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IBRD only vs Japan: Fixed telephone subscriptions

IBRD only
420.00 million
in 2025
Japan
59.33 million
in 2023
IBRD only rank
4th
Japan rank
3rd

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • IBRD only
  • Japan
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How they compare

IBRD only currently reports 420.00 million against 59.33 million in Japan, a difference of 360.67 million.

That makes IBRD only's figure about 7.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 49 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Japan ahead.

IBRD only ranks 4th and Japan ranks 3rd of 48 groups.

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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

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.