Japan vs Low & middle income: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Japan
59.33 million
in 2023
Low & middle income
417.49 million
in 2022
Japan rank
3rd
Low & middle income rank
5th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Japan
  • Low & middle income
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How they compare

Low & middle income currently reports 417.49 million against 59.33 million in Japan, a difference of 358.16 million.

That makes Low & middle income's figure about 7.0 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 48 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 3rd and Low & middle income ranks 5th of 212 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Low & middle income in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Low & middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 35.70 million 24.65 million 11.05 million Japan
1980s 45.18 million 48.27 million 3.09 million Low & middle income
1990s 60.45 million 158.80 million 98.35 million Low & middle income
2000s 58.44 million 554.09 million 495.65 million Low & middle income
2010s 64.01 million 525.07 million 461.06 million Low & middle income
2020s 61.30 million 425.66 million 364.35 million Low & middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Japan or Low & middle income?
Low & middle income, at 417.49 million against 59.33 million in Japan as of 2022.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Japan and Low & middle income?
358.16 million, with Low & middle income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Low & middle income?
48 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2022.
How do Japan and Low & middle income rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Japan ranks 3rd and Low & middle income ranks 5th of 212 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

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.