Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Uzbekistan: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
71.00 million
in 2025
Uzbekistan
6.32 million
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
24th
Uzbekistan rank
22nd

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Uzbekistan
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How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 71.00 million against 6.32 million in Uzbekistan, a difference of 64.68 million.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 11.2 times Uzbekistan's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 24th and Uzbekistan ranks 22nd of 47 groups.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Uzbekistan Difference Ahead
1970s 1.75 million 450,000 1.30 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1980s 4.56 million 918,000 3.64 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1990s 13.40 million 1.52 million 11.88 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 39.98 million 1.76 million 38.22 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 53.89 million 2.91 million 50.98 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2020s 64.00 million 5.88 million 58.12 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Uzbekistan?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 71.00 million against 6.32 million in Uzbekistan as of 2025.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Uzbekistan?
64.68 million, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Uzbekistan?
50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Uzbekistan rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 24th and Uzbekistan ranks 22nd 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

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.