North America vs Portugal: Fixed telephone subscriptions
North America
23 per 100 people
in 2025
Portugal
53 per 100 people
in 2024
North America rank
5th
Portugal rank
6th
Fixed telephone subscriptions over time
- North America
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 53 per 100 people against 23 per 100 people in North America, a difference of 30 per 100 people.
That makes Portugal's figure about 2.3 times North America's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was North America ahead.
North America ranks 5th and Portugal ranks 6th of 45 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, North America averaged higher in 5 and Portugal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North America | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28.03 per 100 people | 2.85 per 100 people | 25.18 per 100 people | North America |
| 1970s | 36.25 per 100 people | 7.68 per 100 people | 28.57 per 100 people | North America |
| 1980s | 48.67 per 100 people | 14.42 per 100 people | 34.25 per 100 people | North America |
| 1990s | 60.11 per 100 people | 34.43 per 100 people | 25.68 per 100 people | North America |
| 2000s | 59.58 per 100 people | 40.83 per 100 people | 18.75 per 100 people | North America |
| 2010s | 39.93 per 100 people | 45.27 per 100 people | 5.34 per 100 people | Portugal |
| 2020s | 27.08 per 100 people | 51.88 per 100 people | 24.8 per 100 people | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, North America or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 53 per 100 people against 23 per 100 people in North America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between North America and Portugal?
- 30 per 100 people, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North America and Portugal?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do North America and Portugal rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- North America ranks 5th and Portugal ranks 6th of 45 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.