Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, IDA total or Poland?

IDA total, at 22.00 million against 4.41 million in Poland as of 2025.

What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between IDA total and Poland?

17.59 million, with IDA total ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and Poland?

59 years are reported by both, from 1966 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.

IDA total vs Poland: Fixed telephone subscriptions

IDA total

22.00 million

in 2025

Poland

4.41 million

in 2024

IDA total rank

31st

Poland rank

30th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

IDA total
Poland

How they compare

IDA total currently reports 22.00 million against 4.41 million in Poland, a difference of 17.59 million.

That makes IDA total's figure about 5.0 times Poland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Poland ahead.

IDA total ranks 31st and Poland ranks 30th of 47 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, IDA total averaged higher in 5 and Poland in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA total	Poland	Difference	Ahead
1960s	518,845	784,000	265,155	Poland
1970s	1.35 million	1.36 million	12,995	Poland
1980s	3.87 million	2.46 million	1.41 million	IDA total
1990s	8.78 million	5.90 million	2.88 million	IDA total
2000s	21.03 million	11.08 million	9.95 million	IDA total
2010s	26.76 million	7.57 million	19.20 million	IDA total
2020s	23.80 million	5.13 million	18.67 million	IDA total

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, IDA total or Poland?: IDA total, at 22.00 million against 4.41 million in Poland as of 2025.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between IDA total and Poland?: 17.59 million, with IDA total ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and Poland?: 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
How do IDA total and Poland rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?: IDA total ranks 31st and Poland ranks 30th 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: 17 September 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.