Jordan vs North Korea: Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

Jordan
4.21 per 100 people
in 2024
North Korea
4.48 per 100 people
in 2022
Jordan rank
137th
North Korea rank
134th

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) over time

  • Jordan
  • North Korea
02.557.51012.5196019922024

How they compare

North Korea currently reports 4.48 per 100 people against 4.21 per 100 people in Jordan, a difference of 0.27 per 100 people.

That makes North Korea's figure about 1.1 times Jordan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 39 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Jordan ahead.

Jordan ranks 137th and North Korea ranks 134th of 214 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Jordan averaged higher in 4 and North Korea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Jordan North Korea Difference Ahead
1980s 5.73 per 100 people 2.55 per 100 people 3.18 per 100 people Jordan
1990s 7.62 per 100 people 2.23 per 100 people 5.39 per 100 people Jordan
2000s 9.98 per 100 people 4.02 per 100 people 5.96 per 100 people Jordan
2010s 4.7 per 100 people 4.63 per 100 people 0.0695 per 100 people Jordan
2020s 3.76 per 100 people 4.5 per 100 people 0.7399 per 100 people North Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Jordan or North Korea?
North Korea, at 4.48 per 100 people against 4.21 per 100 people in Jordan as of 2022.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Jordan and North Korea?
0.27 per 100 people, with North Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and North Korea?
39 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2022.
How do Jordan and North Korea rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Jordan ranks 137th and North Korea ranks 134th 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.