Japan vs North America: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita
Japan
0.4765 units per person
in 2023
North America
0.2321 units per person
in 2025
Japan rank
8th
North America rank
7th
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita over time
- Japan
- North America
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.4765 units per person against 0.2321 units per person in North America, a difference of 0.2444 units per person.
That makes Japan's figure about 2.1 times North America's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was North America ahead.
Japan ranks 8th and North America ranks 7th of 213 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and North America in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0561 units per person | 0.2775 units per person | 0.2214 units per person | North America |
| 1970s | 0.2334 units per person | 0.3567 units per person | 0.1233 units per person | North America |
| 1980s | 0.3753 units per person | 0.4812 units per person | 0.1059 units per person | North America |
| 1990s | 0.4826 units per person | 0.5996 units per person | 0.117 units per person | North America |
| 2000s | 0.4578 units per person | 0.5977 units per person | 0.1399 units per person | North America |
| 2010s | 0.5028 units per person | 0.4037 units per person | 0.0991 units per person | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.4849 units per person | 0.2834 units per person | 0.2015 units per person | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita, Japan or North America?
- Japan, at 0.4765 units per person against 0.2321 units per person in North America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita between Japan and North America?
- 0.2444 units per person, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and North America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Japan and North America rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita?
- Japan ranks 8th and North America ranks 7th of 213 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita. 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 divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.