Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Saudi Arabia: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
84.00 million
in 2025
Saudi Arabia
6.71 million
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
20th
Saudi Arabia rank
20th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan currently reports 84.00 million against 6.71 million in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 77.29 million.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's figure about 12.5 times Saudi Arabia's.

Across all 54 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 20th and Saudi Arabia ranks 20th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1970s 2.21 million 137,423 2.07 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
1980s 7.26 million 826,761 6.43 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
1990s 19.06 million 1.78 million 17.28 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
2000s 49.35 million 3.69 million 45.66 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
2010s 66.44 million 4.66 million 61.78 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
2020s 77.80 million 6.52 million 71.28 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan or Saudi Arabia?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, at 84.00 million against 6.71 million in Saudi Arabia as of 2025.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Saudi Arabia?
77.29 million, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Saudi Arabia?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Saudi Arabia rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 20th and Saudi Arabia ranks 20th 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.