Iraq vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Fixed telephone subscriptions
Fixed telephone subscriptions over time
- Iraq
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
How they compare
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 72.00 million against 5.28 million in Iraq, a difference of 66.72 million.
That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 13.6 times Iraq's.
Across all 49 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.
Iraq ranks 26th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 21st of 213 countries.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 92,000 | 4.53 million | 4.44 million | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 1980s | 459,722 | 16.73 million | 16.27 million | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 1990s | 667,962 | 37.02 million | 36.35 million | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 2000s | 1.12 million | 84.15 million | 83.04 million | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 2010s | 2.21 million | 93.00 million | 90.79 million | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 2020s | 3.23 million | 79.25 million | 76.02 million | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Iraq or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 72.00 million against 5.28 million in Iraq as of 2025.
- What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Iraq and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 66.72 million, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Iraq and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- Iraq ranks 26th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 21st of 213 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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About this data
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.