North America vs Portugal: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita
North America
0.2321 units per person
in 2025
Portugal
0.5167 units per person
in 2024
North America rank
7th
Portugal rank
6th
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita over time
- North America
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.5167 units per person against 0.2321 units per person in North America, a difference of 0.2846 units per person.
That makes Portugal's figure about 2.2 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 7th and Portugal ranks 6th of 47 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 | 0.2775 units per person | 0.0284 units per person | 0.2492 units per person | North America |
| 1970s | 0.3567 units per person | 0.0769 units per person | 0.2798 units per person | North America |
| 1980s | 0.4812 units per person | 0.1441 units per person | 0.3371 units per person | North America |
| 1990s | 0.5996 units per person | 0.3445 units per person | 0.2551 units per person | North America |
| 2000s | 0.5977 units per person | 0.4083 units per person | 0.1894 units per person | North America |
| 2010s | 0.4037 units per person | 0.4535 units per person | 0.0498 units per person | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.2755 units per person | 0.5155 units per person | 0.24 units per person | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita, North America or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 0.5167 units per person against 0.2321 units per person in North America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita between North America and Portugal?
- 0.2846 units per person, 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, per capita?
- North America ranks 7th and Portugal ranks 6th of 47 groups.
- 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.