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United States vs World: Fixed telephone subscriptions

United States
81.55 million
in 2024
World
815.00 million
in 2025
United States rank
2nd
World rank
1st

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • United States
  • World
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How they compare

World currently reports 815.00 million against 81.55 million in United States, a difference of 733.45 million.

That makes World's figure about 10.0 times United States's.

Across all 53 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.

United States ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 212 countries.

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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.