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China vs IDA & IBRD total: Fixed telephone subscriptions

China
166.51 million
in 2024
IDA & IBRD total
443.00 million
in 2025
China rank
1st
IDA & IBRD total rank
2nd

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • China
  • IDA & IBRD total
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How they compare

IDA & IBRD total currently reports 443.00 million against 166.51 million in China, a difference of 276.49 million.

That makes IDA & IBRD total's figure about 2.7 times China's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, IDA & IBRD total has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and IDA & IBRD total ranks 2nd 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.