France vs Post-demographic dividend: Fixed telephone subscriptions

France
37.28 million
in 2023
Post-demographic dividend
385.20 million
in 2022
France rank
6th
Post-demographic dividend rank
8th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • France
  • Post-demographic dividend
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How they compare

Post-demographic dividend currently reports 385.20 million against 37.28 million in France, a difference of 347.92 million.

That makes Post-demographic dividend's figure about 10.3 times France's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Post-demographic dividend has been ahead every year.

France ranks 6th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 8th of 214 countries.

Post-demographic dividend has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Post-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1960s 2.63 million 95.92 million 93.29 million Post-demographic dividend
1970s 7.29 million 184.69 million 177.40 million Post-demographic dividend
1980s 22.07 million 324.51 million 302.44 million Post-demographic dividend
1990s 31.69 million 476.23 million 444.54 million Post-demographic dividend
2000s 34.85 million 537.60 million 502.75 million Post-demographic dividend
2010s 39.12 million 473.88 million 434.76 million Post-demographic dividend
2020s 37.90 million 397.48 million 359.58 million Post-demographic dividend

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, France or Post-demographic dividend?
Post-demographic dividend, at 385.20 million against 37.28 million in France as of 2022.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between France and Post-demographic dividend?
347.92 million, with Post-demographic dividend ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Post-demographic dividend?
63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do France and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
France ranks 6th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 8th of 214 countries.
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

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.