What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Sudan?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Sudan was 0.3155 per 100 people in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Sudan?

The highest recorded value was 3.37 per 100 people in 2004.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Sudan?

The lowest recorded value was 0.1669 per 100 people in 1961.

How does Sudan rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Sudan ranks 185th out of 214 countries with data for 2022.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Sudan?

Over the last ten years it is down 72.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Sudan data come from?

The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Sudan

Name: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Sudan
Creator: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Sudan: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 0.3155 per 100 people in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)

0.3155 per 100 people

Change on year

up 15.3%

World rank

185th

of 214 countries

All-time high

3.37 per 100 people

in 2004

All-time low

0.1669 per 100 people

in 1961

Years of data

1960–2022

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Sudan, 1960–2022

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.

Analysis

In 2022, fixed telephone subscriptions in Sudan stood at 0.3155 per 100 people.

That represents a change of up 15.3% on the previous year and down 72.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Sudan peaked at 3.37 per 100 people in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.1669 per 100 people, in 1961.

Sudan ranks 185th of 214 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Sudan, year by year

Annual values for Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) in Sudan, 1960 to 2022.
Year	per 100 people	Change
1960	0.2082 per 100 people	—
1961	0.1669 per 100 people	-19.8%
1962	0.1669 per 100 people	+0.0%
1963	0.1669 per 100 people	+0.0%
1964	0.1669 per 100 people	+0.0%
1965	0.278 per 100 people	+66.5%
1966	0.2268 per 100 people	-18.4%
1967	0.2268 per 100 people	+0.0%
1968	0.2268 per 100 people	+0.0%
1969	0.2268 per 100 people	+0.0%
1970	0.2946 per 100 people	+29.9%
1971	0.2417 per 100 people	-17.9%
1972	0.2417 per 100 people	+0.0%
1973	0.2417 per 100 people	+0.0%
1974	0.2417 per 100 people	+0.0%
1975	0.3134 per 100 people	+29.6%
1976	0.3071 per 100 people	-2.0%
1977	0.2966 per 100 people	-3.4%
1978	0.2874 per 100 people	-3.1%
1979	0.2773 per 100 people	-3.5%
1980	0.272 per 100 people	-1.9%
1981	0.2636 per 100 people	-3.1%
1982	0.2663 per 100 people	+1.0%
1983	0.2768 per 100 people	+3.9%
1984	0.2868 per 100 people	+3.6%
1985	0.2953 per 100 people	+3.0%
1986	0.2924 per 100 people	-1.0%
1987	0.2904 per 100 people	-0.7%
1988	0.2885 per 100 people	-0.7%
1989	0.2896 per 100 people	+0.4%
1990	0.282 per 100 people	-2.6%
1991	0.283 per 100 people	+0.4%
1992	0.279 per 100 people	-1.4%
1993	0.273 per 100 people	-2.2%
1994	0.266 per 100 people	-2.6%
1995	0.304 per 100 people	+14.3%
1996	0.392 per 100 people	+28.9%
1997	0.436 per 100 people	+11.2%
1998	0.613 per 100 people	+40.6%
1999	0.927 per 100 people	+51.2%
2000	1.39 per 100 people	+50.0%
2001	1.57 per 100 people	+13.0%
2002	2.3 per 100 people	+46.3%
2003	3.13 per 100 people	+36.3%
2004	3.37 per 100 people	+7.5%
2005	1.82 per 100 people	-45.9%
2006	1.56 per 100 people	-14.5%
2007	1.05 per 100 people	-32.5%
2008	1.09 per 100 people	+3.4%
2009	1.07 per 100 people	-1.6%
2010	1.54 per 100 people	+43.6%
2011	1.34 per 100 people	-13.0%
2012	1.15 per 100 people	-14.1%
2013	1.1 per 100 people	-4.4%
2014	1.07 per 100 people	-2.8%
2015	0.2972 per 100 people	-72.2%
2016	0.3308 per 100 people	+11.3%
2017	0.3354 per 100 people	+1.4%
2018	0.3096 per 100 people	-7.7%
2019	0.3026 per 100 people	-2.2%
2020	0.2766 per 100 people	-8.6%
2021	0.2735 per 100 people	-1.1%
2022	0.3155 per 100 people	+15.3%

Sudan compared with similar countries

Sudan's 0.3155 per 100 people is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.2996 per 100 people, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Sudan's 0.3155 per 100 people is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3436 per 100 people, 92% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Fixed telephone subscriptions in Sudan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
2015	-72.2%	1.07 per 100 people	0.2972 per 100 people
1965	+66.5%	0.1669 per 100 people	0.278 per 100 people
1999	+51.2%	0.613 per 100 people	0.927 per 100 people
2000	+50.0%	0.927 per 100 people	1.39 per 100 people
2002	+46.3%	1.57 per 100 people	2.3 per 100 people
2005	-45.9%	3.37 per 100 people	1.82 per 100 people

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.2061 per 100 people	0.1669 per 100 people	0.278 per 100 people	10
1970s	0.2743 per 100 people	0.2417 per 100 people	0.3134 per 100 people	10
1980s	0.2822 per 100 people	0.2636 per 100 people	0.2953 per 100 people	10
1990s	0.4055 per 100 people	0.266 per 100 people	0.927 per 100 people	10
2000s	1.84 per 100 people	1.05 per 100 people	3.37 per 100 people	10
2010s	0.7772 per 100 people	0.2972 per 100 people	1.54 per 100 people	10
2020s	0.2885 per 100 people	0.2735 per 100 people	0.3155 per 100 people	3

Countries ranked near Sudan

182 Burkina Faso 0.347 per 100 people compare
183 Zambia 0.3457 per 100 people compare
184 Lesotho 0.3414 per 100 people compare
186 Mauritania 0.3095 per 100 people compare
187 Somalia 0.2996 per 100 people compare
188 Congo 0.2917 per 100 people compare

See the full ranking of 261 places →

More infrastructure data for Sudan

Mobile cellular subscriptions 34.67 million (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 70.21 per 100 people (2022)
Fixed telephone subscriptions 155,802 (2022)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0032 units per person (2022)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 18.49 % change on previous year (2022)
Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 155,802 (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.7021 units per person (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled 34.67 million (2022)

All data for Sudan →

Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Sudan?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Sudan was 0.3155 per 100 people in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Sudan?: The highest recorded value was 3.37 per 100 people in 2004.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Sudan?: The lowest recorded value was 0.1669 per 100 people in 1961.
How does Sudan rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Sudan ranks 185th out of 214 countries with data for 2022.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Sudan?: Over the last ten years it is down 72.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Sudan data come from?: The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Sudan. Statizoid, drawing on World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 22 September 2026, from https://infrastructure.statizoid.com/stat/fixed-telephone-subscriptions-per-100-people/sudan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://infrastructure.statizoid.com/stat/fixed-telephone-subscriptions-per-100-people/sudan/">Fixed telephone subscriptions in Sudan</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit: per 100 people
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 261 places, 14,535 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

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.