Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Euro area or Turkey?

Euro area, at 142.04 million against 9.03 million in Turkey as of 2022.

What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Euro area and Turkey?

133.02 million, with Euro area ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Turkey?

63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.

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.

Euro area vs Turkey: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Euro area

142.04 million

in 2022

Turkey

9.03 million

in 2024

Euro area rank

17th

Turkey rank

17th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

Euro area
Turkey

How they compare

Euro area currently reports 142.04 million against 9.03 million in Turkey, a difference of 133.02 million.

That makes Euro area's figure about 15.7 times Turkey's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Euro area has been ahead every year.

Euro area ranks 17th and Turkey ranks 17th of 47 groups.

Euro area has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Euro area	Turkey	Difference	Ahead
1960s	16.19 million	211,696	15.98 million	Euro area
1970s	43.32 million	626,576	42.70 million	Euro area
1980s	94.64 million	2.71 million	91.94 million	Euro area
1990s	145.91 million	12.53 million	133.38 million	Euro area
2000s	170.04 million	18.43 million	151.61 million	Euro area
2010s	159.06 million	12.84 million	146.22 million	Euro area
2020s	143.29 million	11.99 million	131.31 million	Euro area

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Euro area or Turkey?: Euro area, at 142.04 million against 9.03 million in Turkey as of 2022.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Euro area and Turkey?: 133.02 million, with Euro area ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and Turkey?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Euro area and Turkey rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Euro area ranks 17th and Turkey ranks 17th of 47 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: 261 places, 14,489 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

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.