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Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

Compare fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) across 146 countries using the latest fixed-year World Bank WDI observations for 2024.

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Key Insights

Global Average
14.6per 100 people
Median: 10.8per 100 people
Countries Covered
146
with available data
Highest
Monaco
95.5per 100 people
Lowest
Bhutan
0.0per 100 people
Top 5 Countries
1Monaco95.5per 100 people
2Andorra64.9per 100 people
3Virgin Islands, British61.9per 100 people
4Portugal53.0per 100 people
5Malta47.3per 100 people
By Region
Europe22.5per 100 people(29 countries)
North America21.1per 100 people(4 countries)
Oceania16.6per 100 people(2 countries)
Asia14.8per 100 people(20 countries)
South America13.1per 100 people(7 countries)
Key Findings
  • 146 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
  • Monaco has the highest published value (95.4777 per 100 people).
  • Bhutan has the lowest published value (0 per 100 people).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0per 100 people)High (95.5per 100 people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 14.6per 100 people)

Europe (29)
North America (4)
Oceania (2)
Asia (20)
South America (7)
Other (75)
Africa (9)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

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.

Values use one fixed 2024 reference year from World Development Indicators series IT.MLT.MAIN.P2. MapTheory excludes aggregates, missing/non-finite values, and geographies without an ISO 3166-1 numeric mapping; it does not interpolate missing countries.

Methodology

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.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Monaco95.5per 100 people
2Andorra64.9per 100 people
3Virgin Islands, British61.9per 100 people
4Portugal53.0per 100 people
5Malta47.3per 100 people
6Greece46.7per 100 people
7Belarus45.8per 100 people
8Germany45.4per 100 people
9Hong Kong44.6per 100 people
10Bermuda43.6per 100 people
11South Korea41.2per 100 people
12Austria38.2per 100 people
13Spain38.0per 100 people
14Mauritius36.9per 100 people
15Serbia36.7per 100 people
16Uruguay35.6per 100 people
17Singapore35.0per 100 people
18United Kingdom34.4per 100 people
19Italy34.2per 100 people
20Islamic Republic of Iran30.8per 100 people
21Switzerland30.6per 100 people
22Montenegro30.1per 100 people
23Slovenia28.7per 100 people
24Croatia28.5per 100 people
25Brunei Darussalam27.7per 100 people
26Canada27.6per 100 people
27Hungary26.0per 100 people
28Cyprus25.4per 100 people
29The Republic of North Macedonia25.0per 100 people
30Liechtenstein24.8per 100 people
31Moldova, Republic of24.2per 100 people
32Puerto Rico23.8per 100 people
33United States of America23.6per 100 people
34Bahamas23.2per 100 people
35Malaysia23.1per 100 people
36Mexico22.6per 100 people
37Australia22.3per 100 people
38Netherlands21.8per 100 people
39Belgium21.2per 100 people
40United Arab Emirates20.8per 100 people
41Ireland20.5per 100 people
42Saudi Arabia19.7per 100 people
43Trinidad and Tobago19.7per 100 people
44Suriname19.6per 100 people
45Bosnia and Herzegovina18.4per 100 people
46Iceland17.4per 100 people
47Uzbekistan17.4per 100 people
48Qatar17.2per 100 people
49Estonia16.7per 100 people
50Jamaica16.0per 100 people
51Tunisia16.0per 100 people
52Bahrain15.9per 100 people
53Mongolia14.9per 100 people
54Algeria14.8per 100 people
55Cuba14.5per 100 people
56Argentina14.1per 100 people
57El Salvador14.0per 100 people
58Azerbaijan12.8per 100 people
59Seychelles12.4per 100 people
60Colombia11.9per 100 people
61Costa Rica11.9per 100 people
62Kazakhstan11.9per 100 people
63People's Republic of China11.7per 100 people
64Cape Verde11.7per 100 people
65Denmark11.7per 100 people
66Syrian Arab Republic11.5per 100 people
67Iraq11.5per 100 people
68Poland11.5per 100 people
69Egypt11.4per 100 people
70Macao11.3per 100 people
71Latvia10.9per 100 people
72New Zealand10.8per 100 people
73Czech Republic10.8per 100 people
74Guatemala10.8per 100 people
75Brazil10.6per 100 people
76Türkiye10.3per 100 people
77Dominican Republic10.1per 100 people
78Armenia10.0per 100 people
79Romania9.1per 100 people
80Saint Vincent and the Grenadines9.0per 100 people
81Chile8.8per 100 people
82Venezuela8.5per 100 people
83Fiji8.4per 100 people
84Oman8.3per 100 people
85Slovakia8.3per 100 people
86Bulgaria8.2per 100 people
87Morocco8.0per 100 people
88Sweden7.5per 100 people
89Lithuania7.0per 100 people
90Sri Lanka6.8per 100 people
91Georgia6.8per 100 people
92Ecuador6.7per 100 people
93Albania5.9per 100 people
94Thailand5.4per 100 people
95Honduras4.2per 100 people
96Jordan4.2per 100 people
97Peru4.1per 100 people
98Philippines3.8per 100 people
99Nicaragua3.5per 100 people
100Botswana3.3per 100 people
101Bolivia3.0per 100 people
102Eswatini2.9per 100 people
103India2.7per 100 people
104Finland2.7per 100 people
105Gabon2.6per 100 people
106Vietnam2.6per 100 people
107Namibia2.6per 100 people
108Maldives2.3per 100 people
109Kyrgyzstan2.2per 100 people
110Zimbabwe1.8per 100 people
111Indonesia1.6per 100 people
112Senegal1.6per 100 people
113Republic of The Gambia1.6per 100 people
114South Africa1.6per 100 people
115Nepal1.4per 100 people
116Norway1.3per 100 people
117Myanmar1.0per 100 people
118Pakistan1.0per 100 people
119Vanuatu0.9per 100 people
120Togo0.8per 100 people
121Ghana0.8per 100 people
122Cote d'Ivoire0.8per 100 people
123Sao Tome and Principe0.8per 100 people
124Ethiopia0.6per 100 people
125Niger0.4per 100 people
126Uganda0.4per 100 people
127Burkina Faso0.3per 100 people
128Zambia0.3per 100 people
129Lesotho0.3per 100 people
130Mauritania0.3per 100 people
131Cameroon0.2per 100 people
132Angola0.2per 100 people
133Cambodia0.2per 100 people
134Bangladesh0.2per 100 people
135Timor-Leste0.1per 100 people
136United Republic of Tanzania0.1per 100 people
137Kenya0.1per 100 people
138Mozambique0.1per 100 people
139Rwanda0.1per 100 people
140Nigeria0.0per 100 people
141Malawi0.0per 100 people
142Kiribati0.0per 100 people
143Benin0.0per 100 people
144Chad0.0per 100 people
145Democratic Republic of the Congo0.0per 100 people
146Bhutan0.0per 100 people
Showing 146 of 146 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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