Brazil vs East Asia & Pacific: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Brazil
22.55 million
in 2024
East Asia & Pacific
288.00 million
in 2025
Brazil rank
10th
East Asia & Pacific rank
10th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Brazil
  • East Asia & Pacific
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How they compare

East Asia & Pacific currently reports 288.00 million against 22.55 million in Brazil, a difference of 265.45 million.

That makes East Asia & Pacific's figure about 12.8 times Brazil's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 10th and East Asia & Pacific ranks 10th of 212 countries.

East Asia & Pacific has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil East Asia & Pacific Difference Ahead
1970s 3.16 million 47.99 million 44.83 million East Asia & Pacific
1980s 6.86 million 72.30 million 65.44 million East Asia & Pacific
1990s 14.43 million 159.31 million 144.89 million East Asia & Pacific
2000s 38.67 million 440.19 million 401.52 million East Asia & Pacific
2010s 41.67 million 411.75 million 370.08 million East Asia & Pacific
2020s 26.98 million 318.60 million 291.62 million East Asia & Pacific

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Brazil or East Asia & Pacific?
East Asia & Pacific, at 288.00 million against 22.55 million in Brazil as of 2025.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Brazil and East Asia & Pacific?
265.45 million, with East Asia & Pacific ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and East Asia & Pacific?
50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Brazil and East Asia & Pacific rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Brazil ranks 10th and East Asia & Pacific ranks 10th of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.