France vs Portugal: Fixed telephone subscriptions

France
56.11 per 100 people
in 2023
Portugal
53 per 100 people
in 2024
France rank
5th
Portugal rank
6th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • France
  • Portugal
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How they compare

France currently reports 56.11 per 100 people against 53 per 100 people in Portugal, a difference of 3.11 per 100 people.

That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

Globally, France ranks 5th and Portugal ranks 6th 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.