Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Europe & Central Asia or Italy?

Europe & Central Asia, at 217.00 million against 20.30 million in Italy as of 2025.

What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Europe & Central Asia and Italy?

196.70 million, with Europe & Central Asia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia and Italy?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

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.

Europe & Central Asia vs Italy: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Europe & Central Asia

217.00 million

in 2025

Italy

20.30 million

in 2024

Europe & Central Asia rank

12th

Italy rank

13th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

Europe & Central Asia
Italy

How they compare

Europe & Central Asia currently reports 217.00 million against 20.30 million in Italy, a difference of 196.70 million.

That makes Europe & Central Asia's figure about 10.7 times Italy's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Europe & Central Asia has been ahead every year.

Europe & Central Asia ranks 12th and Italy ranks 13th of 48 groups.

Europe & Central Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Europe & Central Asia	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1960s	30.08 million	3.80 million	26.28 million	Europe & Central Asia
1970s	75.89 million	8.65 million	67.23 million	Europe & Central Asia
1980s	163.80 million	16.98 million	146.82 million	Europe & Central Asia
1990s	262.96 million	24.61 million	238.35 million	Europe & Central Asia
2000s	330.78 million	25.32 million	305.45 million	Europe & Central Asia
2010s	301.54 million	20.92 million	280.62 million	Europe & Central Asia
2020s	244.40 million	19.98 million	224.42 million	Europe & Central Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Europe & Central Asia or Italy?: Europe & Central Asia, at 217.00 million against 20.30 million in Italy as of 2025.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Europe & Central Asia and Italy?: 196.70 million, with Europe & Central Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia and Italy?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Europe & Central Asia and Italy rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Europe & Central Asia ranks 12th and Italy ranks 13th of 48 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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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: 06 August 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.