Japan vs Portugal: Fixed telephone subscriptions
Japan
47.7 per 100 people
in 2023
Portugal
53 per 100 people
in 2024
Japan rank
8th
Portugal rank
6th
Fixed telephone subscriptions over time
- Japan
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 53 per 100 people against 47.7 per 100 people in Japan, a difference of 5.3 per 100 people.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 8th and Portugal ranks 6th of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Portugal in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.69 per 100 people | 2.85 per 100 people | 2.84 per 100 people | Japan |
| 1970s | 23.36 per 100 people | 7.68 per 100 people | 15.68 per 100 people | Japan |
| 1980s | 37.41 per 100 people | 14.42 per 100 people | 22.99 per 100 people | Japan |
| 1990s | 48.22 per 100 people | 34.43 per 100 people | 13.79 per 100 people | Japan |
| 2000s | 45.75 per 100 people | 40.83 per 100 people | 4.92 per 100 people | Japan |
| 2010s | 50.22 per 100 people | 45.27 per 100 people | 4.95 per 100 people | Japan |
| 2020s | 48.51 per 100 people | 51.6 per 100 people | 3.09 per 100 people | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Japan or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 53 per 100 people against 47.7 per 100 people in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Japan and Portugal?
- 5.3 per 100 people, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Portugal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Portugal rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- Japan ranks 8th and Portugal ranks 6th of 212 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.