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

Europe & Central Asia, at 217.00 million against 18.23 million in Spain as of 2025.

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

198.77 million, with Europe & Central Asia ahead.

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

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 Spain: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Europe & Central Asia

217.00 million

in 2025

Spain

18.23 million

in 2024

Europe & Central Asia rank

12th

Spain rank

14th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

Europe & Central Asia
Spain

How they compare

Europe & Central Asia currently reports 217.00 million against 18.23 million in Spain, a difference of 198.77 million.

That makes Europe & Central Asia's figure about 11.9 times Spain's.

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

Europe & Central Asia ranks 12th and Spain ranks 14th of 47 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	Spain	Difference	Ahead
1960s	30.08 million	1.54 million	28.54 million	Europe & Central Asia
1970s	75.89 million	4.26 million	71.63 million	Europe & Central Asia
1980s	163.80 million	9.24 million	154.56 million	Europe & Central Asia
1990s	262.96 million	14.77 million	248.19 million	Europe & Central Asia
2000s	330.78 million	18.83 million	311.95 million	Europe & Central Asia
2010s	301.54 million	19.61 million	281.93 million	Europe & Central Asia
2020s	244.40 million	18.77 million	225.63 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 Spain?: Europe & Central Asia, at 217.00 million against 18.23 million in Spain as of 2025.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Europe & Central Asia and Spain?: 198.77 million, with Europe & Central Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia and Spain?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Europe & Central Asia and Spain rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Europe & Central Asia ranks 12th and Spain ranks 14th 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: 01 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.