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Australia vs South Asia: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Australia
5.95 million
in 2024
South Asia
52.00 million
in 2025
Australia rank
24th
South Asia rank
27th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Australia
  • South Asia
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How they compare

South Asia currently reports 52.00 million against 5.95 million in Australia, a difference of 46.05 million.

That makes South Asia's figure about 8.7 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 24th and South Asia ranks 27th 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.