Bhutan vs Papua New Guinea: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre

Bhutan
0.4827 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.3813 units per square kilometre
in 2022
Bhutan rank
169th
Papua New Guinea rank
172nd

Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre over time

  • Bhutan
  • Papua New Guinea
00.20.40.60.8196119922023

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 0.4827 units per square kilometre against 0.3813 units per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.1014 units per square kilometre.

That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.3 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 57 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Bhutan ranks 169th and Papua New Guinea ranks 172nd of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0054 units per square kilometre 0.0094 units per square kilometre 0.0041 units per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
1970s 0.012 units per square kilometre 0.0331 units per square kilometre 0.0211 units per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.0317 units per square kilometre 0.0627 units per square kilometre 0.031 units per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.1363 units per square kilometre 0.0974 units per square kilometre 0.0389 units per square kilometre Bhutan
2000s 0.6566 units per square kilometre 0.1453 units per square kilometre 0.5113 units per square kilometre Bhutan
2010s 0.6322 units per square kilometre 0.3198 units per square kilometre 0.3125 units per square kilometre Bhutan
2020s 0.5439 units per square kilometre 0.3715 units per square kilometre 0.1724 units per square kilometre Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre, Bhutan or Papua New Guinea?
Bhutan, at 0.4827 units per square kilometre against 0.3813 units per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre between Bhutan and Papua New Guinea?
0.1014 units per square kilometre, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Papua New Guinea?
57 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2022.
How do Bhutan and Papua New Guinea rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre?
Bhutan ranks 169th and Papua New Guinea ranks 172nd of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
259 places, 13,559 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Fixed telephone subscriptions divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.