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China vs IBRD only: Fixed telephone subscriptions

China
166.51 million
in 2024
IBRD only
420.00 million
in 2025
China rank
1st
IBRD only rank
4th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • China
  • IBRD only
0200.0M400.0M600.0M800.0M197520002025

How they compare

IBRD only currently reports 420.00 million against 166.51 million in China, a difference of 253.49 million.

That makes IBRD only's figure about 2.5 times China's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, IBRD only has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and IBRD only ranks 4th 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.