -3.0 % -3.0 % View data
176 #176
Liechtenstein
13,727 2019 -9.9 % -5.3 % View data
177 #177
Lesotho
13,426 2019 +61.2 % -23.0 % View data
178 #178
Malawi
13,101 2019 -12.6 % -7.1 % View data
179 #179
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
12,934 2019 -32.7 % -11.6 % View data
180 #180
Rwanda
11,393 2019 -12.1 % -25.5 % View data
181 #181
Equatorial Guinea
10,848 2019 +0.0 % -6.4 % View data
182 #182
Comoros
10,042 2019 -2.7 % -15.6 % View data
183 #183
American Samoa
10,000 2019 +0.0 % +0.2 % View data
184 #184
Samoa
8,454 2019 +0.0 % -6.4 % View data
185 #185
Liberia
8,000 2019 +0.0 % -4.4 % View data
186 #186
Palau
7,201 2019 +0.0 % +0.2 % View data
187 #187
Greenland
7,133 2019 -11.5 % -16.1 % View data
188 #188
Solomon Islands
7,104 2019 -4.4 % -1.1 % View data
189 #189
Federated States of Micronesia
6,947 2019 +0.0 % -0.2 % View data
190 #190
British Virgin Islands
6,847 2019 +9.3 % -10.4 % View data
191 #191
Tonga
6,637 2019 -54.8 % -11.2 % View data
192 #192
Chad
6,524 2019 -27.8 % -22.7 % View data
193 #193
Haiti
5,952 2019 +0.5 % -32.0 % View data
194 #194
Sao Tome and Principe
4,784 2019 -9.7 % -6.8 % View data
195 #195
Turks and Caicos Islands
4,000 2019 +0.0 % -0.5 % View data
196 #196
Vanuatu
3,809 2019 -8.3 % -7.8 % View data
197 #197
Sierra Leone
3,434 2019 -21.1 % -26.9 % View data
198 #198
Dominica
2,660 2019 +0.0 % -30.5 % View data
199 #199
Marshall Islands
2,361 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
200 #200
Central African Republic
2,130 2019 -2.9 % +21.6 % View data
201 #201
East Timor
2,075 2019 -5.9 % -10.2 % View data
202 #202
Tuvalu
2,000 2019 +0.0 % +5.9 % View data
203 #203
Somalia
65 2019 -99.9 % -74.2 % View data
204 #204
Kiribati
0 2019 NA -100.0 % View data

Source: World Bank

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