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China vs World: Fixed telephone subscriptions

China
166.51 million
in 2024
World
815.00 million
in 2025
China rank
1st
World rank
1st

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • China
  • World
0500.0M1.0B1.5B196619952025

How they compare

World currently reports 815.00 million against 166.51 million in China, a difference of 648.49 million.

That makes World's figure about 4.9 times China's.

Across all 45 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and World ranks 1st 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.