Fixed telephone subscriptions

number, 1960–2020

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    1960 Ranking
    1. United States 49,269,000.00
    2. United Kingdom 5,037,000.00
    3. Canada 4,987,502.00
    4. Japan 3,632,938.00
    5. Germany 3,220,990.00
    6. Italy 3,057,645.00
    7. France 2,193,711.00
    8. Sweden 2,089,300.00
    9. Australia 1,561,968.00
    10. Spain 1,302,750.00
    11. Ukraine 1,200,000.00
    12. Switzerland 1,090,975.00
    13. Netherlands 1,043,656.00
    14. Argentina 914,656.00
    15. Denmark 833,987.00
    16. Belgium 779,262.00
    17. South Africa 650,013.00
    18. Brazil 650,000.00
    19. New Zealand 537,035.00
    20. Poland 535,202.00
    21. Norway 454,900.00
    22. Austria 428,807.00
    23. Finland 428,283.00
    24. Mexico 338,450.00
    25. India 332,399.00
    26. Colombia 274,937.00
    27. Hungary 243,400.00
    28. Egypt 220,503.00
    29. Greece 181,734.00
    30. Turkey 180,030.00
    31. Cuba 155,402.00
    32. Chile 131,803.00
    33. Venezuela 125,000.00
    34. Iran 116,417.00
    35. Ireland 110,625.00
    36. Uruguay 110,000.00
    37. Portugal 95,697.00
    38. Indonesia 82,862.00
    39. Slovakia 79,322.00
    40. Hong Kong 79,145.00
    41. Morocco 78,690.00
    42. Belarus 75,000.00
    43. Pakistan 66,776.00
    44. Israel 64,811.00
    45. Zimbabwe 55,000.00
    46. Malaysia 48,021.00
    47. Lithuania 40,388.00
    48. Syria 38,885.00
    49. Thailand 37,148.00
    50. Singapore 37,113.00
    51. Luxembourg 36,486.00
    52. Iceland 33,000.00
    53. Tunisia 26,218.00
    54. Sri Lanka 22,772.00
    55. Nigeria 20,544.00
    56. Moldova 20,500.00
    57. Jamaica 19,932.00
    58. Guatemala 17,821.00
    59. Sudan 17,339.00
    60. Zambia 15,000.00
    61. Jordan 11,606.00
    62. Burma (Myanmar) 11,476.00
    63. Namibia 11,000.00
    64. Cyprus 10,630.00
    65. Costa Rica 10,000.00
    66. Senegal 9,494.00
    67. Mozambique 9,403.00
    68. Bermuda 9,300.00
    69. Malta 9,268.00
    70. Ethiopia 8,636.00
    71. Libya 8,427.00
    72. Paraguay 8,189.00
    73. Tanzania 8,130.00
    74. Afghanistan 7,700.00
    75. Vietnam 7,217.00
    76. Uganda 7,000.00
    77. Barbados 6,933.00
    78. Albania 6,845.00
    79. Angola 6,666.00
    80. Mauritius 6,047.00
    81. Guyana 5,323.00
    82. Fiji 5,164.00
    83. Ivory Coast 3,690.00
    84. Monaco 3,660.00
    85. Malawi 3,500.00
    86. Kuwait 3,316.00
    87. Faroe Islands 3,208.00
    88. Guam 2,644.00
    89. New Caledonia 2,394.00
    90. Macau 2,304.00
    91. Benin 2,176.00
    92. Guinea 2,054.00
    93. Gibraltar 1,960.00
    94. Cambodia 1,774.00
    95. Mali 1,648.00
    96. Rwanda 1,366.00
    97. Somalia 1,249.00
    98. Swaziland 1,200.00
    99. Togo 1,164.00
    100. Grenada 1,053.00
    101. Belize 1,018.00
    102. French Polynesia 827.00
    103. Niger 758.00
    104. Laos 736.00
    105. Qatar 600.00
    106. Tonga 529.00
    107. Botswana 400.00
    108. Lesotho 400.00
    109. Saint Thomas and Principe 352.00
    110. Guinea Bissau 325.00
    111. Cape Verde 188.00
    2020 Ranking
    1. China 181,908,000.00
    2. United States 103,052,000.00
    3. Japan 62,252,837.00
    4. Germany 38,300,000.00
    5. France 37,759,000.00
    6. United Kingdom 32,078,000.00
    7. Brazil 30,653,813.00
    8. Iran 29,093,587.00
    9. South Korea 23,858,239.00
    10. Mexico 23,800,105.00
    11. India 20,052,162.00
    12. Spain 19,455,779.00
    13. Italy 19,430,559.00
    14. Canada 13,926,000.00
    15. Turkey 12,448,604.00
    16. Egypt 9,858,331.00
    17. Indonesia 9,186,370.00
    18. Malaysia 7,467,900.00
    19. Argentina 7,356,165.00
    20. Colombia 7,248,026.00
    21. Australia 6,200,000.00
    22. Poland 5,777,428.00
    23. Saudi Arabia 5,749,058.00
    24. Venezuela 5,276,274.00
    25. Portugal 5,212,507.00
    26. Thailand 5,003,000.00
    27. Netherlands 4,937,000.00
    28. Algeria 4,784,306.00
    29. Greece 4,743,310.00
    30. Belarus 4,406,585.00
    31. Iraq 4,166,461.00
    32. Hong Kong 3,934,129.00
    33. Austria 3,786,725.00
    34. Belgium 3,634,639.00
    35. Uzbekistan 3,550,069.00
    36. Ukraine 3,314,263.00
    37. Vietnam 3,205,775.00
    38. Kazakhstan 3,108,400.00
    39. Israel 3,080,000.00
    40. Romania 3,025,000.00
    41. Hungary 2,970,347.00
    42. Switzerland 2,952,000.00
    43. Syria 2,892,515.00
    44. Pakistan 2,876,794.00
    45. Serbia 2,572,169.00
    46. Chile 2,567,938.00
    47. Sri Lanka 2,428,957.00
    48. United Arab Emirates 2,380,866.00
    49. Morocco 2,357,286.00
    50. Guatemala 2,272,467.00
    51. South Africa 2,098,802.00
    52. Ecuador 2,063,044.00
    53. Singapore 1,891,600.00
    54. Ireland 1,678,651.00
    55. Azerbaijan 1,652,688.00
    56. Sweden 1,624,271.00
    57. Tunisia 1,533,273.00
    58. Cuba 1,502,230.00
    59. Bangladesh 1,450,321.00
    60. Czech Republic 1,316,316.00
    61. Croatia 1,300,105.00
    62. Dominican Republic 1,155,493.00
    63. Moldova 1,027,689.00
    64. Denmark 937,469.00
    65. Cameroon 883,015.00
    66. Lebanon 875,480.00
    67. Bulgaria 872,323.00
    68. Puerto Rico 711,512.00
    69. Bosnia and Herzegovina 706,135.00
    70. Slovenia 704,909.00
    71. Panama 616,698.00
    72. Slovakia 616,148.00
    73. Bolivia 598,082.00
    74. Oman 594,550.00
    75. Kuwait 583,463.00
    76. Costa Rica 559,882.00
    77. Honduras 531,763.00
    78. Mauritius 478,700.00
    79. West Bank and Gaza 466,283.00
    80. Qatar 454,701.00
    81. Jamaica 436,249.00
    82. Armenia 427,539.00
    83. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 408,618.00
    84. Jordan 391,486.00
    85. Georgia 378,498.00
    86. Norway 348,808.00
    87. Trinidad and Tobago 323,905.00
    88. Lithuania 322,108.00
    89. Cyprus 311,439.00
    90. Ghana 307,668.00
    91. Estonia 304,728.00
    92. Mali 281,638.00
    93. Luxembourg 268,090.00
    94. Bahrain 266,659.00
    95. Ivory Coast 264,073.00
    96. Malta 259,456.00
    97. Zimbabwe 252,067.00
    98. Finland 225,000.00
    99. Albania 223,469.00
    100. Latvia 211,849.00
    101. Nicaragua 210,981.00
    102. Montenegro 191,768.00
    103. Mongolia 160,153.00
    104. Afghanistan 145,787.00
    105. Namibia 141,334.00
    106. Botswana 139,931.00
    107. Sudan 129,408.00
    108. Angola 119,164.00
    109. Iceland 107,032.00
    110. Nigeria 107,031.00
    111. Brunei 103,885.00
    112. Suriname 103,240.00
    113. Uganda 90,774.00
    114. Burkina Faso 75,039.00
    115. Tanzania 72,469.00
    116. Zambia 71,844.00
    117. Kenya 66,646.00
    118. Mauritania 62,099.00
    119. Cape Verde 57,668.00
    120. Togo 46,499.00
    121. Monaco 43,706.00
    122. Djibouti 38,866.00
    123. Benin 32,386.00
    124. Gabon 25,428.00
    125. Bhutan 22,987.00
    126. Seychelles 18,882.00
    127. Burundi 18,300.00
    128. Faroe Islands 15,341.00
    129. Maldives 14,508.00
    130. Liechtenstein 12,723.00
    131. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 12,483.00
    132. Malawi 12,465.00
    133. Rwanda 11,671.00
    134. Lesotho 11,574.00
    135. Comoros 7,573.00
    136. Chad 5,340.00
    137. Vanuatu 3,472.00
    138. Saint Thomas and Principe 2,720.00
    139. Timor Leste 2,012.00
    140. Sierra Leone 189.00
    141. Kiribati 33.00

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    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.

    Source: World Bank