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China vs Costa Rica: Fixed telephone subscriptions

China
11.73 per 100 people
in 2024
Costa Rica
11.9 per 100 people
in 2024
China rank
93rd
Costa Rica rank
90th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • China
  • Costa Rica
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 11.9 per 100 people against 11.73 per 100 people in China, a difference of 0.1686 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Globally, China ranks 93rd and Costa Rica ranks 90th 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.