High income vs Japan: Fixed telephone subscriptions
High income
28 per 100 people
in 2025
Japan
47.7 per 100 people
in 2023
High income rank
5th
Japan rank
8th
Fixed telephone subscriptions over time
- High income
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 47.7 per 100 people against 28 per 100 people in High income, a difference of 19.7 per 100 people.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.7 times High income's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was High income ahead.
High income ranks 5th and Japan ranks 8th of 46 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, High income averaged higher in 2 and Japan in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | High income | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.65 per 100 people | 5.69 per 100 people | 6.96 per 100 people | High income |
| 1970s | 19.69 per 100 people | 23.36 per 100 people | 3.67 per 100 people | Japan |
| 1980s | 30.59 per 100 people | 37.41 per 100 people | 6.81 per 100 people | Japan |
| 1990s | 42.92 per 100 people | 48.22 per 100 people | 5.3 per 100 people | Japan |
| 2000s | 47.62 per 100 people | 45.75 per 100 people | 1.87 per 100 people | High income |
| 2010s | 40.03 per 100 people | 50.22 per 100 people | 10.19 per 100 people | Japan |
| 2020s | 31.95 per 100 people | 48.51 per 100 people | 16.56 per 100 people | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, High income or Japan?
- Japan, at 47.7 per 100 people against 28 per 100 people in High income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between High income and Japan?
- 19.7 per 100 people, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do High income and Japan rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- High income ranks 5th and Japan ranks 8th of 46 groups.
- 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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About this data
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.