India vs OECD members: Fixed telephone subscriptions

India
39.24 million
in 2024
OECD members
429.13 million
in 2022
India rank
4th
OECD members rank
3rd

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • India
  • OECD members
0200.0M400.0M600.0M196019922024

How they compare

OECD members currently reports 429.13 million against 39.24 million in India, a difference of 389.90 million.

That makes OECD members's figure about 10.9 times India's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, OECD members has been ahead every year.

India ranks 4th and OECD members ranks 3rd of 214 countries.

OECD members has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade India OECD members Difference Ahead
1960s 477,896 96.34 million 95.87 million OECD members
1970s 1.36 million 186.24 million 184.88 million OECD members
1980s 3.17 million 327.82 million 324.65 million OECD members
1990s 12.79 million 495.41 million 482.62 million OECD members
2000s 40.57 million 576.97 million 536.39 million OECD members
2010s 27.09 million 506.90 million 479.81 million OECD members
2020s 23.76 million 440.12 million 416.36 million OECD members

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, India or OECD members?
OECD members, at 429.13 million against 39.24 million in India as of 2022.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between India and OECD members?
389.90 million, with OECD members ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and OECD members?
63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do India and OECD members rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
India ranks 4th and OECD members ranks 3rd 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.