Japan vs Portugal: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita

Japan
0.4765 units per person
in 2023
Portugal
0.5167 units per person
in 2024
Japan rank
8th
Portugal rank
6th

Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita over time

  • Japan
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.5167 units per person against 0.4765 units per person in Japan, a difference of 0.0402 units per person.

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 213 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 0.0561 units per person 0.0284 units per person 0.0278 units per person Japan
1970s 0.2334 units per person 0.0769 units per person 0.1565 units per person Japan
1980s 0.3753 units per person 0.1441 units per person 0.2312 units per person Japan
1990s 0.4826 units per person 0.3445 units per person 0.1381 units per person Japan
2000s 0.4578 units per person 0.4083 units per person 0.0496 units per person Japan
2010s 0.5028 units per person 0.4535 units per person 0.0493 units per person Japan
2020s 0.4849 units per person 0.5152 units per person 0.0303 units per person Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita, Japan or Portugal?
Portugal, at 0.5167 units per person against 0.4765 units per person in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita between Japan and Portugal?
0.0402 units per person, 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, per capita?
Japan ranks 8th and Portugal ranks 6th 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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Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
260 places, 14,482 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.