Australia vs Portugal: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Australia
5.95 million
in 2024
Portugal
5.53 million
in 2024
Australia rank
24th
Portugal rank
25th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Australia
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 5.95 million against 5.53 million in Portugal, a difference of 427,300.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 24th and Portugal ranks 25th of 212 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 14,482 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.