Japan vs Middle income: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre

Japan
162.73 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Middle income
6.57 units per square kilometre
in 2022
Japan rank
16th
Middle income rank
16th

Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre over time

  • Japan
  • Middle income
050100150200196119922023

How they compare

Japan currently reports 162.73 units per square kilometre against 6.57 units per square kilometre in Middle income, a difference of 156.16 units per square kilometre.

That makes Japan's figure about 24.8 times Middle income's.

Across all 48 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 16th and Middle income ranks 16th of 212 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 97.42 units per square kilometre 0.4169 units per square kilometre 97 units per square kilometre Japan
1980s 123.71 units per square kilometre 0.8095 units per square kilometre 122.9 units per square kilometre Japan
1990s 165.81 units per square kilometre 2.5 units per square kilometre 163.31 units per square kilometre Japan
2000s 160.33 units per square kilometre 8.66 units per square kilometre 151.68 units per square kilometre Japan
2010s 175.6 units per square kilometre 8.17 units per square kilometre 167.43 units per square kilometre Japan
2020s 168.18 units per square kilometre 6.64 units per square kilometre 161.54 units per square kilometre Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre, Japan or Middle income?
Japan, at 162.73 units per square kilometre against 6.57 units per square kilometre in Middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre between Japan and Middle income?
156.16 units per square kilometre, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Middle income?
48 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2022.
How do Japan and Middle income rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre?
Japan ranks 16th and Middle income ranks 16th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Japan vs Middle income: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 19 August 2026, from https://infrastructure.statizoid.com/compare/fixed-telephone-subscriptions-per-square-kilometre/japan/middle-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://infrastructure.statizoid.com/compare/fixed-telephone-subscriptions-per-square-kilometre/japan/middle-income/">Japan vs Middle income: Fixed telephone subscriptions, per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.