Chile vs Sri Lanka: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Chile

1.74 million

in 2024

Sri Lanka

1.58 million

in 2024

Chile rank

51st

Sri Lanka rank

54th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

Chile
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Chile currently reports 1.74 million against 1.58 million in Sri Lanka, a difference of 154,890.

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

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

Globally, Chile ranks 51st and Sri Lanka ranks 54th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Fixed telephone subscriptions
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 260 places, 14,482 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.