Australia vs Belgium: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Australia
22.28 per 100 people
in 2024
Belgium
21.18 per 100 people
in 2024
Australia rank
55th
Belgium rank
57th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Australia
  • Belgium
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 22.28 per 100 people against 21.18 per 100 people in Belgium, a difference of 1.1 per 100 people.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Australia ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 55th and Belgium ranks 57th of 213 countries.

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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
260 places, 14,528 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.