Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled by country
Fixed telephone subscriptions with 153 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Countries reporting
213
Highest
166.51 million
China, People's Republic of
Lowest
0
Chad
Median
255,500
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
14,635
What the numbers show
Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 166.51 million in China, People's Republic of; the lowest is 0 in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 255,500, and the mean is 3.85 million.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 150 fell. The largest increase was in Gabon (up 262.8%), and the largest decrease in Bhutan (down 100.0%).
Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China, People's Republic of | 166.51 million | 2024 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 2 | United States | 81.55 million | 2024 | down 36.5% | rising |
| 3 | Japan | 59.33 million | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 4 | India | 39.24 million | 2024 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Germany | 38.40 million | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 6 | France | 37.28 million | 2023 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Mexico | 29.52 million | 2024 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 28.23 million | 2024 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 23.77 million | 2024 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 22.55 million | 2024 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Korea | 21.29 million | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 20.82 million | 2023 | down 48.6% | rising |
| 13 | Italy | 20.30 million | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 14 | Spain | 18.23 million | 2024 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Egypt | 13.25 million | 2024 | up 109.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Canada | 10.97 million | 2024 | down 33.1% | rising |
| 17 | Türkiye | 9.03 million | 2024 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Malaysia | 8.22 million | 2024 | up 86.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Algeria | 6.93 million | 2024 | up 123.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 6.71 million | 2024 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Argentina | 6.42 million | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 6.32 million | 2024 | up 152.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Colombia | 6.32 million | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Australia | 5.95 million | 2024 | down 35.2% | rising |
| 25 | Portugal | 5.53 million | 2024 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Iraq | 5.28 million | 2024 | up 170.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Greece | 4.69 million | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Indonesia | 4.65 million | 2024 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Philippines | 4.42 million | 2024 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Poland | 4.41 million | 2024 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Belarus, Republic of | 4.14 million | 2024 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Netherlands | 3.98 million | 2024 | down 42.8% | rising |
| 33 | Thailand | 3.90 million | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Austria | 3.48 million | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 35 | Hong Kong (China) | 3.31 million | 2024 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Morocco | 3.04 million | 2024 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.84 million | 2024 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Switzerland | 2.73 million | 2024 | down 37.6% | rising |
| 39 | Vietnam | 2.64 million | 2024 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Israel | 2.56 million | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Pakistan | 2.54 million | 2024 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Hungary | 2.52 million | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Belgium | 2.49 million | 2024 | down 45.1% | rising |
| 44 | Kazakhstan, Republic of | 2.44 million | 2024 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Serbia, Republic of | 2.42 million | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 46 | Venezuela, República Bolivariana de | 2.42 million | 2024 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 2.29 million | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Singapore | 2.04 million | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Guatemala | 1.98 million | 2024 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Tunisia | 1.96 million | 2024 | up 106.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Chile | 1.74 million | 2024 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Romania | 1.72 million | 2024 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Cuba | 1.59 million | 2024 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 1.58 million | 2024 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Ukraine | 1.43 million | 2023 | down 87.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Peru | 1.40 million | 2024 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Azerbaijan, Republic of | 1.33 million | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.23 million | 2023 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Ecuador | 1.22 million | 2024 | down 50.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Libya | 1.22 million | 2022 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Uruguay | 1.21 million | 2024 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 1.18 million | 2022 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 63 | Czechia | 1.16 million | 2024 | down 42.1% | rising |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 1.15 million | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Croatia | 1.10 million | 2024 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Ireland | 1.08 million | 2024 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 67 | South Africa | 1.01 million | 2024 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Lebanon | 924,461 | 2022 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 69 | El Salvador | 885,101 | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Sweden | 796,716 | 2024 | down 78.9% | flat |
| 71 | Panama | 774,060 | 2023 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Puerto Rico | 773,022 | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 73 | Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of | 765,634 | 2024 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Turkmenistan | 735,547 | 2022 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Moldova, Republic of | 734,202 | 2024 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Yemen, Republic of | 727,821 | 2022 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Denmark | 697,867 | 2024 | down 62.7% | rising |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 610,457 | 2024 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Slovenia | 607,443 | 2024 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 583,045 | 2024 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 81 | Kuwait | 572,621 | 2023 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 82 | New Zealand | 564,000 | 2024 | down 69.5% | rising |
| 83 | Myanmar | 558,671 | 2024 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 551,943 | 2024 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 85 | Qatar | 524,643 | 2024 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Mongolia | 519,169 | 2024 | up 127.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Jordan | 485,928 | 2024 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Mauritius | 468,800 | 2024 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Honduras | 459,820 | 2024 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 90 | North Macedonia, Republic of | 456,183 | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 91 | Slovak Republic | 454,876 | 2024 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Jamaica | 453,882 | 2024 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Oman | 435,596 | 2024 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Nepal | 407,925 | 2024 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Palestine | 383,653 | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 96 | Bolivia | 368,926 | 2024 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Mali | 306,900 | 2022 | up 174.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Zimbabwe | 298,047 | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 297,734 | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Armenia, Republic of | 297,328 | 2024 | down 48.1% | rising |
| 101 | Senegal | 297,046 | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 284,748 | 2024 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Ghana | 269,356 | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Luxembourg | 260,060 | 2022 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 105 | Georgia | 258,038 | 2024 | down 76.5% | rising |
| 106 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 256,054 | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Malta | 255,500 | 2024 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Cyprus | 245,464 | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 244,832 | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Côte d’Ivoire | 244,702 | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Tajikistan, Republic of | 229,778 | 2023 | down 45.9% | rising |
| 112 | Estonia | 227,420 | 2024 | down 44.2% | rising |
| 113 | Paraguay | 205,511 | 2023 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Latvia | 204,756 | 2024 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 115 | Lithuania | 201,462 | 2024 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Uganda | 195,975 | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Montenegro | 192,212 | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 118 | Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of | 181,963 | 2023 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Papua New Guinea | 172,691 | 2022 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Albania | 165,380 | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Kyrgyz Republic | 156,698 | 2024 | down 64.6% | rising |
| 122 | Sudan | 155,802 | 2022 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Finland | 150,000 | 2024 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Brunei Darussalam | 128,276 | 2024 | up 79.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Suriname | 124,064 | 2024 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Guyana | 123,604 | 2022 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Barbados | 121,314 | 2022 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Niger | 117,563 | 2024 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Kosovo | 112,236 | 2022 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 130 | Nigeria | 102,714 | 2024 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Bahamas, The | 93,084 | 2024 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 132 | Botswana | 83,182 | 2024 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Burkina Faso | 81,718 | 2024 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Macau (China) | 81,260 | 2024 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Angola | 80,267 | 2024 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Togo | 78,576 | 2024 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Tanzania | 78,299 | 2024 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Fiji, Republic of | 77,765 | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Namibia | 77,390 | 2024 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 140 | United States Virgin Islands | 75,836 | 2022 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 141 | Zambia | 73,688 | 2024 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Norway | 73,208 | 2024 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Guam | 71,308 | 2022 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Iceland | 68,518 | 2024 | down 60.1% | rising |
| 145 | Eritrea, The State of | 68,216 | 2022 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 146 | Cameroon | 67,507 | 2024 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Gabon | 67,119 | 2024 | up 262.8% | rising |
| 148 | French Polynesia | 65,969 | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Cabo Verde | 61,294 | 2024 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Kenya | 57,017 | 2024 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Somalia | 55,005 | 2023 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Andorra, Principality of | 53,215 | 2024 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 153 | New Caledonia | 46,570 | 2022 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Curaçao | 45,974 | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 155 | Gambia, The | 44,127 | 2024 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Monaco | 36,884 | 2024 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Cayman Islands | 35,773 | 2022 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Eswatini, Kingdom of | 35,641 | 2024 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Aruba | 34,549 | 2022 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 160 | St. Lucia | 30,640 | 2022 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Cambodia | 29,080 | 2024 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Djibouti | 28,673 | 2023 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Mozambique | 28,329 | 2024 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Bermuda | 28,177 | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Antigua and Barbuda | 27,320 | 2022 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 166 | British Virgin Islands | 24,443 | 2024 | up 106.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Northern Mariana Islands | 19,474 | 2022 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 168 | Belize | 17,806 | 2022 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Congo, Republic of | 17,604 | 2022 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 170 | Gibraltar | 17,155 | 2022 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Grenada | 16,991 | 2022 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Seychelles | 16,166 | 2024 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 173 | San Marino, Republic of | 16,000 | 2022 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 174 | Mauritania, Islamic Republic of | 15,997 | 2024 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 175 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 15,602 | 2022 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 176 | Faroe Islands | 14,940 | 2022 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 177 | Burundi | 14,363 | 2023 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Maldives | 11,998 | 2024 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Equatorial Guinea, Republic of | 11,389 | 2022 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Liechtenstein | 9,892 | 2024 | down 45.2% | rising |
| 181 | American Samoa | 9,693 | 2022 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 182 | Rwanda | 9,255 | 2024 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 183 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 9,077 | 2024 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Comoros, Union of the | 8,823 | 2023 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 185 | Lesotho | 7,980 | 2024 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Dominica | 7,459 | 2021 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Solomon Islands | 6,978 | 2022 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 188 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 6,476 | 2022 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 189 | Liberia | 6,254 | 2022 | down 54.5% | rising |
| 190 | Palau, Republic of | 6,154 | 2022 | down 16.0% | flat |
| 191 | Greenland | 4,996 | 2022 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 192 | Malawi | 4,869 | 2024 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Samoa | 4,567 | 2022 | down 44.8% | rising |
| 194 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,052 | 2022 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 195 | Madagascar, Republic of | 3,413 | 2023 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 196 | Tonga | 3,280 | 2022 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 197 | Vanuatu | 3,036 | 2024 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Tuvalu | 2,113 | 2022 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 199 | Central African Republic | 2,088 | 2022 | up 153.7% | volatile |
| 200 | Marshall Islands, Republic of the | 1,947 | 2022 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 201 | São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of | 1,781 | 2024 | down 73.8% | volatile |
| 202 | Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of | 1,691 | 2024 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 203 | Haiti | 1,357 | 2022 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 204 | Benin | 1,350 | 2024 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 205 | Sierra Leone | 269 | 2022 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 206 | Kiribati | 14 | 2024 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 207 | Bhutan | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 207 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 207 | Guinea | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 207 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 207 | Naoero, Republic of | 0 | 2022 | — | falling |
| 207 | South Sudan, Republic of | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 207 | Chad | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 815.00 million
- IDA & IBRD total 443.00 million
- OECD members 429.13 million
- IBRD only 420.00 million
- Low & middle income 417.49 million
- Middle income 415.79 million
- High income 398.00 million
- Post-demographic dividend 385.20 million
- Upper middle income 313.00 million
- East Asia & Pacific 288.00 million
- Late-demographic dividend 267.08 million
- Europe & Central Asia 217.00 million
How this figure is calculated
Fixed telephone subscriptions with 153 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Fixed telephone subscriptions World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Fixed telephone subscriptions with 153 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.