Gambia vs Papua New Guinea: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Gambia
1.6 per 100 people
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
1.69 per 100 people
in 2022
Gambia rank
162nd
Papua New Guinea rank
159th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Gambia
  • Papua New Guinea
0123196519942024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 1.69 per 100 people against 1.6 per 100 people in Gambia, a difference of 0.09 per 100 people.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Gambia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Gambia ranks 162nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 159th of 213 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 5 and Papua New Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Gambia Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.188 per 100 people 0.1756 per 100 people 0.0124 per 100 people Gambia
1970s 0.2346 per 100 people 0.5255 per 100 people 0.2909 per 100 people Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.3673 per 100 people 0.8295 per 100 people 0.4622 per 100 people Papua New Guinea
1990s 1.45 per 100 people 0.9507 per 100 people 0.5 per 100 people Gambia
2000s 2.58 per 100 people 1.02 per 100 people 1.56 per 100 people Gambia
2010s 2.37 per 100 people 1.69 per 100 people 0.679 per 100 people Gambia
2020s 2.37 per 100 people 1.68 per 100 people 0.6884 per 100 people Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Gambia or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 1.69 per 100 people against 1.6 per 100 people in Gambia as of 2022.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Gambia and Papua New Guinea?
0.09 per 100 people, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Papua New Guinea?
57 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2022.
How do Gambia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Gambia ranks 162nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 159th of 213 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
260 places, 14,528 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.