Fixed telephone subscriptions in World
World: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 9.9 per 100 people in 2025. ▲ Rising
Fixed telephone subscriptions in World, 1966–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fixed telephone subscriptions in World is 9.9 per 100 people, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in World peaked at 19.2 per 100 people in 2006 and was at its lowest, 5.02 per 100 people, in 1969.
World ranks 21st of 48 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 59 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.09 per 100 people | 5.02 per 100 people | 5.15 per 100 people | 4 |
| 1970s | 6.31 per 100 people | 5.91 per 100 people | 7.16 per 100 people | 9 |
| 1980s | 8.32 per 100 people | 7.52 per 100 people | 9.42 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.97 per 100 people | 9.79 per 100 people | 14.96 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.03 per 100 people | 15.91 per 100 people | 19.2 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.76 per 100 people | 11.9 per 100 people | 17.8 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.72 per 100 people | 9.9 per 100 people | 11.5 per 100 people | 6 |
Countries ranked near World
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- Fixed telephone subscriptions 815.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 111.5 per 100 people (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 9.17 billion (2025)
- Air transport, passengers carried 4.27 billion (2023)
- Air transport, freight 213,782 million ton-km (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 34.76 million (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 42,807 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 5,393 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 73.6% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 13.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fixed telephone subscriptions in World?
- Fixed telephone subscriptions in World was 9.9 per 100 people in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 19.2 per 100 people in 2006.
- What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.02 per 100 people in 1969.
- How does World rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?
- World ranks 21st out of 48 groups with data for 2025.
- Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.
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About this data
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.