Japan vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Fixed telephone subscriptions
Fixed telephone subscriptions over time
- Japan
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
How they compare
Japan currently reports 47.7 per 100 people against 12 per 100 people in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 35.7 per 100 people.
That makes Japan's figure about 4.0 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 8th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th of 214 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.69 per 100 people | 1.51 per 100 people | 4.18 per 100 people | Japan |
| 1970s | 23.36 per 100 people | 2.52 per 100 people | 20.85 per 100 people | Japan |
| 1980s | 37.41 per 100 people | 4.68 per 100 people | 32.73 per 100 people | Japan |
| 1990s | 48.22 per 100 people | 8.52 per 100 people | 39.7 per 100 people | Japan |
| 2000s | 45.75 per 100 people | 16.91 per 100 people | 28.84 per 100 people | Japan |
| 2010s | 50.22 per 100 people | 16.74 per 100 people | 33.47 per 100 people | Japan |
| 2020s | 48.51 per 100 people | 13.75 per 100 people | 34.76 per 100 people | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Japan or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Japan, at 47.7 per 100 people against 12 per 100 people in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Japan and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 35.7 per 100 people, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- Japan ranks 8th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 13th 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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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.