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
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
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.