East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Russia: Fixed telephone subscriptions

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
186.00 million
in 2025
Russia
20.82 million
in 2023
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
13th
Russia rank
12th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
  • Russia
0100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M197520002025

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) currently reports 186.00 million against 20.82 million in Russia, a difference of 165.18 million.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s figure about 8.9 times Russia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 49 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Russia ahead.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 13th and Russia ranks 12th of 45 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) averaged higher in 4 and Russia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Russia Difference Ahead
1970s 3.02 million 7.54 million 4.52 million Russia
1980s 6.52 million 14.32 million 7.80 million Russia
1990s 56.10 million 25.28 million 30.82 million East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s 324.81 million 39.56 million 285.25 million East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2010s 287.12 million 36.75 million 250.37 million East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2020s 213.50 million 23.14 million 190.36 million East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Russia?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), at 186.00 million against 20.82 million in Russia as of 2025.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Russia?
165.18 million, with East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Russia?
49 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2023.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Russia rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 13th and Russia ranks 12th of 45 groups.
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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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.