Greece vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Fixed telephone subscriptions

Greece
4.69 million
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
71.00 million
in 2025
Greece rank
27th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank
24th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Greece
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
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How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) currently reports 71.00 million against 4.69 million in Greece, a difference of 66.31 million.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s figure about 15.1 times Greece's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ahead.

Greece ranks 27th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 24th of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 1 and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) Difference Ahead
1960s 285,408 583,630 298,223 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
1970s 1.40 million 1.38 million 21,900 Greece
1980s 3.01 million 4.56 million 1.55 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
1990s 4.94 million 13.32 million 8.37 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
2000s 5.94 million 39.68 million 33.74 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
2010s 5.34 million 53.75 million 48.42 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
2020s 4.84 million 63.20 million 58.36 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Greece or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), at 71.00 million against 4.69 million in Greece as of 2025.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Greece and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
66.31 million, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Greece and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Greece ranks 27th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 24th 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.