Brazil vs Russia: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Brazil
22.55 million
in 2024
Russia
20.82 million
in 2023
Brazil rank
10th
Russia rank
12th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Brazil
  • Russia
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How they compare

Brazil currently reports 22.55 million against 20.82 million in Russia, a difference of 1.73 million.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Russia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Russia ahead.

Brazil ranks 10th and Russia ranks 12th 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.