Bangladesh vs Tanzania: Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

Bangladesh
0.1641 per 100 people
in 2024
Tanzania
0.1142 per 100 people
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
192nd
Tanzania rank
195th

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Tanzania
00.20.40.60.8196019922024

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 0.1641 per 100 people against 0.1142 per 100 people in Tanzania, a difference of 0.0499 per 100 people.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.4 times Tanzania's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Tanzania ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 192nd and Tanzania ranks 195th of 214 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 3 and Tanzania in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Tanzania Difference Ahead
1970s 0.083 per 100 people 0.147 per 100 people 0.0641 per 100 people Tanzania
1980s 0.1471 per 100 people 0.2292 per 100 people 0.0821 per 100 people Tanzania
1990s 0.2439 per 100 people 0.3216 per 100 people 0.0777 per 100 people Tanzania
2000s 0.6356 per 100 people 0.4097 per 100 people 0.2259 per 100 people Bangladesh
2010s 0.6627 per 100 people 0.2839 per 100 people 0.3787 per 100 people Bangladesh
2020s 0.3034 per 100 people 0.1184 per 100 people 0.185 per 100 people Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Bangladesh or Tanzania?
Bangladesh, at 0.1641 per 100 people against 0.1142 per 100 people in Tanzania as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Bangladesh and Tanzania?
0.0499 per 100 people, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Tanzania?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and Tanzania rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Bangladesh ranks 192nd and Tanzania ranks 195th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit
per 100 people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 14,535 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.