Sri Lanka vs Sweden: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Sri Lanka

6.85 per 100 people

in 2024

Sweden

7.51 per 100 people

in 2024

Sri Lanka rank

125th

Sweden rank

122nd

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

Sri Lanka
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 7.51 per 100 people against 6.85 per 100 people in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.6654 per 100 people.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sweden ahead.

Globally, Sri Lanka ranks 125th and Sweden ranks 122nd 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: 06 August 2026

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.